Fredstuff.com » Design http://fredstuff.com/blog Hi. I'm Fred. I live in Stockholm, Sweden. I like: Music, TV, Gadgets, Technology and the Webs. I also like to try out new things on the web and when I do I will write about it here. I've been blogging since 2005, mostly in Swedish. This is my first all English blog - Welcome! Fri, 18 May 2012 18:50:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Short Film: Design Icon – Michael Graves http://fredstuff.com/blog/short-film/short-film-design-icon-michael-graves http://fredstuff.com/blog/short-film/short-film-design-icon-michael-graves#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:27:31 +0000 Fred http://fredstuff.com/blog/?p=25973

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Info from Vimeo.com:

A day in Princeton, New Jersey with architect & design icon Michael Graves for dwell.com
Director’s Cut
Produced by Amanda Dameron
Directed & Edited by Gary Nadeau
Cinematography Jason Koontz
Original Music by Fight Mannequins
Sound Recordist Adam Koontz
Vissi D’Arte from Puccini’s “Tosca”
Music provided courtesy of Audiosocket via Vimeo Music Store
Filmed with a Canon 5dmkII & 60D, DIY Skateboard Dolly

Link:
Video @ Vimeo.com

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Chart Top 20

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Brand New Mix

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Top Hits

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Greatest Songs Of All Time

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Headbangers Ball

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Video Music Aid Japan

Sorry, no link to the design Agency. No links posted over at vimeo.com — all I can see is that they are called “TokyoDesignStudio”. There are two of them on Google and I don’t know which one to link to. So, there.

Links:
TokyoDesignStudio @ vimeo.com | MTV Japan

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Fairey might be all corporate and a total sell-out these days but I don’t care about stuff like that. I like his use of stencils and I love the color pallet of his latest works. Some info from Wikipedia:

Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding scene. He first became known for his “André the Giant Has a Posse” (…OBEY…) sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. His work became more widely known in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, specifically his Barack Obama “Hope” poster. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today’s best known and most influential street artists. His work is included in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Links:
Shepard Fairey Official | Wikipedia

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The full title of this short is “A Brief History of Title Design” and it’s made by some guys, full info on the Vimeo.com site.

Links: Video on Vimeo.com | Official Site

]]> http://fredstuff.com/blog/short-film/short-film-title-design/feed 0 Fredstuff – New Blog Look http://fredstuff.com/blog/editorial/fredstuff-new-blog-look http://fredstuff.com/blog/editorial/fredstuff-new-blog-look#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:17:34 +0000 Fred http://fredstuff.com/blog/?p=7243 Dear reader. I love to tinker with WordPress and from time to time I change the blog theme. I know I will change it again some day, that’s why I included a (small) screenshot of the current look. I went with a dark theme, it’s way easier on the eyes. Read my blog and your Facebook headache will be nothing but a distant memory. Seriously though, I’ve spent a few hours getting this (current) them to my linking and as usual I stumbled, broke things and almost lost it.

All this trouble means that I now know even more when it comes to WordPress. A few things remain to be implemented; social links, some additional CSS and PHP work and the sidebar needs some extra tweaking. I do all of this for myself — and for you, my readers. I hope you like what you see, I know I do. Even more important is the fact that I enjoy blogging again. I believe I did mention that I’d pick up the pace around New Years — as a way to kind of “pressure” myself into actually doing it. Here I am, typing away like (almost) never before. I even got the few upcoming posts in the works. Let’s do this!

UPDATE: Well, that design did not last very long — it was smart of me to include a shot of the way it looked. Back to the trusty, old (and still modern) theme.

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Now this is cool. A 13th-century Dominican church in Maastricht, Holland turned into a bookstore by architecture firm Merkx+Girod. It’s a Flash site so there’s no way to link to the project, insted go to their site and click;

Projects>Retail>Shops>Selexyz Bookstores>Maastricht.

Crazy, it’s 2009 guys, Flash?

Every time I visit a church I get the feeling I want to turn it into a nightclub or a venue for live music – not that I have the funds to do it – but you get the idea.

Links:
The Guardian bookstore review

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I don’t like Sundays and in a little while its that time of the week again. A good site can cure me temporarily for a few minutes, a site filled with great visuals to ignite my creative engine. The Design Inspiration is just what the doctor ordered. This site is filled to the brim with inspirational articles, logo design, illustrations, patterns and great font designs. C’mon Sunday – bring it on!

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About 90% of the sets include .AI (Adobe Illustrator) and .CHS (Photoshop Custom Shapes) vector format. I’ll let the sites creator Stanislav describe what his site is all about:

“During my 10 years experience in Graphic Design I find that silhouettes is one of the most useful tool in any design work! It is easy to mix and modify for any needs. I saw a lot of silhouettes on different sites and blogs all over Internet but most of them are commercial, it sucks. So I decide to create a place for collecting and free sharing all possible silhouettes, shapes, signs and icons. I’m going to share tons of vector silhouettes I created during my long life time as a designer.”

All Silhouettes are compatible with: Adobe Illustrator 8+, Photoshop, Corel Draw and Freehand. Visit All Silhouettes and check them out!

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This is it if you’re on the prowl for some truly glorious/great icons. I’ve used the Diagona and Fugue Icon Packs in the past – implementing them in various WordPress themes. Check ‘em out on the site.

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