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Typography Graphics | Dockers Word Play

Written by Andrew Payne on April 7, 2010
Design, Fashion, Graphics

Current Dockers Khaki ads Seeing the new Dockers ads using typography in shapes reminded me of some graphics I worked on last year with an artist out of Wisconsin named Aaron Gilmore. Where the Dockers ads merely fill a space, Aaron’s approach is to alter the actual letters, in shape and weight, to create highs [...]

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Happy Easter

Written by Andrew Payne on April 4, 2010
Art, Graphics

Stan Chow – Chinky Afro Bunny I recently stumbled upon UK artist Stan Chow and his very cool illustrations and was so happy to find the above piece just in time for Easter!  Finding more of his work though, I just couldn’t keep myself to stay within the “holiday theme”. So, here you go…

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Silhouettes

Written by Andrew Payne on March 21, 2010
Computers, Design, Film, Graphics

Alfred Hitchcock and Carey Grant The beauty of silhouettes is how your mind fills in the missing elements. The tricky thing about creating effective silhouettes is deciding what to take away and what essential details to leave behind. Or in the case of the above photo of Alfred Hitchcock and Carey Grant, the subject matter [...]

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Mid-Century Seed Sack Graphics

Written by Andrew Payne on March 12, 2010
Graphics, USA, Vintage

Capital Brand Red Clover & Northland Seeds Not that these have the nostalgic quality of the Depression Era feed sacks from an earlier post , but the bold branded graphics are great.  These are mid century 1900′s, most likely from the late 1950′s-early 1960′s, all farm crop seeds.

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