Day 365 - One year of inspiring days!

Yes, I did it.

One year,
365 days,
each day
a post that inspired me.

And that
may be
inspired you too!

And now...
What to do?

Stop,
or
continue
this blog.

Not each day,
but may be
each week.

I'll think
about it,
and let you
know!

Day 364 - Photography: Happy New Year, the day after

Happy New Year!

Today I went out for a walk and took my camera with me to take some photo's of the remains of the firework. Just to show you that even trash can sometimes be beautiful.

Below three of my photo's.

Fireworks - copyright 2VORM

Fireworks - copyright 2VORM

Fireworks - copyright 2VORM

Day 363 - Happy New Year

The New Year has started it's way around the world...

Here, in the Netherlands, we have to wait 10 more hours to celebrate the start of 2014. Traditionally, we celebrate it with firework, champaign and so-called "oliebollen" (Dutch pastry).

Happy New Year to all of you. Wish you the best!

Day 362 - Product design: colorful plates

Molly Hatch is a talented artist, illustrator and ceramist.

She designs beautiful plates and decorates them with historical and contemporary patterns.
Below you can see some examples of her work.

Want to see more? Visit her website.

Day 361 - Amsterdam Light Festival - illuminated arch at the Rijksmuseum

The Amsterdam Light Festival started on December 6, and can be seen until January 19.

For 50 days, the historical center of Amsterdam will present a unique decor. This year's theme is "Building with Light".  It consists of 30 light sculptures and projections from international artists.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to visit the festival yet, but I will do so next week.

Right now I would like to share one project with you: light battle by venivdimultiplex. This artwork illuminates the passage under the Rijksmuseum. Passengers are invited to take place on an a bicycle and to generate energy and light by pedaling.

Below you see a photo of this interactive artwork.

Source: www.designboom.com

Day 360 - Product design: landscape carpets

Roosmarijn Pallandt, Dutch designer, designs wonderful carpets.
The starting point for her design are Google Earth photo's.

Pallandt herself says:
"Starting from a bird's eye perspective on a landscape and it's climate, RUGS zoom in to the pixel of a computer scree and results in carpets of 1 x 1 meter; catching a piece of the planet into a rug on your floor."

Source

Day 359 - Fashion design: Weimaraners modeling in fotoshoot Acne

I love Weimaraners so much...  I have one myself. She is 8 years young and we call her 'Flo'.

On youtube I saw the video 'Acne, Behind the scenes' with William Wegman (photographer). In this video we see how Wegman does a fotoshoot for Acne. Instead of using human models, he uses Weimaraners. I love this video, enjoy!

Day 358 - Typography: Learning to read with friendly elephant font

Mirko Humbert, a swiss designer, created  a new font. Not just a font, but a font in which a cute elephant figures. He used this font to teach his son how to read. 

Below you see the illustrations of A, B and C.

Day 357 - Transform your ceiling into a sky full of stars with this amazing lamp: it's Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all of you.

The perfect time for a romantic evening under the stars. Not outside int the cold, but warm and cosy in your living room.

Starry light changes your ceiling in a sky full of stars. The lamp is a coproduction of graphic designer Anna Farkas and interior designer Miklós Batisz.

Day 356 - Merry Christmas!

Tomorrow it's Christmas. Wish you and your families and friends a very merry Xmas!

Day 355 - All I want for Christmas are macarons... candles!

It is almost Christmas. Everybody around me is busy buying food and presents.

For those who are still looking for the perfect Christmas gift:
how about these macarons? Sweet, cute and warming.
Warning: do not eat them ;-)

Source

Day 354 - Graphic design: new oneliner, Xmas heart

Another oneliner in the Xmas serie.

Today's illustration is a Christmas Heart: warm, round, cosy.
Enjoy!

Minimal illustration, X-mas Heart - copyright 2VORM

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 352 - Minimal graphic design: New oneliner for X-mas!

It's been a long time since the ast oneliner I have drawn.

Today is the start of the X-mas holidays, so finally I have time to draw new on liners.
And this time I'll draw a few in X-mas style.

Below the first one: X-mas tree it is!

Minimal illustration X-mas tree - design by 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 350 - Light photography: Christmas street lights

Yesterday I posted one of the photo's I made in the city center.

Experimenting with exposure time and zooming gives sometimes unexpected results.
Colors seem to explode, typefaces seem to become 3D, and the blurring creates new images.

X-mas lights - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Sreet lights - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 349 - Evening photography: color splash (zooming in and out)

Yesterday evening I went to the city center. The center is decorated with Christmas lights, so I decided to take my camera with me.

I took photo's of the Christmas lights, trees and shopping windows. And I experimented with the camera: zooming in (or out) results sometimes in amazing shots. Below you see the photo I took of a rather boring shopping window. The zooming transformed it into a color splash.

Tomorrow I'll post another photo. See you then!

Shopping window in the evening - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 348 - Product design: warm your hands with these sweater mugs

I just came home from a walk with my dog. A little cold. Winter is on its way. So I decided to make a cup of hot tea.

I would like to have the cute and cozy mugs you see below. Mugs, made of porcelain, that wear little sweaters and warm your hands and your body :-)

They are for sale at Yanko Design.

Day 347 - Infographic: 50 years of toys

From twister to tonka trucks, and from Pokemon to Furby. This infographic gives an overview of 50 years of toys.


Source: Abby Ryan Design

Day 346 - Photography: architecture, The Hague, Netherlands (2)

The Hague is the seat of the government in the Netherlands.

When I was in The Hague last weekend, I visited the ministry of Finance. The ministry is located in a building that has been renewed in 2011 by Dutch architects Meyer en Van Schooten. They won the PSP award for this project.

I love the colored wall and the court yard. Here are two of my photo's.

The Hague, ministry of Finance - photo" 2VORM, all rights reserved

The Hague, ministry of Finance - photo" 2VORM, all rights reserved