The world’s most attractive compost bin?
National Compost Week may not be the world’s most glamorous event, but when our sustainability expert Helen Hughes stumbled upon a rather design-friendly alternative to the humble compost bin, we had to share.
In: Ooh that's nice, Product design, Structural design, Sustainability · Tags: 3D, Compost
A peek into the world of sign making
As you may have noticed from previous blog posts, we do like a bit of lettering and signage here at DB. This week the 3D team had the pleasure of visiting sign manufacturer John Anthony Signs in Essex, who create beautifully crafted signage for famous brands such as Harrods, Louis Vuitton and Ferrari.
In: Brand communications, Corporate Identity, Product design, Structural design, What are we up to? · Tags: 3D, 3D Branding, Signage, Signmaking
Friday Favourites
Psychedelic Tokyo-inspired animation, Educate the heart by Dalai Lama Centre, a 24-hour panorama of Earth, Star Wars watches, paper shot glasses and hipster branding, all on the first Friday Favourites post of 2013.
In: Art, Asia, Brand communications, Corporate Identity, Digital, Film & Animation, Graphic design, Ooh that's nice, Product design · Tags: 2013, 2D, 3D, Animation, Branding, Friday Favourites, Star Wars, Stop motion, Tokyo
A feast of design in Breda
Five days of storytelling with workshops, lectures, performances, exhibitions, and master classes with 125 international designers – the Graphic Design Festival Breda really is one of a kind, displaying most of the work outside in the public space. Alex Halfpenny, designer at our office in Amsterdam, visited the festival.
In: Art, Events, Exhibitions, Film & Animation, Graphic design, Ooh that's nice · Tags: 3D, design, Graphic Design Festival Breda, MOTI, Photography, Posters, Typography
How can pharma packaging help with compliance?
James Whittaker, head of 3D branding at our Amsterdam office, wrote an article for Dutch magazine FONK about how design can help with compliance in the pharmaceutical industry. Here’s the full article, on our blog.
In: News, Pharma branding, Product design, Structural design, Viewpoints · Tags: 3D, 3D Branding, Blister packs, Compliance, Medicine
Friday Favourites
Beautiful typographic work in East London, crowdsourced music videos, amazing kinetic sculptures and more on Friday Favourites.
In: Art, Asia, Film & Animation, Structural design · Tags: 3D, Friday Favourites, Illustration, Kinetic sculpture, Music, Music video, Sculpture, Typography
Friday Favourites
Makoto Azuma’s floral inspiration for Perrier-Jouët, skin tone in Pantone, Singapore’s bronze rain droplets, and yarn-bombed playgrounds, all on Friday Favourites.
In: Advertising, Art, Asia, Brand communications, Brand Experience, Digital, Food and Drink, Graphic design, Innovation, Luxury, Ooh that's nice, Product design, Structural design · Tags: 3D, Colour, Craft, Crochet, Friday Favourites, Installation, Pantone, Perrier-Jouet, Sculpture, Singapore, Yarn bombing
Friday Favourites
Friday Favourites purely from our Singapore Studio: get the Nerd Boyfriend look, CocoRosie’s latest video, amazing Photoshop retouching, paper folded scenes and more.
In: Art, Asia, Digital, Fashion, Film & Animation, Ooh that's nice · Tags: 3D, Design Bridge Singapore, Friday Favourites, Illustration, Music, Paper, Photography, Photoshop, Retouching, Street art, Super Mario, Twitter
Friday Favourites
Super Hero Nikes, UV Heineken bottles, vintage firework packaging, 3D illustrations and Lego’s Festival of Play, all on Friday Favourites.
In: Art, Brand communications, Brand Experience, Fashion, Food and Drink, Graphic design, Ooh that's nice, Structural design · Tags: 3D, beer, Fireworks, Friday Favourites, Heineken, Illustration, Installation, lego, Nike, Packaging, UV inks, Vintage
Friday Favourites
Button sculpture, gorgeous sign writing, wafer books and great packaging ideas, on our Friday Favourites.
In: Brand communications, Brand Experience, Exhibitions, Ooh that's nice, Product design, Structural design · Tags: 3D, Books, Hotels, Packaging design, Painting, Sculpture, Sewing, Sign writing, Spirits, Typography
