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Art is always one of the best sources of inspiration for designers.

June 9, 2008
The amazing ABC3D book
The amazing ABC3D book

Discover the alphabet letter by letter with this amazing typography pop-up book. With a very creative use of forms and space, it shows the correlation between some letters with some cool transitions. I love the part with C turning into a D or the O – P going Q – R. Impressive work.

June 8, 2008
Design links for the week
Design links for the week

Plumbing art Hairstyles your mother wouldn’t approve History moments in Lego Speakers designed the way they should be Whiskas origami advertisement Helvetica Poster Beginner jQuery tutorials Help yourself Helvetica calendar 2008 Video games ruined my life Giant letters furniture Typographic packaging The anatomy of a gummy bear If you don’t want to miss any of […]

May 29, 2008
10 inspirational quotes about design
10 inspirational quotes about design

Great designers or artists have this curious habit to inspire us with their work. Amazingly, some of them are even inspiring when they are talking, that’s why I am sharing this little collection of quotes by designers and artists. Art has to move you and design does not, unless it’s a good design for a […]

May 25, 2008
Design links for the week
Design links for the week

Tiny street art project Photos of Nudibranchs Photoshop to get GPU and physics acceleration Playing with the sky in pictures My document bag The pixel couch Smart-Models Infographics Extraordinary art from metal If you don’t want to miss any of the links shared, you can of course follow me on my Tumblelog if you are […]

May 16, 2008
The flowery world of Kiyoshi Kuroda
The flowery world of Kiyoshi Kuroda

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, […]

April 2, 2008
March 26, 2008
Sam Weber, illustrator
Sam Weber, illustrator

Nice illustration by Sam Weber, published by The New Yorker. Much more to see on his portfolio.

March 23, 2008
Illustrations by Alberto Cerriteno
Illustrations by Alberto Cerriteno

Love these illustrations by Alberto Cerriteno, check out his blog.

March 20, 2008
Matei Apostolescu
Matei Apostolescu

Discover the work of Matei Apostelescu, a romanian artist that doesn’t tell you much about himself on his website. Hopefuly you can read about him on Computer Arts.

March 10, 2008
China Design Now
China Design Now

On the “China Design Now” exhibition’s website, you can now create your chinese zodiac character. The exhibition is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and it seems to be pretty cool.

February 22, 2008
Iconic moments
Iconic moments

Henri VIII’s wives published a photography project where they had elderly people replaying iconic images of the twentieth century. Not really sure what to think about it…

Donald Judd or cheap furniture?
Donald Judd or cheap furniture?

Funny quizz, my score was 83%. What’s your?

February 9, 2008
Grass roofs in Singapore
Grass roofs in Singapore

That’s the Art School where I should have gone, more about the architecture of the building on Inhabitat.

January 23, 2008
Beautiful on the inside
Beautiful on the inside

The above bears all have one thing in common, they used to be normal cute teddy bears, but have been turned inside out. This is a project by Kent Rogowski, and there even is a book available about it on Amazon.

January 22, 2008
Book sculpture
Book sculpture

Book sculpture by Mike Stilkey, see more.