Just a short note to let you know that I am now a contributing writer to the Creative Bloq http://www.creativebloq.com . This is an online blog dedicated to all things creative including… – Graphic design – Illustration – 3D – Motion graphics – Web design – App design – Photography – Photo editing – Architecture … Continue reading
Would you look at the Ampersand on that? 30 Beautiful Ampersands
It has been said that the most beautiful paring of words in the English language is ‘Cellar Door’ however I possibly believe that a collection of three syllables could be just as beautiful. The word, is a beguiling little secret, we see it every day hiding like a little spy in plain sight nestled furtively … Continue reading
55 Alternative Movie Posters: Ambrosia for the eyes
Hello everyone, I hope you are well. It has been quite some time since I have written something on this blog and it’s purely down to the fact that I have been incredibly busy working on a few European projects, which had me away from home for a few months, but now I am back … Continue reading
العين حلوى: مصممون من منطقة الشرق الأوسط وأفريقي
وهنا بعض الفنانين القلائل من منطقة الشرق الأوسط وأفريقيا التي تنتج بعض الأعمال مدهش حقا. الشرق الأوسط تصميم، وأجد وبقوة يتأثر الخط العربي، مع أنها whisps وتجعيد الشعر في مزج مع هذا الموضوع. الخط العربي هو جميل بصريا وهو في الحقيقة عمل فني على نفسه، في رأيي يمكن إلا أن يكون ينافسه بواسطة الخط الصيني والياباني. لا يمكن لأهمية الخطيمكن التقليل في كل شيء، في عالمنا الغربي لم نفعل ذلك حقا يقدسون أو عقد تأييد الكثير لذلك، ولكن في وقت سابق من أيام إذالم يكتب لفافة أو ورقة مكتوبة من قبل الفلاسفة وعلماء الرياضيات في وقت مبكر والكيميائيون ل وأعلى مستوى من الخط العربي قد تم الغاء ورقة على الفور. وكان من الممكن أسرار العالم مقفلة في تلك الوثيقة، ولكن إذا كانت مهارة لتقديم هذا لم يكنيصل … Continue reading
Eye Candy: Designers from the Middle East and Africa
Here are a few artists from the Middle East and Africa that are producing some really amazing works. Middle Eastern design, I find is strongly influenced by its Calligraphy, with it’s whisps and curls blending in with the subject matter. Arabic calligraphy is visually beautiful and really is a work of art on it’s own, … Continue reading
Advertising: HTC One Advert
I totally fell in love with this ad, in fact if I hadn’t have just bought my iPhone 4s I probably would have got the HTC One solely based on this advert. As contrite as it sounds, my buying patterns are based on how things make me feel, the presentation and personality imbued into the … Continue reading
Graphic Design: Totally Tubular Typography
If there is one part of Graphic Design that I love, it really has to be Typography, it is a real art form and its variation, malleability and formation is essentially limitless. Here is a gallery of 50 or so typographic wonders, some old, some new, some accidental, on purpose and some in Arabic. After … Continue reading
Graphic Art: The Animal Anthropomorph 60+ examples of animal/human art
Anthromorphism is by definition: Any attribution of human characteristics (or characteristics assumed to belong only to humans) to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. Ever since the dawn of time we have been painting images, our histories and our beliefs, from prehistory cave paintings to books, frescos and in this age comics, … Continue reading
Nuggets of Nostalgia from a child of the 80’s and 90’s
Here are a few things from my childhood that gives me a great feeling everytime I remember them. Sometimes I wish I could go back and relive it all again, because growing up as a kid in the 80’s and 90’s was just brilliant and possibly the last age of innocence. Nowadays I feel a … Continue reading
Fashion: Runways, Jewellery, and Pure Imagination
This is a quick post, but I just have to share this before I forget to do so. In the daylight, I am an events professional and used to be quite heavily involved in the luxury markets. I have the greatest respect for those that defy convention, amaze the viewer and not just deliver an event, but create an … Continue reading