Day 353 - Minimal Xmas lllustration: Rudolph the red nose rendeer

Today another Xmas oneliner.

Yesterday I posted the Christmas tree. Today I hesitated between Christmas balls, candles, and more.
At the end I decided to draw Rudolph the red nose rendeer. Just because he makes me smile :-)

Minimal design: Rudolph - copyright 2VORM

Day 351 - Free font for graphic designers: LOT

LOT is a free font that can be downloaded on Fontfabric.

It can be uses in any type of design, but personally I think it looks the best on large prints, such as on posters and t-shirts.

Give it a try and create your design with LOT!

Day 339 - Creative and tasty snowman: DIY popcakes

Talking about snowman...

How about these funny and tasty snowman popcakes.
Give it a try. The recipe can be found on Bakerella.

Day 338 - First snow of the year has fallen: time for a creatieve snowman

Yesterday we had a terrible storm: rain, wind, trains that stopped riding, high waves, trees that fell down...

Today is another story: it's wintertime. The first snow of this year has fallen. Too bas it is already melting, otherwise It would have been fun to make a snowman. Not an ordinary snowman, but something special.

Like the one you see below: Snowpy :-)

Day 327 - Graphic design: new Delfts Blauw illustration

Time for another Delfts Blauw illustration.

Today I draw these tiles. They were - are used to cover the walls in the kitchen and or the fire place.
Hope you like it.

Delfts Blauw, tiles - design by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 326 - Shaping time with the cube calendar

Philip Stroomberg created a calendar. Not an ordinary calendar that lets you turn pages. This calendar is an object, a massive block that asks to be touched, to be picked up and to be teared in pieces.

Stroomberg calls it 'The Cube Calendar'. A calendar that has the shape of a cube and consist of tear-off cards. Not a messy one, but a real design calendar.

Still looking for a 'Sinterklaas' or Christmas present? This is the perfect one!
For sale at www.thecubecalendar.com.

And no, I do not know them and have no interest in making you buy one. I just think that this is a great calendar and wish you luck in shaping your 2014.

Day 325 - Photography: Surrealistic creations

Did you ever try to create surrealistic photo's with photoshop? It is not always easy to create a new, interesting image.

Ionut Caras, a photographer from Romania, succeeds very well in creating amazing photo manipulations. How about this girl on a swing, high in the sky.

Want to see more of his work? Visit his website.

Day 310 - Typical Dutch Design: Delfts Blauw (Delft Blue)

One of the things that is typical Dutch - besides windmills, wooden shoes and tulips - is Dutch pottery, called 'Delfts Blauw'. Delft is the name of the city in which the pottery is produced and painted. Blauw is the name of the color of the painting: blue.

You have probably seen traditional Delfts Blauw vases, plates, tiles, etc. What is interesting that designers are stille interested in the traditional pottery and paintings and patterns, and that it inspires them to create new versions of Delft Blauw.

Below two photo's:
the first one of a traditional plate,
the second is a modern interpretation of the same vase, designed by Piet Paris.

Day 305 - Graphic design tutorial: Spooky Ghosts - Boooo!

Hi there, yesterday we celebrated Halloween. As I'm still in the mood, I decided to share this tutorial with you: create your own spooky ghosts with Illustrator.

Have fun!

Source tutorial

Day 297 - Dutch Design Week 2013: amazing lamp

Today I went to Eindhoven, a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. Each year, in October, they organize the Dutch Design Week.

This year I started my visit at Strijp-S, a former industrial quarter of the city. In the 'Klokgebouw' I saw this amazing lamp, made of... coffee!

Designer Raúl Lauri experimented with coffee, and succeeded in transforming it into a material that can be used for product design. Such as these bowls and this lamp.

Day 293 - Dutch Design Week 2013 has started: new concepts and trends

Yesterday was the start of Dutch Design Week 2013.

Each year you can find here new concepts, creative ideas, new trends and much more.
Next week I will take the train to Eindhoven, rent a bike an spend a day at this creative hotspot.
Of course I will take a lot of photos! You'll see...

Interested in the program? Check it out program here.

Day 275 - Tasty design: flags made from food

Flags made from food? Yes, the ones below were designed by advertising agency WHYBINTWBA on the occasion of the international food festival in Sydney.

Basil, pasta an tomatos form the Italian flag

Rice and tuna are the ingredients of the Japanese flag

Scones, cream and jam: this must be the United Kingdom

Via Froot.nl

Day 274 - Creativity with food: egg or chicken?

On instagram I found this creative illustration, made from/with an egg.

The illustration is made by redhongyi.

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 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 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 242 - New trend: Bookface yourself

You like books?
You like book covers?

May be you should join the 'bookface' trend.

How it works? Simple.
1 - Pick a bookcover with a face on it.
2 - Hold it in front of your face
3 - Take a photo.

Your bookface is ready and can be send to getbookfaced@gmail.com

Here are some examples (source: http://boekface.wordpress.com)

Day 223 - Ministeck is back: Stickm In sunglasses and more

In a Dutch concept store I saw 'Stickem In', a dseign label that is inspired by retro toy brand Ministeck.

The idea is that you can pimp Stickem In products with the pixel plugs, allowing you to create you own design. The first product they sell are sunglasses. Below you see some examples. In the future they will also sell other products.

Stickem In is available at HUTSPOT Amsterdam.

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