Inspiration: Part Three

Time for round 3. This time we're looking at Boris Tellegen a.k.a. Delta.



Hailing from Amsterdam, he originally studied industrial design but after graduating decided to take his career in a new direction. His work is made up of strong 3-D elements and very architecture-esque geometry. Overall I just love his overall style and color choices. Cool stuff.

Transmetropolitan Cat

This isn't really design related, but I just saw this article and had to post about it. Apparently this cat was born with two faces in Australia. Anyone familiar with Transmetropolitan will instantly see the resemblance.


Two-Faced Kitten Born in Australia [Fox News]

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

So I'm working on this shirt design for Threadless. The title?

Washington B.C.

Here's how it looks so far.


Once this is finished I expect all of you to go out and vote for it like no tomorrow.

Inspiration: Part Two

Of course I've been inspired by more than just Dieter Rams, so I'll fill in a couple more designers in the next couple days. Today we'll take a look at Syd Mead.
Just about everyone who's familiar with 80's science fiction movies is familiar with the work of Syd Mead. As "visual futurist" he took it upon himself to create wildly stylized designs with lots of chrome and sharp edges. Despite the fact that no future will ever look like the one Syd envisioned, all of his designs have a remarkable amount of detail that makes them seem almost feasible. He keeps the compositions lively with excellent use of color and shapes.

None of his designs are intended to become a real product, so it makes sense that very little thought goes into how they would work. This approach is very contrary to that of Dieter Rams, who makes sure that every part has a purpose and all extraneous bits are removed. Just because it's completely pointless doesn't mean I don't want my own light-up umbrella though.

USB

Here are the results of my latest DesCom assignment.


If Nintendo decided to make some USB drives, this is totally what they would look like.