Woodgrain & Crest Letterpress Wedding
When we posted the Save The Date card by designer Nick Brue a couple months back, we were super excited to see what he had in mind for the design of the actual wedding invitation. Finally, here is his design that just recently left the pressroom: This invitation set is housed within a mini custom die cut pocket folder which neatly organizes the various cards. The paper combination is beautiful as well. Costwise – adding a custom printed folder with a die cut belly band will easily double the cost of an invitation.
270+ High-Res Rough and Grungey Photoshop Brushes
Photoshop brushes are an excellent resource for roughing up your designs for that distressed and weathered look, unfortunately many brush sets on the web are a little small in size, making them useless for large format designs. This collection of hand picked brushes feature various spraypaint, splatters, watercolour brushes and grungey textures all of which are of exceptionally high resolution, making them crucial additions to any designer’s toolbox. High Resolution Watercolour Photoshop Brushes Spray Paint Photoshop Brushes High Res Acrylic Paint Photoshop Brushes Dirty Spray Paint Photoshop Brushes High Res Spraypaint Brushes High Res Messy Spraypaint Photoshop Brushes High Resolution Splatter Photoshop Brushes High Resolution Marks and Scratches Photoshop Brushes High Res Grunge Ink Splatter Brushes Hi-Res Splatter Photoshop Brushes Grunge Photoshop Brushes Acrylic Photoshop Brushes High Res Dirt Brush Set Concrete Rust High Res Brushes High-Res Watercolour Photoshop Brushes
Origami de Animales por Marc Fichou
El artista Marc Fichou, ha creado unas impresionantes obras de Origami en forma de varios animales, los cuales se muestran con el fondo del mismo papel que utilizó para crearlas. Su intención, era crear piezas donde la imagen no pudiese ser separada de su referente, creando así un vínculo visual entre el pasado y el presente. Este concepto naturalmente fue el que lo llevó hacia Origami, debido al carácter reversible de su proceso de plegado: cada uno puede ser desplegado de nuevo a su posición inicial de dos dimensiones cuadradas, y de este modo conservar las marcas físicas de sus pliegues. Disfruten! “En mi serie, la hoja de papel contiene el recuerdo fotográfico, y los recuerdos materiales de su pasado de origami. El Origami y papel son una misma cosa en dos momentos diferentes, en dos espacios diferentes y en dos formas distintas.” También te puede interesar: Nano-origami por Anja Markiewicz
50 Free High-Quality Icon Sets
When it comes to freebie designs, beautiful icons sets are tops. Designers scour for these free treasures more than anything else. You can use icon sets in Web applications, website designs and on your desktop. If well designed, they make a great impression on others. Beautifully designed icons also prove the quality of a designer’s work, so many designers make theirs freely available online, thus giving their work more exposure. When it comes to freebie designs, beautiful quality icon sets are tops. In the overview below, we present 50 beautifully designed, free and professional high quality icon sets for desktop and web design. You can also scan through our other icon-related articles: 50 Beautiful, Free and High-Quality Icon Sets Container Icon Pack Container Icon Pack contains 40 high-quality (256 x 256 pixel) icons in PNG and ICO formats. Baggy Icon Set Contains five high-quality icons in three formats (ICO, ICNS and PNG) and six sizes, ranging from 16 to 512 pixels! (al)
7 Creative Ideas for Custom Die Cutting
You could take a bunch of ordinary business cards, run your thumb across the stack, and never be able to tell the difference between any of them. Meanwhile, a business card that uses custom die cutting is unmistakable in both look and feel; you can’t help but notice it. The captivating effect of custom die cuts doesn’t end with business cards — it applies to folders, brochures, postcards and any other bit of print media a designer might need to create for a client. Source: mbradyclark.com Source: zychowicz.com To get you comfortable with thinking outside of the box, here are just a few of the many ways you can use custom die cutting to create an unforgettable design. 1. Die cutting acts like a target for your audience’s eyeballs. And nothing is more deserving of the audience’s attention than your company’s logo. Source: cardview.net Die cutting to emphasize a logo helps to show its unique shape and bring it forward so that the audience immediately recognizes it. Source: behance.net 2. 3. 4. 5.
500+ Free Exquisite Vintage Textures and Backgrounds
The scariest thing about time is how fast it goes. It’s so fast that most of us doesn’t even know what we’ve missed, and before we know it, they’re all gone in a blink and all that is left are vintage images of the past which will just oftentimes, bring nostalgic feelings of the good ol’days. Sorry, I just can’t help feeling nostalgic this new year prompting me to gather some good ol’stuff like this round-up of 500+ free exquisite vintage textures and backgrounds that you can download and use right away without the hassles of going to antique shops or searching in your granma’s attic. These are all free, but please make sure your read each of their terms before using. 8 Old Books Textures by Flowersong This old book texture pack contains eight huge hi-res textures, each about 3000px on its longer side, on transparent backgrounds. 5 Vintage Sheet Music Pack by Neonescence A set of five dirty sheet music textures that produces interesting results. 8 Vintage Textures from Jodys Photography
Calvin Nicholls Paper Sculpture
Nepal’s shrinking Annapurna Circuit : Hiking
In less than a year, a road will cut Nepal's classic 250-kilometre Annapurna Circuit in half, threatening the livelihoods of local villages and turning one of the world’s most challenging treks into a short hike in the Himalayas. Related photo gallery: Hiking the Annapurna Circuit The Annapurna Circuit features several famous Himalayan high peaks including Manaslu, Dhaulagiri and Annapurna I, II, III and IV, with Annapurna I towering at 8,091 metres as the 10th highest peak in the world. A good taste of the trek, which includes Thorong La pass (the highest point at 5,416 metres) and skips much of the terrain thereafter, can be done in 10 to 12 days, but trekking the entire 250-kilometre route requires closer to three weeks. Though the new road will make it easy for short trips, resort-style hikes and commercial luxuries, it will cut out the earlier walking paths that Nepal and its loyal trekkers have coveted since the country first opened its doors to outsiders in 1949.
Portfolio ‣ Branding ‣ Brochures ‣ Pacific Tweed Matchbook Brochure
This luxury Carmel, California clothier wanted to convey its unique ambience in a brochure that could serve as a magazine insert, mailer and handout, available at upscale hotels around the Monterey Peninsula. From the clothing lines to the decor, Pacific Tweed incorporates rich yet subtle colors, sumptuous fabrics and textures that speak to fine craftsmanship and impeccable attention to detail. Full Steam brought the same attention to bear in the design of the brochure: rich bronze foil embossing plays off the texture of the fine black linen-like cover stock. Inside, creamy French folds reveal photo details of the store’s merchandise with minimal copy so as not to detract from the images. A stitch-bound finish completes the custom piece, which reflects all the elegance and sophistication of the Pacific Tweed shopping experience itself. Interested in more information?
