A sweeping font with clean lines.

The branding for Kalypso Hotel, a hotel in the island of Crete, was undertaken as a college project by Con Papanestis. He took inspiration from the location of the hotel when choosing the colors, strongly influenced by Crete’s azure sea and sky, and the simple, sweeping lines of the waves of the ocean.
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Scion iQ will be published in 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation announced the launch of electric Scion iQ, which goes on sale in 2012. It also became known that next year Toyota will release several new products. As for the Scion iQ, it’s cute eco-friendly electric vehicle that is powered only by battery.

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London’s Cypriot studio SuperNova Studio, has created a stunning interior design for the boutique Kokoo in Nicosia. Among the elements of the decor, the giant golden egg, with sticking out human legs ,a blue rooster with shelves and hangers, umbrellas instead. Surrealism in the service of a consumer society.
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Salt and Paper Cell Shakers by Antrepo

If there is one kitchen item or utensil that merits a lot of attention because of their versatility when it comes to design, salt & pepper shakers would most likely be it. Many people have even turned collecting salt & pepper shakers into a hobby.
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Ask any booklover or “bookworm” and he or she would tell you that there is no better feeling than holding books in the palm of your hands. Well, various designers took that concept quite literally, coming up with bookends that represent both the function of said items, and the passion one finds in books. Here are a few hand-inspired bookends that will definitely give you more incentive to keep on reading. Now, shelves will no longer look boring and plain, what with these “handy” (no pun intended) and unique-looking bookends.
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Art by Miriam Escofet

Miriam Escofet’s degree in 3D design, focusing on ceramics, has made her branch out to another realm entirely: realism. And realism is definitely what one would see in every piece she churns out.

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Cultural spaces are not mere venues where various art forms or media are displayed. They are, in and of themselves, a backdrop that will highlight the subjects instead of swallowing them whole. Getting that balance is important when it comes to designing the logo or corporate identity for such a cultural space, and that was achieved by designer Sophia Georgopoulou for “Based in Athens”.  (more…)

The 2014 BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo

It is highly probable that people could not help but make a reference to the BMW 5-series Gran Turismo the moment they hear about the 2014 BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo that the Bavarian carmaker has just introduced. However, there are marked differences, and that is what we will look into right now.

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Visual Identity for Metrio Coffee

Coming up with a product logo or something that would serve as a visual identity for food items, such as coffee and other beverages, could be quite tricky. You need to incorporate the element of recall and uniqueness, so that one look at the logo or image would immediately bring to mind the product name.
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Great-grandmother Mamika is back! Now she has a boyfriend – Mister Papika. Recall that Mamika – photo series of French photographer Sacha Goldberger, in which the main character is his 91-year-old grandmother.

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