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September 3, 2010 @ 1:21 pm - by Ed Shek

Creative Advertising

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August 23, 2010 @ 6:55 pm - by Ed Shek

Joshua Tree Under the Milky Way

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August 23, 2010 @ 2:02 pm - by Ed Shek

Giant Stinson Beach Bubbles (Canon 550D)

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August 9, 2010 @ 3:22 pm - by Ed Shek

Flipboard | personalized social magazine

I finally had a moment to download, install and test drive Flipboard on my iPad. I am speechless. It’s another one of these “woah-I-am-touching-the-future-moments”. Here’s a video explaining what Flipboard does:



A big giant yay to the team over at Flipboard. Design and Usability is topnotch. Realizing that this is the first version of the app, I can only *imagine* what the future versions are going to look like. What an impressive first start.

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August 5, 2010 @ 1:37 pm - by Ed Shek

Jeff Nishinaka Paper Art

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August 4, 2010 @ 3:22 am - by Ed Shek

Cheat Sheet Placemat


This Cheat Sheet Placemat made me smile.

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August 2, 2010 @ 12:10 pm - by Ed Shek

PENStory


They shot 60,000 pictures, developed 9,600 prints and then again shot over 1,800 pictures. And apparently without any post production! Stunning, right?

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August 1, 2010 @ 8:04 pm - by Ed Shek

Dance


via lady lixa

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July 29, 2010 @ 8:19 pm - by Ed Shek

In memory of Leo Obstbaum – Design Director Vancouver 2010


Leo was monumental in the creation and direction of Vancouver’s Winter Olympic brand experience for the 2010 games. It will be remembered as one of the best visual palettes ever created for the games, as beautiful and memorable as Athens and Torino’s visual identities.

 

 

Leo’s philosophy towards telling a story that is honest, simple, funny and most of all emphatically strong, has drawn great affection towards brand Vancouver.

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July 28, 2010 @ 9:39 pm - by Ed Shek

Pierre Koffmann


This month, legendary French chef Pierre Koffmann returns to London with his new restaurant, Koffmanʼs, at The Berkeley hotel in Knightsbridge.


London design studio Construct has created the identity and branding.


The identity and branding take their inspiration from two sources: French bistro vernacular and a ʻsignaturesʼ theme. The bistro influence can be seen in the use of a curved logotype, a condensed typeface and the dominance of red. The ʻsignatureʼ elements are literal and symbolic: Koffmannʼs own handwritten signature sits across the full range of design applications, from exterior awnings to menus, whilst a little pig, separated from his feet at the top of the menu, references Koffmannʼs best known signature dish, pigʼs trotters.

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