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Cocktail. Shwan Hamidi, art director; Partners Andrews Aldridge, ad agency; Captial One, client.
Cooking. Teacher magazine, client.
Origins of Gin. Ben Turner, art director; Waitrose Food Illustrated, client.
Meditation. Carole Eppleston, art director; Partners Andrews Aldridge, ad agency; Lexus, client.
Prediction. Carole Eppleston, art director; Partners Andrews Aldridge, ad agency; Vodafone, client.
Places to Hide. Shwan Hamidi, art director; Partners Andrews Aldridge, ad agency; Lexus, client.
Backyard Beauty, personal.
10.06.08
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Duration: I’ve been an illustrator for four years. Before that, a graphic designer and also a lecturer in graphic design. Staff: I work alone. Education: I have a degree in graphic design from the University of the West of England (1989).Cultural Influences: My work is influenced by the act of drawing more than anything else. Pieces come together as a response to either a brief or personal ideas. Often the drawing is a journey of discovery; as an image develops, new marks suggest new approaches. Environment: I live in a very peaceful, rural Welsh village and work out of a large, wooden studio just outside my house. I work with two monitors on a Mac G5. When I'm working on ideas, I like silence; music is good when I reach the final render. Philosophy: Put your family first.
With type as with philosophy, music and food, it is better to have a little of the best than to be swamped with the derivative, the careless, the routine. — Robert Bringhurst
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A message for the New Year from Stefan Bucher and one of his "monsters."
We can't think of a better way to cap off the year: For anyone who hasn't seen it already Imaginary Forces has a beautiful video tribute to Paul Rand (the founder of IF, Kyle Cooper, was a student of Rand’s at Yale) on their site. Created for his induction into the One Club Hall of Fame in 2007, in a matter of minutes it's a marvelous tutorial on design—and a delight to watch. (Thanks Sam.)
Culled from the speeches of your favorite (and not so favorite) civil servants: Our Message of Hope, by Sevnthsin and Brew Creative.
TED's Ideas Worth Spreading are now available for an annual $995 associate membership that features a virtual front row seat to TED2009 via a private live Web stream. Although we're not quite sure how a Web stream is ever "private," it's a heck of a lot cheaper than the $6,000 full membership.
Fun for the whole family: The R/GA Ornamatic
100 images from the APA SF's recent 2008 Something Personal Exhibition.
PushforPeace.info—this year, Push takes its annual "Push for Peace" holiday campaign one step further.
The ultimate iPod accessory: iBreath.
An online (holiday) game exactly how we like 'em—easy (oh, and fun): Bernstein-Reindeer Rodeo.
From the why-didn't-someone-think-of-this-sooner department: In a nutshell, users can customize a messenger bag using any Image Source image. Your bag. Your design. Your way.