These are so cool, wish I knew who made them. Anyone know?
Nature (UK)
Holland Dance Festival – Celebrating the Music and Movement of Dance
Work by Studio Dumbar
Held every two years in The Hague, the Holland Dance Festival presents a prestigious programme featuring the world’s leading dancers, directors and choreographers. Invited to design promotional campaigns for the festival in 1995 and 1997, Studio Dumbar produced a series of award-winning posters that are still recognised as groundbreaking.
In 1995 the festival explored the relationship between music and modern dance. Based on the bold graphic forms of musical scores, our visual palette combined typography and photography to create a series of dynamic compositions. Printed in black and white, the posters proved cost-effective and powerful, and won the prestigious Dutch Rotterdam Design Award’ in 1996. For the 1997 campaign we shifted our focus to the skill of individual dancers. Cropped photographs communicate the energy of their performance, while handwritten typography further suggests a sense of movement.
(Source: studiodumbar.com)
University of Twente – The Joy of Discovery
Work by Studio Dumbar
Committed to exploring the links between science and social-economic advancement, University of Twente (UT) offers courses in social sciences and technology. UT is also known for its entrepreneurial spirit. Seeking to strengthen their brand, UT appointed Studio Dumbar to design a new visual identity.
The identity is driven by a colourful collection of images – a ‘universe of shapes’ derived from real scientific studies. Reflecting UT’s diversity and innovative spirit, the energy of these images is counterbalanced by a solid uppercase logotype with a full stop. These combine to establish a confident base, supporting UT’s academic endeavours. Diverse, dynamic and consistent, the new identity has succeeded in uniting UT’s various departments under one style – a cost effective solution that ensures a stronger, more coherent brand.
(Source: studiodumbar.com)
Alzheimer Nederland – Where there is light, there is hope
Work by Studio Dumbar
Alzheimer and other forms of dementia are presenting the human race with one of its toughest challenges. Alzheimer Nederland works hard to raise awareness and funds for vital research, but times are hard, and competition for donors has never been tougher. With their existing style lacking emotion as well as a competitive edge, Studio Dumbar designed a new visual identity.
Having met patients, families and carers to experience the disease first-hand, we developed a strong and instantly recognisable identity. The new logotype is bold and confident. The ‘vanishing points’ visualize the effects of dementia, while some people see them as a source of light and hope. The most important moment in the process came when the identity was shared with patients and carers. We were delighted and relieved when their feedback was overwhelmingly positive, and people continue to comment on how they feel an immediate emotional connection with the identity.
(Source: studiodumbar.com)
There’s an upside-down living room on the ceiling of this Polish fashion boutique created by design studio smallna for fashion brand Risk. Made in Warsaw.
The designers at smallna were influenced by the reversible nature of Risk. Made in Warsaw’s clothing range, in which items can be worn inside-out or back-to-front, to create the illusion of defying gravity.
An inflatable sofa by Polish brand Malafor, a chair and a side table have been fixed to the ceiling, along with a crumpled skirt and a pair of shoes that appear to have been discarded onto the simulated floor above.
An upside-down balloon that appears to be made from concrete hangs from the ceiling, seemingly reversing the rules of gravity.
The same balloon, when viewed from the reversed perspective, appears to be floating but held to the ground by a brick. Smallna collaborated with Polish artist Joanna Gwóźdź to create this deceptive installation, whilst Daiusz Kwiet - another Polish artist - painted the walls of the shop to look like the sky.
(Source: dezeen.com)
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Urs Fischer - Untitled (2011) - Paraffin wax mixture, pigment, steel and wicks
