Atelier Olschinsky, a studio based in Vienna, Austria, created these pieces. They don’t describe how they created these images, but their work seems to operate between analog and digital processes.
Tim Boelaars designed the following icons, which become more interesting when presented as collected sets instead of individual icons. He certainly has mastered using heavy line weights.
Men’s Garments:
Devices:
Carl Kleiner, the photographer behind the IKEA “Homemade is Best” series, has teamed with IKEA again, but instead of recipes, this time he’s showcasing entire dining and kitchen sets. When viewing Kleiner’s portfolio as a whole, though, you start to recognize how most of his work photographs neatly arranged objects or papers, sometimes to complete abstraction and occasionally suspended in space. I’ve included a few more projects below:
The Occupied Times of London is the newspaper for the Occupied London movement. Though a number of the Occupy movements distribute designed newspapers, the London circular is noteworthy for its punk and bastardized typography, combining Bastard with Din Mono for the main headlines and display typography.
Read more about the newspaper design on Creative Review, or view pdfs from the Occupied Times website.
Studio MPLS, a design firm in Minneapolis, created this identity for Crown Maple, a New York syrup company. The applications share a balance between detail (the wonderful bark texture) and simplicity, and it’s interesting to see some of the design process behind the icon development.
Spin designed this simple type specimen for Fontsmith, and the construction is brillant—a simple flap attached to the back of an accordion-folded sheet becomes a cover for the entire piece.
Christian Annyas, of the Movie Title Stills Collection, has compiled another wonderful post, this time on Chevrolet speedometer designs from 1941 to 2011. It is interesting to see how the typography changes over the 100 years, from resembling a stopwatch to digital meters.
The New York Times building has over 800 interior signs, each one of them unique. Each sign incorporates an image from the New York Times photographic archive that somehow correlates to the function of the room (and often times, the word to image relationship has a touch of humor). View more of the signs over on the Pentagram website.
Pentagram partner Angus Hyland created these paper pad covers for Cass Art, a central art supply store in London. Hyland has designed a number of items for branding Cass Art, including the identity, signage, and other promotional materials, like the “Young British Artist” book and bag. Using bold, abstract marks for the packaging is enough to make me excited to use different materials and make art. View more of the Cass Art materials on the Pentagram website (here and here).