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.
Kidstudio created a beautiful and I’d say super elegant graphic design and packaging design project for Landini Swatch Boxes.
Vova Keno is an artist from Ukraine and is currently based in Lviv. He came up with the idea of Serendipity Project. The idea is to collect his works and present them in books. There are 3 categories: sketches, graffiti pieces, and paintings.
Daria Kriuchek shared a branding, graphic design and UX project for Slidebusters. Despite the lack of details it seems that Slidebusters is a service that helps folks improve their presentations with templates for slides.
UPROCK is a brand and digital studio based in Russia, offering complete solutions from concept to execution, to build, transform and leverage your business. They assist and educate our clients in making the best use of the solutions they create for their clients.
Tadao Ando is one of the most famous current architects, and one of Théo Poyer favorites. Heavily inspired by Le Corbusier, Tadao Ando started his work in 1973. By using concrete in a modern way, his work is easily recognizable.
What you are about to get to know is the brand of a space made for those looking – consciously or unconsciously – to break out their own bubble and expand their horizons, finding other sensations, perceptions, and possibilities.
Steven Redwood shared a beautiful UX and web design project for his portfolio. He was super excited to finally get it out there. We all know how hard it’s for us, designers to design our own portfolio. It’s funny because we love to solve problems, but we usually are not very excited about solving our portfolio.
Amanda Louisi is an independent designer, focused on brand identity, with 15 years of experience. Much of that time, Amanda spent using a monogram that she developed and improved a few times. Through this small symbol, she had great opportunities for projects, gained recognition, made many friends and consolidated herself as a brand designer.
