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Catalog / poster for the exhibition Nous Productes Ceràmics showing the results from the innovation workshops done at the Associació de Ceramistes de Catalunya by Rosa María Viadé, la Eulalia Naveira, el Jacint Comelles, el Magi Sambola, La Maria Jesus Montoya, Marlene Vitae, Rosa Cortiella y Vanina Espinoza y Guillem Ferran. Designed by Josep Ronab Barri, I very much enjoy the layout of these pieces of design, its definitly something I would like to produce someday.

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Illustrations for the Global Economics calendar by designer Maayan Pearl, I think that adding the illustrations onto the callender makes this piece of design stand out for me. Callenders can often be very boring, assosicated with being organised and serious, but here graphic design has been used to make this callender more fun and exciting.

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I saw this in a book I was reading and thought it was a really clever piece of design, aswell as being a clever piece of design its also useful, a way to remember all the typefaces.

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A yummy piece of illustration here by Ana Benaroya her design is always bright, eye catching and even a bit crazy, but design shoul be out there, that is what graphic design is there for, to be seen and to communicate to the public.

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This is a really lovely bit of design by Lisa Hedge , my favourite is the image and text poster, its really nicely done and looks elegant, maybe not a word you would normally use to describe graphic design but I think it is.

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This is the identity & art direction for Prism magazine by designer Sam Chirnside I really like a lot of work this designer does, in this piece I feel that the design has been considered throughout the magazine. The logo fits with the layout all works together and looks really clean cut and crisp.

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This book for M&Ms was designed by Mashburn Katz I found the brightly coloured front colours really intriguing, if I saw this around I would definitly want to look at it.

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This is a typeface & identity for Ethel Vaughn, a fashion label based in Berlin designed by Sam Chirnside. When creating an identity using a an already existing typeface is often the case but I think designing a whole new typeface that is individual to your company makes you stand out more to your audience and makes you more appealing and interesting.

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This is the packaging for Ikea Food by design company SDL, I like the simplicity of the design, the images are just block colours and symbols and the colours are kept the same throughout the packaging.

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This book is also made by StudioMakgill it was a book made to accompany a exhibition, 'the book brought together a number of prominent American photographers whose work engages with the physical and psychological landscape of the American South.'
They write themselves on their website how the design of the books lends itself to the content, 'Our simple typographic cover gives a nod to the turn of the century shop signage that could be found in many of Walker Evans' images of the small towns of the deep south.'

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This is work by Studio Makgill, its a poster they designed for their third birthday. By the time it was their third birthday they had completed 50 projects, this poster shows all 50 of them, I think it is a well designed piece of work that uses manily images but has the numbers 3 and 50, which I think is it all really needs.

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This is a visual identity for dutchtub designed by Sinds 1416, the shape of the product has been considered in the design of the logo and the consistency of identity is kept across all the designs, its even used on the tap of the prodcut itself, I enjoy this design a lot.

What is Graphic Design For?

This is some nice packaging design by Dry 'a creative agency specialising in graphic design, branding and art direction', I think packaging design is a very important park of graphic design, I feel I often see a lot of bad packaging design, the use of text and image had been considered here and I think the shop and audience have been considered carefully.

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 This is a limited edition, large format poster book chronicling the White Stripes rise from 2001
to 2005, designed by company Red Design. It's graphic design for print aimed towards an audience who are a fan of the band, it is probably something people would collect who follow the White Stripes therefore it needs to be something thats well made that people will want to buy and keep.

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'Fictional rebranding of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry based upon the concept of exploration, innovation, and preservation. The new identity includes a logo, identity collateral, posters, environmental graphics and an extensive guidelines manual'


This is a identity designed by Vanessa Lam for Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, there is visual consistency throughout all the products and is simple yet effective, using eye catching colours and shapes that attracted your attention.