Day 273 - Exhibition James Turrell: An explosion of light, color and space (New York, 2013)

During my trip to New York City (August 2013), I went to the Guggenheim museum.

There was an exhibition of James Turrell. He created a major project that transformed the Guggenheim rotunda into an enormous volume filled with light. This was a great experience.

Watch the video to experience it yourself!

Source: www.guggenheim.org

Day 272 - Graphic design: Dislectika, or how it feels to be dyslectic...

Wondering how it feels to be dyslectic?

Navid Nuur, a Dutch artist who was born in Iran, had developed a typeface that let's you experience dyslexia. In his for, that is called Dislectika, lines start to move, forms are transforming and the letters blend together and create new words.

Visit hie website and discover how it feels to be dyslectic:
www. dislectika.nl

Dislectika by Navid Nuur

Source: www. dislectika.nl

Day 271 - New photo challenge: lines

As ypu know I follow a photography course. Each week we get a challenge.
The challenge for this week is 'lines'. And moreover it has to be abstract photography.

I made several photos. But I am not sure which one to choose.
Here is the first one.

Lines - photo by 2 VORM, all rights reserved

Day 270 - Street art: Kuifje in Brussels

In Brussels there quite a few 'murals' or wall paintings.

A lot of them have "kuifje" as subject. May be you know Kuifje as "tin tin'...

Here's is one of them.

Kuifje, Brussels - phot by 2VORM

Day 269 - Graphic design in New York City: 'what's up?'

In New York City I spend a whole lot of time looking around me,
in the streets, the subway, billboards, shopping windows, shops, etc.

Why? Simply to get inspired and to see what kind of 'language' graphic designers use in the USA.

The photo below is taken in OPening Ceremony, a wonderful store in Soho.

Sign - phot by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 268 - Street art: Love locks in New York City

Today I read an article on love locks in a Dutch newspaper.

It said that the locks on one of the most famous bridges, the Pont des Arts, in Paris will be removed. Too bad, I really love this bridge, the locks and all the people that go to the bridge when visiting Paris.

Last summer I spend a week in New York. And I visited Brooklyn Bridge. When walking over the bridge, I suddenly discovered these love locks. Not as many as in Paris, but still very romantic...

Love locks, Brooklyn Bridge - Photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 267 - Photography challenge: clouds

Last week I started with a photography course. Each week we get a challenge.

The challenge for this week is 'clouds'. Clouds as in clouds in the sky, smoke, candy clouds or whatever you can imagine.

As it was full moon, and the sky was cloudy and had mysterious and dramatic colors, I decided to make photo's of it. So I took my tripod, went outside and took a lot of photo's.

Here's one of them.

Clouds - photo by 2ORM, all rights reserved

Day 266 - Inspiring design quotes

As a designer, it is not always easy to find inspiration. May be these quotes from famous designers, scientists, architects, etc. can help you find the inspiration you are looking for...

Source: Glow New Media

Day 265 - Photography: Fotoweek has started in the Netherlands

Fotoweek has tarted in the Netherlands. From 20 September until 29 September there will activities all over the country, varying form exhibitions, to workshops and pop-up studio's.

The theme of this year is: Look! My family.

For more information watch the video or visit the website: www.defotoweek.nl

Day 264 - Architecture: the new Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

As you probably know, the Rijksmuseum has been closed for reconstruction. 

Two weeks ago I visited the museum. The collection is amazing, but the architecture is really beautiful. Especially the atrium. As you can see on the photo's below, the atrium is made of glass. 

Photo's by 2VORM, all rights reserved.

Day 263 - Minimal graphic design - vintage telephone

Today I worked on a design for a fashion website. One of the things I did was drawing illustrations.
For the contact page I draw a vintage table with a vintage phone on it.

When I was thinking about my blog, I decided to transform the illustration of the vintage telephone into a oneliner. As you can it is not a real oneliner, but I think it still fits into the serie.

Vintage telephone - design and copyright: 2VORM 

Day 262 - Packaging design: creative and beautiful bread packaging

Crazy Good Bread is a store in Santa Barbara that sells - yes! - crazy good bread.
Not only their bread is crazy good, so is the packaging that is designed by Studiofluid.

I love the bread packaging. It's is a little folding box. Not only the outside is nice. When you open it, the inside is also surprising. Look for yourself.

And how about the tote?

Day 261 - Minimal graphic design: Do you know who these are? (2)

Yesterday, I showed you the posters of two famous painters. Did you guess who they are?
The answers are: Andy Warholl and Magritte.

As I like these posters a lot, I have two more of them.
Guess who this are?

Source: reramble.wordpress.com

Day 260 - Minimal graphic design: Do you know who these are?

The posters below are not new, but I like them a lot. So I decided to present them to you.

I love these posters for their simplicity and colors. Each poster shows an iconic painter.
Do you know who these painters are?

Source: reramble.wordpress.com

Day 259 - Minimal graphic design: New one-liner, Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf

Today, I finally had some to draw a new oneliner.

I choose to draw another perfume bottle. This one is my daughter's favorite perfume: Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf.

Hope you like it!

Oneliner 'Flowerbomb' - design by 2VORM ©

Day 258 - Fashion design: Extraordinary and tasty bags (2)

Yesterday I told you about the tasty bags from Fulvio Bonavia.

Here are two more of these creative and tasty bags:
first of all the Raspberry Bag, which is on the cover of the boon.
And secondly, a bag made of cheese.

Day 257 - Fashion design: Extraordinary and tasty .bags

Talking about bags... How about these tasty bags, created form fruit, vegetables, and more.

The bags below are designed by photgrapher Fulvio Bonavia and appeared in his book:
A matter of taste

Broccoli Bag by Fulvio Bonavia

Blue Berry Bag by Fulvio Bonavia

Day 256 - Fashion design: extraordinary bags and purses at Museum Hendrikje (Museum for bags and purses, Amsterdam)

Museum Hendrikje is one of my favorite museums. It is located in Amsterdam, in a wonderful canal building. Not only the building is very nice, but the collection of bags and purses is also amazing.

In the museum you find the most extraordinary bags. These bags have forms such as a car, a house, a flower or even vegetables and fruit.

One of the bags I like a lot is the "Orange Bag', designed by Sylvia Moschard.

Photo's via www.tassenmuseum.nl

Day 255 - Fashion high tea at the Museum of bags and purses in Amsterdam

Amsterdam has quite some museums.

One of the museums I like a lot, is Hendrikje. Hendrikje is the Museum for Bags and Purses. The museum is located in a historic canal house. The collection gives an overview of 500 years of history of the Western ladies bag.

One of the highlights is the Cupcake Bag. The CUpcake Bag is an evening bag. It is completely covered with Swarovski crystals.

Logo Museum Hendrikje

Cupcake Bag - Photo via www.tassenmuseum.nl

Day 254 - Color burst: Rainbows

Yesterday I told you about the rainbow stairs. All these colors make me so happy.
So I browsed the internet and decided to show you more of these colorful projects.

Day 253 - Burst of color: Rainbow stairs appear all over Turkey

The first rainbow stairs were painted by Huseyin Cetinel. His aim was 'to make people smile'.

Unfortunately, the authorities did not like Cetinel's project and they repainted the stairs with grey paint.
This was the starting point for activists all over the country to paint stairs in rainbow colors. From the East to the West, form the North to the South, there are rainbow stairs all over the country as a sign of anti-government protests.

Source: @demishevich

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Day 252 - Paris Design Week 2013: Vertical Garden and more

Today is the first day of the Paris Design Week 2013.

One of the projects that can bee seen is L'Oasis d'Aboukir, a vertical garden created by Patrick Blanc.
Patrick Blanc is not only a botanist, he is also the inventor of the Vertical Garden.

 L'Oasis d'Aboukir is 25 meteres high (5 floors) and it is made from 7,600 plants.

Photo's by Patrick Blanc

Day 251 - Graphic design: These beautiful illustrations help you lear Chinese

Learning Chinese is not easy...

ShaoLan Hsueh invented a whole new way to learn Chinese characters.
She transformed characters into he most creative an beautiful illustrations.
These illustrations help to remember and distinguish the characters.
She called it 'Chineasy'.

On her website she presents each day a new character.
To be able to accomplish this project, she launched a Kickstarter Campaign.

Below you can see some of her illustrations.

Day 250 - Design: Color your life with these rainbow pencils

Colors are fun, they make me happy.

When I saw these rainbow pencils it was love at first sight. The pencils, designed by Duncan Shotton, are made from recycled paper. Each time you sharpen them, you create the most amazing rainbows...

The aim of Shotton's project is to bring happiness to people in their everyday lifes.

Day 249 - My visit to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Yesterday I visitied the Rijksmuseum. 

One of the things I really loved was the giant ceiling painting, made by the British artist Richard Wright. He painted more than 47,000 black stars on a white background. What makes is special is that he painted these stars directly onto the ceiling.

Ceiling painting at the Rijksmuseum - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 248 - The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Today I took a day off. I went to Amsterdam to visit the Rijksmuseum. As you probably know the museum reopened recently, after a reconstruction that took several years.

I loved the architectiure, in particular the roof construction. Here are some photo's.

Photo's by 2vorm, all rights reserved

Day 247 - Minimal graphic design: My favorite oneliners

As you know, I like to design so-called oneliners.

I am going to make posters and postcards of them. Below you see one the posters. If you like it, let me know. It can be printed on paper, canvas, forex or dibond.

Oneliners, design by 2VORM (all rights reserved)

Day 246 - Experimenting with evening photography: the Atomium in Brussels

From time to time I go out in the evening to take photo's.
I like to experiment with my camera.

Here are two photo's I took in Brussels, from the Atomium.
As I had to hold the camera in my hand, it wasn't easy to make sharp photo's.

What do you think of these? The little lights that reflect in the 'balls' seem little birds.
I like them!

Atomium, Brussels - photo: 2VORM, all rights reserved

Atomium, Brussels - photo: 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 245 - Photography at the Piet Hein Eek Studio: Reflection (2)

And here is another photo I made at the Piet Hein Eek Studio.

This is also a vase. The glass is transparant, it has no color.
It's the refleciotn that colors the vase.

Reflection in a vase - photo: 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 244 - Photography at the Piet Hein Eek Studio in Eindhoven: Reflection

During my visit at the Piet Hein Eek Studio, that is located in an industrial building, I saw beautiful vases on a table. These vases had marvelous colors, like a soft pink and amber. Moreover, these vases reflected parts of the building. I took my camera and started making lots of photo's of these reflections.

Here is one of them. Hope you like it as much as I do...

Reflection in a vase - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved