Peter Mendelsund is a graphic designer and illustrator that has a lot of interesting work when it comes to book covers. His pieces are very eye-catching and bold, making each and every one of them a statement when it comes to presenting a book to the world. Not only does he illustrate the covers, but he also gets the books and what their look should be like, thus creating potent and attractive looking editions that just make sense- and this is the case with Simone de Beauvoir late works. You can read his thoughts on this project in his blog. The covers are inspired on the protest signs th

Overpopulation, overbearing traffic and not so good public transportation have contributed to the expansion of bike commuting in a large number of cities around the world. Such is the case of Hungary's capital Budapest, a growing city that is quickly rising in popularity. Following the requisites of what a cool city should be, Budapest locals have embraced biking as their go to transportation and KitchenBudapest's media research lab SubMap got to work on an animated data visualization of the bikers around the city. This time-lapse animated map shows all the data collected of the most tran

Beer enthusiasts of the world unite! There's a new beer shop in NYC that besides of offering 700 of different kinds of beer has a very strong and amazing corporate identity: Top Hops. Design studio Helms Workshop was the one in charge of the branding project, one that aims to reinforce the artisan brewery and gourmet beers that the bar offers. Along the design team, architects, environmental designers and beer connoisseurs worked to create this unique and bold expression of their passion for beer. The result is a beautiful bar that combines a crafted spirit with a hint of old school style.

Dafi Kühne is a very talented Swiss designer and letterpress printer who started his relationship with graphic design in his years studying architecture. His interests later on went towards letterpress printing, technique that has allowed him to create some brilliant pieces of typographic posters. His work style involves mixing digital resources with hands-on methodology, a combination that he explains as the following: “I use both tools—digital and analog—through the whole design and production process. If I want to draw a line straight, I use the computer. If I want to draw a line tr

For the people who grew up in the 90's, the Back to the Future movie franchise was probably a huge milestone in their childhood memories. The fantasy of the possibility of traveling in time has been one of the biggest dreams for many out there and these movies were the platonic realization of said dreams. Mushir Oda, at 16 years old of age has created a beautiful timeline infography presenting the entire plot of the series. The graphic display of data is classified by the characters playing in each space of time and by curved and straight lines showing the time travel throughout the movies. Be

The editorial work of Argentinian designer Clara Fernandez for the magazine Dale! is absolutely brilliant. The magazine aims to be a full collection of contemporary culture, with topics varying from social subjects to art related articles. The overall design of the editions are executed beautifully with great typographic work and modern layout design. I specially love the color treatment of the images and how she achieved to come up with a graphically consistent edition within such a wide range of styles between each title. Besides, the way she managed to create an attractive look for a magazi

Saying that Union Jacks -a new restaurant by celebrity chef Jaime Oliver- has a beautiful corporate identity is practically an oxymoron, considering their whole concept revolves around the no-brand. British agency The Plant was in charge of the project and the result is an eclectic and vibrant look, that mixes and matches different elements inspired by 70's concert posters. The identity itself lacks of any consistency as far as visual elements go, the variety of it all is what makes it oh so different than what we're used to when it comes to classical branding. From the menus to the beer coast

It wasn't long ago when a Japanese scientist broke the record of calculating the ten trillionth digit of Pi, an immense amount of digits that would take about 158,000 years to recite completely. To commemorate the discovery, interdisciplinary design studio TWO-N Inc came up with a very clever tribute, a translation of the digit into pixel art. The concept is fairly easy, each digit is assigned a different color and the extension of the number is displayed on screen on different resolutions. So for each result we get a different image of what Pi actually looks like on different scales, from ver

With all the variety of digital cameras that are available today, sometimes we forget about where things come from, and the long road technology has taken to bring us all the products that we know today. Following the 8bit graphics trend, animator Antonio Vicentini has created alongside illustrator Billy Brown a beautiful short animation of the evolution of cameras, from the early standing models to the Reflex we know today. The video itself has some beautiful illustrations that capture each camera's style with just the basic elements and vibrant colors. How many of them can you recognize, or

If you grew up in the 90's you probably remember shows like Ren & Stimpy or Aaahh! Real Monsters with their twisted sense of humor and overall gross aesthetic. The illustrator Nathan Walkers went back to his childhood memories for some inspiration and created this awesome alphabet that is borderline disturbing. Each letter has been drawn to resemble the grossness of those shows and I have to admit he accomplished that pretty well in a very cool manner. Awesome work!! Via