This is a promotional poster for the Augmento™ typeface. The design objective is to showcase the breadth of its three subfamilies: Condensed, Normal, and Extended. Because Augmento™ is one of my favourite typefaces, I paired it up with one of my favourite drinks, the triple berry smoothie.
PLASTIKCOMB MAGAZINE 1.0
The PLASTIKCOMB MAGAZINE 1.0 – A Beautiful Mess is now available at Slanted Shop!
In the States, when it was picture day, you were handed a plastic comb, in which your current hairdo was styled to make you look “presentable,” and more than often you ended up looking like a completely different person. Like collage, you take an image, and make it something else, or perhaps give it a new purpose or meaning. PLASTIKCOMB—a metaphor for collage.
“Digital is Dead,” says Dusty, the magazine’s intuitive mascot.
Starting with PLASTIKCOMB MAGAZINE 1.0 – A Beautiful Mess, PCM is a biannual, analog art publication that pays homage to the great magazines of the past, containing editorial content in a chaotic, abstract style. Each edition will invite a designer to participate in creating layouts, which allows for further opportunities within the artistic community. The first edition is designed by graphic designer Thomas Schostok.
PLASTIKCOMB MAGAZINE arises at Plastikcomb Publishing, an independent, privately financed company. They specialize in small publications with beautiful pictures and type amongst the organized chaos!
The Second Edition of PLASTIKCOMB MAGAZINE will be released in Summer 2021.
PLASTIKCOMB MAGAZINE 1.0
Publisher: Plastikcomb Publishers
Design: Aaron Beebe, Thomas Schostok
Cover: Aaron Beebe
Volume: 132 pages
Format: 21 × 27 cm
Language: English
ISSN: 1034-0941
Price: € 30.–
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Span Studio – Portrait Series
Span’s visual identity reflects everyone’s individual creative energy, generating a visual system that is equally vibrant. With the direction from Bud Rodecker and inspiration from Man Ray’s surrealist portraits, Leah Wendzinski photographed our portraits using the Hungarian artist Nicolas Schöffer’s cybernetic sculpture, Lux II, as an image manipulation device.
Metronom
Metronome is a device that produces an audible click or other sound at a regular interval that can be set by the user, typically in beats per minute (BPM). Metronomes may include synchronized visual motion.
Desert Dream
I dreamt of a scorching summer day, with strawberry-lime ice cream the other day
Blurry Banana
I accidentally put expired eyedrops in my eyes, so I was terrified, that my breakfast banana would turn psychedelic. Then I remembered, it would look cool, so everything is fine now. My eyes too!
Morning Dew
It’s that fresh, crisp feeling you get, when your toe barely touches the damp grass on a sunny hillside morning
Holland Festival 2019
For the Holland Festival 2019 edition, the fifth in the series, the existing typeface was expanded with four weights. In the campaign an overlay of all type weights was used to maximize the mesmerizing effect of bright and contrasting colors that express the multitude of voices and cultures that make up today’s society. Circles turned the logomark into masks to communicate the general theme of identities and identity politics. The design explores the translation of bright colors across different media. Online in RGB, in print in pantone and CMYK. As a result of these experiments one poster used 6 fluo colors and one facade combined full colour prints and solid fluorescent sticker material.
Jump
M+ Annual Review
M+ visual identity uses a range of mid-tone colours. These colours are selected to be tonally equal to 50% black. When they are used as backgrounds for text, black or white lettering will always be legible. The M+ colour wheel demonstrates the changes made to the primary colours to make a series of mid-tones to form the M+ colour set. By using this selection criteria, Thonik developed a huge range of colours, equivalent to about 1000 Pantone colours.
The Anatomy of the Book
Born in Vlora (AL), in 1994. In 2014 he starts his studies in Industrial Design in San Marino (BA).
In 2019 he starts the course of Design for Publication at Isia in Urbino (MA).
Gazmend is a graphic designer, specializing in book design. He participated in the creation of Slanted 36 Coexist. He is currently developing the visual identity of TEDx San Marino, which will take place in October 2021.
PEDU City of Vila Real
Vila Real is one of the oldest cities in Portugal. The old part of the city is being updated in order to become more friendly for pedestrians, children and old people. It was necessary to communicate this to the population, transmitting the new feeling of the renewed and updated city – specially to younger generations. The idea was to create a communication system that could adapt to all kinds of supports in a young and attractive way. Communicate the city renewal in a way that made the population proud of the reconstruction projects. Simple and bright composition modules with strong colours and simple shapes. The endless graphic possibilities were quickly adopted by the city.
Mercados Municipais de Matosinhos
Built between 1936 and 1946, Matosinhos Market was projected by ARS. A Portuguese modernist architecture icon, characterized by its white strong light and the seaside lifestyle. Matosinhos Market maintains its original function, and has been open since the first half of the 20th century. Famous for the fresh fish, it succeeds in allying the tradition of ancient markets – where visitors are confronted with a cornucopia of different delicacies and multicoloured stalls – with the architectural beauty of the surrounding space. Vestígio designed the graphic identity system of the market.
Proudly Portugal
“After all, the best way to travel is to feel.” wrote Álvaro de Campos, one of the identities of Fernando Pessoa, Portugal’s most famous poet. We want the LGBTQ tourist to feel proud to be unique, as we feel about our country’s colourful landscape, a leading LGBTQ destination. Among the 20 most visited countries in the world and considered one of the safest, in Portugal you will feel the warmth of the sun and of our people, discovering tastes and textures of a unique and rich culture. “Proudly Portugal” is the first initiative to promote Portugal as a leading LGBTQ friendly travel destination.
Not a 5 dollar Abe
I thought it would be fun to take a historical figure like Abraham Lincoln and portray him in rich, primary colours in oil pastel, as Lincoln is most frequently seen in muted tones on five dollar bills or as a statue.
Montant Montant, installation for the KM3 festival in Montréal
Artistic installation for the KM3 Festival for the 375th anniversary of the city of Montreal. This installation is a collaborative game that can be played intuitively by many.
PRIDE.
let’s celebrate the diversity of the LGBTQ community and its colorful existence – true to the motto: Pride never stops. Stay proud!
Interchange, installation for the Centre Pompidou in Shanghaï
Artistic installation for the Centre Pompidou and the West Bund Museum in Shanghaï.
Interchange is a course game that is played alone or with others. It is intuitive, which makes it accessible to everyone. The paths cross, drift apart, and get closer. Each route is different and creates a new experience. We can follow, be followed, become decision-makers, change our minds, or even turn back. The piece, like a musical score, is a metaphor for the richness of human interchanges.
Participatory budget
Series of posters promoting the first participatory budget for the city of Antony (France) in 2018.
Process books
A series of process/sketch books showcasing the development of the master thesis/project. The books are designed to function on their own, but also as a part of a system. Varied number of pages, 210 x 260 mm.
The Ghost of Bangkok. (2021)
Bangkok is animist. Supernatural beings dwell in trees, water and other natural features, but also vehicles, building and bridges. In Thailand, we strongly believe in the two type of land spirits, Deity of the Land and Lord of the Place. These spirits love to snack, and they’re believed to eat for the duration that the incense burns. From common rice and water, offering cuisine rises through money, taxes and rental fee. Ordinary Thais who live in the kingdom of Thailand, especially in Bangkok, we are working for paying the rental fee for our whole life to the Lord of the Place and Deity of the Land.
2008
Greetings card originally printed on metallic stock and using a custom type.
Powerhouse Poster #2
Rhythmic logo, identity and posters for Powerhouse… It’s all in the name. Energetic posters with a focus on motion and animation to cover the vibe properly. All bright and bold Riso printed on A2.
Powerhouse Poster #1
Rhythmic logo, identity and posters for Powerhouse… It’s all in the name. Energetic posters with a focus on motion and animation to cover the vibe properly. All bright and bold Riso printed on A2.