Design byKeith and Jenn Bowman A pretty interesting piece of info graphics here. I think this will be the inspiration for my next personal project, but instead, for me, it wouldprobablybe more 'A day in the life of a graphic design student' read more »
What a fantastic name for a book! I discovered this blog and from that I got this book... What other encouragement could a girl need to be sluttish? Sian Meades says "Being a Domestic Slut isn't about letting yourself go. Far from it. But there's more to life than perfection. Perfection is exhausting. Actually, it's NOT being perfect that makes women awesome. And it's finding your own brand of not perfect that makes life so much fun". Hear hear! This book is full of great ideas split into four sections ... read more »
I recently came across this book when I was tidying out some shelves, and absently opened it to browse for a few moments. An hour later I was still there, captivated by the beautiful illustrations. Cicely Mary Barker spent most of her childhood drawing and painting and she was greatly influenced byKate Greenaway - another favourite illustrator of mine. The children in her books were modelled on real children from her sister Dorothy's Kindergarten and her flowers are all anatomically correct!Flower Fairie... read more »
I've been doing some research on iconography for one of the projects I working on. ISOTYPE stands for theInternational System of Typographic Picture Education. By definition it is themethod of showing social, technological, biological and historical connections in pictorial form.Otto Neurath, was the theorist behind it who's intention was tovisually representing social data in a pictorial way so that it becomes moreaestheticallypleasing and easier toremember. It wasGerd Arntzwho was responsible for actua... read more »
The Sketchbook Project. Illustrated zine for 'The Tell Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe. read more »
I received this postcard from Netherlands thru private swap in exchange of a Phil map. The sender told me that she could use the Phil map to teach kids about geography. And the great thing about this card, her student signed it! :) read more »
-Antes de Cristo había un pájaro tonto llamado Fénix, que cada cien años hacía una pira y se quemaba en ella. Pero cada vez que se quemaba, resurgía de las cenizas, volvía a nacer. Algún día dejaremos de hacer estas malditas piras funerarias y bailaremos sobre ellas."Y ahora retomemos el río. Y quedaos con una idea: no sois importantes, no sois nada.Algún día la carga que llevamos le servirá a alguien. Pero incluso cuando teníamos los libros a mano, no usábamos lo que extraíamos de ellos.En las próximas ... read more »
Hola! Hoy queremos compartir con vosotros unaENTREVISTA muy especial que nos hace la web de tendencias "Viste la Calle" os invitamos a leerla y así conocer un poco más el trabajo de Javier como ilustrador. Recordad que para seguirnos más regularmente tenéis nuestro facebook AQUI Hello! Today we share with you a special interview that makes the site trend "Viste la Calle" we invite you to read and learn more the work of illustrator Javier. Remember that you have more regularly follow our facebook HERE ... read more »
100 Years of Fashion Illustration A visual feast of 400 dazzling images, this is a comprehensive survey of the genre over the last century. The book also offers an overview of the development of fashion, as seen through the eyes of the greatest illustrators of the day. Early in the century fashion illustration reflected new, [...] read more »
Hola Chicos! ¿Cómo llevamos la cuesta de enero? Por suerte ya queda poco para terminar el mes, aunque nos dá el presentimiento de que el resto del año no va a ser mucho mejor... Para comenzar la semana hemos decidido hacer un post diferente, aunque muchos ya sabréis que no somos dados a publicar la típica entrada de compras de rebajas, o poner de donde es cáda prenda que vestimos en las fotografías... en esta ocasión os enseñamos algunas cosas que hemos comprado últimamente o que han dejado los Reyes Mag... read more »
