The Japanese Popstars Feat. Green Velvet

The Japanese Popstars Feat. Green Velvet - Let Go from David Wilson Creative on Vimeo.

Kinife Series

My latest illustrations are now up on my website www.barbaragraetzer.com

Yoko Furusho

This illustrator has been doing some great out. Check out her website at: http://yokofurusho.com/

Journalism in the Age of Data

If you have a spare hour, then feast your eyes on Geoff McGhee’s video documentary “Journalism in the Age of Data,” which explores the exciting potential and occasional pitfalls of modern data visualization.

Dog

© Barbara Graetzer

My Illustration (above) was selected for publication in CMYK Magazine, Issue 48. It'll be out this fall. Yeeeeey!

FIELD OF DREAMS BY FWY

The wonderful people at the Fubon Art Foundation commissioned FriendsWithYou to create a massive art piece to cover the façade of the Fubon Financial building in Taipei, Taiwan. As part of the Very Fun Park 2010 exhibition “Field of Dreams” became the focal point of the project and was created as a visual representation of this year's theme “looking up.” As the brilliantly multicolored flowers and bright colors appear on the horizon people are forced to look upwards, to discover that the cloud is smiling and asks you to rediscover the beauty of life. “Field of Dreams” will be on exhibit through July 2011. Take a look for yourself and let us know what you think.

Love & Theft

True Tales From Our Not Too Distant Analog Past: Jason Holley

Books on Tape from jason holley on Vimeo.

Last week, at ICON6 in Pasadena, Jason Holley presented a series of hilarious animations and they were a huge hit. Here's one he posted online. Fabulous!

Virtual Vacation on Hotels.com

Augmented Reality Site by Zerofractal for Hotels.com from BERNSTEIN & ANDRIULLI on Vimeo.

Hotel.com’s Augmented Reality website “Virtual Vacay” allows viewers to take a virtual tour across ten cities in America without ever having to leave home. Lead by Smart, the star character of the TV spots, users hold up the AR marker to their webcam to start the unique experience. The AR marker can be printed out on a normal printer, or accessed on a mobile phone.

Nike Write The Future

The spot is from Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam and directed by Alejandro G Inarritu, of Babel and 21 Grams fame. Unlike its blackly humorous trailer, which suggested something more unusual, it is everything you would expect from a (very long) major footy commercial: it's slick, fast and a touch overblown. The spot features football stars aplenty, including Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Didier Drogba, and is centred around what goes through footballers' minds on the pitch: will they bring glory for their country or devastation?

Kronk x Nike

Kronk x Nike - Bleed Your Colours by Am I Collective from BERNSTEIN & ANDRIULLI on Vimeo.

Kronk x Nike - Bleed Your Colours by Am I Collective.
30s viral animation to promote Nike's new clothing range by incorporating the custom designed mascot and implementing the concept of "Bleed your colors"

By Agency: Trigger Johannesburg. Animation by: Am I Collective

Watercolor of Brazil

Up There

UP THERE from Jon on Vimeo.

Hotel California

Sungha_52 from Thinksoul on Vimeo.

So, you need a typeface…

Flowchart for choosing a typeface. I found it funny.

Creative Quaterly Magazine

© Barbara Graetzer


My latest illustrations (above) were just awarded as a winner in the Creative Quarterly Magazine Competition, Issue 19. I'm super stoked and this is the 1st time I've entered.

"Creative Quarterly publishes the best work being done internationally in graphic design, illustration, photography and fine art. Published four times a year, we’re the only competition accepting entries from all parts of the globe."

As a winner, my work will be published in the issue, due out on June 2010 and will also be featured on their website: http://www.cqjournal.com

Here's a list of all of the winners:

Fine Art: Professional
Marie Bukowski
Sonja Danowski
Barbara Duval*
Brent Funderburk*
William Grigsby*, Reactor Art & Design Ltd.
Jillian Ludwig
Andrew Myers
Bruce Roberts*
Kerstin Stephan

Fine Art: Student
Sean Larson, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Angela Young

Graphic Design: Professional
Matteo Bologna*, Mucca Deslgn Corp.
Andrew Byrom
Adrienne Hooker, Studio Wan-ker
Therese Joanis, Leibold Associates, Inc.
Buck Smith
Christine Strohl, The Strohls
Alex Trochut
Marius Valdes, Zoo Valdes
Rozina Vavetsi, Rozina Vavetsi
Karin Von Ompteda, A Work of Science

Graphic Design: Student
Jeffrey Carpenter, University of Wisconsin-Stout
Johnny Chang, Art Center College of Design
Jiyun Ha, Art Center College of Design
Wayne Tang, Art Center College of Design
Jou Ying Liu

Illustration: Professional
Leeay Aikawa
Vlad Alvarez
Scott Bakal
Hans Baltzer
Sonja Danowski
Felix Gephart
Beppe Giacobbe*
Robin Hursthouse
Carl Johanson
Esa Peltonen
Giselle Potter
Steven Tabbutt
Hui Tsai

Illustration: Student
Catherine Choi, California College of the Arts
Sam Wolfe Connelly, Savannah College of Art & Design
Barbara Graetzer, Fashion Institute of Technology
Tory Novikova, Pratt
Shigeko Okada, School of Visual Arts
Alexa Thoen, Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Christine Wu

Photography: Professional
Michael Alberstat, Alberstat Productions Inc.
Marti Belcher
David Ellingsen
Elwin Goh
Steffanie Halley
Jens Honore
Harold Lee Miller
Jes Schrom
Richard Tuschman, Richard Tuschman Images

Dogs as typefaces

Kabbalah Vodka

Kabbalah is the newest brand of Russian Vodka created by EZ Protocols. Called “Kabbalah vodka – with Christian infants”. The bottle features an infant inside. This plays off the old wives tale circulated in Europe that Jewish religious rites required the blood of Christian babies. It's definitely an interesting package for a vodka.

Ride Rise Roar

Ride, Rise, Roar trailer from ride, rise, roar on Vimeo.

"Ride, Rise, Roar, is a David Byrne concert film by masterful Hillman Curtis that weaves intimate interviews with amazing concert footage. Hillman said he was drawn to this project initially because it involved one of his favorite musicians ever, David Byrne, and then because of the mixed genre performance concept. David had hired three New York choreographers to choreograph dances to songs, and then brought three modern dancers on the road along with a seven piece band. Hillman was interested in seeing how audiences would react to this wild combo. The result obviously was exhilarating… a real show."

History of Ski Aerial Acrobatics

The Sandpit

The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.

Using tilt-shift photography, artist Sam O'Hare created the time-lapse film "The Sandpit" from more than 35,000 pictures taken during a single week last August. With computer editing software, O'Hare manipulated his photos so only narrow planes of focus remained sharp, creating an effect that makes the city look like a model.

"Better Together" for Match.com

"Better Together" for Match.com from FriendsWithYou on Vimeo.

FriendsWithYou paired up with US Sydney to produce the latest animated spot for Match.com. It's a magical little world where all things that are supposed to be together are. From strawberries and cream, to a fork and knife, to a rabbit and a hat... It's just cute to watch these duos make their love connection all over town. :)

Die Jungen Zillertaler - Auf der Bruck Trara

This made me laugh! It sounds like they're singing Barbaraaaaaa, and I loved the cut to the old man drinking his beer. I just wish I could actually understand the lyrics.

Soy mamelle

Packaging concept by Russian agency, Kian:

"The KIAN brand agency took on the process of naming, formulating a creative brand conception, and creating the package shape. Soy milk “Soy mamelle” is a 100% vegetative product. It is a source of high grade fiber and calcium, containing no cholesterol and a proven ability to actually lower cholesterol levels in the human body.

The developed conception of the package shape resembled an udder, which presents the first half of the message in that soy milk is identical to that of a cow. The second part of the message is delivered via the colour score and décor of the packaging, which concentrate on the phytogenesis of the product, creating an image of nature and health.

The packaging is developed with two options, individual and family size. The individual packaging is made out of glass, while the family size option is made of a natural latex material. The legs of the packaging are made of special valves and dose systems which allow the container to fill multiple glasses simultaneously by gently squeezing it. In this case, the process of interacting with the packaging becomes more alive and interesting. This finding has tremendous potential for improvement of brand identity in POS-materials and nonstandard equipment trading."

‘Yangtze, The Long River’ by Nadav Kander

Nadav Kander in collaboration with the Royal College of Art, London, 2009. He talks about his Prix Pictet award winning work from China.

Apelsin - Tirooli Lauluke (Tirol Song)

I saw this and it made me smile. :)

Flowerhead

Flowerhead
The Illustrations of Olaf Hajek
First monograph dedicated to the work of one of the most internationally sought-after editorial illustrators. It presents an extensive collection of his commercial work as well as personal art that he created exclusively for the book.

Bud Light: Clothing Drive

Such a good, funny spot.

Play Loud!

Football (or soccer as it is called in the US) is unquestionably THE most popular and celebrated sport worldwide. Enthusiasm and celebration for the sport are expressed visually and unofficially at street level in cities the world over. Play Loud! is a visual compilation taking you on a fantastically colourful journey around the world and presents graphic art as well as football-inspired illustrations, posters and flyers.

Alfred Hitchcock

My latest illustration. I used oil on canvas paper.
© Barbara Graetzer

Found

Found this on ffffound.com. It made me laugh :)

Sherlock Holmes credit sequence

Phenomenal mix of photo, texture, illustrations, calligraphy and animation, done by Prologue film. If you would like to see more images and read more about the process about them, click here.

And this is the animated version in youtube.

Frank Uyttenhove

Loved these photos by Photographer Frank Uyttenhove. He's based in Belgium.
If you want to see more of his work, this is his website.

The Chop Shop

Just saw this on another design site. It's great design and I had to share.

Schweppes

Schweppes Australia came out with this limited edition series of vintage themed bottles inspired by the history of the Schweppes brand. I love it! I hope they make it to the US.

Philippe Lechien

After seeing Philippe Lechien’s imagery of New York City for so long, it's nice to see his image of Paris. Oh, and if you want to know what images of NY I'm talking about, check this website. If you live in NY, you'll recognize them right away :)

2009 social media wrap-up

Nice cartoon synopsis of the year in social media from Rob Cottingham.

Kinokuniya Bookstores

This store has a great selection of Japanese books, comics, toys, stationally goods, etc. It's a must for anyone interested in Japanese culture and it's located right across the street from Bryant Park. The image above is from a mural they have inside the store.

Sarah Preston

Based in United Kingdom, Sarah makes drawings for children's books, greetings cards and advertising campaigns. She makes some pretty cute button-nosed characters. See more of her work here.

Love for Chocolate?

The "it" Bar - The latest chocolate bar from famed NY candy store Dylan's Candy Bar.