Tradigital thinking in graphic design

The term “tradigital” art refers to art that is created by combining traditional and digital media. Jim Leggitt’s presentation (below) shows you how he employs conventional drawing techniques to produce textured, warm, and visually interesting architectural drawings using digital renderings from, in the case of this class, the SketchUp 3D program
Continue Reading →Everyday Growing by Juliette Warmenhoven

Sight Unseen has a nice feature up this week about Juliette Warmenhovem who makes odd contraptions and vessesls from plastic, paper and fiberglass to celebrate the growth and nurturing of plant life in domestic space. Pictured top are a bonsai incubator, left and germination vessels on the right, including a plant cuttings holding tank and a water supply device that helps seedlings sprout. Below, a music box that twirls a potato around on a pedestal, “highlighting the hidden beauty of a potato.” Here’s an excerpt: Her father is a flower farmer.
Continue Reading →Liya Mairson’s Pop-Up Cardboard Playhouse

Liya Mairson, a graduate of the Shenkar College of Engneering and Design, has created a children’s play house that takes cues from pop up books, except this on is life size. As the pages are unfolded, so too do imaginary domestic spaces for children to play in
Continue Reading →The ballsiest Nike installation you’ve ever seen

Last month I was so caught up with the World Cup games, I never caught wind of the subsidiary events happening around South Africa. Like this killer Nike installation by Ratcliffe Fowler Design , erected in a Jo’burg shopping mall: The 20-meter high figure is modeled after Carlos Tevez, and the 5,500 “pixels” are actual balls that were subsequently donated to football programs around South Africa
Continue Reading →beyond the big day: a french country celebration

Over at Once Wed, we are just smitten over Rachel and Michael’s simply modern wedding , shot by the fabulous Jose Villa . Rachel, an upcoming Associate Art Director for Cooking light magazine, exudes top notch creativity, so when she had the idea to put together this tablescape based off her own wedding, we knew it would be the perfect event for today’s column
Continue Reading →God Smiles by Tim Crowder
Designing in the Dark: 10 Dark Sites and Their Color Schemes

What goes well with a black website? Today we’ll find out but taking a look at some excellent examples of dark web design along with their primary color palettes. Each website will have a screenshot along with a brief description, a visual representation of the color scheme, and a link to download the Photoshop color swatches from Pictaculous
Continue Reading →small measures with ashley: housewarming baskets
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