Day 151 - Graphic design: Minimal design for post card & poster

As you probably know, I started designing a serie of minimal art post cards & posters.
Here's the illustration I designed today.

Want to see more of 2VORM? Check my website or Facebook page.

Lamp - design: © 2VORM 

Lamp - design: ©  2VORM

Day 150 - DIY photography exhibition 1000 Photos Amsterdam in Melkweg Gallery

1000 Photos is a DIY exhibition in Amsterdam that can be visited from May 16 until June 16.
The location of the exhibition is: Melkweg Galerie in Amsterdam.

The exhibition consists of 15x20 cm photos donated by professional and amateur photographers.
The them of the exhibition is inside/outside.

On the final day of the exhibition the photos are sold for only 10 euro each in order to raise funds for Young in Prison. Young in Prison gives children behind bars perspective and skills for the future by creative projects.

More information can be found on:
http://www.1000photosamsterdam.nl
1000 Photos - Amsterdam

Day 149 - Funny and creative packaging design: Brushman Shaving Brush Package

On The Dieline website I saw this funny and creative packaging design:
Brushman Shaving Brush Package.

Designer: Khudayar Aghayarov
Copywriter: Erkin Osmanli
Production: Rufat Useynov


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Day 148 - Graphic design: Post card & Poster design

Today I made the illustration that you can see below.
I called it (what else...  :))  plant.

It will be printed on a post card and as a poster.

Plant - design: © 2VORM

Plant - design: © 2VORM

Day 147 - Street art project New York: Mark This Town

Art is not only found in the museums, but also in the streets.

In New York there is street art project that is called  Make This Town:


"Cities, especially New York is full of mayhem. People are busy with their routines. But there is something in the New York spirit that inspires people to stop for musicians, performance art and flash mobs. Pausing to appreciate the smaller moments — a clever sticker in the subway, or an inspiring quote on the wall of a building — makes our day. We want to create that feeling for you.
But we can’t do it alone. Submit the statements you want marked in this town."
Source: www.markthistown.com

You want to participate?
Visit the website, submit your statement and hope that yours will be selected.

Day 146: The Chambers of Piet Paris - Fashion illustration

Yesterday, I went to Arnhem (Netherlands) and visited the exhibition of Piet Paris.

With this exhibition, Piet Paris wants to provide insight into his work as a fashion illustrator.
In his illustrations, he strives to say as much as possible with a minimum of means.
His favorite subjects to draw are dresses, bags, shoes and jewelry.

Here are some photos to give you an impression of what the exhibition - that I recommend! - looks like.

Photo: © 2VORM

Photo: © 2VORM

Photo: © 2VORM

Day 145 - Creative and social project: 1000 Social Sofa's in the Netherlands!

The idea behind the SocialSofa is simple and succesful:
- take a sofa (made from concrete),
- bring people together,
- and ask them to decorate the sofa with mosaic.

The result is a unique piece of public furniture, that not only brought people together,
but offers the neighborhood a place to meet and to communicate.

Yesterday, sofa numer 1000 has been placed in Tilburg, the city where the project started.

From there, the project spread all over the Netherlands and even goes worldwide now. Belgium and and even China have there first SocialSofas.

Day 144 - Where fashion and graphic design meet: the Chambers of Piet Paris, exhibition

The work of Piet Paris (1962), one of the most important fashion illustrators, can be seen at the Museum for Modern Art in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

The exhibition, that can be visited from May 12 - August 4,  is called 'The Chambers of Piet Paris'.
The Chambers of Piet Paris consists of 10 rooms or chambers and focuses on the design process and methods of Piet Paris. All works (75) are selected by Piet Paris himself. The exhibition includes work for Prada, Viktor & Rolf, Marni and many mothers.

Day 143 - Free font for graphic designers: Multicolore

Fontfabric type foundry offers several free fonts on their website.
One of them is this multi colored vector font, designed by Ivan Filipov from Bulgaria.

Mulicolore is not only available in .otf but also in vector format (.eps and .ai), so you can easily create your own color varieties. Below you find some examples (source: Fontfabric)

Day 142 - Graphic design: DIY, print your own tag

Today a free DIY download: tags!

Print, cut, write and ready to attach your tag to whatever you like:
present, flower, case, ... just be creative.

Good luck!

DIY tag - design © 2VORM

Day 141 - Minimal poster design: Soap

It was a rainy day today :-(

So I took some time to make a few new illustrations / posters.
The one below is called: soap.

Poster design: Soap - © 2VORM

Day 140 - Owners look like their pets: petheadz

Canadian photographer Zachary Rose  has made an amazing serie of portraits of people's pets,
and mixed these portraits with those of their owners: #petheadz

The result can be seen on instagram and tumblr.

Day 139 - Dutch photography on the move: Fotofestival Naarden 2013 has started!

Yesterday the 13th edition of Fotofestival Naarden started.
Fotofestival Naarden (FFN) is the oldest festival of the Netherlands.

The theme of this year is: Don't stay here - Dutch photography on the move.
Dutch photographers show their view on other countries.

The festival can be visited until June, 23.
See for more information: http://fotofestivalnaarden.nl

© Jan Banning - From his seri: Down and Out in the South

Day 138 - Baubles Parade Amsterdam: a unique and colorful event

Three days ago the fist Baubles Parade opened at the Museumplein in Amsterdam.

The Baubles are designed by Dutch celebrities, among which Johan Cruyff.
Join the Parade, buy a Bauble and support SOS-kinderdorpen!

For more information see:
Facebook
SOS-kinderdorpen

Day 137 - Print design: Boomerang card Lollipop

Boomerang card by 2VORM: Candy!

Today I made this illustration of a lollipop:
it was invented 40 years ago, is made from dextrose and is still popular in the Netherlands.

Enjoy!

Boomerang card Lollipop - design: © 2VORM

Day 136 - Photography: Amsterdam by Numbers

Hans Eijkelboom, a Dutch photographer, set himself an interesting task. During five weeks he walked around in Amsterdam and took photos of people with numbers on their clothes.

The result of this project is published in the book Amsterdam by Numbers. In addition to the numbers and people, it gives an insight into daily life in Amsterdam.

All photos via http://www.photonotebooks.com

Day 135 - Print design: brilliant and tasty advertisement for Fanta

How to make people try Fanta's New Taste without giving them a can...

This was the starting point that Memac Ogilvy, a design studio, used when they started to create an ad for Fanta. It resulted in an brilliant printed and edible advertisement. Watch the video to see what it looks like...

Day 134 - Design I like: cute birdhouse (seen in Maastricht)

Last Sunday I was in Maastricht, a large city in the south of the Netherlands.

Maastricht is Dutch, but the atmosphere is definitely Parisian. It has luxury stores, lively shopping streets and a Burgundian lifestyle.

Of course I went to 'Wyck', a quarter with trendy boutiques and restaurants, art galleries and interior design shops.

In the Rechtstraat I discovered a boutique that sells this wooden birdhouse: a cafe for birds!
Cute, isn't it?

Birdhouse 'Cafe' - Photo: © 2VORM

Day 133 - Photography: Behind the edge, patterns and structure in architecture

Luigi Bonaventura, photographer, made a wonderful serie of photos from the fronts of hotels at Jesolo Beach, Venice. The title of this serie is Behind the edge.

Instead of just taking photos of the hotels, he searched for structure and patterns and tried to show them in an 'architectural' way. By doing so his photos look unreal. It seems as if the hotels are abandoned: the balconies all look the same, there are virtually no traces of the guests that occupy the rooms.


All photos via http://www.luigibonaventuraphotography.com

Day 132 - Happy mother's day: DIY heart shaped egg

Today's is Mother's day: surprise her with a heart shaped egg.

Difficult? Not at all! Just follow the description from annathered.com

Day 131 - Photography: what if we could see what someone is thinking...

Nacho Ormaechea, a Spanish graphic designer, lived and worked for a decade in Paris.

During this period he started the project 'Le carnet noir'. He tells the stories of faceless characters by blending their silhouettes with vivid photographs. With these photographs he manages to tell us what his characters think, feel, read, want... etc.


All photos via http://lecarnetnoir.com

Day 130 - Photography Berlin, Reichstag: experimenting with digital double exposure

With double exposure it is possible to create really magic photos.

During my stay in Berlin I took photos of the Reichstag. I combined one of these photos with a photo of an art work, representing the city of Berlin, and varied the blending mode.

This is the result:

Berlin, Reichstag - photo: © 2VORM 2013

Berlin, Reichstag - photo: © 2VORM 2013

Berlin, Reichstag - photo: © 2VORM 2013