Geometrical Character

This piece was created by Miguel Angel from Barcelona, Spain. What is interesting to me about this piece is it looks exotic, which makes since because he is from Spain. Lately I have been intrigued by graphics created with geometric figures. Especially those created from triangles. And even more so within monochromatic color schemes. I am impressed with how the artist chose to represent the planes and colors to create this animated figure that also gives off a sort of mystical feeling. It is a challenge every artist/graphic designer needs to consider creating and would be a magnificent portfolio piece.

Trident Gum

Trident Gum is known for making good for your teeth sugar-free gum. The teeth are represented as teeth within the package to visually relate the whiteness of their gum to how white their teeth could be by chewing it. The designer made the packaging fun and a series so they aren't marketed to just a woman's or man's mouth. You pull out the gum and put it in your mouth and ironically the gum becomes your teeth, metaphorically speaking. The concept was designed by Hani Douaji, in the United Kingdom.

Moet & Chandon

Clearly this is a package designed for champagne. But the concept behind it is so impressive to me I am on the hunt for it! The product itself is called Moet and Chandon Champagne, the concept is called Message on a bottle. It was designed around Valentine's Day for lovers to make gift giving easy with a hint of personalization, which is the most important part of it all. The gift set comes with a gold marker and two wine glasses. The idea is to mark up the bottle and the package as you are enjoying the bubbly!

Zen Perfume

These lovely bottles are designed by Igor Mitin at GOOD, in Kazakhtan. When developing this design he wanted to visually show his consumers what kind of zen they were to expect to smell in each bottle. He combines medias such as glass and plastic to create zen like shapes. Each are using some sort of cylindrical shape to contain the bottle itself and the bottom of each bottle is grounded with a glass platform so each design is unified and looks like they stem from the same brand- Zen. My favorite out of these is the seashell. It just seems to make sense and is quite inspirational.

Animal Illustration

What attracts my eye in design is simple lines that convey negative space more so than the positive space in the piece. I enjoy the couple of whales together, almost resembling a mother whale and her child. They amaze me because where they overlap it doesn't get cluttered or confusing for the viewer. The artist, Andrea Minini, has multiple other art pieces using this same style also specializing in animals. 

Animal Alphabet

If you can't tell, this is an animal alphabet. And not your average animal alphabet. It is much more sophisticated and doesn't look like it is made for your baby to first learn the letters. I adore the way the animals were arranged to convey each letter and makes since. Not only do the animals spell out letters by their position, but the letter is each represented by the first letter of the animals name. This series was semi completed by Marcus Reed. Don't ask me why he didn't do the letter "Y" and "Z".

Fashion Magazine Doodles

As you all may know, I am very interested in fashion. When I found this fabulous collection of covers I geeked. It blends together illustration and the obvious, fashion magazine covers. They were brilliantly designed by interior designer, Ana Strumpf. She exaggerates the look and feel of each cover with random doodles that stands out from your regular Cosmopolitan magazine. More of her work can be found on http://www.anastrumpf.com.br. In addition her website particularly represents her style as shown in these magazines in such a way that is repetitive shapes/patterns.

Ian Fleming's James Bond Collection

This is a series of book covers remade in the theme of James Bond collection. I am not usually a fan of women being used as a "art form" but this is an exception. I really like the artists view on how the women are posed and mixed a art nouveau design with psychedelic colors. I am also attracted to how the women each have small details that make them unique from each other. Such as the "Moon Raker" has a mirror and you can see her reflection in it. Also all the female models are diverse. Which is something the artist most likely paid close attention to. Designed by Michael Gillette, published by Penguin UK, 2008. I found this piece at http://flavorwire.com/238996/15-gorgeous-book-cover-redesigns/view-all

Go Green by Galia Bernstein

From London Transport Museum's competition

What I love about this piece is its so illustrative and all the spaces are filled in with drawings of the capitol, environment, bikes, and is fun. The look and feel of the art showcases wonderful textures in foliage and contrasted with the simplistic lines for the ferris wheel and bikes. The implied lines are very chaotic in the sense that riders are biking every direction and off the branches of trees. This gives off a playful feeling to the audience and looks friendly. What I also adore about this poster is the go green is not in the color green which is overdone and makes this piece original and visually interesting.

This came from 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2010/jul/08/london-transport-museum-cycling-illustration-competition#/?picture=364655066&index=14