French Graffiti Artist Nelio transforms grey urban walls all over the world with these abstract spray painted masterpieces. His work is Graffiti rooted but incorporates elements of art history, illustration, lettering, architecture and graphic design. We like how the walls become part of the art along with his beautiful use of colour and composition. Check his Flickr page out for much more.
Patternbank brings you the key print highlights from the recent London Fashion Week catwalk shows. In this first instalment we’ve edited down the strongest print trend highlights for Spring/Summer 2013. Watch out for Part 2 which will follow shortly. Also keep an eye out for our print highlight report on the Milan and Paris Shows which we will also be covering here at Patternbank.
Antoni and Alison photos via Fashionising.com
Matthew Williamson photos via Fashionising.com
Mary Katrantzou photos via Fashionising.com
Preen photos via Style.com
Antoni and Alison photos via Fashionising.com
Aminaka Wilmont photos via Fashionising.com
Giles photos via Fashionising.com
These entrancing colourful symmetrical patterns are the work of Romanian graphic artist Ania Greog. Greog’s work was first inspired by mandalas, which she discovered through the work of Swiss psychologist Carl Jung. Ania started to experiment and develop her individual graphic style during her studies in psychology at university. Patternbank love the way she plays with intricate geometric forms to create a powerful mix of colour and pattern. See more of her work on her tumblr site.
These incredible maps of the Mississippi River were created in 1944 by Cartographer Harold Fisk. In great detail he mapped the twisting and changing path of the river over time in these swirling rainbow colours. The result is the most amazing set of infographics presented in a beautiful way. The high resolution files can be downloaded from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
These beautiful infographics, created by Michael Paukner is data visualisation at it’s very best. He takes obscure facts and data such as ’Swine Flu Mortality’, ‘Circular Periodic Table of Elements’ and ‘Mayan Interdimensional Star Map’ to name but a few and presents them in this clean, refined and informative way. For many more of these fascinating visualisations head over to his popular Flickr Gallery.
Field notes goes vintage in this release of their 14th season limited edition book collection. Field Notes co-founder Aaron Draplin has been collecting these forgotten memo books for years, “rescuing them” from obscurity. Patternbank love Draplin’s creative energy for the graphic past and how he see’s it inspire new generations of graphic designers. Check out Draplin’s short video that shows a brief snapshot of his unique passion for unearthing forgotten graphic gems.
Luggage labels are fascinating bits of history from the golden age of travel, roughly the 1900′s to 1960′s. During this time these labels were used by hotels and airlines as advertising and eagerly applied to steamer trunks, suitcases and all sorts of luggage. Today, these same labels are highly desirable and sought after by collectors all over the world. Many of the designs were produced by some of the best poster designers from the golden age of travel like Roger Broders, Jan Lavies and Mario Borgoni. Check out ‘Art of the Luggage Label‘ on Flickr for hundreds more of these fascinating Labels.
