2012 london olympics mascots

'Wenlock' and 'Mandeville' were created from the last two drops of british steel used for the london 2012 Olympic Stadium: 'that’s why we’re so shiny, reflecting the people, places and things we meet along the way as we travel around the UK', designed by iris.

Via Designboom 

MWM Graphics

One of my colleagues came across Mattew W. Moore's website the other day showing all his colourful graphic art work. For all this work please visit the website but the next few samples give you already an idea of his style and colour preferences.

masaaki hiromura / hiromura design office

Masaaki hiromura was born in the aichi prefecture, japan in 1954. After graduating from  Musashino art university in 1977 he began working for tanaka ikko design office in tokyo. With ten years of work experience under his belt he decided to open his own studio. Since 1988 hiromura and his team have built up an award winning portfolio of graphic design projects that cover identity, advertising, signage systems, packaging and exhibitions. clients include issey miyake, nissan and numerous museums and businesses in Japan and overseas.

Some samples of his work:

* kitasenju pictograms

They looked at the meanings of each kanji letter. Making a part of the letter an illustration gets right and left brain working at the same time, and it increases one’s attention.

* Nissan Motor co. ltd signage 

Source: Designboom 

Wonderwall Inc.

Check out this interesting web design from Wonderwall Inc. A lovely way to scroll through their articles. Also their contents is worth going through (discussing lots of Japanese design/architecture).

MINI Calendar, to increase brand awareness

MINI organised a competition to design the Mini 2010 calendar. This competition definitely increased the awareness among the younger generation. 
See here some samples of the calendar.

+ MINI calendar 

LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC PICTOGRAMS

Each pictogram comes in two versions: silhouetted and 'dynamic.' The 'dynamic' pictograms, "inspired by the London Underground map," will be used for marketing and informational materials, like so:

+ info on their blog... 

HUGO & Karim Rashid

Hugo Boss and Karim Rashid collaborated together for their latest perfume bottle design. It will be a limited edition, only 1000 bottles containing a perfume that already came out in 1995, named HUGO, Man Exclusive Limited Edition.

HAVE A DIFFERENT CAR EVERY DAY

MOY koncept was made for a generation used to using media to express themselves. The idea is everyone can design their own car on their own computer and then apply the design to their vehicle wirelessly. The car is always connected so imagine dynamically changing your vehicle’s skin in motion. WAIT it doesn’t stop. Since MOY can display both static images and videos it can be used as a new medium for promotion too!

Is the tech feasible? Well it’s powered by in-wheel electric motots. The body of the car is made of outer and inner policarbonate layers, with layers of liquid cristals, LED diodes and electrochromic foil (film) inbetween.

 

+ info ...