Posts filed under "design-nation"
Mark Coleran Visual Designer - Remember all those awesome futuristic designs in movies? Ever wonder who designs them? Mark Coleran, that's who.
How are Red Bull’s helmets painted? - Love this breakdown, especially coming of the new Vettel helmet that looks like a Red Bull can. Brilliant.
http://www.brokenkode.com/how-are-red-bull-s-helmets-painted
LOST Posters - Awesome minimalist posters. It's definitely en vogue nowadays to do these, but I still like them.
Overcoming Creative Block - Some excellent ideas in there. One of my favourites (which I've not tried yet, but was actually thinking about that today) was the idea of going ...
Radius 10 - If I was in the UK now, this would have been mine. One of the nicest calendars I've ever seen.
Panic Blog - Just wanted to say that the Panic Blog (like most things related to Panic) is pure genius. Simple, but extremely clever with loads of thought put into ...
The History of the Ampersand - Even thought the whole Ampersand thing is pretty 'tired' it's still always interesting to see the origin of things we now take for granted....god ...
The first logo design of 2010 is for my oldest friend Yanni's DJ Collective 'Viasound' (playing a range of House and Electronica music) which operate out of Athens, ...
Last.fm Visualisations - Oh my god, I might actually start using last.fm just so that i can get myself some meaningful posters and put them up. Also Felton's annual report...
Plastic Beach- The new Gorillaz album appears to be imminent. Awesomeness.
N.Design Studio - Nick La's new website. Seriously I don't even know where to start. The attention to detail is mind boggling. It's the sort of shit I wish I ...
Banksy film to debut at Sundance - Soo, totally watching this when it comes out. What can I say, I'm one of those poor fools that actually enjoys what the ...
Büro Destruct III - Thought I'd point out that the latest book from this excellent Swiss design firm is out. I've got Buro Destruct II and is one of my ...
Interview with Michael Chabon - On a complete sidenote, I've always loved the design of his book covers, which I believe are done by Will Staehle.
So Owen's responded to a few things that I'd written. I knew it was coming, and I knew it would be a big one, so true to form the man's ...
Inside ISO50 - Great set of photos to show the attention to detail.
So now that we've got ourselves a kick ass logo, now would be a good time to make some badges so that everyone can put them on their websites ...
For those who know me from my professional life (I'm a Chartered Engineer), know what a complete filing freak I am. All graduates that have helped me out, or ...
Lets turn our attention to the main menu in Habari. As I mentioned before there has to be a better way than the current method. The reasoning for the current ...
Minimal Design - And here I thought the new 'Kode was minimal. This site seriously takes it to the next level in certain ways. Might even use his minimal gallery ...
Iconic TV Posters - by Albert Exergian. Also be sure to check out his site.
Air Multiplier by Dyson - To see how it was done.
http://www.brokenkode.com/dezeen-blog-archive-air-multiplier-by-dyson
Interview with James Dyson - It's all about the fan. At $300 for the cheap version it's pretty expensive, but still it's an amazing invention.
Extreme Makeover Craigslist - From the latest issue of Wired (USA version), Craiglist remade. The standout as you can imagine is KhoI Vinh's version.
http://www.brokenkode.com/extreme-makeover-craigslist-edition
Tour the Bugatti factory, Molsheim - It's but a glimpse, but a glimpse I've never seen before, for the single most expensive supercar manufacturer in the world.
Moby Talks About Cartooning and Small Press Comics - Didn't realise that he actually drew the cover to his latest album, which features that cute little character from some previous ...
http://www.brokenkode.com/moby-talks-about-cartooning-and-small-press-comics-comicsalliancecom
Design Observer redesigns - This has always been an inspiration in terms of the sheer amount of links offered and the very simple but effective design.
Gummisig - One of the best looking blog/websites I've seen in a good long time. It's the combination of the colours, gridlines, and big bad bold type that does it ...
The Beatles Rockband Absolutely stunning combination of animation and music. Fell of my chair when I saw this (ps the site is pretty awesome as well).
LG Chocolate 4th Generation - This is what I had to say when the first generation of the Chocolate phone came out (which reminds me I really need to sort ...
Cannes Design Lions - Awesome collection of great work from the design world. Definitely needs a more detailed look at the entries and the winners.
Leandro Castelao - And another one for the inspirational folder. Great design work, with a lot of attention to detail and colour.
Busiek.com - Beautiful website. Probably one of the best looking comic book creator websites I've seen in a really long time. Loads of attention to little details that will make ...
Google Service Logos - Nice list of the befores and the afters. What's interesting to me is the sheer number of services that Google actually provides. I've probably only heard ...
Thru eyes frank olinsky - Small Q&A with graphic designer Frank Olinsky, the man responsible for the art direction for the golden era of the Smashing Pumpkins album designs. Yes, ...
Joshua Middleton Website Revamped - Have always loved the man's minimalist style. If I had a comment, it would be that the blog was actually properly integrated into the site, ...
8 Min Gambit - Jim Lee draws Gambit in 8 minutes. Seriously, if he's this fucking fast, why did it take him like 7 years to publish a comic back ...
The Hunt For Gollum - Fan movie which was released for the Sci Fi festival in London. Seems to be extremely well made, and it's there for free to watch.
Vertigo Number 1s - A pretty large collection of some of the best comics have to offer, numbers for you to download as pdfs.