It’s the end of yet another epic month in 2015, the April. So I think it’s worth to take a look back at some of the most sensational designs you’ll ever see in your life.
Great design should (first) always looks good
Few months has passed since I started out this blog. And, well, just so you know, I like beautiful things or designs especially that they’ve their own particular style. More to the point, I think great designs should always posses (regardless of anything) a good looks, or the ability to please your eyes. (Well, yes, I know ‘function’ is the key to design, Jobs said that before).
Style or personality is a must if you want your design to stand out, to be special. And of course, it makes your design more ‘alive’. Last but not least, even when the design has a good look, a great function, and a unique character, the way you present those values, those qualities to people is the final step that makes your design great.
Taking a look back
Anyway, this is a ‘design inspiration’ blog, and I’m writing this on the end of the month. So you might be expecting to see a series of great designs featured throughout the month.
Juguette. Walking a fine line between luxury and playfulness.
Wine itself is a very serious and sophisticated stuff. A thing that feels like it can only be savor through a handmade bordeaux glass in a million-stars fine dining lounge. But as far as I concern, the people who make them (the wine connoisseurs) are usually quite exuberant, quite frisky, you know what I mean. So how exactly you could walk the fine line between serious elegance and energetic playfulness? Well, first you need a name like the ‘Juguette’.
Project: Juguette
Branding by: Firmalt
Country: Australia
Mary Wong Noodle Bar. Asian accuracy, American spirit.
What is it like to combine Asian cuisine with American fast-food concept? Well, you can at least tell that it should have quite a minimalist appeal, with perhaps a highly personalized identity. Anyway, Mary Wong (which is a noodle bar in Russia) has been exploiting the knowledge from both side of the world to create this inspiring brand.
Project: Mary Wong Noodle Bar
Branding by: Fork
Country: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Raw Co. The purest form of nature.
Imagine this. “It’s a hot afternoon, under the burning sun. You’re walking right across the busy, crowded street of New York. Your sweat starts dribbling, your heart beats faster, you start to feel the thirst down you neck. Then in the middle of nowhere, someone pull out in front of you with an ice-cube-full freezing container. Inside you find a pure orange-colored of, what looks like a glass bottle of chill, refreshing juice. Then everything you see starts to slow down. Drop by drop, you’re staring at the condensed frosty water droplets gently formed outside the bottle. You take a deep breath. You urge to get it down your neck, you yearn to drink it…”
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Counrty: Costa Rica
Intrigue Chocolate. Let it be the intrigue of your senses.
Hmm… Chocolate… We all agree that it’s the best thing ever to put inside your mouth. So take you time. Breathe. Let it melt, let it boils, let it tells it’s story. And let the chocolate be the intrigue of your senses. Well, there’s never been any kinds of foods in this world that can even get close to chocolate… or except perhaps cheese… or coffee. But still, when it comes to the Intrigue Chocolate Co., nothing can beats the unbeatable, intriguing cocoa passion.
Project: Intrigue Chocolate Co.
Packaging by: Jason Grube
Country: Seattle, WA
Gino’s Garden Olive. A design so simple that it’s complex.
Leonardo da Vinci once said “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Well, that means in order to achieve a certain level of simplicity, there must be an exact opposite level of complexity behind somewhere. Yup, and that’s exactly the case for the Gino’s Garden Olive. At first, it looks simple, natural and organic. And you thought “yeah, I think it’s quite easy to make, don’t you just mould it by hand?” Nope. In fact this uneven, random-shaped ceramic requires calculations and maths that only NASA scientists could understand. They want to do it that way just so the bottle looks exactly like a real olive … only bigger.
Project: Gino’s Garden Olive
Packaging by: Marios Karystios
Designed in Cyprus, produced in Greece, and enjoyed in Lebanon
Nozomi Sushi Bar. Emotional classic, rational comtemporary.
The name ‘Nozomi’, means a ‘fulfilled dream’, is given to one of the earliest Japanese high speed bullet trains that runs through the heart of Tokyo. Of course, this pioneering spirit of the engineering marvel has inspires millions of people and, unusually perhaps, the very existence of this sushi bar not in Japan, but in Spain.
Project: Nozomi Sushi Bar
Branding by: Masquespacio
Country: Valencia, Spain
Prototype No.1. Imperfection that adds personality.
A triangle, a square, a hexagon, and a circle. This is what it takes to make a brand true and simple. A pizzeria, a coffee shop, an atelier, and a book store. Combined to become the definitive prototype manifesto. Welcome to the (very friendly) Prototype No.1.
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Country: Istanbul, Turkey
