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Oct
19
2009

Water in all its Packaging Glory

Water is no longer just found in a simple plastic bottle, it can come in all shapes and sizes. Bottles of water can be made in small batches or made to last with recyclable materials and environmentally friendly manufacturing methods. Here I show off some ‘designer’ water bottles made by high end designers which have gone into production and some other great ideas of packaging water.

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Boxed Water: about 85% of the Boxed Water container is made from a renewable resource, 20% of the profits go back to the resources from which the product is composed of; water and trees.

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Plant it Water: Made from 60% renewable resources, with the famous Tetra Pak design.

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GO Water: This has an oxygen concentration that is 35 times higher than regular water, and the packaging design is pretty sweet as well.

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Ty Water: Designed by well know evolutionary biologist and designer Ross Lovegrove this water bottle was designed in 2001.

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Evian 2005 Limited edition: Looks more like a fragrance bottle or something to hold your favourite liqueur.

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Paul Smith Evian Water Bottle: The water bottle is adorned in vibrant colors with a festive theme and a nod to Smith’s signature stripes.

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Ô Water: The bottle mimics the effect of a test tube based on the idea of a ‘specimen of purity’.

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Lanjaron Water: The sleek, clear, groove-less shape of the bottle magnifies the Mulhacén mountain (Sierra Nevada, Spain) arising from its base.

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Viz: Claims to be in a category of its own and packs a punch offering a fizz when you open the bottle each time increasing the potency life of the drink.

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SEI Water: Inspired by the military canteen we all know this bottle does again look more like an aftershave bottle by a snotty french company, the bottle is based on the principles of portability and utilization of space.

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Rustad Spring Water: Designed by Norwegian design agency Strømme Throndsen Design, the bottle and can design show great subtle qualities and would definitely be something consumers would latch onto being a product they would love to be seen with.

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1Litre Water: Featuring an integrated cup this design and was awarded the gold medal for “People’s Choice in Packaging and Design at the Berkeley Spring Water Tasting Competition.”

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Farraelle: Mineral water presented as clean, simple and minimal.

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Veen: The double curvature in the design is seen to promote product purity.

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Article written by Jared Thompson

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Oct
16
2009

Re-inventing Time Itself

Your taught how to tell the time as a young child, whether it’s through a small wristwatch or a big grandfather clock you had in your living room. These clocks attempt to confuse you further and look at new and interesting ways in which we can tell the time.

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Vadim Kibardin: ‘Killer Clock Concept.’

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Myznik Egor: ‘Soft Clock Concept.’ (This was selected for a red-dot design award in 2009.)

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Yiran Qian: ‘vice versa’

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Sander Mulder: ‘Continue Time.’

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Humans since 1982: ‘Clock Clock.’

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Loove Brooms: ‘Energy Aware Clock.’

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Niels Van Eijk and Miriam Van Der Lubbe: ‘Tik Tak.’

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Arthur Yung + Clement Cheung: ‘Decode Clock.’

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Matthias Pugin: ‘Switchital.’

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Wooteik Lim : ‘Definition of Time.’

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Lisa Sandall: ‘Corner Clock.’

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Mintpass.com: ‘Contour clock.’

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Pascal Barde: ‘Gélule.’

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Oct
09
2009

Innovative and Novel Approaches to the Computer mouse

The computer mouse is a recognizable product which has a defined shape and look, but why does it have to be so uniform? Can the interface be made over and move into a new and exciting design strategy? Here are a few concepts and ideas in re-vamping the way we see the computer mouse.

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Demat Computer Mouse: Could this mouse be the ultimate in bare bones design and minimal material usage?

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Mus2: Is a great cordless mouse which takes its inspiration from the cursor we are all familiar with, designed by Artlebedev.

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Ez Keypad Mouse: flipping open the mouse cover allows use to use the numbers if you needed to write a long list.

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Heartbeat Mouse: The mouse has a unique selling point for when the user grasps it, his or her thumb and palm will touch on its sensors which are inside the mouse and it starts to detect the user’s health situation. It also reminds the users how long they have worked.

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Logitech MX Air: The MX Air combines laser optics for millimeter point accuracy, touch controls for parts of its interface, and Freespace’s innovative motion sensing technology to track hand gestures.

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Flip Top Skype USB Mouse: Combines the computer mouse we all know and recodnise to open up as a skype phone for those internet calls.

Dormino: Entered in the Greener gadgets design competition for core77 this computer mouse tries to harness and help remove the wasted heat energy emitted by laptops to power a mouse, a common periphery used.

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Jelly Blow up Mouse: Found on everyone’s favourite product design concept site, Yanko design. Whenever you need a mouse, blow up the Jelly Click, attach the USB cable and you’re good to go.

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Zero Mouse Concept: Toxel profiles this much loved concept also seen on Coroflot, designed by German designer Oliver Rosito.

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Oct
05
2009

The Best Gundam Robot Illustrations

Gundam is a meta-series of anime created by the Japanese studio Sunrise, that features giant robots called Gundam. The meta-series started way back in 1979 as Mobile suit Gundam, it has appeared in many forms since and is very popular in Japan and the United States. I have collated a number of great Gundam Robot illustrations from across the Web.

Daniel Wolstenholme: Design Student at the University of Central Lancashire, Daniel is a product designer and maintains his own website and blog.

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Ian Austin: Chaos Gundam in collaboration with VR-Eli, done with the aid of a line drawing.

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Ivan Sanchez: I found loads of great illustrations by Ivan Sanchez, these are just three of a large selection of Gundam images which he produces which is just amazing. Be sure to check out his Deviant Art work.

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Lucky Medel: Graduate of De La Salle College of Saint Benilde who works in industrial design.

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Carl McGreavy: Design student at UCLAN, Carl works hard in retail as well as putting time and effort in his product design degree.

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Nick Bistervelds: Is a 21 year old vector artist from Spain.

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Rey Amio: “A personal variant of the XXXG-01H Gundam Heavy Arms from the Gundam Wing series. Built using high-resolution subdivision surfaces and textured using composited procedurals and dirtmaps.”

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Stuart Hunt: Design student at UCLAN, the Burton-on-trent native works hard on his photoshop work and his product design degree.

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Ryan: Is an anime artist from the United states, and displays great works on his Deviant Art profile.

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Philip Hughes: Made using markers on rag paper, quite impressive i think you will agree.

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Matt Richardson: Working under the banner of Eminar Design, Matthew is a Liverpool native and loves to work with 3D CAD software and is also working to a Product Design Degree.

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Jimmy Chew: Working in art direction, print and illustration, Jimmy is from central Singapore and has four years experience.

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Joy Lee: Has nine years of design industry experience, and works within the games design industry and has skills in illustration and art direction. Describing this piece Joy says: “I tried to depict scenes that would come up in animations.”

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Ashley Craven: Everything this man touches is gold, his digital presentation work is often faultless keep your eye out for this product design student in the future.

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Muhammad Najdi Abdul Ranie: This was hand drawn and rendered using Copic markers, pastels and colour pencils. Muhammad works in industrial design and is from Singapore.

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Chad Baptiste: “This was the first mass produced Gundam, the Federation Mobile Suit RX-79 Ground Type Mobile Suit. Very armored and well adapted for earth terrain combat, the RX-79 features the same functional ability as the RX-78 Gundam but equipped with tech suitable for Earth Combat.”

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Patrick Locke: Self-proclaimed genius from Canada.

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Kseronarogu: Is Aconcept artist from poland.

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Gemma Riley: Just launched her personal site, Gemma is a UCLAN design student working towards her Product Design degree.

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Sep
09
2009

50 Amazing Typography Wallpapers

Design and Typography go hand in hand, designers the world over use typography in logo’s, advertisements, packaging and posters. Typography is used by artists and graphic designers the world over and can make any piece of work stand out and rubber stamp a designs wow factor.

This round-up shows off the best in typography wallpapers, taken from various sites across the board and those which i have bookmarked in my research online. Feel free to leave a comment on the post or the posters themselves.

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Helvetica How I Love Thee: Lau Ardelean

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Type and Grid: Freaky frames

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I love Typography: Aisle One

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Helvetica: designed by julia

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Typography world map: Vlad Studio

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Periodic Table of Typefaces: SquidCam

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I am sweet: Philipp Thom

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Typography is Passion: Phillip Thom

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Feliciano Type Foundry: Arno Kath

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Helvetica: Luiz Santana

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Typography is everything: Simon Page

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We Love Typography: Sergiy Tkachenko

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Fast and Furious: Simon Page

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Helvetica With Love: Allon Lim

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Type: Parachute

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Here’s to Beer: Samantha Wiley

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Typography: Hallaserke

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Fix You: For Certain

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Typography is Everything: Simon Page

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JL Fraiser: Yours Saawan

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Type Veteran: Radu Ceuca

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Design Typography: I Strad

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I Love Design: Catova

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Fantasy: Fantasy PS

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USA: Kreiebaby

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Revolution: For Certain

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CMY Design: Guidos Portal

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Pride: Tnemgarf

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Word Hard: Nudge Nudge wink wink

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Colours: AssasinXXX

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Be Yourself: Nianguche

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Desktop Wallpaper: Edward Knowles

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Trance Lover: Mikhail Moldovanov

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Typography Gun: Keeyou

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Eternal Typography: HeavenzART

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Typography Woods: Dinesh

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B+ : Sali M89

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Depeche Mode Typography: Siostra Nocy

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Deviant Art Wallpaper: Cobra GFX

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Explosive Typography: Angie Bowen

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Les Grossman: Dan Mowchan

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Love doesn’t hold grudges: American18076

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Typography on a Hill: Bloody Hippo

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Soshified: FFVortex

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Typographic: Evil can of joy

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Madonna Party: Selim Ekmen

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Work to become: Santa Banta

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Hungry Love: i love my desktop

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Take a Bow: Fred is Dead

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Sep
03
2009

40 Incredible Illustrations by Amazing Artists

The internet is a showcase for hundreds of amazing Illustrators. Each person has an individual style and can bring something unique in each illustration. An artists can be great traditional artists but this roundup concentrates on some of the amazing digital work out there. This article is a round up of 40 stunning Illustrations to inspire you, by 14 amazingly talented digital illustrators.

Alberto Seveso

Find him over on Behance + website

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Mans Wikstroms

Find him over on Behance + his website

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Peter Jarowski

Find his portfolio on Behance + his website

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Jared Nickerson

Find him over on Behance + his website

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Si Scott

Find him over at Behance + his website

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Adhemas Batista

Find him on Behance + check out his website

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Adrian Knopik

Find him over on Behance + his website

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Pete Harrison

Find him over at Behance + website

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Aled Lewis

Find him over on Behance + his website

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Cristiano Siqueira

Find him on Behance + his website

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Jerico Santander

Find him over on Behance

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Thomas Keeley

Find his profile on coroflot

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@Christy Latz

Find her on Coroflot coroflot.com/davidcoppergirl

+ Behance behance.net/outtheotherside

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Michael Fennen

Find him over on Coroflot

+ Behance

and check out his great website michaelfennen.com

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Don’t be afraid to drop the artist a comment about there work, and leave comments at the end of this article they are always appreciated!

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Aug
24
2009

Amazing Typography Packaging

One of the most common examples of great graphic design is packaging, apart from holding the relevant information for the product itself it becomes a brilliant tool for sales. Illustration often is the main feature in packaging but color and typography are also major factors. Typography can give the packaging a desired edge and make it stand out against the competition. Plus who doesn’t like a typography dominated roundup?

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Boxed Water: Part sustainable water, part art project; designed by Eric Monroe

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Effen Vodka: Arlo Design

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Wyborowa Vodka: Keving Leung

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Robot food have designed this great label design for ‘Drinks Well.’

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Assemblage: designed by Swiss designer Elsa Degirmenciler.

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Georgia Coffee: Nicely designed coffee by coca-cola japan.

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Subplot: Happy Planet Shots

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Alvaro Rubio designs this new way of packaging milk.

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Innovative milk packaging found on Fubiz.

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Brooklyn Fare: Designed by Mucca Design

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Lindsey Faye Sherman: Organic Eggs Container

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Created by UK firm Brandy: Scratch

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Innovative Way of repackaging Rice: By Pepe Gimeno

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Waitrose Fresh Herbs: Lewis Moerly

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Sweet Freedom by Agency Holmes and Merchant

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Deep Purple: Child in Time ‘Cover Exercise’ by Sabri Akin

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Design Bridge Netherland design these innovating hairdressing gels.

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Felicia Hildenbrandt: Walters Sugar

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Aug
18
2009

50 of the Best Typography Posters

Design can’t be made without some form of type, the more consideration you give to the type you use the more likely your design is going to look kick ass. Graphic designers and artist’s can use typography to give there work the edge, whether they want to make it look clean cut and minimal or grunge and street like.

This round-up shows off the best in typography posters, taken from various sites across the board and those which i have bookmarked in my research online. Feel free to leave a comment on the post or the posters themselves.

1062321248871793Attila Horvath: Helvetica Story Poster

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762251214912005Boris Bonev: Cyrillic Glasses

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718381229442660Ernst Lass: I won’t let another month

701361223256360Kevin J Furst – Obama: Yes we can

2984434002_e0dca5f827Marcela Garces: Helvetica

2401758062_48b8c09820Gabe Shockey: Bodoni

2258607095_bb00a86aedJuanma Teixido: And you can take that to the bank

2252547555_018206a805Two fish 77: What is graphic design?

2260090727_3624f99a15Fernando Maclen: What is Graphic Design

777451818_ab0b62c3caNick Wilson: Bauhaus Poster

509813395_2c8e344215Katie Simari: Helvetica

240455158_283b1e73beBobbie Miltcheva: Caslon Typography

240454591_2fce96a8c8Janet Scovic: Century Typography

197219451_6c1291a842Jason Ellison: Garamond 3D

282421_H_a8L6imXGH32G6PoT8g8QkcCSaruul Khishigsuren: Typeface

261070_31czGVww8AcBfrrm9vRy6lyPoJared Thompson: Live life Loud

260221_rhuN5Fp23nBFjvUYPNmvuJwh5.jpegTodd proctor: Print

228703_XiD2DfVvUKJGRhoI1GTSOo4DiNick Brue: Intergalactic Type

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Jessica Hirsche: Baby Announcement

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Carlos Velasco: Speak with sound

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Alex Caldwell:Typography Beer Directions

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Hollywell: The Notorious B.I.G

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Max Mieddinger: Thank fuck for Helvetica

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Seb Design: Stel Christain Cambas

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Ahmed Galal: Some people refuse to be default

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Ian Fleming: IPS Skylines

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Industriarts: Front Line Assembly

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Mr graphics guy: Technical Love

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Typography_by_Zombie_keeperZombie Keeper

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Yien Keat

Urban_Typography_by_andrewackroydAndrew Ackroyd

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Mahir Demir

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Typography_A_by_lemondesignLemon Design

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Typography_by_Rachel_SpeedRachel Speed

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Typography_by_fabianohikaruFabian Ohikaru

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