Be-Poles
I spend all the last week in Paris. Now I came back I figure out Singapore friend's of Foreign Policy werre there at the same time, and that I was at 2' by walk from Be-pôles studio ! But I had to arrive by this post from Australia to discover all the work of this french studio !
Their work for clients is has interesting of the projects they develop for themselves, just as the "Sac à papier", the collection of pencil, or the "portraits de villes" photos books projects. Next time, I give them a call...
The letterpress calendar (final)
Final post about the calendar ! The special edition (Glow in the dark front cover and painted edges) are now sold out... well I keep 10 copies of the glow in the dark edition for a special coming project ! The normal edition is still available, and now at 20% off.
The calendar was featured on several sites as FPO (For Print Only), Howdesign, and a little interview about the process at I am the lab ! I also update my portfolio (the calendar, but also the Niepi magazine & my 2014 business card), and still working on an updated version of www.letterpress-calendar.com !
Here comes pictures of the final calendar to let you deceide if you want it !
Pince and pints by Bravo
Another great project by Bravo company from Singapore, who now has a new great URL : bravo.rocks ! I already present some Bravo project last year (and I feature them in the best of 2014 e-book) as well had the chance to visit their studio back in 2013.
Passports & banknotes
What I really like in my job is the design for a purpose, not just for the beauty of art. So designing a very usuful thing like passeport or bank notes is very interesting. I want to highlight several projects I discover recently...
Norway passport by Neue
Neue wins the design competition to design the new official ID document of Norway, and they develop the concept of landscape... For security purpose, pages are covered in colorful UV-reactive images that can only be seen under a blacklight.
Canadian passeport
As for the Norway passport, the pages of Canadian one are covered in colorful UV-reactive images and the result is great. The “secret” UV images are cleverly incorporated into the parts of each page that are visible under normal lighting so that the two complement each other when seen under UV light. These images, along with a biometric chip in the back of the passport, are all security measures designed to ensure that duplicating or forging a passport would be as difficult and complicated as possible.
So much into glow in the dark inks since we try it on the calendar.
Do not know who design it, but found the images here.
USA banknotes proposal by Travis Purrington
I am not sure USA are ready to change their banknotes, but I guess it would be interesting to have some colors and different sizes !
www.travispurrington.com/2014-usd-proposal
Norway banknotes by Snohetta
