The Weekly Nugget
In this week’s nugget we are taking you all the way to outer space! Curious? Read on:
1. The Mechanical Watch
Creative technologist Bartosz Ciechanowski teaches step by step the ingenious workings of the mechanical watch. An interactive story meticulously recreating the inner mechanisms using WebGL and JS. It blew our minds! The clock time is even adjusted to your actual time too 🤯
Next we go from function to form:
2. Camile Walala
An incredibly bold illustrator with a very particular style full of geometric shapes and color with lots of influences from the Bauhaus and the Memphis Group. Her work encompasses full-facade murals, immersive 3D installations, street art, interiors and set design — characterised by a fusion of bold colours and playful geometric patterns. Tasty!
Next we go from form to feel:
3. The Asian Creators Index
Even if we are all “global designers” The creativity coming out of Asia seems to take a different approach to certain visual solutions. Design Studio Anak has built an incredible index of some of them. To the 347 page Index . To the Instagram.
Next we go from feel to motion:
4. KOKO
Dixon Baxi rebrands the iconic London music venue and turns the logo into a ticking clock to encapsulate the anticipation of waiting for a show. Find out more on DixonBaxi’s site.
Next we go from motion to stillness:
5. The Ambient Machine
Yuri Suzuki’s new sound device highlights the background noise of our daily lives and gives us an opportunity to pay attention to the sounds around us. By flipping the first row of switches, you can choose from a range of sounds, from wave sounds, ambient music to white noise. The second row lets you control volume, while the third applies sound effects, the final row lets you alter the speed. Read more on Creative Boom.
People became conscious about the sound surrounding them, so I started to think about the importance of ambience,” Says Yuri. “I also thought it would be good to create a sound conditioner, in the same way, we use an air conditioner.”
Next we go from stillness to outer space:
6. Logos from space!
Rooftop solar panels are giving companies like Tesla, Target, and Disney a way to supersize their branding. Solar arrays are growing into an unexpected marketing canvas — and satellite photography could become the next frontier in branding. Read more in Fast Co.
Lastly we go from outer space to cyberspace:
7. Config kicked off
Figma’s virtual conference Config was live 10/11 May. Some big updates from Figma were announced in their opening keynote. Highlights included: absolute positioning for auto-layout and negative spacing for items, variable type support, individual strokes on objects, component’s can have set properties to keep design systems leaner and also there’s Dark Mode. Recordings of all 100+ sessions are expected to be on their YouTube around a week after they were aired.
Annnnnnd that’s all folks! Until next week, ciao! 👋
Psst! If you liked some of these things then perhaps you’re our new coworker? As one of Sweden’s fastest-growing and most profitable strategic branding and design companies, we’re on a hiring spree.
