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September 12, 2017
Minimalist Editorial Design for VÆRK Magazine
Minimalist Editorial Design for VÆRK Magazine
How many people read paper magazine nowadays? I started this post with a question because despite the fact that magazines are becoming obsolete in their paper form, their contribution to design is hard to put on words. Editorial design for me is one of the most inspiring fields of design. It’s the pinnacle of design if you will. You have a limit amount of space on the page, you might have big and small images, you have text and you need to call readers attention for the content. It’s always a great exercise to try to design a magazine. Stine Erlang Sloth shared a cool project on her Behance profile where she redesigned VÆRK Magazine for a school project. Below you can see the results.
The cool thing about this project for me is the typography, use of white space but also the bold use of blue for the cover. It is a departure from the normal white or full image style. I love how bold it looks, especially with the embossed text but still with a classic editorial design style.
Three of the leading lifestyle magazines in Denmark and SMK has gone together and made a new art magazine – VÆRK, which will open new doors to art.
Editorial Design
Via Behance. For more information check out:
abduzeedo
Sep 12, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Editorial Design
September 12, 2017
Art Direction & Photography: Puma Play Loud
Art Direction & Photography: Puma Play Loud
The kind of project I do enjoy featuring on ABDZ, it’s a combination of art direction and photography. We are taking a closer look at the work of Boston-based art director Jeremy Haunschild. The approach is simple but kindly efficient especially when it’s mixed with Interior Design. Commissioned by Puma, let’s enjoy also the Behind-the-Scenes process for this project.
Jeremy Haunschild is a art director based in Boston, MA. His work is focused in art direction, photography and advertising, check out his Behance for more works.
For PUMA’s 2017 Global teamsport initiative, I designed the visual system and concept that would carry throughout the extensive international diaspora of executions required to support the teamsport business category. I art directed the photography of the key athletes that appeared in the campaign as well as the overall layout and design of the typography and all aspects of post-production.
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More Links
- Learn more about Jeremy Haunschild at jeremyhaunschild.com
- Follow Jeremy on Behance
AoiroStudio
Sep 12, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Photography
September 10, 2017
Instagram Artist Love: Mari Andrew
Instagram Artist Love: Mari Andrew
I’m sure all of you have a handful of creative folk you’ve discovered on Instagram that you’ve then shared with your inner circle because you love them so much. Mari Andrew happens to be at the top of my personal list and if you don’t know her already she’s definitely worth inserting into your feed.
Mari (rhymes with starry for the phonetically curious) has a pretty wonderful story about how she managed to garner nearly 600K followers on Instagram by documenting the rollercoaster of life through whimsical illustrations. Be it death, terrible dates, simple pleasures, and the dangers of creative vulnerability, Mari gives us all the confidence to stop saying and start doing. She’s always had a knack for writing but she’s just recently made her foray into illustrating upon going through a personally challenging time two years ago. Endeavoring to find a passion that could help her out of a rut she dabbled with learning the guitar, salsa dancing, surfing and cooking but drawing is the only one that managed to stick and bring her the joy she was missing. Mari made a personal pact to create one drawing a day for one year and post her work to Instagram. It’s the best tipping point story anyone could wish for in that through simple word of mouth she’s caught the attention of nearly 1.2MM eyeballs.
Just recently, Mari took a trip to Spain with the intention of working on her memoir but was stopped short with a sudden health scare in the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare immune disorder leaving her temporarily paralyzed. Mari’s illustrations have shifted a bit from artfully portraying the light and dark of grief and breakups to now shedding light on the challenges a health issue presents on the mind and body. We thank Mari for the amazing inspiration she serves to anyone going through whatever life throws at us and just how resilient the mind can be over the body.
I value optimism, resilience, vulnerability, and joie de vivre. I do not value “having chill.” I’m originally from Seattle, my favorite city is Rio de Janeiro, and I identify strongly with zebras. They always look like they’re doing their own thing and having a great time.
Instagram Artist
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Sep 10, 2017
Source: Abduzeedo Illustration
September 10, 2017
3 Different Types of LUTs That Filmmakers Use (and How to Use Them)
Find out how to use LUTs to make your images more dynamic.
LUTs are an essential tool for any filmmaker. They can make your images more stylish, rich, and dynamic while making the process of color grading a whole lot easier to navigate. This aesthetic purpose is typically what a lot of new filmmakers think about when they think about LUTs, but these color tools can actually do a lot more than that. In this video, Ted Sim from Aputure lays out the different kinds of LUTs filmmakers use as well how they use them on and off set.
Ted mentions three different types of LUTs in the video and each one serves a different but very important purpose at different points in production.
Source: NoFilmSchool
September 10, 2017
How ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Uses Shallow Focus to Show Oppression
“As a slave in an authoritarian state…your only agency is mental.”
In recent years, shallow depth of field has become cliché. Seen almost as a shorthand for the “film look,” it’s used constantly by beginners to give an almost instantaneous boost to their production values despite the many potential flaws in composition, lighting, and overall quality of their filmmaking. However, shallow focus shouldn’t be written off as a cheap device to make images look more cinematic—instead, look at the many gifted directors and cinematographers who utilize this technique to tell more dynamic stories through their visuals.
In this video essay, Evan Puschak of Nerdwriter does just that by highlighting the brilliant way director Reed Morano and DP Colin Watkinson use shallow focus to effectively communicate the devastating oppression and totalitarian theonomy in Hulu’s hit TV show The Handmaid’s Tale.
Though shallow focus has its obvious visual merits, Morano and Watkinson use it more for its narrative potential. Puschak notes three ways in which they do this:
Source: NoFilmSchool
September 9, 2017
‘Motherland’: Ramona Diaz on the Many ‘Leaps of Faith’ That Got Her Film Into Sundance and Theaters
This director found a way to shoot her documentary where every day was a “revelation.”
Ramona Diaz’s latest documentary does not hold your hand. In fact, it throws you right into the heart of chaos: the busiest maternity ward in the world, Fabella Hospital in Manila, Phillipines. Like many of the patients and staff in a place that averages 60 births a day, you are a little bit overwhelmed upon entrance.
It’s not the easiest viewing experience, but it is effective. So effective, in fact, that Diaz walked away from the film’s Sundance 2017 premiere with a jury award for “Commanding Vision.” And the director exhibited a commanding vision indeed, insisting from day one that the film be shot fully fly-on-the-wall without a single interview. The resulting work should be given to every film student as a modern example of vérité mastery.
Source: NoFilmSchool
September 9, 2017
VR web browsing needs revolution more than evolution
Although some applications make web browsing in VR relatively comfortable, we’re going to need a whole new type of website to make it the best way to access information online.
The post VR web browsing needs revolution more than evolution appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
September 8, 2017
Weekly Rewind: Apple’s new campus, Lilium’s flying cars, Lowe’s comic books
In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. So much news goes on that it’s almost impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of it. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of the top tech stories from this week.
The post Weekly Rewind: Apple’s new campus, Lilium’s flying cars, Lowe’s comic books appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
September 8, 2017
What does the Hydrogen One look like? Red partnership offers a glimpse
So what does a holographic smartphone display look like? Red’s new partnership with Leia for the Hydrogen One offers some clues, including a slim profile, a small impact on battery life, and a “privacy screen.”
The post What does the Hydrogen One look like? Red partnership offers a glimpse appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital Trends VR
September 8, 2017
RED Unveils Tech Behind Hydrogen’s Holographs
The secret to RED Hydrogen’s holographic display has a name and that name is Leia.
When RED announced it was going to release a smartphone, it was big news. Even bigger news was that the Hydrogen would feature a holographic display. Of course, we all wanted to know more about that feature, and with RED’s recent announcement of its strategic investment with a company called Leia, we have more insight into that technology than we did before. So without further adieu, here are the details we have.
Source: NoFilmSchool