The Fundamental Elements of Design.

The Fundamental Elements of Design from Erica Gorochow on Vimeo.

VIA adfreak

"ART DIRECTORS GONE WILD" indeed.

"Go ADs go! Strip off those layers of convention! Keep pushing that digital envelope! Disgusting? Who cares! Better disgusting than safe! Senseless? Who cares! Better senseless than sensible! Doesn't give me a real reason to buy Pepsodent's Torsion toothbrush? FUCK reason! Reason is the hobgoblin of the reasonable!"

Copyranter was right. I almost peed on myself when I saw this. There is a odd mix of love, jealousy and admiration going on in my heart right now. And I like it.

VIA copyranter

This is a great gift for your designer friends.

Unless ofcourse they are digital designers.....

VIA ifitshipitshere

Artists....

via thewhoa

I Have PSD.

I Have PSD from Hyperakt on Vimeo.

I would own... literally own the world if it was based on my skills and love of photoshop. So...you are all lucky.


VIA oneplusinfinity

The Difference.

VIA kmba

Miserable Artist.

VIA oneplusinfinity

Art meets collaboration.

Hybrids is a collaborative project between Stephen Burks, of Ready Made Projects, Mogollon and photographer Daniel Hakasson. Initiated by Stephen, the Hybrid project is a meditation on the notion that all of the most compelling ideas, people, places and things in the future will be collaborative, composited, pluralistic and/or hybrid in origin.

What? Whatever...these are cool to look at. If you are an art director....you should be salivating and trying to figure out a way to incorporate this into the next thing you do. Am I right? Hat tip to Gavon for the find.

Mac Funny.

Ha.

VIA minpon

AD/Design Humor.

This is really how you make masks in photoshop.

Haha.

VIA oneplusinfinity

Good Old Fashion Art Direction Ads.

This campaign won Gold at the kelly Awards this year for magazine ads.

It's an art directors dream.

VIA mpa

An Art Director Funny.

VIA thisisnthappiness

Dear Adobe,

Word. I dont tweet. But all you hip cats should get on it.

VIA ilovetypography

Love The Art Direction.

Cliche idea....but beautiful execution. The wings on the scuba diving boy are beautiful. DETAIL. IS. KEY. Check out other executions here.

Agency: La Facultad, Quito, Ecuador

What Kind of Artist Are You?

Haha....I made myself answere (and believe the answeres) that got me to graphic designer. Win!

VIA oneplusinfinity

green karma ads.

see it nice and big here.

Really good art direction from China (talkin about karma, no less). Go green or go to hell. I wish there was more than one. 

Agency:  McCann Erickson Guangming Ltd, Shanghai

wicked art direction.

see them nice and big here.

Agency: JWT, Sydney, Australia

ads for cannibals.

copyranter has shed some light on a recent trend of turning human body parts into edibles in the ad world. Some may call this clever, while others deem it a "first idea." There are also others that say the brilliance is in the execution. Like the Subway bread abs print...bread that wont make you fat = abs that is...OMG, really bread. 

I, on the other hand find these types of ads to be a crime against humanity. In all honesty, they promote cannibalism. Its very similar to the plight of horror movies that freely offer up extreme and graphic ideas for torture, murder and or blowing some sh*t up for entertainment sake, but meanwhile never stop to think about that one crazy person in the audience who might look at the movie and feel....inspired to try the same thing tomorrow. 

Ad makers of the world...lets stop and take some responsibility. Be patient with your concepts. Caress them and make them blossom into fully rooted ideas. Don't sell your cannibal thoughts to your CD. Cause they will take them and run with them in hopes of a shiny reward. Cannibalism is NOT a joke people. 

 And to the Art Directors of the world...stop being such extreme fat asses. Gosh.

new york at its best.

wow, I just love this.

these are amazing.

see execution 2 here. 

Layers man...LAYERS. I love these. So simple. And an art director's dream.

Agency: ALMAPBBDO, Sao Paulo, Brazil