Watch Out!

      It's a known thing that Soviet Russia was using posters as a means of propaganda etc. profusely. Their posters have a unique style to them in both visual style and the way of conveying message. I will share some Soviet accident prevention posters. They are quite different from the usual accident prevetion posters that people are used to see.
     Most of them are disturbing, but most probably that's why that they are so effective. I guess after seeing this one wouldn't dare not to be careful. I read somewhere that when this posters were around, there were actually very few accidents.


Hide the hair.

 
Don’t open the lid of the picker before the engine stops.

Don’t use your leg for taking off the belting.

Don’t leave anything without bracing.

Tie yourself working on steep roofs.

I was drunk at work.

Clinch the nails.

Don’t try with your finger if there is electricity.

Don’t walk under the transmission arbor.

Mini-mini-minimal

      It's clear that many logos-actually almost all of them, be it very famous or not, have evolved in time. They had to change, because people always change. One obvious thing is the crowded designs gave way to much simple designs that have much more negative space. And it's continuing to be like that, and will be.
      And why the designs becoming more and more simple? My opinion is that the time span of people looking things became much narrower, because people became very busy or lazy.
      So, Antrepo that is a multi-disciplinary design consultancy, made a project where they show more simple design solutions for some brand packaging. I think some of them works really well, but some of them are not working. For example transparent packages sustain very simple designs because everyone can see what's in it although they don't know the brand. But it's very different with opaque packages, some of them will be problematic. For example, in my opinion simple versions of Nesquik and Pringles packages doesn't work. I mean, one cannot ignore children, the actual target audience, and remove the Nesquik Bunny from the package; it would be cruel and boring to them.And there's this question? If the designs become minimal to the end, won't they become soulless and too generic?

In the Doll House

     Although I haven't wondered how Barbie and Ken would look like in real life, I learned that lots of people were wondering it. I realized that when I came across with this project "In the Doll House" by photographer Dina Goldstein. She did this project according to her new interpretation; Barbie and Ken are married but they're not happy, and it's very clear from the photos that Ken is homosexual which is a fun part that makes the photos hilarious actually =)
     Now I think about it, it's not surprising that Dina Goldstein thought of him as gay. I wouldn't and don't think him as gay but it's true that he doesn't give that much manly aura at all. I remember that in kindergarden, we girls would like to play with our male friends' Action Mans instead of Ken, so it kind of makes sense.

Food-Scapes

      To be honest I didn't have anything in my mind that I would like to share here. So I typed in Google "weird art" and started to search. As I did I saw some nice food art and decided to search it further. I found something spectecular: foodscapes. The works I'm going to share are done by Carl Warner, illustrator and photographer. There is something that I want to note about these works: I thought that they were done like collages in computer but actually he builds them with actual food then photographs what he built!

How about drawing in air too?

     For many many years lots of other mediums other than paper were introduced to art, be it crazy or rational . And now another one will be introduced: AIR. Actually it's just a part of the overall medium. So, how can somehing be drawn in the air? It will be probably not what you're thinking: It will be able to be done with a soon-to-be-going-into-the-market product 3Doodler. It's basically a 3D printing pen that have melted plastic inside. As you draw the plastic comes out from the pen , and with a integrated fan inside to cool the plastic, the plastic becomes hard and stays according to what and how you draw. It looks fun, and most probably can be very useful at some design branches. If it really comes out I think I will buy one :)
And here is a demonstration video: