Stylesight's Graphics team was in Las Vegas last week for Magic Market Week.
Among all the shows at Magic Market Week, Pool & Capsule remains the most exciting in terms of directional graphics. Each season ushers in new ideas as trends of seasons past linger. Here are a few key graphic directions that grabbed our attention:
Altered-Luxe re-emerged as a key direction for
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So much clarity and thoughtfulness captured in a single image.
Daniel Büttner’s body of work is so captivating and refreshing, his industrial facades capture such great geometry turning the mundane office block into a work of art.
Here's hoping to seeing more of this stunning photography in the future, it really inspires us to see the world we live in with different eyes.
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We were introduced to the typographic handiwork of Erik Marinovich via the Inaugural issue of The Atlantic, where he crafted a font made by hand to accompany an article called "How Genius Works", cleverly tying in the idea that all great thoughts begin with a sketch.
The San Francisco-based letterist and designer was named Letter Cult's Person of the Year in
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Team Graphics spent some time in stationery heaven this week.
Paperworld flaunts over 2,000 exhibitors displaying a huge range of stationery supplies and inspiration to the 50,000+ visitors each year. Below are some of the highlights from this paper-lovers-paradise.
Papierpiraten is a lovely illustrative collection by Karolin Kornelsen. Her cards are graphically whimsical, featuring empty speech bubbles for adding that personal touch.
The Austrian Goods
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We have just landed back in London after a few hectic days at Bread & Butter in Berlin. While there, we saw an array of artist and illustrator collaborations, as well as an assembly of workers hand-customising garments. Professionals were on-hand guiding us along the way, as we lasered, screen-printed, and glittered some of our own garments!
So many great graphic tees
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The Holidays are upon us!
We can think of no better way to enjoy our last moments in the office than ogling this wonderful collection of Christmas GIF's curated by Enjoythis and Illustrator Ryan Todd. The contributors are some of the most talented illustrators and designers around today, here are some of our favorites.
Click on the images to see more from the artist,
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A Collection where Designers Become Authors, Perfumers Become Narrators, Scents Become Characters, And Your Experience Is The Story
- Six Scents
We've long been fans of the Six Scents collaborations and their creativity with a conscience mantra. Their fourth collection Characters brings us visually stunning packaging graphics designed by Australian creative firm 3Deep.
Limited edition unisex fragrances are dreamed up and released annually in
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Our first of many Wrap magazine's arrived earlier this month and we just can't wait to use it! The Graphics team at Stylesight loves these mags with perks. (See: T-Post.)
What makes Wrap so unique are the 10 pieces of original artwork created and printed within the magazine format. The artwork is also printed on five double-sided pullout sheets, creating something to keep
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T-post is the world's first wearable magazine. Subscribe, and not only will you recieve the magazine, but a new tee as well. Each issue delivers a news story printed on the inside and an artist's interpretation of the article on the front, creating a fresh new take on the standard magazine format.
T-post began among friends in 2004, producing only five
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With the U.S. election now over, we take a look at some of the graphics that encouraged people to vote in the lead up to the Presidential verdict.
#GoVote was the hashtag used by hundreds of artists nationwide to show off their art skills - many of which are featured on the govotenov6 Tumblr page. Although the artwork varies dramatically in style,
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Japanese fashion label, Comme Des Garcons, has recently launched Moving Six, an iPad App showcasing selected works from the iconic A3 magazine, Six.
This fusion of modern technology and traditional technique gives the viewer an interactive experience, highlighting the print and photography archive while also exploring auditory space.
Active between 1988 and 1991, the publication lasted only eight issues.
Visit the Comme Des
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This installation is visually incredible. It's for the car manufacturer Hyundai and is 8m high and 45m in width and is named a Hyper-Matrix.
The Hyper-Matrix is built using 30x30cm styrofoam cubes and a process called mechatronics. This is the multidisciplinary field of engineering which refuses to split each category into seperate fields. This impressive example of mechatronics in art is
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Head to London's Hayward Gallery Project Space for an exciting journey through punk culture in the 1970s. Prepare to be immersed into an authentic world of anarchic visuals.
The exhibition is bursting with unseen art, graphics, and designs, alongside an archive of items such as cassette tapes, posters, handbills, records, and clothing inspired by the pre-punk, punk, and post-punk movements. Publications of early fanzines including
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Sound & Vision is the new solo art exhibition from Shepard Fairey - creator of the global streetwear brand, Obey. The show features a range of new works including mixed media paintings on canvas, works on paper, retired stencil collages, rublith cuts, serigraphs on wood, and metal on paper.
The exhibit's title, Sound & Vision, is taken from a David Bowie song of the
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