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For the past two summers we’ve decided to hit the open road for an adventure in lieu of any sort of long distance journey requiring air travel for a multitude of reasons, namely the pandemic. Our Summer 2022 voyage was north via California Highway 1 to Oregon’s epically verdant Coastal Highway.
Ahmed Ebrahim shared a UX and web design project for Francesco Gioia's personal website. There was no description or details about the project besides what we could see from the screenshots, however I loved the overall look and feel, especially the typography and use of photos, which makes total sense.
Butcher Billy was invited by Netflix and The Duffer Brothers to create an official art series of posters inspired by each one of the 9 epic episodes of Stranger Things season 4. Each piece has turned into products like prints, t-shirts, sweatshirts, and even huge billboards spread all over Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Kirill Kim shared a stylish web design and UX project. The design solution is for what it seems to be a furniture e-commerce and Kim adopts a quite simple and very typographic style. When I look at projects like this the biggest area that I focus is the transition from desktop to mobile.
Integration, cooperation and optimization of results have become keywords in the universe of communication.
Gurlaldeep Singh shared a 3D post featuring a series of compositions exploring the dispersion and refraction of light. The 3D work was all done in Blender 3D. As the author describes — "The Dispersion is a collection of hand animated satisfying loops."
Tatiana Ivanova shared a web design and UX project for Sirotov Architects Restrained minimalism, unusual materials, ascetic shapes and colors, functionality and space - all this is associated with Sirotov Architects studio.
Breaking a plate at the stroke of midnight, during New Years Eve, is one of the oldest traditions of the south of Italy. To emphasize our southern roots, A lab Agency decided to share this local custom with everyone through the A lab 2021/22 Smashing Box.
They created a design pack with inside:
Less is more. Especially with eternal stationery. nuka gives you a notebook and a pen that both last forever. Put your notes in, take a picture, clear them up, repeat. Conscious consumption is the heart of the brand and O0 mirrors that in visual identity and website.
Arthur Stovell shared a branding and visual identity for Deforestation Free Financing featuring a simple and elegant design with a strong vibrant accent color to convey a sense of urgency and immediacy.
David Amblard created a series of illustrations about Philosophers and was super kind to share with us. David tried to explain the content of their ideas by images and illustrations created and as he explains - “I hope i don't have failed.”
The HOMEBOUND project was born when the pandemic began to cause lockdowns worldwide and many designers and artists had to cancel commissions. Cihan Tamti took the chance to act and decided to create a publication that would present the free projects of his Instagram community created during this period to use up the extra time.
Tariel Gadzhyiev shared a UX and UI design concept for a furniture company. The company is ProPro Furniture and despite not having much information about what it is and what it does, Tariel shared a considerable amount of screenshots of the design process and the output from that. Quite generous.
Andrej Troha shared a 3D project inspired by the Bauhaus but it didn’t end there. The 3D illustration features a cocktail glass set with some Bauhaus and Memphis Milano DNK. The tools used were Maxon Cinema 4D and some Photoshop.
The Web has become so much richer and editorial. The UX has also improved drastically not only from the functionality but also the visual and motion point of view. I love visiting websites, especially for design studios and agencies. They remind me of when I used to spend hours flipping through design magazines like HOW.
Caio Costa shared a branding project for Monaro including naming and visual identity. Monaro is an architecture firm based in São Luís (MA), Brazil, originated from the partnership between Ingrid and Victor, a duo of architects driven by the pleasure of materializing dreams through their projects.
Obys Agency shared a beautiful project featuring typography, UX, editorial design, and you name it. Why did they choose this topic? More complex work with typography is becoming popular in web and web design is becoming more like posters and graphic design.
The global pandemic hasn’t just restricted young people’s ability to travel. It’s also closed them off to the kind of social connections that are essential for personal growth.
Inspired by natural shapes, forms and patterns, Roman Bratschi is an experienced 3D illustrator and animation director, who kick-started his career as a graphic designer. We have featured Roman in the past but it’s always awesome to see new work from him.
