Herb Lublain a prominent American graphic designer and the man behind the ITC Avant Garde font designed in 1965 a logo called Mother and Childe (image over). The logo was designed for a magazine that never got published, but over 40 years later it is now the inspiration to a new trend in typography: Biotypography!

‘Biotypography’ is a term that refers to any typographical application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to create or modify typographical phenomena. Here you see the short movie typembrya by Oded Ezer- a personal homage to the mother & child and biotypography!

Typembrya by Oded Ezer from www.odedezer.com on Vimeo.

Just a little reminder for those lucky enough to be in Berlin right about now… the unique festival for contemporary illustration and graphic art; Illustrative opens on October the 15th. The festival can offer an exhibition celebrating the cutting-edge works of contemporary graphic art, conferences with topics like “How to be an illustrator”, and The Swatch Young Illustrators Award! so if you are in Berlin be sure to check it out!

Ok this is not longer a ”news”, but I still think its worth mentioning. Tinagent is the one of, it not the leading photography agency in Norway. Earlier this year they launched their new visual identity and website made by Anti design agency. The website won gold in both Gulltaggen and Visuelt 09, and the identity won a diploma at Visuelt 09. Check it out here and make sure to visit tineagent.no!

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Freshwest have made this new architectural lamp for Moooi. Its called “The Brave New World Lamp” and it started as a concept piece of random thought-initiated construction. Following the example of old Far Eastern bamboo scaffolding the Brave New World Lamp was developed without a design or plan in place, however each piece of wood is carefully notched and pegged together to form an integral part of the overall mechanical structure. Its easy to imagine how this lamp literary will light up the desk of any architect or engineer! (more…)

Superdrug is an online beauty and health shop who has gotten a little bit of help from the design agency Davies Leslie-Smith on the packaging of their newest products. The design is simple, elegant and it makes sure that the products are visible and easy to understand. Take a look! (more…)