The Rotterdam Film Festival is an annual event that takes place every January in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This huge event is something that many people native to that region anticipate on as well as any designer that happens to know about it. The foundation was initially founded in 1972, it has maintained focus on independent, fun…
Hard Werken was initially a Rotterdam based design company specializing in design publications. The original group of designers consisted of Rick Vermeulen, Willem Kars, Gerard Hadders, Henk Elenga and Ton van der Haspel in 1979. Their first official publication was called One For All in which they took an approach towards the pressures and opportunities…
Rick Vermeulen is a designer famously know for the “Hard Werken” magazines, which uses anarchic designs contrary to modern day typography and design styles. Rick was born on June 14, 1950 in Schiedam, Netherlands. When he entered college he decided to take up graphic design as his major at Rotterdam Academy and later graduated in…
The title sequence in A Kiss From Tokyo almost resembles that of The Incredibles. It uses a lot of 2D animation, typography in it’s intro; a lot of icons are present as well. Another feature I noticed with in both The Incredibles and A Kiss From Tokyo’s is a form of parallax scrolling. Though it’s…
For my ‘space design’, I chose to write about James B Hunt Library on centennial campus, here at NC State. The images taken above are from the second floor, which is a very inviting and open seating area for all. The white based interior really allows the presence of any and all color within the…
‘Jeansboro’, which can be reference to by the 3ft sculptures built in downtown Greensboro, NC. They are used to pay homage to Greensboro’s rich history with the denim and textile industry. The designs on each “pair of jeans” are different and were sent in by Guilford County high school students in a contest. After living…
I chose Maruchan Instant Lunch for my ‘wild design’ post this month. I chose this design because there’s a lot visual elements being incorporated onto such a small surface but it works well together. Maruchan is known for being the iconic instant ramen noodle company and majority of their labels visually are similar yet slightly…
The three Fates spinning the web of human destiny, sculpture by Gottfried Schadow, 1790, part of the tombstone for Count Alexander von der Mark; in the Old National Gallery, Berlin. The Fates, otherwise known as The Moirai, are a group of three sibling goddesses who are responsible for the individual destinies of mortals at birth.…