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While outdoor activities may not be an option due to the cold, it's a great time to enjoy video games and have a look at THE RITE by Ulyana Maslakova The Rite is a first-person horror video game that draws inspiration from themes and motifs of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printing. 🎮 the plot A small mountain village used to prosper as long as the oath given to the local deity was kept. The day the villagers break their promise, the sky turns red, and mysterious creatures emerge from the woods. 🔗explore the project #daily_design / #daily_art

⭐add to favourites: holiday movie collection   → discover our selection of holiday movies in different genres showcased through poster localizations 🎞 🔗more archival posters #daily_art

HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎁 → enjoy the festive gift cards by HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL students and stay for more exciting content in 2024💫 🖊designed by Natalia Listomirova, Kristina Khomchenko, Maria Krasina, Varya Soinova, Anna Rogovets, and Anastasia Kashina #daily_art

GUIRLANDE🎄 by JACQUEMUS Immersing in the holiday spirit with Jennie Ruby Jane and the puppies 🐶 #daily_fashion

DAFES PROJECTOR🔦 shares an archival interview with Oded Ezer, a Tel Aviv-based typographer and design educator.  

Commercial projects often look experimental. Experimental ones can be something you can sell if you want. But I think that you can't live with just one aspect — if you neglect the commercial side, you lose touch with what we call graphic design.

  🔗read the full interview and check out some of the projects mentioned by Oded: biotypography → unifying letterforms and biological systems to create new typographical phenomena, Hebrew and Latin typo-ants 🐜 original design flag💡→ what happens when you come up with somebody else’s idea without even knowing it? 🎞 memory palace → eight short silent typographic videos, in which 20 leading designers bring alive Hari Kunzru’s work of fiction.

DOT.FONT TYPE SYSTEM by Oded Ezer

a font intended for a generation that prefers viewing to reading

🔗DOT.FONT enables the integration of text and video in a visual manner, where they are presented as equals, ensuring perfect synchronization between the video and text. → In a paraphrase of minimalist art, this type system organises its environment and defines it as a terrain with minimal elements. → The letters aim for universal expression, free from cultural or historical associations, and without evoking specific emotions or feelings. 🎧tune in to a podcast featuring Oded Ezer discussing typography, technology, mythology, and beyond #daily_design

#daily_fashion by Alice Dodds, a makeup artist and creative director based in London, working worldwide → her signature style draws from a background in painting and design with a special attention to characters and ideas prevalent in British iconography and culture 🔗learn more about the artist

#dafes_follows Blatant Space → a digital artist who challenges the paradigms between art and digital spaces

The characters brought-to-life through his experimentations with DALLE-E, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme and text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, software the creator credits as helping him to push the boundaries of what is possible in terms of image generation and manipulation.

🔗read more about the artist #daily_art

#daily_design with a touch of post-punk and European rave core by WIDEWORLD WORLDWIDE ⬆️a graphic designer from the Netherlands with a mysterious persona #dafes_follows

#daily_design Rap, New Russian poetry. Book One. Husky by Elizaveta Piskunova The first book analyses linguistic units that represent spiritual search in the texts of the Russian rap artist Dmitry Kuznetsov (aka Husky). 🪶Husky’s poems are written with the tonic system of versification, used in Old Russian prayer books before the reforms of Lomonosov and Trediakovsky. Surprisingly, trendy music that breaks common patterns returns to the origins of Russian poetry, exposing its essence. 🔗explore the project

#dafes_follows Polina Osipova 🦪 As a visual artist, Polina brings attention to Chuvash culture in her work by blending pre-revolutionary ethnographic images of Chuvash women with a reinterpretation of their jewellery.   → Polina's accomplishments include features in Vogue Russia, a collaborative project with Gucci, and a solo exhibition at 🔗London's Hoxton Gallery. In her art, she explores themes of mysticism and wilderness with a drop of contemporary pop cultural references, incorporating symbolic creatures such as wolves and Chuvash forest spirits. #daily_art

#daily_art by Alex Khabbazi (Kbar) Alex is known for blending traditional and modern techniques in his work. → the NINE LIVES poster has gained recognition in the UK, being listed as a bestseller in several major artwork stores 🔗 learn about Alex's professional shift from architecture to graphic design #dafes_follows

Bean jewellery Brand of Modern Amulets by Anastasiya Bobkova

Come on and be my little good luck charm

— a line from an Elvis Presley song describing the idea behind the project 🫘 The Bean is a jewellery brand that explores the revival of naïve faith in the magical power of amulets in the modern world. 🔗see the project in detail #daily_design

To acknowledge Miu Miu's achievements this year, #dafes_follows Lotta Volkova, the fashion stylist in charge of the majority of the brand's campaigns. Coming from Novosibirsk, she graduated from London’s Central Saint Martins and is now working with brands such as Vetements, Balenciaga, Blumarine, Jean Paul Gaultier, and others. Her unique aesthetic is influenced by post-Soviet street culture, alt-punk, and fetishism — this combination has proven to be highly influential in recent fashion seasons. 🔗take a look at the interview where Lotta reflects on her childhood in Russia and discusses the factors that shaped her creative vision

🥼Miu Miu was named the most popular brand of 2023 worldwide by the Lyst Index.   Established in 1992 by Miuccia Prada, Miu Miu draws its name from the founder's family nickname. The brand made its public debut in 1993 with a collection that celebrated a cowgirl aesthetic, featuring stylish fringed suede jackets and patchwork prairie skirts. Today, the brand frequently experiments with utilitarian ’90s minimalism and part-futuristic uniforms.   → have a look at the recent MIU MIU LIVE! FW23 advertising campaign👀  

A place between real time and time to come, between transient, democratic spaces in shades of grey—an airport? a TV studio?—and the notion of movement everywhere and nowhere.

  #daily_fashion

#dafes_follows Nadine Toussaint (@studiotoussaint) If you appreciate German electronic music, chances are you've come across Nadine's cover design for the underground music duo Brutalismus 3000🪩 Originally coming from Luxembourg and now based in Berlin, Nadine Toussaint specializes in brand identities, editorial designs, cover designs, and poster designs, placing a strong emphasis on typography. Nadine’s passion for type has been the catalyst for her visual storytelling, a design vision that developed during her time studying communication design at university. Later on, she began taking on projects for music labels, producers, and clubs. 🔗read the article on Nadine’s work by TYPE01 mag

🪄to: burn, to: love | multimedia project about mental health by Elizaveta Firsova Intense feelings are often perceived as unnecessary and shameful, prompting people to conceal them. Elizaveta’s project aims to confront these emotions and acknowledge their significance by creating a series of nine items, each related to a specific emotion, and providing instructions on coping mechanisms to serve a therapeutic purpose. → learn about the project in detail #daily_design

Theatre Magdeburg: premier posters by Neue Gestaltung   Founded in 1995 by Pit Stenkhoff and Eva Wendel, Neue Gestaltung is a design studio based in Berlin.   → take a look at one of their most distinctive series: Magdeburg's theater posters 👀   The designers sought to create a format that adopted a straightforward and flexible formula with bold illustrative elements.   🔗explore the new-era identity of the TM #daily_design

#daily_art ME-SKIN: a video portrait of my relationship with femininity by Аlena Saakian   The project incorporates two mediums: sound and video, each telling a separate story. The video explores the author's present state, while the sound delves into an abstract, resonating experience.   A new meaning is formed as the author puts video and sound in a dialogue to define the concept of the feminine through her interaction with the shell dress. Alena gives it a form right before distancing herself from it.   → the story of loss is segmented into three acts:   I. the fetus' development in the womb II. its separation from the mother III. its ongoing existence.   🔗explore more contemporary art on our platform💫

⚡Typoapocalypse Digital Art Exhibition by Anastasiya Zelenkevich The exhibition draws inspiration from zombie movies, using visual metaphors to explore the tension between order and disorder in typographic design. It challenges the traditional purpose of fonts and layouts, pushing the boundaries of readability and legibility in an apocalyptic context. 🔗see the project in detail #daily_design