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…
In 2015, Elliott Earls had his Installation Elegy For The Collapse of the Empire shown at the Milan Triennale museum. The installation was a major milestone for Earls and marked his growth as an artist in the community. For the exhibition, he created a large display of multiple different types of art, all culminating into…
After being fired from Elektra Records in 1994, Elliott Earls began to follow a new path for himself. Over the course of twelve months, Earls worked alone on a collection of pop songs, graphics, programming, electrons, spoken word poetry, posters and typography that ultimately became Throwing Apples at the Sun. The art piece is an…
Elliott Peter Earls interest in design began around high school. In Cincinnati, Ohio Earls attended Jesuit high school with no particular interest in academics or art. It was his mother who suggested to him to take up drawing and painting to lead him into a career in graphic design. Afterwards, Earls began his journey into…
In 2017, while working at Pentagram, Luke Hayman collaborated with American Rock band ‘The National’ to design the album cover and promotional material for the record ‘Sleep Well Beast’. The Grammy nominated album cover features a picture of the rural New York State recording studio built on the property of one of the band members.…
Travel + Leisure is one of the world’s top travel magazines boasting a readership of over five million. Published by American Express, the magazine is recognized for its stylish photography, useful information, and smart writing. Luke Hayman was Creative Director at Travel + Leisure from 2002 to 2004, prior to joining Pentagram in 2006 and…
In 1970, Luke Hayman was born in Hertfordshire, England. He graduated with honors from Central St. Martin’s School of Art in London in 1988. In 1992, Hayman moved to New York where he made his mark in publishing with attention-grabbing magazine designs and continues to live and work today. His wide range of expertise includes…
In 2012, Mevis & Van Deursen rebranded the Stedelijk Museum’s visual identity. This involved various collateral pieces like stationery, posters, signage, and much more. The logo is made by formatting “Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam” into an “S” shape. This logotype feels subversive as it keeps a minimalist attitude in its sans serif font choice in Union but also…
Silas Munro’s book W.E.B Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America is an analysis of W.E.B. Du Bois work through the lens of an African American. This novel grabs readers with its bright colorful graphic swirl on the front. This swirl is one of the many pieces included inside. Each of these infographics done by…
Polymode is the website/platform that was created by Silas Munro and Brian Johnson. It is a platform that allows their clients to create websites, advertisments, poetry, books, exhibitions, ect. “Polymode is a studio that leads the edge of comtemporary graphic design through poetic research, learning experiences, and making cool shit for clients in the cultural…
Calendrier Magique is an occult calendar created by Austin de Croze and illustrated by Manuel Orazi. The booklet calendar was printed in France in 1895 and only had 777 copies to commemorate magic for the coming year of 1896. It was meant to be a work of art rather than a real handbook for occult…
The problem today with commuting is safety. What do you do when you have to use your phone to navigate but are crossing busy intersections? IDEO participated in a three-company collaboration with Google and Levi’s. The production of this stylish jacket was meant to solve a navigator’s problems with common issues of daily travel. A…
IKEA is a company known for home living products. they wanted to create a prototype kitchen for the future. IDEO’s mission is to take the general human-centered experience and incorporate it into their designs to solve a problem. In this case, they were working for a person in 2025, and the relationship between food and…