creative | Branding / Identity / Design

Duke of Kernwell

In the fictional land of Kernwell, the Duke of Kernwell is looking for extraordinary letterings which inspire him to new typefaces. That’s the setting for the new type foundry Duke of Kernwell.To launch the new type foundry, selected designers and agencies receive an extraordinary direct mail. The box contains a map of Kernwell, the Duke’s travel log as a type specimen book, field glasses, a pen and a compass. Everything you need to enter the Twitter-based scavanger hunt. Follow the Duke’s hints, find the object he left behind and win a typeface. Type foundry identity design byÂ Sebastian Eberlein.

STÃ–VER – Get Naked

Rocket and Wink created this Get Naked package forÂ photographyÂ representativesÂ STÃ–VER. A naked guy in a white paperÂ balaclava bag [video]Â handing out portfolios. WhatÂ could go wrong?

SugarSin

& Smith designed a nonÂ traditional identity for a non traditional sweet shop.

A distinctly modern sweet shop, SugarSin opens later this year in London. Appointed to design a brand identity, our aim was to communicate the philosophy that sweets are a treat for everybody, not just children. Having designed a logotype and a playful, lollipop inspired marque we created an eclectic illustration-led palette for packaging and stationery. Black and white images of everyday objects are combined with accents in primary colours, suggesting a sophisticated tone appealing to adults as well as children.

Kronsteen â€“ Evil Corporation

ThisÂ identity is great or should I say evil? Â Designed byÂ Sergio Haisch. Now I’m probably going to spend the rest of the nightÂ watchingÂ old 007.

Story
The Kronsteen Corporation is a multinational entity formed at the beginning of the cold war by a highly organized secessionist group of influential European and soviet politicians and military leaders. The corporation is one of the worlds leader in weapon manufacturing, technological research and counter-espionage. While an open corporation on the outside, Kronsteen has manage to maintain secrecy throughout the years and the links between its legal enterprises and all the otherÂ
activities is plainly untraceable.

10 Bullets. By Tom Sachs

“Working to Code” is a movie series designed for members of the Tom Sachs studio team.

Body Hotel / Music video

Sometimes I feel as though music videos are editorial designs, with light, sound and sometime a story. This is one of those times.

The concept of the music video was to create a visual interpretation of every single sound in the song (bassdrum, snare, hihat, vocals, etc.)
Each sound is associated with colour and movement.Â The video was created using a mixture of stop-motion and realtime-video. The elements are made out of cardboard and wood â€“ supplemented by an animated vector graphic.

Music: “Body Hotel” by Thomas Schaeben & Schad Privat (Remix by COMA)
Directed & Produced: David LÃ¼pschen
Sounddesign: Marius Bubat
Label: FIRM RECORDS

Edward de Bono on Creative Thinking

Edward de Bono, renowned expert on creative thinking, talks about creativity and about thinking outside the box.

He alsoÂ presented a televised courseÂ in the early 1980’s on the BBC â€”Â Lecture 4 “Lateral Thinking” he talks about how creatives can be rigid and howÂ humorÂ helps the creative mind create.Â DefinitelyÂ worth a watch.

Paper Engineering

Not sure what to write about this post – itsÂ kineticÂ origamiÂ engineeringÂ pop-up packaging design work mostly done with paper; all pretty darn amazing.