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May 20, 2012

Infographic: Every Avenger That Marvel Ever Invented

Always appreciate the complexity of this simple patterns.

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The incredibly detailed infographics by Jer Thorp do the knock-off series of superhero scraps almost too much justice, as they meticulously and elegantly plot the appearance of every one of the 132 Avengers through almost 50 years of issues, with each hero designated by a three-color shield borrowed from Captain America.

Filed under // Design culture data infographic

Posted by Mark Cracknell

May 17, 2012

Design: The CS6 Desktop Brand System

Great article from the Adobe Brand Experience team discussing the new C6 Brand System and their methodology.

http://blogs.adobe.com/brandexperience/2012/05/16/the-cs6-desktop-brand-system/

Filed under // branding design found

Posted by Mark Cracknell

May 8, 2012

Infographic: Kill Your Characters And Be A Literary Giant

So you want to pen an award-winning novel. Here’s some advice: Write about death. Or love. Or--if you’re feeling really adventurous--homicidal cowboy brothers.

via FastCo

Filed under // Design data infographic

Posted by Mark Cracknell

April 28, 2012

Video: Colour Forecasting

Pimkie, a french fashion brand created Color Forecast, a website that shows you in real time what colors people are wearing in the fashion capitals. So you always get your colors right... and can conveniently purchase clothing in matching colours.

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Via Wired

How it works: High-speed digital cameras placed in strategic fashion centers of Paris, Milan, and Antwerp feed data 24/7 into a piece of color-tracking software written by Pedro Miguel Cruz.

Filed under // Design data fashion video

Posted by Mark Cracknell

April 24, 2012

Typography: Frustro - Every Letter Is An Optical Illusion

Via Co.Design

Frustro is the work of Martzi Hegedűs, a 25-year-old graphic designer at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts who was inspired to create a typeface inspired by Escher.

Filed under // Design found typography

Posted by Mark Cracknell

April 22, 2012

Video: Stop motion and time lapse explosions

'Compressed' tells stories through analog visual effects - everything in the film was made with physical materials and tools. By using frame by frame stop motion and time lapse techniques, fluid dynamics and magnetism are transformed into majestic explosions and seething storms.

Via Kim Pimmel

Filed under // Design motion graphics stop motion video

Posted by Mark Cracknell

April 20, 2012

Video: Music + Art - Squarepusher 'Dark Steering'

Mesmerising and yet indulgent? Video clip for UK artist Squarepusher.
Watch @3:30 as the visuals change.

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Via Co.Design

Electronic musicians can be terrible live acts: What’s the point of seeing someone stand on stage behind a laptop, hitting a return key? No wonder then that artists such as Daft Punk and Justice amp up their shows with elaborate visual displays. Tom Jenkinson, aka Squarepusher, is another such performer, and unlike the rest, he does the music and the visuals himself.