GenCept | Addicted to Designs: June 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Photography Inspiration by Chris Knight

Chris Knight is a photographer from Wiesbaden, Germany. He moved to the US when he was young and currently lives in North Miami Beach. Chris attended college at the illustrious University of Central Florida where he majored in Broadcast Journalism - a degree that his mother wishes he would have stuck with. Chris also is Justin Maller's friend and you will notice that the photos that Justin uses for his creations are from Chris.

Stylish Illustrations by Bruno Fujii

Bruno Fujii is a graphic designer and illustrator from São Paulo, Brazil and he was one of our first featured artists here on Abduzeedo. He also in 2007 gave away a series of prints of his beautiful 2007 calendar which was super popular. Now Bruno has just updated his website and portfolio and because of that he deserves another post featuring his new work.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Wallpaper of the Day - by Vlad Gerasimov

Inspiration can be received by various things, from an eye view of a leaf floating in still water or perhaps a capture of a moment or scenery on your Desktop Wallpaper. Bored of watching the same old desktop wallpaper, get yourself refreshed by lively and a workable environment by adding some colors and shades of grey to your desktop. In this series of post you will find creative desktop wallpaper related to art, photoshop, wallpaper-illustration, abstract design and other great type of wallpaper "Every Day" including nature and amazing Video Game Remake Wallpaper.

The Creepy Art of Human Bones by François Robert

François Robert is a photographer renowned for both his commercial and fine art photography work. Since he always had a fascination with bones, once spending five weeks photographing skulls in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, he decided to take some of his free time caused by the recession of 2007 and trade in his skeleton for a collection of 206 loose bones.

10 Deadly Gorgeous Bedrooms Design

With the craze of graphic design, observing pictures is one thing we do most. We recently went around plucking bedroom pictures. And while doing that we fell. Not literally, but fell in love with some of these gorgeous ones we came across.

Architect Day: Studio Kalamar

Andrej Kalamar is the architect behind the Slovenian office Studio Kalamar, prized for their unique designs with wise use of color and different material combinations, resulting in an unusual architecture of very high quality both formally and functionally.

MWM Graphics: Stylish and Colorful Artworks

Matt W. Moore is the guy behind MWM Graphics, a design and illustration studio based in Portland, Maine. Matt started painting and drawing throughout graffiti and murals and today he works across multiple disciplines, from colorful digital illustrations in his signature “Vectorfunk” style, to freeform watercolor paintings, and massive aerosol murals. His pieces are pretty stylish, the lines, forms and colors create really interesting and eye catching artworks.

Monday, June 28, 2010

30 Amazing Night Time Photography

Night time brings a new level of peace, quiet and beauty. In some places, people substitute the missing daylight by extravagant lighting. In others, darkness itself allows objects to shine the way they never could during the day. Such amazing views are best depicted by the art of photography. So we have extracted some of the many beautiful night shots done by talented photographers. We hope these pictures along with their stunning effects and techniques will give inspirations to both night lovers and photo addicts.

The Perfect Office #43

We've seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we'll assemble a perfect office, and we'd like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Architect Day: Denton Corker Marshall

John Denton, Bill Corker and Barrie Marshall founded this magnificent Australian office with headquarters in Melbourne, Jakarta and London who have already completed projects in 20 different countries. With a distinct architectural language they became one of the most sought after offices in the world.

Wallpaper of the Week #106 - Mayheam

The wallpaper of this week is from Mayheam, a young digital artist from Virginia, US. Mayheam has some very beautiful wallpapers on his deviantART page, and as usual we highly recommend that you check his site out.

Beautiful Houses: Villa-K in Nagano

The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful house and stay tuned for more... This week, we present you the amazing Villa-K.

Stunning Illustrations by Enkel Dika

Monday is here and I couldn't think about a better thing to post today than my favorite subject: illustration! Some time ago I've found this amazing artist, Enkel Dika, who makes awesome art.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Wallpaper of the Day - by Matej Toman

Inspiration can be received by various things, from an eye view of a leaf floating in still water or perhaps a capture of a moment or scenery on your Desktop Wallpaper. Bored of watching the same old desktop wallpaper, get yourself refreshed by lively and a workable environment by adding some colors and shades of grey to your desktop. In this series of post you will find creative desktop wallpaper related to art, photoshop, wallpaper-illustration, abstract design and other great type of wallpaper "Every Day" including nature and amazing Video Game Remake Wallpaper.

Inspiring Posters by Mariano Garcia Cruz

Mariano García Cruz is an art director, graphic designer and illustrator from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria but current based in Barcelona, Spain. His work is full of colors and with a style mixing vector illustrations with drawings, like we see on the PingPongShop Poster.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Cyber Future by Benedict Campbell

Every time we run into photoshop manipulations we get super animated to share them with you. We love it all, from abstract to specific themes, such as Sci-Fi! We've found some awesome pieces for you.

Beautiful and Funny Illustrations by Tokyo Go Go

Greg Darroll is a digital artist, graphic designer and illustrator from Durban, South Africa. A friend showed me some of his works just the other day and it is impressive how beautiful designs can make your especially when we see nice & funny illustrations like these from Tokyo Go Go.

Best of the Week #125

It's time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and architecture designs, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we've selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what's going on out there!

Friday, June 25, 2010

Wallpaper of the Day - by Abbabeffy

Inspiration can be received by various things, from an eye view of a leaf floating in still water or perhaps a capture of a moment or scenery on your Desktop Wallpaper. Bored of watching the same old desktop wallpaper, get yourself refreshed by lively and a workable environment by adding some colors and shades of grey to your desktop. In this series of post you will find creative desktop wallpaper related to art, photoshop, wallpaper-illustration, abstract design and other great type of wallpaper "Every Day" including nature and amazing Video Game Remake Wallpaper.

Le Cirque Des Couleurs by SlashTHREE

SlashTHREE, one of our favorite collectives out there has a new exhibition, their 14th to be more precise, and it's called “Le Cirque Des Couleurs”. The theme invited the artists to not only to explore their brighter and more vibrant side but also to create free flowing, abnormal, 'circus' like imagery. They also created massive typographical collaboration in which volunteers from the collective created pieces of art based around a letter of their choosing, which is called “Le Grand Cirque Des Couleurs”.

Metal Makes Everything Better

We don't do this often, but musical posts are so needed from time to time. For me, music is an essential part of designing, since I just can't work without listening to something. And if you are into metal, it makes your workflow much more badass.

Inspiring Shapes from Dutch Architecture Photography

In this post you will see a beautiful and very inspiring series of Dutch Architecture photography by the photographer Allard Schager. These photos bring you both sides of the Dutch architecture, the old and the new, the classic and the modern, full of incredible shapes and patterns it's a world of inspiration.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

The Perfect Office #42

We've seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we'll assemble a perfect office, and we'd like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Wallpaper of the Week #105 - Rik Oostenbroek

The wallpaper of this week is an amazing image created by Rik Oostenbroek called Waiting for a better day, this design is part of the DephtCORE Eve Chapter.

Beautiful Houses: White Perrin in North Bruny Island

The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful house and stay tuned for more... This week, we present you the beautiful White Perrin house.

The Work of Rory Kurtz

Rory Kurtz has been illustrating since he was old enough to hold a crayon. Self-taught and focusing in pencil, ink, and digital paint, Rory has carved out his niche as a unique voice in the illustration community.

Beautiful Lamps by Martinelli Luce

Lamps are a great piece of furniture and I really love them! I believe that by having a beautiful lamp in a room you can actually give it a unique look. From retro, modern or clean designs, there are tons of models for you to choose from to give your place an unique touch. Browsing around checking some lamps (yes, I like to do that), I found some beautifully designed ones from Martinelli Luce and decided to share them here with you. These are really beautiful pieces that for sure can give your place a nice touch! Check it out.

Funky Retro Illustrations by Roberlan

Roberlan Borges Paresqui is an illustratror from Brazil that loves to bring back that retro funky feeling on his illustrations. Along with that every piece has a bit of sense of humor as he illustrates such characters as Obama, Bush, Jim Morrison and much more. Check it out.

Fantastic Wall Paintings

It's really awesome when you're walking down the street and run into a great piece of street art. Even greater when it's enormous, covering a big wall... and there's some wall paintings out there that really stand out.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Best of the Week #124

It's time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and architecture designs, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we've selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what's going on out there!

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Beautiful and Functional Birkenhead Library via Archoffice

This kind of materials combination is often a great choice and almost always delivers beautiful result: wood, bricks and glass. Of course that the architects talent has a considerable part on the projects result, but here we have nothing to say. Archoffice did a great job on the Birkenhead Library and Civic Centre, at New Zealand.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Horizons, Architectural Photos by Bruno Cals

Horizons, a series of architectural photographs by Brazilian photographer Bruno Cals, will be on view at 1500 Gallery from May 6-July 31, 2010. The six photographs in the exhibition are part of a personal artistic project that Cals, a well-known fashion/advertising photographer based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been working on since 2008.

Architect Day: Archea Associati

A great Italian architecture firm; born in Florence and now with offices in more than five different cities. With major projects since the late 80s, they have presented works of high quality, various types and functions, but always with unique solutions.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Wonders of Nature: Enchanted Pathways

This is the first post of our on the wonders of nature where we’re going to showcase only breathtaking images of many talented photographers. In the collection below we are showcasing the tree-lined lanes that are full of magic and light. These pathways are a great analogy for the journey of our lives, there are many sad and happy moments, but what really matters is that we keep walking and learning throughout the way, the beauty of life lies in enjoying the voyage not only the destination.

Wallpaper of the Day - by Theo Aartsma

The wallpaper of the day is a design created by Theo Aartsma called Eve Of Happiness. Theo is a freelancer graphic designer and illustrator, he is also one of the mighty designers behind DEPTHCORE and EVOKE.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Fresh Digital Illustrations by Richard Roberts

Richard Roberts just updated his portfolio with some fresh new digital illustrations to make anyone jealous of his work. For those who don't know Richard is a freelance illustrator and artist, currently based in Milwaukee, USA. Richard specializes in digital illustration and photo manipulation, but is a very diverse artist using an array of different styles, and works on a wide variety projects. He is represented by AA REPS. If you have a project or idea that would be suitable for him, he'd love to hear from you.

The Perfect Office #41

We've seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we'll assemble a perfect office, and we'd like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Wallpaper of the Week #104 - Deméter by Drfranken

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by DrFranken. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Salamanca in 1998. drfranken lives and works in Madrid, Spain. For many years he experimented with different techniques and mediums. Now he concentrates on digital art and he work as a computer programmer in engineering.

Best of the Week #123

It's time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and architecture designs, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we've selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what's going on out there!

33 Beautiful Examples of Sunrise Photography

Sadly, the most beautiful part of the day occurs before many people wake up, but thank goodness there are those early rising photographers. They’re willing to set the alarm clock a bit early in order to capture the beauty of a sunrise so others can see. In this post, we’ve rounded up 33 beautiful examples of sunrise photography. Hopefully, these photographs will help inspire you.

Wallpaper of the Day - by WeGraphics

Inspiration can be received by various things, from an eye view of a leaf floating in still water or perhaps a capture of a moment or scenery on your Desktop Wallpaper. Bored of watching the same old desktop wallpaper, get yourself refreshed by lively and a workable environment by adding some colors and shades of grey to your desktop. In this series of post you will find creative desktop wallpaper related to art, photoshop, wallpaper-illustration, abstract design and other great type of wallpaper "Every Day" including nature and amazing Video Game Remake Wallpaper.

Nike Football – Write the Future, ad campaign for world cup

With the Football Worldcup, sport brands unveil their new ad campaign. Today it’s the “Write the Future” from NIKE Football, around football players Ronaldo, Robinho, Rooney, Drogba and Ribery.

Marvellous Wall Paintings And 3-D Street Art

Art grabs your attention whether it is displayed on paper or another material. As long as it conveys its message the right way, it will inspire people, irrespective of the canvas. Wall painting is one of these media of inspiring art that has attracted people since day one. Wall paintings are popular all over the world, and its popularity is increasing day by day as evidenced by its prevalence on houses, offices, exhibitions, restaurants and other buildings. Here, we present beautiful examples of wall paintings, wall illustrations and 3-D street paintings.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

35 Truly Dramatic Examples of Animal Photography

Sometimes we take wildlife pictures that we see in books and magazines for granted; seldom does it give you the impressions that they were taken easily. The truth is, photographing animals (especially in wildlife) is very involved, such a moment could only be told through some timely amazing shots. For someone who loves animals, photographing them can be both very fulfilling and frustrating at the same time. Excellent animal photography requires experience, knowledge and patience.

Wallpaper of the Day - by Smashmethod

Inspiration can be received by various things, from an eye view of a leaf floating in still water or perhaps a capture of a moment or scenery on your Desktop Wallpaper. Bored of watching the same old desktop wallpaper, get yourself refreshed by lively and a workable environment by adding some colors and shades of grey to your desktop. In this series of post you will find creative desktop wallpaper related to art, photoshop, wallpaper-illustration, abstract design and other great type of wallpaper "Every Day" including nature and amazing Video Game Remake Wallpaper.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Beautiful Houses: House in the Woods in Mexico

The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful house and stay tuned for more... This week, we present you this beautiful house in the woods.

Wallpaper of the Day - by Electricmanja

Inspiration can be received by various things, from an eye view of a leaf floating in still water or perhaps a capture of a moment or scenery on your Desktop Wallpaper. Bored of watching the same old desktop wallpaper, get yourself refreshed by lively and a workable environment by adding some colors and shades of grey to your desktop. In this series of post you will find creative desktop wallpaper related to art, photoshop, wallpaper-illustration, abstract design and other great type of wallpaper "Every Day" including nature and amazing Video Game Remake Wallpaper.

Breathtaking Pictures of Africa

It definitely the most beautiful continent in our little planet... the wildest of them all, Africa is getting some attention thanks to this year's World Cup at South Africa, but we really hope that it gets more than just plain attention. We hope for major problems solving.

Digital Illustrations by OnlyMilo

Juan Carlos, AKA OnlyMilo over DeviantArt is an illustrator from Granada, Spain. Juan has some beautiful digital illustrations on his portfolio, from superheros like Batman, his favorite one, to witches and of course some western other subjects.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Outstanding Scenery Drawings

Unlike the old days where every drawing was done on the paper with pencil or pen, this selection brings the best of digital drawing. Sceneries that only exist in imagination are brought to life with beautiful lines and colors. Check out this selection!

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