Tim Tijink shared a personal editorial design and graphic design project titled New Brutalism: Controversial Concrete.

We have  featured RETOKA . several times here but they always share something new and with a touch of uniqueness with a sense of experimentation. This latest project called SKYLINES - Hong Kong mixes photos with some glitches and effects that  create a digital type of look, cyberpunk.

Nothingness is the titled of a new set of beautiful but also eerie 3D images created and shared by Murat Yıldırım. The images have a photorealistic style, which made me think they were photos, until I saw the floating boats one. The color, the mood, everything is super inspiring. The 3D software used was Maxon Cinema 4D.

Ngoc Dang shared a branding and packaging design for Merino, a wool brand imported from Australia, with a soft texture and excellent warmth retention. The wool can be lightly water-resistant, not ruffled after many uses.​

a wool brand with imported feels

True North is a company designed to help guide potential investors through the property market, based in various geographic locations. They offer professional, unbiased advice, bolstered by complete transparency following an open-book approach. Your interest is True North’s priority and the main goal of their work.

Raku Inoue is easily the most creative person that I have ever had the chance to meet and hung out on various occasions. Currently based in Montreal, QC (Canada), Raku Inoue is a Japanese artist with numerous creative abilities.

With the rising topic on crypto and Metaverse, soon enough there will be a revolution in how we see the world and how we interact with it. Slava Kornilov, a creative director from Geex Arts shared a fascinating project which is an app titled 'Octi'. An app where 'Octi' rules as a social platform where you create your own digital world, create videos and earn coins. Yes, coins!

Maria Horowska is a typeface designer and she shared this lovely typeface titled 'Reykjavik' — which is an homage to modern architectural architecture in Reykjavík. Having visited this city in the past, you can never forget the true combination of nature, mountains and obviously the sublime architecture.

Xavier Esclusa Trias has created a poster series that is bringing a bit of a nostalgia moments to be honest. Pure throwback from the days where we didn't care about going to rent movies at the video store, where the packaging was just part of an item that you will eventually learn to appreciate.

madre natura is a contemporary Australian fashion design house. The name translates to ‘Mother Nature’ in Italian. madre natura believes that respect for the environment is equally as important as respect for ourselves. This guides the label with every decision they make and aligns them with their values: Sustainable, Ethical, Circular and Slow-Fashion.

Antian Imeri shared a collection of 3D compositions created as personal projects exploring recent thoughts through modular sculptures in imagined spaces. The tools used for this project were Maxon Cinema 4D, Octane Render as well as Adobe Substance 3D Designer and Photoshop.

Markus Hofko shared an amazing industrial design project for a modular shelving system called KUR!O. The product is still in development but the idea is quite simple, you can create different configurations with a limited amount of pieces and that’s the beauty of the whole thing, the simplicity and beautiful colors.

Vyacheslav Novikov shared a stunning 3D and digital art project created using Houdini. The project is titled Nebula and as you can deduce it is about nebulas and space stuff :) 

We wanted to share for our NFT Spotlight, the sublime visuals done by Rus Khasanov, a visual artist from Russia. If you are not familiar with this work, it's a combination of showcasing emotions through his visual art, I was personally drawn to the treatment of his color choice.

Rafael Serra shared another stylish typographic explorations including some using famous brands. As usual the work is super clean and quite bold not only from the excellent shapes and forms but also because of the impeccable color palettes.

Tom Chrostek, Krzysztof Gwóźdź, and the folks over at Ollestudio shared a project they did for Przemek Szuba that focused on reimagining the branding and web design.

I love typographic posters, there are fresh and hard challenges to take in as you wanna explore and experiment with a few ideas. Let's take the work of Muhittin Güneş who is a typographer and designer from Istanbul, Turkey, he shared a lovely series of 'typographic posters' and they are sublime.

As we are getting close to the end of 2021, I still feel the vibes of 2020 right in the air. It's like we still haven't got over it, enough we have some vibes of some normality back. Somehow...Anjela Freyja is a Montreal-based art director and designer who shared a book design titled 'How to Survive a Pandemic'.

In March of 2020, we were all blindsided by the pandemic and there’s no doubt we’ve all learned to pivot and adapt both professionally and personally. On the professional front, you may still have the luxury to work from home which also means anyplace with a solid WiFi connection (hello digital nomads).

Digital Carbine is an illustrator based in Indonesia with an incredible portfolio of illustration and digital art projects. I love the illustration style, or different styles and themes. The Crescent Moon is from Threadless days and it is just so clever (I miss the threadless days!).