handmade!

Ok, well once again, i'm updating my blog. Of course, noone's left a comment on a single fucking entry but whatever.

As we are working on posters I've tried to post (for the most part) examples of great posters with the theme of handmade. Whether that be the type or illustration or the actual construction of the posters. Which is the case of the first set of yellow posters.

the yellow posters were done by a french designer for a client called the cultural cellar. the best i could find on the designer was his blog here! Anyhow, the only real materials used in making these were pencil, tape, ink and marker. I really like the difference of each one and knowing that these are handmade gives me a renewed charge in GDS.

The second set of posters area actually wine bottle label for a winery called Michael Austin wines. Again, handmade feel and each illustration tells a story of the people that made the wine. the design firm, Templin Brink Design, is no longer in business but the site has links to the designers who work elsewhere now. The thought process is one that tells a story but does so in a way that makes them stand out from the rest of the wine on the shelf.

Lastly, (OK, there's only one real set of posters here) are coasters that were sent out by Design Army for the sake of simple self-promotion. The great thing about these are the feel of unification among the differing illustration, hand done of course.

I got all of these examples out of an outstanding book entitled "Fingerprints: the art of using handmade elements in graphic design". The book was put together by Chen Design Associates in 2006. Going through the book (which was available from your friendly Parkland Library) there's references to any kind of advertisement known including excellent examples of websites. Enjoy!