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Designspiration Job Board

Shelby White — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:49:57 +0000

I’ve been working non-stop over the last few months to get new features live for Designspiration. One of these features is the Job Board. The goal of the job board is to help creatives find career opportunities, check it out.

There were a number of challenging aspects of building this addition, but the main one was how to handle mobile. It’s not something I’ve done a whole lot of and just to complicate things, a new grid needed to be developed for the updates following this one. The restructuring of the grid took just about as much time to figure out as it did to build the job board itself.

If you know an agency or company looking to hire, please let them know about the job board. Also, follow the Designspiration jobs twitter @Dspnjobs for job updates.

Comedown Machine Cover Art

Shelby White — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:47:19 +0000

This cover art for The Strokes is great. Very simple and nicely set type. The distressing on the packaging is done so well that I instantly thought it was vintage. It was designed by Brett Kilroe & Tina Ibañez and art directed by Brett Kilroe & Fab Moretti.

Via ISO50

Portraits Made Entirely of Screws by Andrew Myers

Shelby White — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:51:57 +0000

These pieces of art created by Andrew Myers are very intriguing. Each piece uses screws at different depths to give the piece it’s own depth. After placing the screws, he uses oils to paint the image on the heads of the screws which also help bring the piece alive.

Check out more of Andrew’s work here.

Steve Wozniak’s California Mountainside Home

Shelby White — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:04:19 +0000

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, designed this California mansion in 1986. Though simple, the house reminds me of the interior of an Apple store. The 7,500 square foot, 6-bedroom, 8-bath home with an outdoor pond, pool and waterfall is listed on the market for $4.395 million.

Via HLNTV

Re-Vision Postcards

Shelby White — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:30:46 +0000

When I see a simple idea done well, it’s an absolute breath of fresh air. Forma & Co created this postcard series as an exercise in simplifying some of the most famous film and sports icons from around the world. Check out more on their website.

Audio Cassette Posters by Neil Stevens

Shelby White — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 06:28:18 +0000

Neil Stevens has been getting all sorts of attention recently for his great illustration work. This series of posters is a revival of the old audio cassette tape inlay designs.

Via Allan Peters

Deconstructed Sculptures by Regardt Van Der Meulen

Shelby White — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:38:41 +0000

Regardt van der Meulen is an artist living in Johannesburg, South Africa. In this sculpture series titled ‘Drip’, Regardt says that “the human body with its strength and fragility lie at the core of this series of works, while exposing the illusion of safety in modern society.” Each of the pieces are made from steel pieces welded together.

Leica M9 CGI Process

Shelby White — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:01:43 +0000

When it comes to Leica I can’t hide the fact that I love their design. This project by Tonic was about fleshing out the design of the Leica M9 body using 3d graphics, photorealistic lighting and materials to make it the camera look all the more real.

Paper Illustration by Lavanya Naidoo

Shelby White — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:33:35 +0000

Lavanya Naidoo is a designer/artist based out of Cape Town, South Africa. Her work with paper is so remarkable that I couldn’t resist posting her newest piece titled “Can I Stay?”.

80s VHS Tribute Posters

Shelby White — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:53:44 +0000

Stumbled upon these cool posters by Ahmed Youness. They aren’t actually 80′s vintage but they do look the part.

Via Designspiration

The E-inkey Keyboard Concept

Shelby White — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:27:47 +0000

Remembering shortcuts for all of your applications is fairly tough. This keyboard concept designed by Maxim Mezentsev & Aleksander Suhih solves that issue. The keyboard keys would show custom buttons for each program that you use (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, etc). Potentially you could even set the keys in the font of your choice. Though, you can bet on your design friends pulling a switch to comic sans prank on your every time you leave your desk.

St Leon 10 House by SAOTA and Antoni Associates

Shelby White — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:43:19 +0000

Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects and Antoni Associates designed this home, St Leon 10, for a family. The goal was to create a space for casual, intimate family occasions or large get togethers. The view from the house looks out over the 12 Apostle Mountains and the Bay. This home is located in Bantry Bay, Cape Town.

The building is cut into the slope with approximately 50% of its rear face below the natural ground level. The upper level floats over the essentially glazed South West facing first floor and this exaggerates the height of the building relative to the adjacent ground level.

ANTONI ASSOCIATES were appointed as the interior decorators. On the entrance living level the interiors are kept to a neutral palette with a subtle play on texture in materials and fabric selected. Soft cream leathers and weathered timber finishes layer the interior with luxurious elements. The overall feel is warm and inviting.

Vintage MacDonald Educational Cover Designs

Shelby White — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:29:24 +0000

MacDonald Educational Ltd of London published these covers for educational units from 1972-1973. Though simple, they radiate through typography and composition. Hat tip to Ype Kingma via Stoppingoffplace for showing me this.

Ralph Mcquarrie: The Look of Star Wars

Shelby White — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:01:31 +0000

Ralph Mcquarrie is a man to be remembered. He was an American conceptual designer and illustrator who designed the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Cocoon. His work is nothing short of outstanding. Via Paul Pants.

7-Eleven Rebranding

Shelby White — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:08:26 +0000

BVD redesigned their coffee identity for the Swedish market. Which unfortunately means that we may not see this in the states for a while, or ever. Regardless, the stripes combined with the number “7″ are really what make this identity so great.