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LATEST ARTICLES ( 97 )

• FaceTracker: Face/Off Online

  

  Remember the scene in the movie Face/Off where FBI special agent Sean Archer aka John Travolta undergoes an experimental surgical procedure to have his face... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 TECH

• Redesigning Chocolate: Eden Spiekermann

  

  Edenspiekermann have created a strong visual language for the chocolate brandTCHO that hails from San Francisco. Every aspect of the branding has a uniform... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Zero: ‘Nothing’ Can Be Truly Something

  

  Zero is a stop motion animation by Australian husband and wife filmmaking duo, Christopher and Christine Kezelos. This dark fairytale takes place in a world... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Light-Painting WiFi: Immaterials

  

  By Utpal Pande on September 18, 2011 in Article, Infographic, Photography This project explores the invisible terrain of WiFi networks in urban spaces by light... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Wikipedia: New Identity Concept

  

  Moving Brands, a London based design agency, has come up with a proposed identity for Wikipedia: The mark is created from five lines that reference (Wikipedia’s... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, TECH

• A Family Portrait: Joseph Pierce

  

  Afamily portrait goes horribly wrong as jealousy and suspicion bubble to the surface under the photographer’s relentless gaze. Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Loom: The Story of a Successful Catch

  

  Amoth being caught in a spiders web, struggling for an escape, the moth’s panic movements only result in less chance of survival. What follows is the type of... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Gastrotypographical–assemblage: Lou Dorfsman

  

  By Utpal Pande on September 12, 2011 in Article, Typography There are few pieces that represent the typographic and design spirit that illuminated that moment o... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Color in Design Awards 2012: Call for Entries

  

  CEntries are judged on color-focused criteria, including: how the color palette (whether one or multiple colors) enhances the design and how colors used in the... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Stupid is As Stupid Does:Jason Little

  

  I read an article on the web the other day that suggested that the Internet is making people stupid. It went along the lines of how our front cortex is... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Threads of Influence: Tom Morin

  

  Threads of Influence is the detailed excavation and mapping of one life, that of Tom Morin, graphic designer to corporate America for over 40 years. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• We Have VSUAL Confirmation!

  

  There was an interesting blog-post somewhere that talked about how blogging is losing its charm and is going to die completely in some years. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Islands of Japan: Ippei & Janine Naoi

  

  Not everyone knows that Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands stretching 3,500km from the north to the south, about 500 of which are wonderful tropical or... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 CULTURE, TRAVEL

• Designing in Tibet

  

  Design @The Roof of the World: Strümpel By VSUAL on September 1, 2011 in Article VSUAL has been in touch with Markus Strümpel and we took this opportunity to... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Color in Design Awards 2012:Call for Entries

  

  Color is one of the strongest and most important elements in any design. Color attracts the eye and can influence emotions, moods and judgment. Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Title Worthy: A Brief History of Title Design

  

  VSUAL takes a look at the art and science behind title sequences. We journey through the ages and try to understand the evolution of title sequence design. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2011 ART & DESIGN

• 50 Japanese Kanji‐based Town Flags

  

  Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system. VSUAL takes a look at 50 beautiful Japanese... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, TECH

• Parkour Motion Reel: Experimental Animation

  

  Serene Teh, an illustrator and graphic designer explains that the brief for this animation was to create a visual reaction inspired by a chosen sub-culture, in... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, TECH

• Genetic Portraits: Ulric Collette Canada-based Graphic Designer...

  

  Genetic Portraits: Ulric Collette Canada-based graphic designer and photographer Ulric Collette has created a shockingly cool project where he’s exploring the... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, TECH

• Monsters University: First Look

  

  A prequel to Monsters Inc, Monsters University is the first “animated college movie.” The movie, scheduled for a June 21, 2013 release, tells the story of how... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, TECH