A tribute to the late, great Massimo Vingelli

I'm sure you're all aware that one of designs true disciples (Maybe prophet is a better word for such a gifted human being), Massimo Vignelli recently passed away. Instead of my own trying to sum it all up I thought it best to let Pentagram's Michael Bierut say it. A very poignant and articulate piece:

Here's a small excerpt:

Finally, from Massimo I learned never to give up. He was able to bring enthusiasm, joy and intensity to the smallest design challenge. Even after fifty years, he could delight in designing something like a business card as if he had never done one before. 

It was Massimo who taught me one of the simplest things in the world: that if you do good work, you get more good work to do, and conversely bad work brings more bad work. It sounds simple, but it’s remarkable, over the course of a lifetime of pragmatism and compromise, how easy it is to forget: the only way to do good work is simply to do good work. Massimo did good work.

Read the full article here.

Sleep well and thank you Massimo.

Tomcat Brothers

Concept artist and digital painter Piotr Joblonski has officially blown my mind...and I'm not alone. The online response to the Tomcat Brothers has been nothing short of astounding...You'll see it's justified from the gorgeous images below.
The initial concept was the adventures of two small borther, wearing futuristic/steampunk space helmets who are accompanied by a giant feline friend., in the form of a huge cat mural. Not only is the idea something specail but the digital painting technique and mastery of light is simply exeptional....read no more and go drool!

Oh some of these panels are now available as prints, click here for more.

El Tatio Geyser Field

Interactive designer and visual artist Owen Perry (based in British Columbia) returned from a trip to the El Tatio heyser field with this collection of beautiful and surreal photographs. The colour, patttern and texture of the mineral formaitons is nothing short of breath taking and caputured perfectly by mr Perry. You can see more posted on Circa1982 by clicking  here.