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above left: Inscriptions on the Gui bronze vessels; above right: Pictograms of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Photo and graphic courtesy of ARCOG
Graphic designers had to consider how to create a look that represented China, but also how to design images that would be attractive to an international audience, ARCOG (the Art Research Center for the Olympic Games) deputy director Hang Hai explains. (more…)
The Beijing Olympic Torch boasts strong Chinese characteristics, and showcases Chinese design and technical capabilities. It embodies the concepts of a Green Olympics, a High-tech Olympics and the People’s Olympics. (more…)
The Vascabarca-Barcavasca Tub, an unusual limited edition stone tub by French artists Anne and Patrick Poirier for Antonio Lupi of italy is a little dinghy....…
As you know, the 2008 Olympics are taking place in Beijing this year, beginning this week. What you may not know is that Nike designed…
The 2008 Olympiad games begin this week in Beijing and so I thought I’d take this opportunity to share with you some fun Olympic design history as well as some present Olympic design-related news all this week. Today we’ll start with the Olympic Posters, and the meaning behind the five rings. (more…)
Below are images from the "Plano" series by Dutch designer Egbert-Jan Lam (of buroJET) A collection of flat furniture that explores the relationship between Art…
Barnaby Barford is an artist whose produced works you've probably seen on blogs, in design magazines and in the hippest of stores. But as an…
To celebrate the 2008 Olympics, Lane Crawford, the Chinese luxury retailer, commissioned 12 fashion designers to each design a uniform for their favorite sport. The…
When I first learned of Maude Decor Rugs and Art by Patricia Baun (shown above), she simply had fabulous hand-painted canvas rugs which were first introduced in 2002. Those alone were worth a blog post. However, now the range has greatly expanded to include silk, flax and wool rugs, art prints, wall hangings and more– all graphic and colorful and unique. Even unusual collections inspired by Canadian Mountains and Constellations. (more…)