I’ve always been impressed by Fabien Barral‘s work (I covered his Manouchian posters here). The organic feel he incorporates into all his creations makes me want to go into my garden and hug plants or something. Although everything is digital, you do get the impression he got his hands dirty picking leaves, branches and other tree stuff from his garden and pasting it onto the paper. His hands must be ink-stained because of all the swashes and paint stripes he uses. In other words, he makes paper come alive by creating this jungle of shapes and colors in which I can smell the the forest after the rain.
Well, I guess that’s enough lyrical praise for today. Make sure you also check his blog at Graphic Exchange.
I’m a huge fan of windmills and wind turbines. They beautify the skyline like nothing else. Windmills of this size must be breathtaking and I most definitely would visit them as if it were the Eiffel Tower (what’s the Eiffel Tower next to something this beautiful, right?).
These stunning images were created by On Office, an architecture collective who have clearly found an appealing way to communicate their work and ideas. Pitching projects to people who want to see results immediately can be a frustrating process. Before facing a technical implementation team who will want to know how your masterpiece idea can become reality, you’ll probably have to face an enthusiastic board of directors who only think of the end product and how their immediate peer group will associate their names with wow, that’s awesome the things you guys are doing over at …. That’s why in a first phase you really have to be able to trigger the emotional layer and get your audience jumping up and down because they are going to be owners of something fantastic. What better way to do this than present images like these which get the imagination flowing.
And also, did I mention wind turbines are awesome?!
At crosshatchling.co.uk Anna Garforth showcases some incredible ‘green’ typography. Great use of nature and anti-nature to bring across a point. Make sure you also check her illustration work. On a side note, here is an overview of other ‘moss‘ graffiti artists.
