The Whiteboard http://www.whitespace.hk/blog Whitespace Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:25:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 brothers & goats http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/design/brothers-goats/ http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/design/brothers-goats/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:25:35 +0000 michell http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/?p=2296 For those who read The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhanttanites Became Gentlemen Farmers should know these two special guys who have started the Beekman shop. Their soap are wonderful by designs, ideas and intentions. Their logo is awesome.

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]]> http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/design/flat-lighting/feed/ noma bar: playing with negative space http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/design/noma-bar-playing-with-negative-space/ http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/design/noma-bar-playing-with-negative-space/#comments Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:00:47 +0000 veronique http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/?p=2270 Israeli graphic designer, Noma Bar, cleverly plays between positive and negative spaces in his illustrations.

There is more to his graphics than meets the eye as Bar adds a comical touch to topics like religion and politics.

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Now, who wants more?

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]]> http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/design/purr/feed/ OMD http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/design/omd/ http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/design/omd/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:54:59 +0000 michell http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/?p=2252 “Enola Gay you should have stayed at home yesterday…” this is one of my OMD’s favorite.  This latest  album cover design is done by Peter Saville.

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]]> http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/products/cinq-design/feed/ richard avedon: darkness and light http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/fashion/richard-avedon-darkness-and-light/ http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/fashion/richard-avedon-darkness-and-light/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:30:14 +0000 admin http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/?p=2240

We love Richard Avedon.

]]> http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/fashion/richard-avedon-darkness-and-light/feed/ the toast art picasso http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/food/the-toast-art-picasso/ http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/food/the-toast-art-picasso/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:54:32 +0000 angie http://www.whitespace.hk/blog/?p=2224 Renowned for using ‘flame as a paintbrush’, the Kiwi artist Maurice Bennett succeeded in developing his very own style - Toast Art. He creates exceptional artworks and portraits in use of toast as a medium. The creations of this ‘Toast Art Picasso’ are now exhibited in K11 Art Mall until September 5th.

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