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If you work in the creative industry, you would have heard of Wacom. They are well known and respected for their lines of graphics tablets. In fact they make the best ones out there, for professionals all the way down to cheap models for beginners. They don’t really have any competition. Well apparently having a [...]

I’m a sucker for good packaging. And I’m a sucker for a good bottle of vino, but will also settle for a nicely designed label on some rubbish plonk. Although this usually leads me to drinking some rather unsavory wine, I do think the world is a better place with nicely designed anything. The world [...]

Holy crap – this video will wake you up. It’s an amazing electronic music live set by Etienne de Crécy at the “transmusicales de Rennes” music festival. Apparently the visuals are done by the France based (duh!) group Exzyt, who’s website seems to be down at the moment. They call themselves Experimental Architects – who [...]

Much has been made of the death of the Polaroid, you’ve all probably read thousands of articles on it and went out and stockpiled catridges like they were tins of beans in the days leading up to the Y2k crisis. News of the shutting down of production was taken badly by design mavens worldwide. Wailing [...]

This is one for the designers and type freeks amongst you – the Typocalypse series by Lars Willem Veldkampf. A simple yet engaging examination of Font and the subliminal messages its use is sending. Check them out some of our favs after the jump

Motion graphics is often considered somewhat the pinnacle of the modern commercial design. No other contemporary art form has quite such a universal appeal. Art lover, designer or not, as long as you have got eyes – it’s hard not to appreciate shiny, pretty, moving things. Our friends, The Start have launched their new studio [...]

3M have teamed up with Mini Cooper to offer “Original Wraps” a series of customisable graphics for the Mini. Printed on 3M vinyl and laminate they start as low as $10 and top out at $350. There’s a range of options, from simple badges and A panel wraps through to roof tops, stripes, interiors and [...]

Field notes are slim memo books for those who want to “go against the grain”, to quote a superstar, and avoid the current Moleskine autocracy that is creatives and their notebooks.  Featuring 48 pages of graph lined paper and boasting that all important saddle stitching, Field Notes are Inspired by the vanishing subgenre of agricultural memo [...]

Honestly, who doesn’t fantasize about the ultimate way to quit your shitty job? Southpaw were asked to extend the “Quit in Style” campaign into online and the results can now be seen at www.quitinstyle.com, which will host initial content created by directors in London, LA, New York and Sydney. The idea is to create a [...]

Okay, so the bicycle revolution/trend has really kicked into gear around the world. Whether its BMX, 26″, track bike, fixed or foldable – it seems that all the cool people around the world are riding on two wheels. And naturally online blogverse is reflecting the trend with thousands of posts about all kinds of bicycles. [...]

Massimo Vignelli has updated his classic 1972 NYC subway map design for Men’s Vogue. Check out some close ups over here. The original was as highly heralded as it successor has been decried. To see why glance at the current organic look that’s been in place for 30 years below. I think it goes without [...]