BigSky [Inspiration 2010]

BEAUTIFUL SPACES .2

Andre Hansen — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:53:43 +0000

Two photographs from my own home. I love beautifully crafted spaces and would say my style is Contemporary Luxurious with a dash of fantasy. More to follow soon.

LUXUS BRUT FONT

Andre Hansen — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:16:10 +0000

Luxus Brut breathes the spirit of hand lettered signage of the Fifties. It’s a formal script, inspired from a well concealed shop portal in Vienna/Austria. Large and distinctive capital letters (that won’t share the baseline with lowercase letters), wide spacing as well as a low x-height make it an excellent choice for posters, magazine headlines, logotypes, branding and any design that requires a touch of luxury and sensuality. This Open Type font comes equipped with endings, underlining swashes and a powerful contextual alternate feature. When used with OpenType-savvy applications (such as InDesign CS, Illustrator CS, Photoshop CS or XPress 7) it automatically chooses from three complete sets of capital characters and four sets of lowercase characters, ensuring perfect connections. Luxus Brut covers Western and Eastern European character sets including Baltic, Romanian and Turkish. 830 glyphs in total.

BOOKBOOK

Andre Hansen — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:07:01 +0000

Hard on the outside and padded on the inside, each handmade leather BookBook from Twelve South is actually a clever protective case for your MacBook Pro. Zip it up and the solid 80-buck wrapper looks like a vintage hardback instead of a thief-magnet. http://twelvesouth.com/products/bookbook

WEST IS BACK

Andre Hansen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:11:08 +0000

“Power” is the first single from American rapper Kanye West off of his fifth studio album Dark Twisted Fantasy. The song features singer Dwele and is co-produced by Kanye West and Symbolyc One. The song strongly features a sample of “21st Century Schizoid Man” by British progressive rock band King Crimson. Impressive video on his blog. Such a talented artist, just hope he got his act together and he stays out of trouble. Really looking forward to this one.

BEAUTIFUL SPACES

Andre Hansen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:48:16 +0000

I spotted these photos of a very white interior and thought it would be nice to share.

KRISTA KELTANEN

Andre Hansen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:33:53 +0000

The Scandinavian in me just couldn’t resist sharing these beautiful images from Finish photographer Krista Keltanen. Already a fan of Retro-Lofi photography, I am fascinated and inspired by her feel good style. Visit http://villasolbacka.blogspot.com for loads more.

D&G FALL CAMPAIGN 2010

Andre Hansen — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:54:54 +0000

The first images of Dolce & Gabbana’s new fall campaign featuring Madonna have been released. Photographed by Steven Klein in Harlem, the black and white pictures portray Madonna as a glamorized housewife—at the local market, at lunch with the family, with the baby in the bedroom, and with granny the seamstress. “It’s a testament that fashion is part of life and not vice versa,” said Domenico Dolce.

BREATHE EASY

Andre Hansen — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:36:45 +0000

Photography for 2010 professionals campaign. The product is indicated for the treatment of nasal symptoms of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis in adults and children six years of age and older.

FORM MINUS FUNCTION

Andre Hansen — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:24:46 +0000

It’s fair to say that type and ink only ever meet on a printed page. In this series of images, the two elements are presented to us in a way that is a little more unusual. Images of black and white ink in water are accompanied by small typographical letters to generate strange yet captivating forms that appear to float effortlessly in the air. A contemporary tribute to traditional methods of print. Absolutely beautiful.

RETRO-LOFI PHOTOGRAPHY

Andre Hansen — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:57:37 +0000

When I first saw Neil Krug’s work on Scott Hansen’s Blog it was like looking at some lost photo album. I didn’t quite know whether it was new trying to look old or just plain old. Done right, the retro-lofi style can be very powerful, and Krug executes to perfection. Apparently he starts off with expired Polaroid film to achieve this vividly psychedelic color palette. Artists in many mediums are turning back to more traditional methods and incorporating vintage technology into their process. The human eye craves authenticity and so often work that is purely digital falls short in sometimes imperceptible ways. Neil recently worked with artist Devendra Banhart, producing some interesting promotional photography that suits the singers style and genre. He also collaborated with model Joni Harbeck for a photography book entitled PULP BOOK.

WELCOME 2010

Andre Hansen — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:14:45 +0000

Welcome to the 2010 new look BigSky Advertising. We are starting fresh with brand new posts, a modern identity and tons of new ideas to inspire and educate. BigSky was started in 2008 as a platform for a group of creatives to create, inspire and involve each other. We are all professional, dedicated designers with a extreme passion for everything involved with the design process. BigSky is a daily design blog and community, run by Gauteng based designer, Andre Hansen, full of new design trends, news and events, great new music, great design portfolios, young design blood, design articles, photography, fashion, creative global advertising, architectural inspiration, cooking ideas, recipes, amazing motion design and special hand-picked international design stuff. We are a forward thinking design collaboration specializing in creating strong brands for our clients. Friends of BigSky has over fifteen years combined experience in Graphic Design, Advertising, Branding, Animation, Copywriting and Web Development. This is a creative platform to share all the things that inspires us with the world.