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Paul Rand (1914 -1996) – Designer who led the way

On: May 7, 2021

Tagged: artist, business, colorful, creative, creativity, Design, designer, draw, graphic, indoors, job, logo, male, man, occupation, packaging, professional, studio, Typography, work

Paul Rand, was a seminal figure in graphic design who made innovative visual identities for some of America’s major corporations and book and magazine publishers

We all have seen the designs of Paul Rand at some stage of our lives. He had a career spanning nearly seven decades. There is the seminal logo for IBM and the logo for ABC. There is the Westinghouse logo, the logo for NeXT computers. There are posters and packaging, book covers, record covers and a multitude of magazine covers.Read More →

Alvar Aalto (1898 – 1976) Finnish Architect, town planner and designer of furniture

On: February 4, 2021

Tagged: architecture, chair, Design, finland, finnish design, finnish designers, international, scandinavian, work

Alvar Aalto (1898 – 1976) which one of Finland’s leading architects whose genius ranged fromRead More →

Helen Abson Australian Architect and Fabric Designer

On: February 2, 2021

Tagged: 10, 1950s, abstract, architect, architecture, art, article, australian, australian design, australian designer, Design, designer, designers, designs, fabric, fabric designer, fabrics, feather, female designer, furniture designer, head, interior design, interior designer, pattern, textile, textile designer, textiles, texture, women, work

Helen Abson, who trained as an architect, is an Australian designer. She pursued architecture for five years; founded ZAB Design where she designed fabrics that exhibited a preoccupation for texture achieved through pattern and colour.Read More →

Marina Choy Illustrations

On: October 3, 2020

Tagged: photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, work

A Californian turned Portlandian with a penchant for international travel, this local Choy is a recent grad of Univ of Portland and hopes to pursue a full-time career in photography/videography and travel the world. In September 2014, she had the chance to live in Salzburg, Austria Read More →

Aleksandr Rodchenko a versatile artist and early Graphic Designer

On: September 24, 2020

Tagged: abstract, art, artistic, artists, artwork, backdrop, background, battleship, card, color, composition, constructivism, cover, cubism, decoration, Design, flat, futuristic, geometric, geometry, line, logo, minimal, modern, object, painting, paper, pattern, poster, print, retro, rodchenko, russian design, russian designer, structure, style, symbol, texture, triangle, white, work

Aleksandr Rodchenko was a commercial as well as a fine artist. He was a proponentRead More →

Marvellous Moody Portrait Photography By Sonia Neisha

Marvelous Female Portrait Photography by Kai Böttcher

On: January 10, 2019

Tagged: adult, attractive, beautiful, beauty, brunette, cheerful, eyes, face, Fashion, female, female portraits, fresh, girl, hair, happy, healthy, makeup, model, modern, natural, people, perfect, person, photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, portrait, pretty, professional, smile, smiling, woman, women, work, young, youth

New marvelous portraits by Kai Böttcher, multi-talented photographer and digital artist, who currently studies Virtual Design at Kaiserslautern, Germany. Kai shoots gorgeous beauty and lifestyle portraits with great colors, incredible bokeh, amazing tones and lights. Pretty awesome!Read More →

Aerial photography, persimmon harvest (Floornature.com)

On: January 4, 2019

Tagged: aerial, aerial photography, china, drone, image, persimmon, photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, work

The popularity of aerial photography is constantly increasing among professional and enthusiast photographers alike, thanks to the growing diffusion of drones. Amongst the photographs entered in the contest by SkyPixel, the world’s most popular aerial photography community, one of them, in particular, caught our eye.Read More →

From riot cops to heavy metal rockers … Sony World Photography Awards shortlist revealed

On: January 2, 2019

Tagged: photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, work

THE internationally acclaimed Sony World Photography Awards is one of the most coveted fixtures onRead More →

The stunning entries for the Sony World Photography Awards 2019

On: January 2, 2019

Tagged: award, awards, competition, photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, sony, work

These amazing snaps have been shortlisted for the competition from photographers from all around the world Professional and amateur photographers from all corners of the globe have submitted breath-taking images to the Sony World Photography Awards. The competition is in its 11th year Read More →

10 leadership books to watch for in 2019

On: January 2, 2019

Tagged: book, business, leader, leaders, leadership, leading, manager, meetings, motivation, women, work

We scoured publishers’ catalogues, looked at upcoming galleys and asked for recommendations from a fewRead More →

The 10 best freelance label designers for hire in 2018

On: August 27, 2018

Tagged: art, artist, artwork, background, brand, clothes, creative, creativeness, creativity, Design, designer, drawing, emblem, Fashion, graphic, icon, ideas, illustration, label, office, old, ornament, plan, product, quality, ribbon, shop, sign, sketch, studio, style, symbol, table, tag, Technology, texture, work, workplace

The best labels have one thing in common: they make their products stand out onRead More →

The mind-bending microscopic crystalline photography of Justin Zoll

On: March 25, 2018

Tagged: different dissolve, images, material, photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, results, substances, work, zoll

Justin Zoll’s microscopic photography is one of the most perfect fusions of art and science we have ever seen.Read More →

Isle of Dogs: The Environmental Photography That Inspired the Set

On: March 24, 2018

Tagged: photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, work

How the forthcoming Wes Anderson film raises questions about the human impact on the environment.Read More →

Portraiture Photography

On: March 23, 2018

Tagged: photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, work

Portraiture is a photography series by Kremer Johnson of artistic portraits with careful attention to lighting, colourRead More →

Pace business owners offer aura photography, hypnosis

On: March 22, 2018

Tagged: photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, work

Alicia Adams Santa Rosa Press Gazette @aliciaadamsSRPG PACE — It wasn’t a single, defining moment inRead More →

Magnificent Night Pictures of Forgotten Buildings

On: March 21, 2018

Tagged: danchi, photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, work

Cody Ellingham is a photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. He has been exploring Japanese public housing apartments, known as ‘Danchi’. These massive structures were built in the 1960s and 70s as a vision of a new Japan. Half a century later, the buildings are in decay.Read More →

Hand Holding Business Cards Mockup

On: March 21, 2018

Tagged: banner, brand, Branding, business, card, clean, communication, company, contact, corporate, Design, document, grap, identity, message, mock, mockup, office, presentation, print, professional, stationery, style, template, up, work

Say hello to this new business cards in hand mockup PSD that is well suitedRead More →

Sony world photography awards 2018 – in pictures

On: March 21, 2018

Tagged: award, competition, frishman, image, national, open, photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, travel, winner, work

Belching volcanoes, a boy cuddling his goat, an upside-down car … here are some of the winners in the national and open competition categories of the world’s largest photography competitionRead More →

Positions of Power: Photographs that explore who and what holds power today

On: March 20, 2018

Tagged: exhibition, gallery, liverpool, photographers, Photography, power, tapestry, work

A bold new exhibition opening this month at Liverpool’s Tapestry Gallery tackles issues of power in a series of diverse compelling photographs. Disparity Collective’s #Positions of Power examines both direct and sometimes unconventional powRead More →

Over 30,000 Negatives Discovered in Russian Artist’s Attic Reveal a Lifetime of Hidden Photography

On: March 20, 2018

Tagged: photo, photograph, photographer, photographic, Photography, picture, professional, work

Russian artist and theater critic Masha Ivashintsova (1942-2000) lived a secret life as a photographer, takingRead More →