re-imagined

London hipsters Wear It With Pride presents a series of re-imagined film posters - from top - 'The Birds' by Marian Bantjes / 'The Birds' by Corey Holms / 'Planet of the Apes' by Hellovon / 'Metropolis' by Pietari Posti

Say No to Seduction

Created by illustrator Wissam Hama of creative agency TEAM/Y&R in Dubai. This attention getting U.A.E advert features a take on the infamous Playboy bunny here recast as the word "LA" in arabic - meaning NO. This kind of play with graphics in Arabian design seems to be taking off more and more in recent years. It's an exciting development for the language and culture though some might take this message to be more fundamentalist than it is. U.A.E is overwhelmed by a fast growing non-Arabic community (especially in Dubai) and there is a desire from the natives for their culture to be maintained and respected. Underneath this ad is a message to avoid sexual enticement which is directly related to a campaign aimed at stopping a growing invasion of Eastern European prostitution in Dubai. Why I have posted this here is I feel this is clever and tasteful approach to dealing with the issue and it's not without a sense of humor. I'm also studying Arabic again so seeing this while re-learning how to write arabic letters made it's cleverness that bit more striking. Here is further visual examination of how the idea was developed -



Want to explore arabic graphics more ? A great online resource for extensive information on modern arabic graphics is the Khatt Foundation - Center for Arabic Typography

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Saville's Optical Illusion

Created in part by Peter Saville, the graphic design legend

Go Dutch

Dutch design team Experimental Jetset bring back the LP format a special expensive limited edition of the Helvetica Film .

My Alexanderplatz doesn't look like your Alexanderplatz

A fascinating look into the making of the cover for the CRITERION COLLECTION edition of the mighty Fassbinders thirteen episode epic Berlin Alexanderplatz

Great Garland

Here's a series of work by old school British graphic designer Ken Garland













I wonder where Neville Brody got his ideas from ? hint hint ...


What were the key influences on your approach to design?

Ken Garland: I don’t have heroes as such. I have great respect for the work of some people, and quite often they are people who would be very impatient of politics. People like, say, Paul Rand and like Hans Schleger, a much-neglected designer who, being a refugee from Nazism, certainly had a political attitude. But he didn’t brandish it. And Jan Tschichold.
My greatest influences are probably Futurism, Dadaism and Surrealism, which is intriguing because the Futurists were crypto-fascists, after all. Also photography. Bill Brandt’s greatest work was his social commentary for Picture Post. My upbringing was punctuated by the weekly arrival of Picture Post, a hugely important magazine. That and Lilliput were the two things that influenced me most before I even thought about being a graphic designer. Wonderful. Anyone of my generation would say the same, I think.

What Makes Us Want to Be Good?

Great Adrian Tomine cover for Ny Times Magazine last month - his comic "Shortcomings" was one of my favorites from 2007.

New Rand Web

New Paul Rand website is simply incredible and great to see. Warning it's a time sucker. Rand is really one of (if not the) key people to look at when it comes to logo design. I also just discovered that he built this own house and now really want to know more about it because I just love to see the houses creative people build for themselves. For me seeing Dieter Rams house made his work become all that more alive. I am sure it would be the same with Rand.