Play Studio shared a branding and visual design project for Refactor Capital. With a mission to radically upend traditionally regulated industries, Refactor invests in seed-stage companies that deploy technology to save lives and our planet.
Paweł Olszak shared a branding and visual identity project for his personal brand. The design is simple and super elegant, heavily focused on typography and grid composition. I am a fan of the style and think Paweł did a fantastic job.
Ilya Takov and Elena Popovichenko shared a mobile app and UX design project for Wings, a mobile app designed with all modern ux/ui design technologies in mind. The main emphasis was placed on logic, analytics and user-friendliness of the interface.
We were all ears when we heard about Hearing Birdsong, a beautiful and immersive new design initiative digitalizing the approach to hearing screening with an end goal of de-stigmatizing hearing loss. This one hits close to home since my husband is convinced I’m losing my hearing at too young an age (he doesn’t know it’s a selective situation).
I D — C, or Independent Designers Collective is an initiative founded by Niklas Rosén and Gustav Nordebrink. The collective is a response to a dynamic and ever-evolving world, where independent flexibility and network scalability meet modern demands.
Martin Briceno shared a web design project of ORRIs Paris. ORRIS artisanal botanical soaps are handcrafted in small batches in France. Each cold process soap is hand-poured and hand-cut, using the finest oils, butters, and botanicals.
Hannes Ahremark shared a branding and visual identity project for Atelier Assali. There is not much information available besides the images shared by Hannes, but if you’re looking for visual inspiration, look no further, this project is simple and super elegant.
On Deck Design (ODD) is a continuous community for experienced designers who want to accelerate their careers and become confident leaders. The program brings designers from all backgrounds together to share their wealth of knowledge in intimate settings.
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.
