Design Reviews

Design Reviews

Design Reviews featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Bank of England

One of the functions of the Bank of England is to print banknotes. The British Pound Sterling notes have different features that make them unique. The photography of the notes has been introduced as a part of a wider visual identity project, however, banknotes can be reproduced only following strict regulations. The photos, taken with a macro lens, depict security features, characters, and the beauty of their design. The images have been grouped into 3 categories: groups of notes, details, and abstract.

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Glitters

In this series Glitters, Lau King aims to experiment the irreversible and fascinating nature of sequin fabric and also explore the boundary and diversity of material and texture in the perspective from macro to micro by infusing her personal emotional influence on the ordinary functional object. With the additional human influence on it, the sequin fabric itself becomes a medium for abstract painting. The series is done with an experiment approach with uncertainty factors like fabric, color, lighting and intuition which create mysterious atmosphere by glitters and sparks.

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Sacred trees II

This is an expression of the spiritual essence of nature through photographs by illuminating those natural creations which are the oldest living organisms on the planet. The Animism Series is for the audiences to feel the warmth of nature and an exciting world of brightly lit illusion. These works are very unique and different from others because creating them requires one of the most difficult photography techniques, such as painting with several flashlights simultaneously at night in the dark.

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Future man

Greengold examines how futuristic presentations can be understood through color and clothing. Since the product mainly expresses the role of brain development, the element of astronauts is also considered. Clothing styles and accessories have also done a synthesis of the above research, using a lot of silver and blue for visual design

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Queen

The extended design is based on the concept of the queen and chessboard. With the two colors black and gold, the design is to convey the sense of high-class and reshape the visual image. In addition to the metal and gold lines used in the product itself, the element of the scene is constructed to set off the war impression of the chess, and we uses the coordination of stage lighting to create smoke and light of the war.

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Open your eyes

The stylistic device of the photography series is the plastic wrap, which is normally used by a painter. As seen, in that case it creates human or animal figures with wind and it's resistance. Which character is seen, depends on the viewers mind, therefore the title of the project is "open your eyes". Michael Liebert is a photographer who wants the viewers of his pictures to create shapes and figures for themselves. For the photographer the most helping resource is the viewers imagination because it has no limits.

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