stream of consciousness

compile time dependencies of a hacker

becca shayne — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:58:20 +0000

Last night, Lookout hosted our annual Google I/O Kickoff party, and 400 people walked away with my design. (well, 399, because I took one home before the party).

You can see this on Behance or Cargo Collective.

The lovely model is Nico Eberienos, one of Lookout’s product designers.

(not pictured: the sleeve reads “compile time dependencies: if you were to compile or build a hacker from source code, these are the components you would need.”)

Filed under: Design Tagged: alcohol, apparel, branding, color, designer, detailed, funny, information graphics, my design, organized, photography, technology, witty

Designer Dad and the Bag Lunch

becca shayne — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:49:33 +0000

What a way to eat a sandwich! My mom made interesting lunches for me in elementary school, then I made them for myself and my sister in high school, but I never thought to use it as a canvas. This is a great little slice of home in the school yard, and the fact that he documented them all makes it even better. I’ve got to wonder whether his kids keep the bags or throw them out. This is the story of David LaFerriere “from Attleboro who went to RISD many moons ago,” in his own words.

From Colossal:

Graphic designer and competitor for Best Dad Ever, David LaFerriere has been drawing illustrations on his children’s sandwich bags since 2008. Lucky for us he photographs almost every single one, over 1,100 of which you can explore over on Flickr.

“I’ve been doing it for my kids since they were little, They love it, and nothing makes me happier than hearing their reaction at the end of the day,” he says.

You can watch his short Flickr Moment here.

Filed under: Design, Food Tagged: color, comic, designer, detailed, fine art, grid, illustration, label, organized, packaging, photography

ketchup & mustard

becca shayne — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:39:34 +0000

Similar to Pantone Tarts, which I posted last year, is Food Art Pairings, a great find on Design;Defined. Food Art Pairings is a whimsical diptych project using Pantone as the vehicle to describe typically married foods. Designed by David Schwen. You can see more pairings and buy his prints here.

Filed under: Design, Food Tagged: color, cool, designer, detailed, fine art, funny, grid, information graphics, minimal, organized, pantone, photography, poster

have a geometric Friday

becca shayne — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:24:23 +0000

Filed under: Design Tagged: color, cool, daily image, geometry, grid, illustration, minimal, organized, pattern, poster, print design

Helsinki Food Company

becca shayne — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:03:39 +0000

The beautiful and complete identity for Helsinki Food Company, designed by Werklig. See a more in depth description of the project, as well as more (and much larger) photographs, on their site.

Our assignment was to design a versatile, easily modified and cost-efficient brand identity stemming from the celebration of food culture. [...] Good design and luxurious appearance does not always require a big fat bag of money.

Filed under: Design, Food Tagged: branding, color, grid, identity, label, minimal, organized, packaging, pattern, photography, print design, stationery, typography

Lookout Google I/O Kickoff Party

becca shayne — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:35:34 +0000

The invitation I designed for our Lookout Google I/O kickoff party is making its way off to people’s inboxes around the Tech space in SF.

Little android man made up of Lookout icons designed by Nam Bui, Product Designer at Lookout.

Our design has already been reposted on several Android blogs, including this one.

Filed under: Design Tagged: grid, my design, organized, poster, technology, typography

brand new

becca shayne — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:35:58 +0000

Two major releases in the App world that are worth highlighting.

One Twitter just released their brand new app, #Music (available in the App Store, which streamlines the already prevalent links between apps like Spotify & Rdio (both of which have recently redesigned websites worth browsing) with Twitter. I don’t know about you, but I widely use Twitter to interact with musicians/producers/artists, and I also actively listen to their music on Spotify. This is a clean link and some beautiful and innovative interaction design and experience. It’s free, so it’s worth playing around in! See how things move even if you don’t use Twitter or Spotify.

Two Yahoo! just redesigned/introduced a gorgeous application for weather. Download it in the App Store. I only wish they had followed through in all aspects of the design. They have beautiful interaction and beautiful typography and photography, but they are significantly lacking in elements such as the app icon itself, the startup/landing page, and the menu in swipe-left that lists settings etc. I do appreciate the scroll-triggered animations and the parallax scroll blurring etc.

Filed under: Design, Music Tagged: app, apple, color, cool, detailed, digital, free download, grid, identity, interaction, interaction design, minimal, music, organized, pattern, photography, product design, technology, typography, UI, ux, web

east side

becca shayne — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:57:32 +0000

Per the slight tradition I’ve developed, it’s beer-design-Friday. Enjoy this lovely brew East Side Bitter designed by Saint Bernadine Mission Communications Inc.. I love the character in this one. the use of perspective in the typography on the facade of the building is great. As an added bonus, all of they type is hand-drawn, so good luck trying to download those typefaces :) “every element on the packaging is rendered by hand, including the bar code.”

They say:

R&B Brewing is one of Vancouver’s original East Van micro breweries, predating the current trend by almost two decades. Partners Rick (“R”) and Barry (“B”) asked St. Bernadine to help with a packaging redesign, initiated by the move from 650mL bottles to a standard 341mL 6-pack format.

Filed under: Design, Food Tagged: alcohol, architecture, beer, branding, color, daily image, detailed, grid, identity, illustration, label, packaging, photography, typography

stationary stationery

becca shayne — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:12:24 +0000

It’s been a while (nearly a year to the day) since I’ve done one of these kinds of posts. Here are just a few beautiful examples from Lovely Stationery, (the same curators as Lovely Package).

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I figured I’d repost my favorite design, Matthew Hole designed by Matthew Hole of the UK. I love that the series of Holes are an H and an M and are holes. Fantastic.

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TSDS designed by Noote & Netoo of Indonesia.

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re-robot studio designed by re-robot studio of Uruguay.

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Doug Liddle Guitar Instruction designed by St. Bernadine Mission Communication Inc. of Canada.

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Acre designed by Acre of Singapore.

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Pronto designed by Darsha Karpenko of Russia.

Filed under: Design Tagged: branding, color, cool, designer, grid, identity, minimal, music, organized, pattern, photography, print design, stationery, typography

Handprints

becca shayne — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:01:17 +0000

When I was in high school, I was in a two year documentary film program called Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media (AIM). This was a program for juniors and seniors where we learned English, History/Social Studies, and Documentary Filmmaking techniques, and then split off into groups of four to create short documentary films based on what we’d learned. Generally, we’d make five short films per year.

Handprints is a short film about Bolinas Elementary School in Northern California. I was seventeen years old when I made this with Julia Black, Arandelly Mendoza, and Oliver Whitcroft. We were responsible for all the research, story development, interviewing, shooting, and editing. We won an Honorable Mention in the 2007 California Student Emmys.

Handprints

Filed under: Design Tagged: advice, artist, film, fine art, music, my design, photography, technology

recipe for success

becca shayne — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:01:09 +0000

This is some beautiful letterpress work by One Plus One. They say about their project, “There are only 4 ingredients — Hard work, TLC, Trust and Creativity — and when mixed together in the proper measurements, the outcome can be superb.”

Filed under: Design Tagged: advice, color, grid, organized, pattern, poster, print design, typography

gradient

becca shayne — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:50:13 +0000

Norman Zammitt, (Canadian, 1931-2007) artist. See more of his work.

Norman Zammitt’s painting materials in his studio in Pasadena, California, 1978. Image courtesy of and © Norman Zammitt Estate

Norman Zammitt executing his painting North Wall, 1976. Acrylic on canvas. 96 x 168 in. Collection of Leon Gazarian & Monique Powell. © Norman Zammitt Estate

Norman Zammitt working in his studio in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, 1965. Photo by Frank J. Thomas. Courtesy of the Frank J. Thomas Archives

Filed under: Design Tagged: artist, color, fine art, illustration, minimal, organized, pattern

life drawing

becca shayne — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:10:31 +0000

Life Drawing at The Book Club by Wriggles & Robins

Filed under: Design Tagged: animation, artist, cool, film, fine art, illustration, photography

Friday afternoon: Coffee Break

becca shayne — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:26:26 +0000

I was going to send this to my cousin, who’s been practicing her barista coffee foam art, but then I watched the Vimeo, and I decided it was worth sharing here. The artist talks about the ephemeral quality of his work, and the way he is designing for someone else, not himself, and a few other key points that resonate with me as a designer.

Make sure you watch this; it’s short and worth it! (you can see more images on Taxi.)

New York City-based barista and artist Mike Breach uses coffee as his medium and has created amazing portraits of well-known personalities on many a latte. (read more)

Filed under: Design, Food Tagged: artist, detailed, fine art, illustration

thank you

becca shayne — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:19:07 +0000

I’m feeling affectionate toward all my readers. Thank you so much for sticking with me for the last two years (almost). I love design, and I love sharing it. I also love when you all participate! When you comment on or like posts, it gives me a good idea of the kinds of things that interest you. One of the best parts about design is the discussion it can inspire. I hope you’ll all continue to be involved. I live and breathe design, so I hope you do too.

Best,

Becca

Bubble Calendar by Brooklyn based Bubble Calendar LLC (Helvetica Neue)

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