Illustrations Of Unlikely Duels Between Fictional & Historical Characters
Stockholm-based freelance illustrator Danilo Agutoli has created a fun series that depicts duels between characters from both the real and imagined worlds who are unlikely to be adversaries.The...
View ArticleMinimalist Illustrations Make Good Use of Negative Space
We have seen the surreal illustrations of Tang Yau Hoong, but this Malaysian illustrator is also pretty adept at composition.While some designers may struggle with negative space, Tang’s eponymous...
View ArticleStarbucks Explains How Its Coffee Goes ‘From Bean To Cup’
[Click here to view the video in this article] Netherlands-based animator Rogier Wieland has created a charming stop-motion video for Starbucks that illustrates the “reversed story” of how its coffee...
View ArticleDesigner Rethinks McDonald’s ‘Happy Meal’ Packaging
“McDonald’s prizes itself to make eating fun for kids, but with times, the Happy Meal seems to be just a mini version of the regular burger meals. There’s nothing special about the Happy Meal, apart...
View ArticleFaces Of Famous Figures Combined With Their Modern Counterparts’
Malcolm X & Barack ObamaIn a series titled ‘Then & Now’, Toronto-based designer Marc Ghali takes a look at famous people from the past and fuses their faces with their modern equivalents.Ghali...
View ArticleTech Geeks Take Google Glass Apart, Shows You What’s Inside
A couple of tech geeks have dissected the Google Glass and created a “teardown” post that documents in detail the parts that make up this highly-anticipated new gadget of recent years. Former students...
View ArticleOld Books Transformed Into Detailed Flower Sculptures
It seems like anything can be made out of old books nowadays, and artist Pam Langdon has transformed them into flowers.These paper sculptures have been meticulously folded, with the artist paying close...
View ArticleClever Use Of Perspective Brings The Moon ‘Closer’ To Earth
[Click here to view the video in this article] Every year, White Night arts festivals are held in cities all across the world. For this year’s White Night festival in Tel Aviv, Vania Heymann, a second...
View ArticleAd Features Dyslexic Famous People, Shows The Condition Can Be Overcome
Kuala Lumpur-based Grey has created a trio of print ads that uses some well-known faces to bring across the message that dyslexia need not be debilitating.You may not know this, but John Lennon, Albert...
View ArticleMobile Company Sends Tweets Using Real-Life Pigeons
[Click here to view the video in this article] To promote its data roaming services, Swedish mobile company Fogg is planning to send tweets using real-life ‘homing’ pigeons. In its campaign ‘Tweet...
View ArticleFlying Bicycles Are Now A Reality
[Click here to view the video in this article] It may not be the personalized jetpacks we wished for when we were younger, but flying bicycles are certainly good enough. Three Czech companies teamed...
View ArticleMySpace’s First TV Commercial
After its relaunch, MySpace has unveiled its first TV commercials. The 30-second spots—that would be edits from the 90-second video featured below—would be aired tonight on Comedy Central, MTV, MTV2,...
View ArticleExplosive, Spiritual Drawings Of Women ‘Shedding’ Their Bodies
James Roper has created a series of drawings to show what he thinks the soul would look like, should people shed their bodies.In this series, which is called “Rapture”, Roper was inspired by various...
View ArticleIn France, Artist Creates Colorful Street Art Using 30,000 Origami Pieces
As part of the 2013 ARTAQ Festival in Angers, France, French artist Mademoiselle Maurice—with the help of hundreds of volunteers—folded 30,000 origami pieces to create two colorful street art...
View ArticleAn Origami ‘Transformers’ Ad You Can Fold Into A Plane And Then A Robot
Click to view enlarged versionToy company Hasbro engaged the help of creative agency DDB Paris and French paper artist Betrand Le Pautremat, to create the first print ad that can turn into a...
View ArticleToyota Designs A Car That You Can Build Yourself
[Click here to view the video in this article] Japanese car manufacturer, Toyota Motor Corporation, has designed a concept car that you can build yourself, to be exhibited at the 2013 International...
View ArticleCreepy Illustrations Of ‘The Shining’ Featuring ‘Toy Story’ Characters
[Click here to view the video in this article] UK-based visual artist Kyle Lambert received inspiration for his ‘Toy Shining’ series after discovering Lee Unkrich’s (director of ‘Toy Story 3’) love of...
View ArticleEvery Company Is Innovative
Every company, including yours, is innovative. This is why Ford’s current cars are rather more sophisticated than its Model T. It’s why you no longer have to hand crank your washing machine. It’s the...
View ArticleGive Us Your Best Caption: Just What I Need, A Splash Of Color
Today’s ‘Image of the Day’ belongs to Tim Tadder. Congratulations!To help you get off on the right foot every morning, DesignTAXI will be featuring an image everyday from its social network for...
View Article10 Illustrators To Follow This Week
Whether it's watercolor, pen, ink or on the computer—they employ art, design and creative skills to produce astounding visual images—expressing ideas, emotions, concepts and messages that are difficult...
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