September | 2009 | Swiss Legacy

Neuland – The Future of German Graphic Design

23-09-2009

Book, Graphic Design, Shopping, Typography

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German graphic design has undergone a dramatic metamorphosis in recent years. Young professionals and students have been demonstrating heightened technical skills and strong, individualistic styles.The emerging design generation has broken with cultural and geographical boundaries, entering the international arena and competing with cutting edge design icons worldwide. As the scope and depth of this exciting development has been under recognised, Neuland documents the future of German graphic design by presenting the best work of up-and-coming designers and design studios. This book compiles 500 pages of exciting ideas, never before seen experiments, self-initiated projects and commercial work from Germans working and studying at home and abroad, as well as non-Germans working and studying in Germany.

Learn more over at Twopoints.net and order it at Actar.

5 CMS tools to publish your portfolio

By: Xavier Encinas

23-09-2009

Portfolio

This is definitely not a typical post for Swiss Legacy, but since I receive a lot of emails about portfolios and you are you readers, I am sure, always looking for new, easy and nice way to publish your work without having the trouble of making your own website… The 5 CMS that I present below are very straightforward in terms of integration, although, you’ll have to get a little bit of dirt on your hands if you want it to look like you want.

Cargo

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Cargo, created by the team behind Space Collective, got a lot of buzz lately thanks to all the designers that chose this solution to showcase their work. More than just being a CMS tool, Cargo is also a community itself. Once you’re on Cargo you can follow other portfolio and vis-versa.

Installation: None. Cargo hosts your portfolio.
Price: Free (for now). By invitation only

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Stacey

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Stacey is an easier way to create a portfolio site. No database setup or installation files, simply drop the application on a server and it runs. Your content is managed by creating folders and editing text files. No login screens, no â€˜cmsâ€™.

Installation: Need PHP 5+, Apache (with mod_rewrite enabled), htaccess file support
Price: Free.

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Core CMS

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Core is a Content Management System (CMS) made with the designer in mind, someone who want to show off all their work with an easy updateable and customizable website without having to deal with databases, scripting and extensive php.

Installation: Need PHP 4+, Apache, htaccess file support
Price: Free.

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Indexhibit

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Indexhibit is a web application used to build and maintain an archetypal, invisible website format that combines text, image, movie and sound.

Installation: Need PHP 4+, Apache, htaccess file support
Price: Free

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Arlo/Artists

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Arlo is a suite of hosted applications tailored to specific use cases like running an art gallery, building your artist portfolio or growing your band’s audience. Arlo apps are designed to make it easy for just about anybody to create a good-looking and usable website that helps them run their business more effectively in just a few minutes.

The apps share an easy-to-use interface, flexible architecture and opinionated approach to web software.

Installation: None. Arlo hosts your portfolio.t
Price: 2 weeks Free then $100/year

The A From Outter Space – Atelier Aquarium

By: Xavier Encinas

23-09-2009

Graphic Design, Poster, Print

I just received an email from French, Lyon based, studio Atelier Aquarium.
A poster (600 x 400 mm) available on request by e-mail: contact@atelieraquarium.com

Created in 2006 in Lyon by JÃ©rÃ©mie Nuel & Simon Renaud, the Atelier Aquarium is a studio for multidisciplinary graphic design, managed by two artistic directors who graduated from the department of visual communication of the ecole superieure des arts decoratifs in Strasbourg. The studio has developed a great variety of artistic projects for a broad range of institutions, such as firms and associations and, in parallel, also provides custom-designed projects.

Arietta, process/specimen – Abi Huynh

By: Xavier Encinas

23-09-2009

Portfolio, Typography

I’ve been following the work of the very talented canadian designer Abi Huynh, and I have to say that every time a new piece land in his portfolio I am more and more impressed.

Arietta is my first serious text face, it is intended for short subject and non?fiction books, the family consists of a transitional roman with multiple text italics that provide modulating degrees of stylistic contrast from the roman. Arietta Book has a serious, unobtrusive and reserved tone while the three italic companions each produce a distinct character and textural density.

The process and specimen book shows the development and current status of the type family at the end of the Type and Media course, produced for the final examination.

(via Neusblog)