As you may or may not know, Lookout doubled its square footage last Monday, when we opened up the 28th floor. Part of the excellence of this (aside from no longer having to cram the 27th floor with 200 employees), is that we (the 7 of us) get a Design Room! It’s like a mini design studio in the midst of 90 engineers! I got a shiny new desk and a big space to collaborate with the other designers. This is part of a long time coming turning point for Lookout, as we up the level of design thinking and thoughtfulness of our brand. Plus it makes coming to work more fun :)
Just a little gem for you this morning. Since I’ve been carving so many block prints lately, I’m really in to physical typography that requires a bit of manual effort. Here’s Boundless, by Lauren Goldblum. This poster won second place in the International Design Awards. Lauren says In order to illustrate the concept of construction, thread was wrapped around pins to create type. The shadow cast by the pins and string change with a moving light source.
I stumbled across the work of illustrator, Kevin LCK on Colossal. The amount of thought and detail in his work is incredible. I fell into the vortex of his site and then his vimeo account, and I’m sharing just a few gems with you. Highlight: watch the time lapse video, it’s not very long and it’s quite impressive. I love to draw, and I love detail, but I tend to lose patience if the drawing is bigger than the spread of my moleskine, so this dude earns points for dedication.
112 rabbits from Brainrental.
This series of three dimensional illustrations is a commentary on our unhealthy relationship with technology (as are most of his pieces).
And he also has whimsical pieces like this one.
I made a print of an old camera. I’m really in a fine-art mood lately I guess. I miss tactile design.
It’s been a while since I’ve made any not-on-the-computer design. I went to Flax art and design supply store on Saturday and bought some essential basics (many of which I already own somewhere, but most of my art supplies are in storage). I’m not sure what I set out to paint, but this is what it turned into.
stream of consciousness 