Design. Communication.Branding. Information. Political. Publicity. II

Barack Obama, Official Election Campaign Logo, USA.

Designed by Sender LLC and mo\de.

"The image remains memorable in the already teeming media landscape and distinguishes Barack Obama from the more traditional visual of his opponents."

Zoe Ryan

More about LLC:

http://senderllc.com/

Design. Communication. Branding. Information. Political. Publicity.

Brit Insurance Fashion Award 2009.

A Black Issue, July 2008, Italy.
Vogue Italy.

In july 2008, italian vogue dedicated an entire issue focussing on successful black womem.

The feedback was overwhelming. It coincided with the USA presidential and was at a time when american protest groups demonstrated about the lack of black models in the fashion industry.
Despite some critics view that this issue was just a "cynical sales campaign" distributed in a country still challenged by racism, most people felt it was a tribute to black people.

"This ground breaking issue propelled the debate around the absence of black models on magazine covers and in advertising campaigns into the public arena."

Alison Moloney.

More about Vogue, Black Issue:

http://jezebel.com/5024967/italian-vogues-all-black-issue-a-guided-tour

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/27/fashion.pressandpublishing

Narratives. Design as a tool. Experimental. Initiate debate. Storytelling.II

Composite Bench System, Spain. Designed by El Ultimo Grito.
"We Wanted to build up a new line to open up the market to more conceptual design."
Roberto Feo

"...the visual impact is two fold, the appearance is similiar to an upholstered Japanese Garden, with serene chiselled structural cushions in abstract relations to each other. Simultaneously when in use the organisation reveals itself to be a comfortable seating arrangement that also provides a place for objects to be placed, including bags, books or everyday items."

"A new typology in furniture....this is a mature piece of design from the experimental mind of designers El Ultimo Grito, it conveys an understanding of the importance of the visual presence."

Daniel Charny

More about El Ultimo Grito:

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/elultimogrito.html

http://www.eugstudio.com/

Narratives. Design as a tool. Experimental. Initiate debate. Storytelling.

Witness Flat series, Holland. Designed by Makkink & Bey.

(Design Museum, brit insurance.2009)

The witness flat series is presented as a family of furniture, with accessories made from Dutch wood and wool. Driven by the two aforementioned materials, the collection still varies in the methods of application.

" In a market recently flooded with expensive limited-edition work, this piece sits at the border where design and art meet, and has no relationship to production piece furniture, outside its references."

Caroline Roux

More about studio Makkink & Bey:

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/5894/studio-makkink-bey-pixelated-chair-at-milan-design-week-09.html

http://vernissage.tv/blog/2008/06/09/interview-with-rianne-makkink-and-jurgen-bey-contrasts-gallery-design-miami-basel/

Design Museum

Brit insurance, Designs of the year . Design Museum , London 2009
(http://www.designmuseum.org/)

Design -"designar, criar, projectar para um determinado fim com vista á resolução de um problema. "