Tag: designer

Let the festivities begin!

12/24/2012 by chicquero

It´s about time to get in the spirit with this playful rendition of Holiday treats in a cartoon-ish style. Delicious traditional seasonal eats are highlighted in all their glory accompanied by antic doodles illustrated by Laura Hunter. Thought up by freelance art director and designer Gonzalo Azores and senior creative at LBI London, Maria Vidal, they created this animated feast in collaboration with Barclaycard. Nutcrackers, pigs in a blanket, roasted veggies, Stilton cheese, cured ham, pies and many more favorites […]

Categories: Artsy, Design • Tags: art direction, Barclaycard, designer, festivity, Gonzalo Azores, Happy Holidays, illustration, Laura Hunter, Merry Christmas, nutcracker

Fashion Bears

11/05/2012 by chicquero

In 2011 BBC Children in need launched the Designer Pudsey Collection. This saw 14 designers restyle the charity’s iconic yellow bear. Raising over £50,000, the inaugural collection caught the attention of the press, fashion world and public alike: Going on to be voted one of the Independent’s top 15 fashion moments of the year. The project far exceeded the charity’s expectations. Curated by LOVE editor and stylist Katie Grand, The Designer Pudsey 2012 Collection builds on last year’s success. Over […]

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: 2012, arts, BBC children, bears, brands, charity, chic, collection, creative, designer, designer pudsey, Fashion, iconic, Katie Grand, pudsey, style, toy, yellow bear

Splash, drama & windows.

09/01/2012 by chicquero

Lanvin presents its new Splash installation, shockingly showcasing its Fall 2012 collection . This stop-you-in-your-tracks visual display is “awash with bursts of colors, fountains of paint, and bodies in motion,” states the trailblazing maison. This fresh setup uses color as a tool to deliver a dramatic shock factor. Tones of rich emerald green, raspberry red, and bluebird blue are splashed over mannequins in not-often-seen contorted positions, for a combination that definitely makes a scene. It depends on where you put the […]

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: brand, designer, dramatic, fashion window, Lanvin, Lanvin fall 2012, mannequin, paint, Paris, rich colors, splash, window display

Celebrities illustrated

06/27/2012 by chicquero

Pablo Lobato is a graphic designer and illustrator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Soon after finishing his studies, Pablo started working as a graphic designer for different magazines. This, however, only lasted five years, since total boredom drove him back to his first passion – illustrations. Today, Pablo has made quite a name for him self in Argentina where he lives and works. His work is trully amazing, I love the colors, shapes and his “picasso” vibe. For more info about Pablo Lobato […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: actors, art, arts, artsy, celebrity, cool, designer, graphic design, illustration, pablo lobato, Singer

Copywriter VS Art Director

06/18/2012 by chicquero

Great illustration project about the differences between copywriters and art directors by CW Versus AD. An art director oversees the art, photographs and drawn images, that appear in newspapers, magazines, ad campaigns and on book covers. An art director is usually the person who oversees the entire design department to coordinate what images will match up with what words. A copywriter hammers out the words that sell, promote, educate and inform. This means a great copywriter is gifted in the craft […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: advertising, art, art director, copywriter, Design, designer, graphic design, illustration, images, jobs, marketing, vs, words

Merging, camouflaging

05/30/2012 by chicquero

Ukranian fashion designer Masha Reva, graduated from Central Saint Martins is a true artist, using fashion as her present medium. Her most recent collection called Merging, is an homage to overkill, pattern on pattern, nature vs nurture. The images resonate a modern Renaissance, as we are constantly bombarded with images, stuff, ideas, we try to compartmentalize and organize. Here, Reva’s very successful attempt at materializing, through imagery, her thoughts and emotions. It is a testament that with our creativity we can […]

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: camouflage, Central Saint Martins, designer, fashion collection, Masha Reva, merging, patterns, prints, styling, Ukrainian artist

We love chairs

03/25/2012 by chicquero

Source: Pinterest (Interiors – furniture) CHAIRS, WE LOVE CHAIRS.. Here are a few examples of great chair design, from the sleekest you’ll ever see, to the funkiest and the just plain weird. I love innovative chair design, because they bring excitement to your room. What´s your favorite? . Clients are full of surprises. Design is what you make of the surprises. Dan Phillips >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< A bank in Paris Urbanism to interiors Please, take me upstairs Fashion bed […]

Categories: Design • Tags: architecture, chair, chairs, contemporary, cool, Design, designer, Fashion, furniture, interiors, modern

Want vs Need

03/14/2012 by chicquero

Want VS Need Great series of illustrations by talented designer Erin Hanson entitled Want VS Need. Very clever, reminds us about the important little things of everyday life. Hanson is a graphic designer/photographer currently living in Austin, Texas. Check it out his projects, visit Recoveringlazyholic. When I was 8 I wanted a puppy. When I was 10 I wanted parachute pants. When I was 12 I wanted a Ogilvie perm. When I was 14 I wanted a boy named Robbie. When […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: arts, clever, cool, designer, erin hanson, funny, graphic design, illustration, illustrations, recoveringlazyholic, want vs need

Movie posters, yes!

02/25/2012 by chicquero

Designer Olly Moss Olly Moss (Born in the UK 1987) Love his projects, specially these incredible movie posters. Check it out some of his work. The Naked Gun 2 1/2 slogan: If you only see one movie this year… you should get out more often! >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Minimal Movie Posters Coolest army Icons, anatomy, celebrities Uma Thurman No big deal, hang out Screenplay Double shot of fox

Categories: Artsy • Tags: cinema, classic, cool, designer, movie posters, movies, olly moss, posters

The spirit of Kyoto

11/25/2011 by chicquero

Arigato Kyoto! Hotel Kanra is part of a selection of the world´s top new hotels for Condé Nast Traveler´s 2011 hot list, check it out why they made it to the list. The fabulous hotel is located in Kyoto, Japan. “KAN” in “KANRA” stems from the letter “Kan” (experience) and “RA” comes from the letter “Raku” (City). It´s a Hotel where you can “Experience” the spirit of this “City” that embraces the beauty, wisdom, and hospitality of Japan. This 29-room hotel is […]

Categories: Design • Tags: achitecture, art, arte, bamboo, chic, Condé Nast Traveler´s, contemporary, culture, Design, designer, hospitality, hotel, Hotel Kanra, ikebana, interiors, Japan, japanese, kyoto, marketing, modern, photography, rooms, style, styling, stylist, travel, trends, viagem

Les Promises De L´hiver

11/23/2011 by chicquero

Les Promises De L´hiver – Promises In The Winter Christian Louboutin in collaboration with photographer Peter Lippmann to recreate a series of iconic images, juxtaposing the shoe label’s fall-winter collection with portraits inspired by classic paintings. Les Promises De L’Hiver, with each one showcasing a Louboutin design from the autumn/winter 2011 collection. In a celebration of the Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist, femininity, naturalism and elegance. A feast for the eye, from Georges de la Tour’s “Magdalene and the Flame” to Jean-Marc Nattier portraits, the images pay homage […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: advertising, art, Baroque, campaign, chic, Christian Louboutin, classic, collection, culture, Design, designer, editorial, elegance, Fashion, femininity, Impressionist, Les Promises De L´hiver, marketing, Moda, naturalism, paintings, Peter Lippmann, photographer, photography, photos, renaissance, shoes, style, stylist, trends, vintage

Not Frankenstein, call me Frankie!

11/20/2011 by chicquero

Frankenstein It’s Alive Project Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus, is a novel about a failed experiment that created a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, the first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818, she was 21. Shelley’s name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823. Frankenstein’s monster have influenced popular culture for at least 100 years. The character of the monster remains one of the most […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: art, arte, chic, culture, Design, designer, Frankenstein, horror, mary shelley, monster, movies, Movies & Cinema, novel, percy bysshe shelley, photo, photography, photos, pop art, pop icon, popular culture, the modern prometheus, trends

Holiday tease..

11/19/2011 by chicquero

Loewe Holiday Collection 2011/2012 What a brilliant campaign from Loewe’s, the spanish luxury brand specialized in high quality leather goods and accessories. They have been around since 1846, and lately, they are doing a really good marketing job. The following shoot is part of a very creative campaign to increase their holiday sales, I’m sure they will be fine! I love the simplicity and the colors contrasts with the pieces. These could be great displays, windows and a possible animated viral “stop […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: accessories, ads, advertising, art, arte, campaign, campanha, chic, culture, Design, designer, display, Fashion, holiday collection, leather, loewe, luxury, marketing, Moda, photo, photographer, photography, style, trends, window

Innocence avec Elegance!

11/18/2011 by chicquero

Innocentia Susanne Bisovsky commenced her fashion studies with Vivienne Westwood (fabulous “university”). Amongst others she is presently designing for Sportalm Kitzbühel. For her own Haute Couture-Collections, Susanne Bisovsky reworks special pieces over years, putting them into a new context. Her prêt-à-porter line is available in the continuously expanding. This Haute Couture collection, called Innocentia, was shot by the photographers Peter Olschinsky and Verena Weiss. The dresses and the photography are beautiful and really original! So theatrical, love every single detail! A girl should be two […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, chic, classy, culture, Design, designer, Fashion, haute, haute couture, innocentia, Moda, peter olschinsky, photo, photography, style, styling, susanne bisovsky, theatrical, trends, verena weiss, vintage

Killing colors and blocking time!

11/17/2011 by chicquero

Killing Time Great color blocking shoot for Vogue Italia, fashion photographer Lucia Giacani, did a great editorial for for Vogue June 2011 issue. Currently Lucia lives and works as a freelance fashion photographer in Milan, collaborating, amongst others with the following magazines: Vogue Gioiello, Vogue Pelle, Vanity Fair, Vogue Accessory, VS, No.ise & Twill. The model Ekaterina Detcheva has a very clean, sort of androgynous look, which I love, not to mention, her great red hair. This shoot is quite fabulous because of the […]

Categories: Fashion, Photography • Tags: art, arte, bruno tarsia, campaign, chic, color block, color blocking, culture, david jones, Design, designer, Dinalva Barros, editorial, Ekaterina Detcheva, Fashion, green apple, kilian marin, Lucia Giacani, milano, Moda, model, photo, photographer, photography, photos, style, styling, stylish, trends, Vogue, Vogue Italia

Toy Train, care for a ride?

11/16/2011 by chicquero

Omocha Densha – Toy Train The japanese designer Eiji Mitooka (couldn’t find his website for credits) created a child-friendly public transportation. The artistic force behind a regional train which travel on a daily basis on the 14.3km Kishigawa line in Japan. The unique train is called the Omocha Densha (Omoden or Omo), briefly translated as the Toy Train. It looks like a playhouse for kids, the train equipped with a Gacha Machine for those little kids to churn out a little toy. […]

Categories: Design • Tags: anime, art, arte, cartoons, comics, culture, Design, designer, eiji mitooka, Japan, japanese, kishigawa, line, marketing, omo, omoden, omosha densha, photo, photographer, photography, public transportation, style, subway, toy train, toys, train, trends, trip

Optical Illusion

11/14/2011 by chicquero

Optical Ilusion Great editorial for the British Idol Magazine (check it out the whole shoot and the complete look details). The world-renowned photographer Adam Richardson created these images inspired by the effect of optical illusion. I was wondering if they are 3-D. I wouldn´t mind to have some Pierre Braganza, Junya Watanabe, Finsk, Topshop, Christian Louboutin, Peter Jensen, and etc, jumping out of my screen! Come to me baby, come to mamma! Credits Magazine Idol Photography by Adam Richardson Styled by Simone La Rose and Gabrielle Stival […]

Categories: Design, Fashion • Tags: 3-d, 3D, adam richardson, art, arte, campaign, chic, culture, Design, designer, editorial, effect, emily mergaert, Fashion, gabrielle stival, graphic design, idol magazine, kim roy, Moda, model, optical illusion, photo, photographer, photography, photos, simone la rose, style, styling, stylish, trends

Knitting is not for pussies

11/12/2011 by chicquero

Knitting the world Olek was born Agata Oleksiak in Poland and graduated with a degree in Cultural Studies. In New York City, she rediscovered her ability to crochet and, since then, has started her crocheted journey. Olek believes she chose crochet as her artistic method in order to do two things at once: watch movies and make art (what a dream job). Knitting is a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth or other fine crafts. Knitted fabric consists […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, arte, chic, crochet, culture, Design, designer, knit, knitting, photo, photography, style, styling, wool

This summer is just another chapter

11/10/2011 by chicquero

The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever . The great fashion photographer Zee Nunes, shot this clean poolside editorial for the first issue of Harper’s Bazaar Brasil (welcome to Brazil HBB, we love you). The Brazilian gorgeous, 33 years old model, Shirley Mallmann looks fierce in a classy look with a sporty vibe. I love the color blocked, applied by the stylist Renata Correa. With a slick blonde hair, Shirley dominates the minimalist white architecture, in the mean time, seduces […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, brazil, campaign, campanha, color block, culture, Design, designer, editorial, Fashion, Harpers Bazaar, Harpers Bazaar brasil, minimalist, Moda, model, photographer, photography, photos, renata correa, shirley mallmann, style, stylist, summer, tendência, trends, zee nunes

Science Vs Delirium

11/09/2011 by chicquero

Science Vs Delirium Simon Bent (Volume 2a) is a graphic designer located in Melbourne Australia. Science Vs Delirium is a series of illustrations celebrating some of the greatest scientists in history. The series was created to re-popularise these iconic figures. Delirium or acute confusional state is a common and severe neuropsychiatric syndrome with core features of acute onset and fluctuating course, attentional deficits and generalized severe disorganization of behavior. It typically involves other cognitive deficits, changes in arousal (hyperactive, hypoactive, or mixed), perceptual deficits, altered sleep-wake cycle, and psychotic […]

Categories: Design • Tags: art, arte, culture, curie, da vinci, darwin, descartes, Design, designer, freud, galileo, genius, graphic, graphic designer, greatest, history, markov, science, scientist, simon bent, volume 2a