At first this t-shirt doesn’t look like anything special, but once the night comes… A quite creative use of the t-shirt space, and definitly a must-have for Resident Evil fans. Via TrendsNow.

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Resident Evil Comic-Con T-Shirt

However, it is still interesting to see how designers are participating in such an event, which I’ll try to do in this article by categories.

Architecture

For the current games, an amazing work has been made to create the necessary infrastructure for the games to take place. World’s most famous architects have been hired to design those stadium, the most famous probably being the National Stadium and its amazing roof, created by Herzog & De Meuron.

Update: as Jacob suggested in the comment section, here is a link to more on the buildings that shape the Beijing olympics.

Fashion design

Fashion design at the Olympic Games doesn’t have much to do with glamorous magazines covers, but is more a matter of engineers looking for the best material to improve performances. One of the examples of this is probably the LZR Racer high-tech swimsuits.

Graphic design

A lot of graphic design elements are needed to promote such an event, the most viewed probably being the logo, mascots and pictograms.

The Beijing Olympics logo

The Beijing Olympics pictograms

The Beijing Olympics mascots

Product design

Apart from all the marketing items, some other objects have to be designed for the Olympic Games, such as the olympic torch or the medals.

Recent Olympic Torches, the New York Times has a complete collection of Olympic Torches.

Olympic medals for Beijing Games, read about it on the official website.

Photography

I don’t have any picture of the current games to share here, but sport event are a great place for photographers to work. Be sure to regularly take a look at the Big Picture blog, they surely will post some great pictures.

Update: the Big Picture did post some pictures, and they are indeed awesome!

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Design at the Beijing Olympic games

Stratis & Beva – Two photographers based in Paris, exhibiting their work around the world.

Zhang Jingna – Singapore photographer with beautiful fashion design shoots.

Giovanni Gastel – Intriguing pictures and great ideas.

Luganski – Helsinki photographer, creative photo manipulations.

Anna Nygards – Another photographer from the cold, in Sweden.

Eolo Perfido – Magazine & advertising photographer.

Michael Muller – Magazine photographer with a nice fashion photography portflolio.

What about you? Who are your favourite fashion design photographers? Please share them in the comments.

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Picturing beauty: amazing fashion photographers

In my last post, I was wondering whether beautiful design is always good. My answer that is isn’t, but Kiyoshi Kuroda is the kind of man that will make one reconsider this kind of statement.

Kuroda is a japanese illustrator and art director born in Tokyo in 1975. He studied at the Tama Art University, then worked as a graphic designer for a few years before starting to work as a freelancer in 2003.

Widely inspired by nature, his floral designs elegantely combine photography, fashion and illustration. He expresses his sensitivity through his illustrations, graphic designs for magazines, CDs and book, but also shows off his work in worldwide exhibitions as a full artist.

Of course, you should take a look at his hard-to-navigate flash website, you’ll see more of his astonishing work there.

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The flowery world of Kiyoshi Kuroda

Cute little bags for kids. Via TheCoolHunter.

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Blabla backpacks for kids

I’d love to do a design for it and get my own timbag. I guess I’ll have to buy a MacBook Pro first.

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Timbag, personnalized bag for your MacBook Pro

Nice custom sneakers by Turf One.

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Custom sneakers

Morenewmath.com = (great idea + nice blog)²
Via = Do Something pretty

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Deftly, Ms. Tsukioka, a 29-year-old experimental fashion designer, lifted a flap on her skirt to reveal a large sheet of cloth printed in bright red with a soft drink logo partly visible. By holding the sheet open and stepping to the side of the road, she showed how a woman walking alone could elude pursuers — by disguising herself as a vending machine.

Read the full article on The New York Times website.

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Wearing your hiding place

The cool Hello Muller serie.

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Hello T-shirt