Stockholm Metro: Train Station or Art Gallery?

August 31st, 2009

Since the mid 1980s, the Stockholm Metro has been seriously affected by graffiti. Previously a train on which graffiti had been painted could remain in service for weeks and graffiti could remain in place at stations for months if not for years. Nowadays, however, trains with graffiti are taken out of service immediately and graffiti at stations is regularly cleaned up within a few days. While the trains are no longer covered with artwork, check out the stations themselves!




Packaging Strategy

August 27th, 2009

Check out the approaches other people have taken in an effort to promote an idea or business by helping get the word out.

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Following the new visual standards of Hairdress Studio “Woman”, this company created a handmade pattern illustration of hair for paper bags and posters. Bags are being used as packaging for purchased hair products.

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Packaging design by Alvaro Rubio. “Bon vivant” means a person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink.

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This strangely curvy soda bottle has an awesome cap, yet for some reason it kind of feels like it should be a bottle of body wash? Not sure about the flavors yet, but noteworthy packaging!


Typography

August 26th, 2009

Typography (Etymology: typos—type, graphos—written) is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs. Type glyphs are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning).

Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists, and clerical workers. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to new generations of visual designers and lay users.”

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Artist Info:

  • Current Residence: bulgaria
  • Interests: typography,advertising,books,jazz
  • Favourite band or musician: stan getz
  • Favourite genre of music: jazz
  • Favourite artist: esher
  • Favourite poet or writer: umberto eco
  • Favourite style of art: typography
  • Website: http://chin2off.artworkfolio.com