Design Perfection - Just Design

Amazing design by Just Design. Intricately beautiful and eye catching. Each design has its own personality and yet cohesively present as a range. Superb design!

Born as a response to the one-dimensional beer culture in South Africa, The Devil’s Peak Brewing Company (DPBC) produces brews unlike any other beer you’re likely to find locally.

The designs reflect the intricacy of the different beer styles and the brewer’s passion to create beers with unique character and depth. Craftsmanship, idiosyncratic style and the underlying belief of ‘truth to material’ – where the insides inform the outside – equals 4 distinctive styles with 4 equally standout designs. Recently released, the designs are already winning public attention at beer appreciation festivals and on Facebook and twitter.

Care, connect, collaborate, create, celebrate.
Vince Frost of Frost*

Design Perfection - Daniel Johns

Watch ‘My Mind’s Own Melody’ trailer with original music by Daniel Johns. Hauntingly beautiful. Johns is a musical genius. 

Design Curious - Sugarsole Occasionally you come across a piece of design that leaves you wondering how it came about; The design process, the relationship between designer & client and who made the call on the final design? Sometimes the curiosity stems from the design being mind blowingly good. That you wonder how that equation of elements came together so perfectly… But sometimes sadly the curiosity comes from a design being a little shocking for one bad reason or another. Sugarsole branding is unfortunately in the latter category. When I look at this branding all I see is a misspelled explicit word, with poor use of colour and an unfortunate tag line in pair. In a generation of texting and abbreviated text, this is a major oversight. We have become conditioned to understanding and interpreting words regardless of how it is spelt. The use of colours is to blame for the focus being on the end of the word. Had the o not been highlighted maybe this word would not be a problem.But it isn’t however the only problem. The tag line again has a word highlighted, however this time the word is too pale to be legible. Put together the visible part of the tag line with the explicit word and it is mind blowingly bad. How did this happen? Were the client & designers too involved in the work to notice? Were the designers pressured to take the design to this result by the client?…so many questions??? The fact this design is featured on the home page of the designers website makes me lean towards the idea that nobody noticed. They may have been too involved in the project and could have benefited from some time out…

Design Curious - Sugarsole

Occasionally you come across a piece of design that leaves you wondering how it came about; The design process, the relationship between designer & client and who made the call on the final design?

Sometimes the curiosity stems from the design being mind blowingly good. That you wonder how that equation of elements came together so perfectly… But sometimes sadly the curiosity comes from a design being a little shocking for one bad reason or another.

Sugarsole branding is unfortunately in the latter category. When I look at this branding all I see is a misspelled explicit word, with poor use of colour and an unfortunate tag line in pair.

In a generation of texting and abbreviated text, this is a major oversight. We have become conditioned to understanding and interpreting words regardless of how it is spelt. The use of colours is to blame for the focus being on the end of the word. Had the o not been highlighted maybe this word would not be a problem.

But it isn’t however the only problem. The tag line again has a word highlighted, however this time the word is too pale to be legible. Put together the visible part of the tag line with the explicit word and it is mind blowingly bad.

How did this happen? Were the client & designers too involved in the work to notice? Were the designers pressured to take the design to this result by the client?…so many questions???

The fact this design is featured on the home page of the designers website makes me lean towards the idea that nobody noticed. They may have been too involved in the project and could have benefited from some time out…

We are not completing a design. We are creating experiences.
Kelli Anderson

Design Perfection - 

Love these logos byMatt Lehman. Simple and straight-forward, but also quite memorable. L

Design Perfection - I absolutely adore this poster by Justin Mezzell. Jealous…

Design Perfection -

I absolutely adore this poster by Justin Mezzell. Jealous…

Design Perfection - Love this minimalist, yet powerful pice of work by Jude Landry. A Mississippi-based designer and educator, who does not have a specific style as it is more conceptually driven. Thoughtfulness and detail are evident in each project and each is very approachable and readable.

Design Perfection -

Love this minimalist, yet powerful pice of work by Jude Landry. A Mississippi-based designer and educator, who does not have a specific style as it is more conceptually driven. Thoughtfulness and detail are evident in each project and each is very approachable and readable.

Packaging Design -

Centered around the product, this chocolate packaging personifies the product and adds to the fun. There are 24 ways to have a new mustache with 6 different variations and 4 flavors.

Designed by Ruiz+company

Just For Kicks -

CONCRETE BUSINESS CARDS! Not sure its practical, nor relevant to the company featured on the card but innovative none the less. Particularly  love the mini palette.

Concrete Business Cards by murmure

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Entertaining design that stimulates the mind -

Beautiful.Words Can Fly A Thousand Miles, made by artists Kyosuke Nishida, Brian Li and Dominic Liu.

ruineshumaines

Packaging Design - Beautiful typography based packaging design. Always wonder how the clients are successfully convinced to but into typogrpahy based design. Its so tough in my experience. One of a series of packages for John & John Potato Crisps, by Peter Schmidt Group. Via christopheraritter.I love the clean feel, coupled with interesting illustrations and use of typography. This ones for Deep Blue Sea Salt flavor.

Packaging Design -

Beautiful typography based packaging design. Always wonder how the clients are successfully convinced to but into typogrpahy based design. Its so tough in my experience.

One of a series of packages for John & John Potato Crisps, by Peter Schmidt Group. Via christopheraritter.I love the clean feel, coupled with interesting illustrations and use of typography. This ones for Deep Blue Sea Salt flavor.

designtank

Photography - Sarah Esteje

This series by sarah esteje is a little awesome and a little scary. My absolute favourite is the chimpanzee but the horse give me the creeps a little. Well put together though.

magnolius

Just For Kicks - This Pig Cooking Lid is a little odd but also a little not. As much as it weirds me out initially, I cannot look away. Where does an idea like this come from? And who would buy one? I’m not sure I could use one without feeling guilty.

Just For Kicks -

This Pig Cooking Lid is a little odd but also a little not. As much as it weirds me out initially, I cannot look away.

Where does an idea like this come from? And who would buy one? I’m not sure I could use one without feeling guilty.

momastore.org

Entertaining design that stimulates the mind -

I am a little speechless about this pices. All I can strring together is I love it and think is it wildly fantastic. So jealous…

Self Portrait by  Federico Rodriguez Morice

rodriguezmorice.com