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Down the drain with creativity

With everyone becoming a ‘graphic designer’ these days, the graphic design industry is getting more and more crowded. Clients are losing trust and think they know better than the professional because they’ve got a copy of Photoshop on their computer.

Aim here, Mr. Client

Speider Schneider wrote an interesting article about this ‘death on creativity’ on Processed Identity which I think everybody should read:

I needed my appendix removed so while being wheeled into surgery, I told the doctor I only budgeted $200 for the operation but if I liked his work, I had other organs he could remove down the line at a higher fee. I asked if he wouldn’t mind if I had a few people look over his work and make some suggestions on how he performed the operation. One of them was my 10 year-old son because he was a whiz at the game “Operation.” When I came to, I was in the gutter wearing nothing but a hospital gown and my appendix still rupturing.

Read more: http://processedidentity.com/article/that-dirty-word-creative/

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The works of Theo Aartsma

Theo Aartsma is a 27 year old graphic designer from the Netherlands. He’s currently working as an interaction/flash designer for TFE in Groningen. He mainly focusses on blending illustration and design, forming 3D illustrated typography works.

Theo AartsmaHer by Theo Aartsma

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Clockwork Love by Tjep

The Dutch design studio Tjep presented a collection of jewelry in the Gallery Ra in Amsterdam. The collection is called Clockwork Love. Clockwork Love is different “heart whims” through the use of free characters, addressing topics such as transience, passion, insecurity and desire.

TjepClockwork Love by Tjep

Read more: http://www.dailyartpress.com/2010/01/clockwork-love…

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Furniture Ball by Laurens van Wieringen

Laurens van Wieringen, born 1974 in Nijmegen the Netherlands, studied at the Arnhem Institute for the Arts. After this he continued his study in Product Design at the Royal College of Art in London for his master degree. He now has started his own design studio in Amsterdam.

His attitude towards design encourages startling and refreshing ideas. He is a defiant explorer of shapes and materials by using, inventing or twisting production methods.

One of his products that really stands out is the Furniture Ball. This Furniture Ball consists of five seat sections each with their own character, a lounge chair, a sort of cradle and rocking elements. Together they form a white sphere.

Laurens van WieringenFurniture Ball by Laurens van Wieringen

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Sneak peek into the home of Yvette Laduk

Dutch designer Yvette Laduk works and meets clients from her waterfront home, she lives inside her own portfolio. When she and her partner Bas de Boer, a contractor, first found this bungalow in Alphen aan de Rijn they knew it had potential.

Yvette LadukPhotography: Henny van Belkom

Read more: http://www.designspongeonline.com/2010/04/sneak-peek…

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Photos of the Netherlands

The Netherlands

It’s the country with most of it’s land below sea level, without any mountains, lots of reclaimed land from the sea, densely populated, liberal, with so much water, wind, bikes, birds, dykes, flowers, fish, polders, windmills, bridges, cheese and tall people. It’s that small orange country, the Netherlands.

In case you’re asking in what kind of inspirational environment all the Dutch designers live, here’s a quick view of some of the places and landscapes:

The Netherlands

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A Dutch Government identity design pitch

In autumn 2007, Koeweiden Postma pitched for a new logo and housestyle for the Dutch government. They made it to the final round but didn’t get the job. Here’s what we could have had:

Dutch Government

Read more: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/septem…

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The works of Martijn van Dam

Martijn van Dam is a 29 year old Dutch graphic designer from Amsterdam. He’s working as a graphic designer at Momkai, an independent interactive agency. In his free time, he creates amazing illustrations with Photoshop and Illustrator. The use of colours are excellent and the details in his works are just perfect.

Martijn van Dam

When working outside of his daytime job, Martijn goes by the name of ‘Super Silo‘. You can visit his portfolio at behance.net/supersilo

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The Bavaria redesign

Bavaria is a Dutch brewery founded in 1719 by Laurentius Moorees in Lieshout, North Brabant, and currently owned by the Swinkels family. The brewery produces a range of standard and low alcohol pale lagers under a variety of brand names including Bavaria and Hollandia.

Bavaria

In october 2009, Bavaria introduced a bold, cohesive new look for its range of beers that spans everything from the glass you drink it in to the crates you use to haul it home.

One of the main distinctions of the new look is its adoption of blue as the brand color, a decision probably aimed straight at gaining some territory against Heineken’s green.

Read more: http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives…

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The logos of Floris Voorveld

Floris Voorveld is a 24 year old freelance graphic designer from Nijverdal, The Netherlands. Floris studied at the Art Academy in Arnhem and has been fascinated by graphic design ever since. He specializes particularly in logo design and does most of his business through the internet.

Floris Voorveld

Floris has designed some amazing logos and I’m sure there will be many more to follow. For now, here’s a little overview of his logos:

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