Recently we have been asked to design a set of playing cards for one of our clients. At this stage of the project we can’t share what we are creating to an unusual brief but I can share some other wonderfully designed packs that we have found in the initial stages of research.
Architecture game cards
Pre-Modernism, Modernism, Post-Modernism and De-Structuralism are the four strong suits included in the pack, containing the top names of 20th century architecture.
Typography cards
The brief was to create a set of 52 cards using different fonts and no alterations of the font themselves.
Hopefully the weather this June will improve, but if not we can always stay in on a rainy day, play cards and appreciate the desi…
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Posted by Melissa Henderson on Monday 13th of June 2011 at 10:22am
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These six minimalist posters have been created by artist Andrea Gallo.
They are so simple and perfectly represent some of the most iconic modern architecture, from all over the world.
I love them and it just goes to show that great design isn’t about ‘the whistles & bells’. It’s about perfect composition.
Here are some of the building that are represented to show how accurate the posters are even though they are simplifi…
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Posted by Melissa Henderson on Friday 15th of April 2011 at 4:39pm
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Monday, January 31st 2011
When I first saw this image I was sure it was just a CG visual of a mad idea, but Innetel Hotel is real.
The hotel has 12-storeys, 160 rooms and is only 12 minutes on the train from Amsterdam.
Wilfried van Winden, chief architect of WAM based the hotel on traditional Zaanstad houses. From a stately notary’s dwelling, to workers’ cottages. Van Winden’s favourite is a re-creation of a blue house that features in a work by Claude Monet, painted during a trip to Zaandam.
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Posted by Melissa Henderson on Monday 31st of January 2011 at 9:14am
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