guide
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It's been a little while since our last guide so why not to do one for Amazon Prime Day which is little different this year.
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digital art
Various Commissioned & Personal Illustrations by Romain Trystram
We are huge fans of Romain Trystram on ABDZ, his work has inspired many and still do provide this edgy & futuristic illustrative style that we dearly cherish. In this feature, we are collecting hand-picked projects from the past year and 18' to the masses, I am very glad to see a few and new visual directions in terms of the outcome.
illustration
Estudio Pum Brings Stylish Tropical Look to Havaianas Illustrations
Estudio Pum shared an incredible set of illustrations they did for Havianas. If you don’t know Havaians, it’s one of the most popular Brazilian brands in the world. They create the timeless sandals that have been around for decades. I remember growing up wearing them.
motion design
Monday Motion Design Inspiration - Symbiose
Bring back another edition of our sometimes forgotten series, Monday Motion Design Inspiration, we are excited to feature the project that Benjamin CROCHET shared on his Behance profile. Titled Symbiose, this project is a fictive AI device, creating and transmitting sounds by bone conduction to help user feel better.
cool tech
Cool Tech: Wood & Leather Headphone Stand, Self-Changing Trash and more
The so-long Perfect Office series now turning into Cool Tech Series. A roundup of cool gadgets and tech for your perfect office; not necessarily for designers explicitly but for all of you tech-savvy nerds out there. This is an open concept! if you have any suggestions, please let us know!
Illustrations with a Surreal Mood by Dániel Taylor
Dániel Taylor is a freelancer digital artist and illustrator from Budapest, Hungary with some incredible surreal style work, some of them also remind me of the art direction of the video-game
branding
Brand Identity for Womena by Mohamed Samir
Mohamed Samir shared a beautiful brand identity project he created on his Behance profile for Womena. Womena is a platform dedicated to encouraging gender diversity and inclusion in the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Varg Veum Aquavit Brand Identity by KIND
KIND | Conceptual Branding has developed the brand identity and design for Varg Veum Aquavit. The aquavit has been produced in cooperation with Gunnar Staalesen, author of the best-selling Varg Veum novels, the aquavit-loving private detective who has also featured on the big screen.
illustration
Linear Thinking Series: Colored Pencil Illustrations
Lui Ferreyra's art really caught my eye today, Lui is a freelance artist based in Denver, CO, USA. I am featuring the first series of colored pencil illustrations shared via Behance, the skills have greatly improved since.
case study
Case Studies Inspiration: A Roundup by aida pacheva, Henry Kunjumon and more
A new Pure Design Inspiration is up! One burst of inspiration roundup to kick it off for the Weekend? Why not! For this week, I decided to pull together a collection of 'case studies' inspiration.
illustration
Siempre Playa Project to promote growth of culture and art in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Futura . shared an interesting project via their Behance about a collaborative initiative with four artists taking on this 'exploring' journey to the Riviera Maya and portrait its beauty through art. The results are just incredible, there are not enough words to describe how beautiful these pieces are.
moment
Drone lovers: Moment introducing anamorphic lens, filters, and new cases
Moment is easily one of my favourite brand out there. Reason #1 why? They are always innovating and that's incredible to accomplish. They create also well-throughout content not only to promote their products but by supporting back to its community through knowledge, competitive initiatives, rewards and more.
editorial design
Editorial Design: The Big Disconnect
Wes L Cockx shared a beautiful editorial design project on his Behance profile. It was for The Big Disconnect article for the Atlanta publication. The article talks about, or asks what happened to Google Fiber in Atlanta.
digital art
Chromatic Pastels Brings Joy to Light Effects Lovers Like Me
Chromatic Pastels continues Shane Griffin exploration into diffractive light, this series sees the vibrant chromatic palette juxtaposed against subtle pastel environments.
Typography
Beautiful Braun-like Style 3D Typography
There are some projects that are simply hard to describe how awesome they are. The Classic. Typefaces by Particle (Gao Yang) is one of those memorable 3D and typography posts. It is simply an alphabet but it's created by using classic examples of industrial design, quite a few from Braun.
brand identity
Minimalist Brand Identity Created from Golden Ratio
Yaiza Liébana. The brand identity for this psychiatric clinic relays on the layout created from golden ratio, which evokes classical aesthetic perfection and visual calm. This, altogether with the color palette, helps to generate a comfortable homelike feeling.
Minimalist Web Design Inspiration: Base Studios
Matthias Deckx shared a beautiful web design project. It's for Base, an international network of studios led by creatives, with studios is Brussels, New York and Geneva. Base designs ingeniously simple brands and builds unique personalities. They humanize corporations, launch visions and clarify the complex.
motion design
Motion Design and Typography: Liquid Calligraphy
Ruslan Khasanov shared this amazing post that blend typography and motion design with the physics. The music is by Dmitry Evgrafov. The beauty of this project is in the organic transformations that the letters go through. Looking one by one it doesn't look that awesome but when you combine them to create words the result is very powerful.
illustration
Archer Farms Coffee Packaging Illustration by Tom Haugomat
Staying in the layers of projects related to packaging, we are featuring this lovely series of illustrations for Target's renowned Archer Farms Coffee by Collins. Designed by Paris-based illustrator and art director Tom Haugomat from Messieurs Dame.
branding
Clever Brand Identity For European Space Agency
Tata&Friends Studio shared an super smart and elegant brand identity project on their Behance profile for the European Space Agency, or ESA. Rethink cESA is the European Space Agency and its mission is to shape the development of space exploration. Less known than it's American counterpart NASA, but just as strong in its achievements.