Showing posts with label Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Design. Show all posts

Design: Logo Pond

Here's a tidy little spot for all you design heads and logo fans out there. Logo pond is a user submitted logo archive and discussion forum. The idea of the site is that it provides logo designers and people with an interest in brand identity a portal where they can submit their works and discuss with other designers ways to improve on their concepts and share ideas. With over 30,000 user submitted logos it is also a great source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in logo design and a good way of contacting designers if you are looking to get a logo designed yourself. Hit the link to pass through:

Logo Pond - Web Site

Design: Insa Heels

Bit late with this one but anyway...London based artist INSA is certainly no stranger to the fashion game. After a string of high profile collaborations, crazy customs, limited t-shirt runs & commissions he has decided after much pressure to officially drop a limited run of stiletto's featuring variations of his classic high heels print. Teaming up with Fashion/Shoe designer Ruth Shaw he pays homage to his London roots by naming each variation after an area of London. Gold/Black for Chelsea, Baby Pink/White/Black for Hackney and Electric Pink/White/Black for Lewisham. All the shoes are made from premium leather and feature a high gloss finish. Best hurry if you want a pair though as they are moving fast! Priced at £200. Click the link for more info and ordering.

Insa Heels - Website

Web Spots: Deviant Art

Deviant Art is an international community for artists. Launched in 2000 the site consists of over 8 million members, over 62 million submissions, and receives around 80,000 submissions per day. Deviant Art aims to provide a place for any artist to exhibit and discuss his or her works. As well as offering a shop for artists to sell their works, a staggering amount of user submitted artwork and a huge forum, my favourite parts of the site have to be the resources and customization sections. As well as having fonts, stock images, textures, wallpapers and a whole host of other sections they also have a ridiculous amount of themes and skins. These include ones to change the entire look of your operating system to specific application skins and even themes for your Ipod, media player or portable device. The site also has the biggest selection of Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator and Gimp patterns, shapes, brushes and addons I have ever seen. Any one interested in digital art working, graphics, customization or just anything art and design related in general should definitely check this site out it's amazing.

Deviant Art - Main Site
Deviant Art - Adobe Photoshop Brushes

Design: Ultra Motor A2B Electric Bike

Now here's a tidy little number. Gone are the days of electric bikes looking like something an old dear would rock to collect her pension, with this A2B Electric Bike from Ultra Motor you can still get all the benefits of electricly charged peddle power without looking like a geriatric. The cycle does have pedals that can be used if it runs out of battery power or to increase the cruise speed, but they are not actually needed for normal operation. It can travel for 20 miles on a single charge of its lithium-ion batteries at speeds of up to 20 mph. The battery is also swappable on the go, allowing you to double the distance the bike can travel. To charge the bike you simply plug it into an AC outlet at home. Mind you this little baby doesn't come cheap, when launched in sepetember prices are said to start at around £1,250! ($2500). Might have to stuff another cream cake and stick to the push bike.

Ultra Motor - Website

(Via Gadgetaholic)

Design: INSA

London-based artist INSA started out as a graffiti artist but went on to receive more formal training at Goldsmiths Art College in London. His work explores the connection between branding and sexual desire with high heels and sneakers featuring prominently in many of his pieces. Working on official commissions for a host of famous brand names including Nike and Kangol, the style of INSA's trademark high heels pattern has also been copied by a number major high street fashion brands and designers. Recent exhibitions have included giant stiletto clad legs and sprayed canvases of half naked women dripping in paint.

Beautiful women, sneakers, dripping paint and crispy patterns.....definitely a winning combination. More info after the jump...

INSA - Official Website