Burnt World

Found at Kate MccGwire. Brilliant use of burning paper. Maybe showing where the world is going, the world will eventually be to hot to live on. The 50 layers of paper give it depth, each burn decreases as it gets deeper.

Door Hangers

Collection of different door hangers from around the world. Interesting designs all for one purpose, simple yet effective.

hotel door hangers

Fleuron

I’ve been wondering around hundreds of blogs for quite sometime, one of the best and most inspirational blogs I’ve come across so far has to be fleuron.com.

A great section of this blog is the Creative Directory, which is a collection of bookmarks and links to various designers. Also the pixel wall is a nice touch, creating opportunities for designers to get recognised.

Appreciate Rain

us design studio designed these posters and T-shirts to persuade people to look at the rain in a different way. They only revealed their message when exposed to rain.

Serial Cut

Quite a popular choice of designing style now, some of these are some of the better combination of techniques I've seen. The effects of actually creating and then photographing the elements produces results that look natural.

Serial Cut

Ink Blots

(original ink blot)

(developed)

With these ink blots, I can start to make relations to objects in the world that I would have never thought of combining before.

Taking the pincers of a beetle, horns and face shape of a bull's head, these ink blots start to mean something.

Even if I don't end up using this concept, I don't see why I can't use ink blots to create the unknown. It's a bit like a word association list, but grabbing something completely out of nowhere and developing that image or idea into something you would never of thought of before.

Breaking Habits

''We were taught to memorize and take extensive notes. But memorizing takes up mental space and leads to forgetting. Especially as we start to get senior moments, organizing information in a readily accessible manner is much more important than memorizing facts. Memorizing also consumes our precious energy for creativity.''

Interesting reads on the Behance Magazine, where does our creativity come from? how can we develop it? and the more we learn other things do we leave room for creativity?

Full Article - Tip: Breaking Schoolhouse Habits
Full Article - Tip: Pressure Can Push Good Ideas Forward