André Gide -- The way fish fall.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It's their way of falling. 

-- André Gide

 

 

Graphic Design for Bikes

Here are some creative designs for bikes.

Jimi Hendrix, and an authentic piece of Dada music

Since the Dada nights, at Zürich's Cabaret Voltaire, there have been many Dada pieces composed. In my view this piece by Jimmy Hendrix is one of the best.

Communication design and the art of packaging

The art “Packaging” is the most immediate application of communication design. A package must communicate with the client to attract his/her attention and to convey the information about its content. Graphic designers must combine all the visual elements at their command in order to achieve this goal in the split second duration of the attention span of a customer that browses a shelf in search of a product. The visual elements include; the color, the typeface, the trademark, the brand, the material, the shape, the size and in the final analysis the artistic design that forces a customer to stop and to notice the product. Here are some interesting package designs.

Design of Wine Lables

According to the bard All that glitters is not gold; However, when a winemaster chooses a tasteful label for his bottle I think there must be some gold somewhere. Behind the design of each label there nearly always lies a story. Wine bottle labeling constitutes an important division of graphic design, and visual communication. It involves some degree of sophistication in the message it purveys. Here are some of my favorite designs:

Swanson Vineyard in the Napa  a label  with a message.

The wine labels, devised by designer Rob Schellenberg, are based on the longitudes of Italy and it's famous wine regions. Depending on the degrees north, the wine region was associated with a numerical logo and topographic map.

Insular Winehouses of Tenerife (Spain)

2011 Fiano di Avellino, Feudi di San Gregorio, Italy

Cantunera, by leonardo recalcati, Italy

The Peoples Wine, New Zealand

Insular Winehouses of Tenerife (Spain)

Eight Arms Cellars

SWOON wine label by Amanda Mocci.

An elegant design for Merlot from Oakville vineyards owned or controlled by Swanson.

Inspired by the nostalgic surrealism of Magritte, Nomeolvides aims at creating a sense of solitude. The text of the counter says, "Sometimes love is so ephemeral and eternal remembrance we want to retain it, do it for a moment forever .."..

Pertutti by bibiana tenebra

From Grandpa to Grandson

The Gut Oggau Portrait Wines labels were designed by Jung von Matt to give each Oggau wine it’s own unique signature. I like its raw simplicity.

Striking Typography Design for magnificient wines

Holiday Wine, Designed by Duffy Partners of Minneapolis

Boxhead bottle, by Mash.

Wine labels based on circus characters, by Public Creative.

Karadag wine label by Nadie Parshina.

Winery Arts by Moruba, a Spanish design company.

Sonoma Vinyards' labels, by SF-based agency Voicebox

Shefa Young Wine (Israel), designed by Nine99Design

Full line-up from Magpie Estate Winery (Australia), design by M/A/S/H

Élu and Virtú from St. Supéry Vineyards Winery (Napa Valley)

Block Shiraz by Branson Coach House (Australia)

Francis Ford Coppola met Dean Tavoularis, film production designer, during the shooting of The Godfather. Tavoularis’ artwork is now gracing the labels of Francis Coppola Reserve wines.

Laughing Stock Designed by Emplus

Saddler's Creek Wines by Swedish designer Daniel Eek.