Signature is a book collection of patterns by Gond artists. The publisher notes, “Gond artists hail from Central India and work with an older tradition of drawing on walls and floors. Yet these artists mark their work as their own with carefully chosen patterns… each artist has invented his or her own distinct design, with particular meanings. This is their mark or ‘signature.’”
There are plenty of other examples of traditional Indian design on the same site, for examples old book covers here and here and folk art here and here.
Projection mapping is the technique of creating a piece of video designed to be projected in one specific location. Most examples tend to make use of 3D software to perfectly fit the images to their environment. The example above is by Superbien. Another really nice example here by Xavier Chassaing. Large companies are starting to use the technique, like BMW here. The creative possibilities have only started to be explored recently.
Daniel Eatock is an example of how a graphic designer’s questioning mind can be successfully applied into the world of conceptual art. He uses humour, brute-logic, coincidences, paradoxes to create simple but clever pieces of work that don’t fit into the traditional mold of what a graphic designer normally produces. His work is always based around an strong idea… form always follows function, yet often retains a child-like playfulness. Virtually all of the projects on his site are worth exploring.
Peter Callesen has an amazing collection of paper sculpture, mostly made with a solitary sheet of A4. Some are incredibly detailed but the simpler ones tend to work best. Rob Ryan creates beautiful artwork by hand cutting sheets of coloured paper.
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