If you’ve been anywhere outdoors in the Chicago area in the past five years, you have probably seen various signs and art pieces written with the phrase “You Are Beautiful” on it around the city which can be spotted in the neighborhoods of Rogers Park, Uptown, Andersonville, West Loop, Chinatown, and Ukrainian Village. This […]
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Wisdom.Applied Wednesday: Brands Get A Makeover
Yesterday, Google rolled out a complete overhaul of its logo to reflect the ever-evolving way in which users are accessing the company’s tools. For this week’s Wisdom.Applied Wednesday, Katie Schrantz takes a look at some other brands that have recently updated their logos, as well as the design trend that’s currently all the rage. […]
Throwback Thursday: Past Efforts Positioning Brazil as a Future Leader in Graphic Design
As a multicultural agency, we put a lot of stock in alternative perspectives on the world, especially in advertising. That’s why we were especially interested to hear the buzz around Brazil’s burgeoning graphic design industry, which is shaping up to be an influencer around the world. Shutterstock published an infographic on design trends in 2013 […]
Keep Calm and Read Funny Friday
You’ve seen it everywhere: that specific shade of red, that iconic 20th century typography and, of course, that timeless phrase—”Keep Calm and Carry On.” This WWII-era poster has become one of the most recognizable pieces of public art in recent history and has been transmuted into thousands of different forms with new colors, images and phrases […]
Throwback Thursday: The History of Art
Hey, Our Space readers! Welcome to Throwback Thursday where today we are tackling the topic, art and design. Those of you who have been around for awhile have often heard me say that regardless of our advances in technology, aside from any app or program that can aid the process, creativity and art can never […]
Two for Tuesday: Bottom Line of Art and Design
I want to take you on a rabbit trail. It seems to me that the best creative, the most interesting discoveries, often happen quite on accident. Such is the case with this Two for Tuesday. My assignment was to write an article about art and design. And it is. But then, it’s something else too. […]
Invisible Art
Sometimes the beauty of artwork lies in what we don’t see. For instance, Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” is more than an abstract city view. The piece is an impressionist painting that uses rich colors and imprecise strokes to convey emotion. It’s not something you see to understand, but something you feel. Having lived in Chicago […]
Two Artists for Tuesday
In this digital world where we are satisfied with the almost real – discovering art that does not have code as a part of its medium is hard to find. While I love digital art, computerized animation and photoshop in all of their glory, there is something pure about an artist with just a paintbrush […]
Creative Inspiration
So true—I always say—if it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would get done. Creativity cannot be forced, but you can prime the pump. One of my favorite ways to do that is to peruse the Internet and all its offerings. I have literally Googled, “Beautiful Pictures” before, wherein a flood of fabulous images from all […]