Sometimes, making presentations can feel a little bit repetitive for graphic designers. Just when you think you’ve pushed the creativity envelope as far as it can go…someone swoops in and shows you up. Introducing the amazing new interactive hub for Nike…and it’s all built in Google Slides. This interactive world isn’t some new flashy website, it’s made from the same software you make your quarterly reports in. Now THAT’S creativity!
Ok, this one is a little creepy! Designers, look out: we’ve always thought our jobs couldn’t be outsourced to machines…well, designer Nickolay Ironov is here to prove us wrong. The Russian logo designer is known for his experimental work…and it turns out, the fact that there is no “he”: the graphic design work is the product of AI, and Nickolay Ironov doesn’t exist. An experiment by Art. Lebedev Studio, the team in charge of the project kept the “remote employee” under wraps for a year, until unveiling the whole thing. The story is absolutely fascinating and this blog can’t do it justice, read the whole thing!
The world lost an exemplary human with the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Supreme Court Justice was a force to be reckoned with, and many of us owe her for rights we take for granted everyday. Out of the collective grief is a bright spot: artists are feeling inspired to commemorate her life. It’s amazing to see creativity even in tough times, and this year has certainly been a test of that.
There’s a new fine arts collaboration in town! We are VERY excited about this one too. MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art, has teamed up with Vans for a special collaborative project featuring one of our personal favorite artists: Salvador Dali. While the collection includes sneakers and apparel, the sneakers are stand out pieces of design: rather than just slapping the painting onto a shoe, these sneakers have subtle nods with colors and details from the paintings. While great art as a subject certainly makes great graphic design much easier to achieve, the Vans designers have really outdone themselves here.
Y’all know we love IKEA…cute furniture that not only incorporates fun design but also affordability, not to mention that flat packing! The IKEA Museum, founded in 2016 in the original location, just released all of their catalogs through the years…72 years of them to be exact! This journey back through time is a fascinating time capsule showing how design changes can be both great and small. Starting in 1950, there is a chair for everyone here!
Logo update alert! and it’s a big name: Intel has opted to undergo a brand refresh! Fun fact: for as old as the company is (it was founded in 1969), this is only their second upgrade! We figured it was definitely about time. The new mark is fresh, bright, modern, and definitely gives the computing company a push in the right direction. I tis also a combination of the two other logo versions, so it really plates to their roots! we love seeing so much thought in graphic design!
