I know this is an interior design blog and all 12 of you line up bright and early to see decor porn. 364 days a year (give or take) Erin and I really do try our best to deliver but as a graphic designer by day, I just can’t help myself if I need to share a few of the most awesomist 2D designs that cross my path while I’m scavenging across the world wide interweb in search of the 3D on your behalves. Today we’re going to take a gander at a few of the graphic design gems I’ve uncovered while on the internet high seas
***** Please be forewarned: there is a seizure inducing graphic at the bottom of this post. Put down all liquids and have your phone poised to dial 9-1-1.
On with la post
I stumbled upon these posters on macroy, and I have been crushin on them for months. I love how the lifeless photos are juxtaposed against bright colors. The simple graphics and repeating patterns just melt my little heart.
Speaking of pictures of creepy people with crap drawn all over them: how much do you love this Antony and the Johnsons album cover? While I’m not a huge fan of their music (I find it goes best with an oven and a paper bag) this cover just does it for me. Sorry, I can’t help it.
Usually when i think of animated gifs the world’s most annoying web ads come to mind, lately though, I’ve been seeing some really incredible ones that are both clever in their creation and delightfully rudimentary in the world of flash and javascript. This little stingray (or whatever) was also created by the, ahem, 23 year old designer over at marcroy
Lately I’ve really been digging the work of Julien Vallee (who just so happens to have her own subtle animated gifs hidden in the corners of her sites). Julien creates elaborate and bizarre 3 dimensional paper-scapes for the sole purpose of photographing them. I’ve said it before and I will say it again: I LOVE STAGED PHOTOGRAPHY. When your little setup also happens to involve confetti and a spaghetti paper computer then I know we will be best friends forever.
More of Julien’s work.
Ok, now, are you ready? This next graphic is so ridiculous, so totally and completely pointless and annoying that I just can’t help but love it. I saw it a couple of weeks ago and I still find myself referencing it when planning some designs for clients. Why? I don’t know, all I can say is: I’m really really sorry.
via collectiva
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this album cover is very interesting, kind of scary…maybe they wanted to shock people?
Owie! I’m still trembling from just a quick scroll over the Collectiva animation. But, love the elegant stingray and the type treatment by Vallee. It is ‘very nice!’
here i am reporting for duty (salutes) – what have we got here then? a lot of crazy shit. love it.
my faves are the 3d paperscapes, the anthony and the johnsons record cover – it reminds me of Japanese horror films, which is a happy place for me as i love Japanese horror.
job done Karly! high-five yet again!
Nice try Karly, I already had a spoon in my mouth. No swallowed tongue.
YOWZA. That last thing did actually quease me up a tad.
No love for Antony and the Johnsons? My hubby will be so disappointed. But then he thinks Leonard Cohen is “party” music.
Ooooh, I lurve the first pics by macroy and the album cover is awesome – reminds me of The Ring for some reason.
Why did you have the say The Ring, Andrea? Now I have to go hide in my bed under the covers.
Awesome post, Karly!
what did i say? Japanese horror! come out from under the covers, it’s not that bad…!
Yikes!
Ow, my eyes are still smarting from that last graphic, you weren’t kidding. I am sooo not artistically inclined, but these things fascinate me. How do you talented people create such wonderment? The Vallee works- stupendous!
that red and green moving thing made me feel quesy. i wish i didn’t eat that twinkie, shoot i might taste it again.
lesson learned today – seizure inducing graphics and mouths full of muesli do not mix. I was warned – so I will take responsibility.
love the first three, particularly the antony and the johnsons cover. I think I never had enough of a real passion when I was in graphic design. I found it fun and interesting, but I was quickly disheartened, disillusioned and irritated by many of the peeps I had to work with and their egos. It sort of soured the industry for me a tad and made me question how I fit in that world. I so envy you to have a passion. I’m still trying to find mine. To work doing your passion must be bliss.
Ok, if you guys are going to keep putting these hysterical comments on my blog – leonard cohen, party music, ha! – I’m going to have to stop checking my comments while out in public, I think people around me are questioning my sanity. Who stands in a target laughing out loud by herself? who?
And Sherri, I’m not even sure where to start, I soooo feel your pain. I actually worked as an intern at a big ad agency in college, I left the internship early and swore that I would never 1. Work for an ad agency and 2. Be a graphic designer. I kept my promise on the first one. I just sort of fell into graphics after college by accident. There are only 2 things I’m really passionate about when it comes to my career: working for myself and being creative, the rest is just fluff.
This is such a fabulous post.
I keep revisiting.