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For my advanced final coursework project, we chose to create a music video for one of our favourite songs. The Colour Violet lyrically presents themes of lost love, infidelity and free spirits. I started off by creating mood boards from Pinterest imagery to visually guide us, as we built our storyline/shot list and location scouted.  

Our product represents teenage toxic relationships and how technological convergence has redefined what cheating is, how accessible it is. Normalizing hook-up culture and toxic tendencies. According to 2016 research by Statistic Brain, 57 percent of men and 54 percent of women admitted to committing infidelity in every relationship they have had. Applications now have features that conceal infidelity, for example the password protected my eyes only feature and disappearing messages on Snapchat. I wanted to show how growing up on Phuket Island in the international school community that’s predominantly wealthy, with little to no law enforcement creates this cultural and societal pressure to constantly go out partying, dress a certain way and do drugs.  

 Stereotypically, the man is the toxic person and more likely to cheat in relationships, but we wanted to showcase the opposite of that by having our main character/muse also be toxic. I wanted it to be unexpected, presenting her as almost angelic then contrasting with manipulative tendencies. 

Whilst Zoe is the more prominent than her co-star Alex, rather than objectifying her in a male gaze like fashion, I wanted it to come across as Alexs's point of view. We see Zoe through his rose-coloured glasses at first, showing viewers just how blind love can make you. 

The key element I have been working on as the creative/art director/editor/stylist/pr, is cohesive memorable visuals. Making sure a cohesive aesthetic is shown consistently. Our main visual is Zoe, our main female character. The camera favours her in our video, she appears on merchandise, the website and our Instagram account constantly.  

One of my key artistic influences for building our brand was Andy Warhol. Being aware of the ephemeral nature of celebrity in society, Warhol worked to establish a strong public persona by developing his own "brand,” and thus cultivating his own celebrity. I have always been fascinated by pop culture and fame. With technology and social media rapidly developing now any of us can create our own brand, our own compelling public image. It's become a viable career option now to post your looks and lifestyle online multiple times a day. Andy Warhol paved the way for the self-obsession that’s very prominent today. He made himself an icon, just like we all can now with the phones in our pockets. Therefore, I decided to make Zoe (our main character) our brands image. She has a very distinct, memorable free-spirited look, and having her prominent in all areas of our work creates a cohesive sense of branding for consumers.  

I have studied media trends amongst my demographic for years, and the biggest one right now seems to be the vintage aesthetic and old cameras. This aesthetic creates a sense of nostalgia and feels very personal, as it feels like Alex is holding this camera and this is how he views her. Therefore, I shot on my old Nikon Coolpix and my Olympus mjuii to get an authentic grainy look. Movies also apply to this vintage trend; I've seen a resurgence in 90s films on my social media feed. Colour grading has been key to creating this aesthetic. I tried my best to replicate the grainy, glowy, green tinted colour grading inspired by Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels. 

Styling also contributed to this sense of brand, putting together clean, wealthy yet scandalous looks make our brand seem exclusive and classy yet still trendy and relatable.

When getting Alex’s point of view the video feels extremely personal rather than commercial. Therefore, I decided to not include a warning as it would be distracting, breaking the fourth wall reminding viewers this is a music video rather than a story. We also did not feature any hard drugs in our video, so the disclaimer felt unnecessary. Drug abuse is an important issue we wanted to address from the start, but rather with a subtle classy take. As in this community with so much pressure academically and socially, it's a part of everyone's lifestyle, normalized and expected to help us get by. 

It's not common for the antagonist of the video to be the star, but our target audience is teenagers and younger adults, and one thing we know about this demographic is that they love anything edgy and rebellious. When creating art/visuals for our promotional material, the first artist that screamed rebellious and unconventional to me was Andy Warhol. I wanted the visuals to feel experimental, free just like our teenage years. Warhol emphasized the subject's fame and glamour, while also exploring the idea of mass culture and consumerism. Another important aspect of Warhol's work was his use of mass-produced images. He believed that these images reflected modern society and the consumer culture that dominated it. Commenting on the nature of popular culture and the role of the media in shaping our perceptions of reality. 

Jaden Smith is a very popular artist/rapper amongst our generation, earning a name for himself in the music industry rather than just being known as Will Smith's son. He creates captivating, trippy visuals for his merchandise and website based on his experiences with psychedelics. I was inspired by these and created artwork/ collages as promotional material. Our merchandise is diverse in range so there is something for everybody, my favourite piece of merchandise I designed is the lighter. Smoking is a motif throughout our video and it's sure to be the most popular selling item amongst our target audience.  

Based on research and statistics my generation is desensitised and has the attention span of a goldfish. To keep our audience interested and engaged with our product I used a lot of jump cuts that are in time with the music's percussion. I also made sure our b roll/insert shots were visually captivating, taking direct inspiration from Pinterest, one of the most popular apps amongst our target audience.   

Our product challenges conventions in the sense that it's not a traditional music video. Our actors are not the musical artist, and there is no lip-syncing at all. We wanted to focus on our storyline, as this song and artist is already popular amongst our target audience. 

Most R&B/hip hop music videos sexualize women and are about flexing their wealth. While these themes are subtly prevalent in our product, I did not want it to be forced into the viewers face. Rather than sexualizing our female character and demeaning her, we put her on a pedestal, as our muse. Portraying Zoe as the star, in this male dominated industry. 

The Director and I worked very closely throughout this project, getting constant feedback from one another. Both of us running the Instagram page and taking charge when shooting. As a creative I had millions of different ideas, some turning out to be unrealistic or too over the top for our budget, it was helpful to have someone give me a reality check, as I did her. We lost access to our camera operators' professional camera. We problem solved, shooting with two iPhones, taking turns when wanting to execute our ideas. The iPhone 14 in cinematic mode to simulate a professional camera and get crucial shots for our plot. Secondly, an iPhone 11 to get establishing shots, B-roll and visually aesthetic close ups. With this project I felt slightly overwhelmed with the editing process, my peers did not understand how time consuming the process is. To edit and make changes as an editor, who has just learnt how to use two separate editing software's (Adobe Premiere Rush, DaVinci Resolve) via YouTube tutorials. I faced many technical/storage issues, resulting in me editing on two different laptops. Both software's were free, so there were limitations to what I could execute. I had to explain to my group members frequently, that some of their feedback just could not be achieved. I made all the initial decisions when editing. The selection of footage, order and length of clips, compositions, jump cuts timed with the music and colour grading. I used the song's lyrics as guidance for the order of clips. Then with feedback I would adjust it to everyone's liking.   

Unfortunately, we ran into some external issues especially with scheduling. Zoe looks and is a very free spirit, so it was hard to reach her and get confirmation for anything. Especially because she lives in Bangkok and only visits occasionally. For all the shoots we did, I had to personally escort and pick her up to make sure we were punctual, and that she would show. Phuket was heavily impacted by floods during rainy season, roadblocks were everywhere, and traffic was insufferable. We had to risk assess every aspect, ensuring our safety. All 6 of us spent nearly 3 hours crammed in my car to go shoot. We made it to my house, but sadly the sun had already set so we worked in the darkness, using different ambient light sources in my room to problem solve.  

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White Kitchen Design Ideas 2023

White is a classic and elegant color scheme that can create a bright and airy atmosphere in your kitchen space. It’s clean and sterile, but don’t be afraid to add in texture or a pop of color if you want to give your kitchen design a little character.

One way to do that is by using black as a base and adding in accent colors like warm grays, browns or blues.

Classic and Elegant

If you’re going for a minimalist approach to your kitchen design, then white is a great option. It’s a neutral that works with most interior styles and offers a lot of versatility in terms of cabinet colors, backsplashes, countertops and more.

However, if you’re feeling more adventurous, consider adding a bold color to your cabinets and backsplashes for an instant pop of color that will help energize your kitchen. For example, if you have a white kitchen, painting your cabinets a bright pink can make a huge difference!

For homeowners who want to create a multi-functional kitchen, open-concept designs are a trend in 2023. These spaces allow you to connect with your family and entertain guests while still maintaining privacy.

Bright and Airy

One of the most appealing features of a kitchen is the ability to make it feel open and airy. Whether you’re looking for a bright and modern look or something more classic and traditional, a white color scheme can help you create that effect.

While it can be tempting to stick to white, many homeowners are embracing warmer shades of colors for their kitchens. This trend reflects homeowners’ desire to be more comfortable and cozy in their homes.

The color of 2023 is mint, a soothing, earthy green that’s reminiscent of the outdoors. This trend continues the movement toward soft pastel shades, and complements a trend for natural materials.

Another trend to note is backless stoves, which will become more popular in the coming year. These kitchens allow you to maximize light, but it’s still important to balance them with darker hues.

Darker colors are also a trendy choice, especially when used in conjunction with white cabinets. Paint in darker shades like black can be a dramatic accent, but it’s important to balance it with lighter elements for a clean look.

Clean and Sterilized

The idea of a clean and sterilized kitchen space has always been appealing to those who love to cook. But if you aren’t one of the lucky few who own a commercial kitchen, it can be challenging to maintain a clean and sterile environment.

Fortunately, there are several ways you can keep your kitchen looking bright and clean without resorting to harsh cleaning products or toxic paints. For starters, opt for a high-quality laminate or hardwood flooring.

Another clever tip is to incorporate a modern touch such as glossy backsplashes. While these may seem to be out of place in a traditional kitchen, they can add a splash of shine and make your kitchen look bigger than it is by allowing light to bounce around freely.

When it comes to kitchen design, you have plenty of options – from open-concept designs and darker hues to backless stoves and marble countertops. Whether you are just in the market for a complete overhaul or looking to spruce up your current setup, these white kitchen design ideas will help you create a space that is sleek and functional while still being aesthetically pleasing.

Versatile

Whether you’re looking for a simple white kitchen design idea, or want to add color to your space, there are many options. From gray to terrazzo, there are plenty of ways to introduce texture and color into your space without compromising on a white scheme.

For a more industrial look, consider exposed brick walls, which add character and texture to a white kitchen. Stainless steel or concrete worktops are also suitable options to enhance this contemporary-meets-rustic design.

If you’re looking to add a touch of personality to your space, try painting your cabinets in a neutral shade that won’t blind you but still reflects light. Adding a bold color to your backsplash is another great way to make a white kitchen stand out from the rest.

White can also be a great color choice for open-concept designs, especially in kitchens that don’t have windows or skylights to bring in more natural lighting. If you’re looking to add a splash of color, try using patterned tiles.

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The kitchen is often the heart of the home, so it makes sense that it would play such an integral role in your house’s overall look and feel. It’s also a space that people spend a significant amount of time in, so it must look its absolute best. That’s why Vancouver Kitchen Renovation is proud to offer Kitchen Design and Renovations in Vancouver, BC. We believe that a well-designed kitchen can transform the way you live, and we’re committed to helping you create the perfect space for yourself and your family. Whether you’re interested in updating your existing kitchen or building a brand new one, we can help you achieve your dream kitchen. We’ll listen carefully to your ideas and preferences, and together we’ll figure out which options will work best for you. Once we’ve determined what you’d like to see in your new kitchen, we’ll put together a detailed proposal outlining everything we propose, including a breakdown of the estimated budget and timeline. If you decide to move forward with our proposal, we’ll begin working immediately to bring your vision to life.

We understand that to be successful is to stay ahead of the curve. That means staying current with the latest technology and design trends. We always want to improve our products or services without breaking the bank. That’s why we stay connected to the latest technologies of NKBA, National Kitchen and Bath Association. In addition, at Vancouver Kitchen renovation, our primary focus is providing sustainable kitchen design and renovation packages, and we believe in sustainable living. Sustainable living is a way of life in harmony with nature. It is a lifestyle which focuses on the preservation of our environment. Sustainable living is a philosophy emphasizing respect for the environment and concern for its well-being. This means we should take care of the planet and treat it as if it were our home. We should try to preserve what we have and protect it from destruction. If we do this, we will enjoy the benefits of the earth’s resources for many generations. Whether you’re planning a major remodel or adding finishing touches to your current kitchen, we’d love to discuss your project. Book your showroom consultation online.

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How to Reduce Kitchen Remodeling Costs

If you plan to remodel your kitchen, here are some tips that may help you save money on a kitchen remodel costs.

Do your research.

Before you start any kitchen remodeling project, you must do your research first. This will help you to have a clear vision of the kitchen you wish to remodel. In addition, doing your research will also help you identify potential cost-saving opportunities.

Make a budget.

Once you have a clear picture of your kitchen remodel goals, it is time for you to create a budget. This will allow to budget how much money you’ll spend on the project. You should also make sure you don’t spend too much.

Look around for discounts and deals.

When shopping for materials and appliances, always look for deals and discounts. This will help you save money on your kitchen remodel costs.

Find a reliable contractor.

A good reputation and a proven track record are essential when looking for a contractor for your kitchen remodel. A reputable contractor can provide you with quality workmanship at a reasonable price.

Do the work.

If you are handy around your home, you might consider doing the work yourself. This will allow you to save money on your kitchen remodel and provide you with satisfaction knowing that the job was done correctly.

These tips will help you save money on kitchen remodeling costs.

What should you do not have any regrets about your kitchen renovation?

Be patient; the renovation process takes time.

Kitchen renovations can have a significant impact on your daily life. It is important to do your research so that you are fully prepared before you embark on the renovation. This comprehensive guide will help you avoid any regrets during your kitchen renovation.

Consider your lifestyle first.

Make sure you choose materials that meet your goals and fit within your budget.

It is important to choose the right countertop that will be easy to clean and maintain.

Select the best appliance for you in terms of style and size.

The right backsplash will suit your needs.

Look inside your cabinets.

Communicate with your kitchen designer and contractor throughout.

To fit your appliance and gadgets, customize your storage design

Don’t get your lighting lightly.

Don’t ignore kitchen ergonomics!

Your kitchen should not be a waste of space.

Pick the right cabinet finish and colour.

Before you commit, plan.

The right people are hired for the job.

Make sure you have somewhere to dump your garbage.

Are white kitchens no longer in style?

White kitchens have become a favorite choice of homeowners who want to give their homes a modern feel. This trend has grown since the 1980s when designers started using white kitchen cabinets and appliances. Today, white kitchens are still one of the hottest trends in interior design.

However, some experts believe that the all-white kitchen trend has peaked and that homeowners are ready for something new. White kitchens are still very popular but there is increasing interest in bolder designs and colourful kitchens.

If you’re considering a white kitchen for your home, there’s no need to worry about it going out of style anytime soon. But it is important to keep in touch with the fact that trends change. You may be more comfortable staying in your home for a long time.

What’s the most expensive part about a kitchen remodel project?

Because the cost of a kitchen remodel can vary widely depending upon the job, it is difficult to give an exact answer. According to some experts, the average cost for a high-end remodel of a kitchen can run from $40,000 to $100,000. A major kitchen remodel can be costly. If you’re not making structural changes to your kitchen, your custom cabinetry can be the most expensive.

Custom cabinets account for 25-35% of total cost. Countertops, appliances and flooring are some other big-ticket items. You might need to prioritize which parts of your kitchen you would like to replace if you have a limited budget. You can still have a luxurious kitchen with minimal investment if you do your research.

That said, there are ways to keep costs down. Instead of focusing on major structural renovations, you can make cosmetic changes. Instead of gutting the whole kitchen, you could refinish cabinets or put in new countertops. You might also consider doing the work yourself if you are looking to save money on labor costs.

No matter what your budget is, there are still ways to make your kitchen remodel cost-effective. Strategic planning and strategic choices are key to creating the kitchen of dreams.

Where should a refrigerator be placed in the kitchen?

To make it easy to reach, a refrigerator should not be far from the sink. It should not be blocked by traffic or too close to a stove.

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Experts also recommend setting aside 20 percent of your budget for surprises, including unpleasant demolition discoveries. One is water damage, the electricity that is not up to code, or other budget-spiking gotchas. (hgtv.com)

Keep 10 to 25 percent of List 2, depending on the budget. (familyhandyman.com)

According to Burgin, some hinges have this feature built-in, but it’s an add-on cost for other models of about $5 retail, adding up to $350 to $500 for an entire kitchen, depending on size. (hgtv.com)

Followed by cabinet cost, labour, and appliance costs consume 20 percent each of your budget. (hgtv.com)

“We decided to strip and refinish our kitchen cabinets during a heat wave with 90-plus-degree temperatures and 90 percent humidity in a house with no air conditioning. (familyhandyman.com)

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How To

How to design the kitchen layout

While there is no one right layout for every kitchen, certain layouts work best in specific spaces. These are some ideas to help you design the kitchen layout that works best in your space.

Start with the essentials. It is important to determine what you really need and what can be sacrificed. If you don’t cook often, you might not need a large stovetop or oven.

The traffic flow is important. The second step is to consider how you and your family use the kitchen and how traffic flows through the space. You need enough space for your family to move around without bumping into each others.

Maximize storage. The third step is to maximize storage in your kitchen layout. This applies to both cookware and food storage. You’ll want to ensure everything has a place and is easily accessible.

Your style should be incorporated. Your style is the fourth step. This includes everything, including the countertops and flooring as well as the appliances and appliances. Pick materials and finishes that suit your style.

Work with a professional. Work with a professional designer to design your kitchen. They will help you to create a layout that fits all of your needs.

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Vahalla Studios crew (clockwise starting on the top left): Kris, Dan, Dustin, Jess, Perry

The Vahalla Studios Team!

Dan Padavic’s and his entire Vahalla Studios crew in North Kansas City, Missouri, have been my companions on limited edition New Year’s posters for 10 years now. And this year’s poster by Ron Haywood Jones, my first at FredFilms, is the just the latest. Vahalla specializes in beautiful, high quality screenprinting and letterpress, two handmade crafts that are increasingly rare, and paradoxically, seeing a bit of resurgence in the past decade.

Our entire relationship has been through email (maybe we had a quick call at the very beginning) and I realized I didn’t know much about the studio. That drive me crazy! One of the great things about working with creative people is getting to know them, so I decided it was time for Dan to come clean.

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Fred Seibert: Hi Dan. I started printing New Year's posters with you in 2011 and we've done a fantastic total of eight together. But I realize I know nothing about how, when and why Vahalla Studios started? Dan Padavic: I started the company in 2006 on a whim that I had one big client who wanted to make a ton of posters and they needed a printer who would be on call. Our beginnings were meager and it was tough, we worked out of the back of an auto mechanics shop, probably the worst environment I can think of to do printing :) But things rapidly progressed and we gradually got better and better at what we do!

I can’t believe its going to be 15 years in September. I was 26 years old when I started making posters for a living. It has been a wild ride.

FS: Who's most inspired your work? DP: This is a tough one because there have been so many people along the way. But I have always admired the poster dudes from Methane Studios and Aesthetic Apparatus, top notch!

FS: How big is the Vahalla crew? What does everyone do? DP: There are 5 of us. All in the picture.

Dustin is my right hand man and has been my studio manager for the past 8 years!!!! Dustin plays a HUGE role in why our company is so successful, he manages the team, separates the art, hops on press and is an amazing designer / illustrator as well.

Kristopher is my head pressman and floor manager, he is a talented illustrator and has a super keen eye for printmaking. He is one of the best pressman I have had the pleasure working with.

Jess is a press operator and press assistant who has been with me since graduating from the Art Institute 3 years ago, more of a fine art illustrator than a commercial one.

Perry is also a press operator and assistant who has been with me for the 3 years. He is an illustrator and designer as well, who’s love for 80’s synth pop and star wars always puts a smile on your face.

FS: You prove your leadership by focusing on your co-workers. What about you Dan, what’s your story?

DP: So yea, I got my degree in Graphic Design from the University of Kansas in 2004. I have been designing gig posters and screen printed goods since then. You can find my work at danpadavic.com Over the past few years I have not been quite so focused on my own design work. My focus has been geared toward the print shop as it has really been growing and it takes up a lot of my time, oh yea, I have two beautiful children, Tucker 7 and Scout 4 and my lovely wife runs a jewelry business called tuckerandscout.com She is super talented.

I have plans in 2021 to get back to designing and making prints that will be sold in the vahallastudios.com store. Its all about balance and every year my staff becomes more experienced and capable. As that happens it frees up more of my time to be creative.

FS: I found you by internet research. Is that how you get most of your clients? DP: I think we get most of our clients through word of mouth or instagram. I always wondered how you got my name, that’s crazy! And to think we have done 8 projects together now!!!

FS: Do you have a genre concentration that drives most of the work through the studio? DP: We work in multiple industries, professional sports, movies, music, fine art just to name a few. It keeps things fresh and the projects are always changing.

FS: I've been in awe of the quality of Vahalla's work. Can you describe exactly what your printing processes are and why you're so dedicated to these approaches?  DP: Well, first off, thank you for the compliment. We strive ever day to push the quality of the product we produce.

So much of what we produce is done before anything goes to press. There are talents and skills that go very unseen. Most people just see the end product, but there is a whole world of prep and separations and digital setup that happens before anything gets printed.

I used to think it was all about production and what we did on press. But I have learned over the years that screen printing is 75% setup and 25% production. If the work is put in on the front end, printing should be much easier to execute and setup for success.

FS: How has the pandemic affected Vahalla? Not too badly, I hope!

DP: We are getting by alright. It was scary at first because... Were we considered an essential business? We also saw a lot of the sports projects get put on hold, concert and gig poster work dropped off as well. But we had some very amazing clients really dig deep and worked hard to keep things going. I think they knew that if the print shops they used didn’t hang around, their businesses would suffer as well.

Thank God for the internet!!! Internet sales and Web based companies have seen an uptick in my opinion and that is where we have been putting our efforts this year. So yea its just different. But I have been able to keep my entire staff employed and paid with a good job and that is something to be proud of.

Thank you for everything over the years Fred!

Thank *you* Dan! And your entire crew. Happy New Year, indeed!

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10 Photographer Research

Tom Manley 

Tom Manley is a Glasgow and Edinburgh based fine art architectural photographer who has been shooting architectural firms for over ten years. Tom’s work focuses on the structure, built environment, social landscape and cultural fabric of cities. 

This image created my Tom Manley inspires me because of its sense of photographic visual elements. It has been shot at a low angle looking up the building, this has great impact on the lines. The line which cuts down the middle creates a sort of divide between the image. The shapes and different textures of the building have been shown very well as you can see on the right side. I like how the sky is quite bright, this brings the eye straight to the building and makes it pop. The lighting is quite subtle in this shot, to me it seems the light is coming from somewhere on the left side of the image. 

https://tommanleyphotography.com

Lesley MacGregor

Lesley MacGregor is a Landscape and Architecture Photographer from Canada. Her interest in photography stated to grow in the early 2000’s. She has been taking photographs professionally for 7 years. 

This image inspires me because of its simplicity and also its sophistication. I really like the pale colours in this image, everything looks so clean as if its not even a real structure somewhere. This building Lesley chose to shoot is very modern and has great patterns across it. What I like the most about this image is the lighting on the small rectangles. The light seems to be strong at the top and the further down it goes the darker the colour becomes. This is really nice to look at because it’s so smooth. The head which is on the stairs shows a sense of scale of how large the structure actually is.

https://www.lesleymacgregor.com

Ben Harvey 

Ben Harvey is a qualified architect and photographer who specialises in architectural and landscape photography. Ben also has Infrared, Macro and Abstract work on his website. 

This image inspires me the most out of all, because I am shooting the Riverside Museum for my own structure. This image has really nice tones which show off not only the structure itself but the environment that surrounds it. There are a variety of different lines in this image, I like how there is a point in the middle foreground which leads the eye to the building. The concrete benches which are in front of the huge glass windows helps create a sense of scale in the image. It seems to me that a long exposure has even used here, as the sky is blurred and there is motion around the tree on the left. This creates a different mood to the photo. This is the back of the building which faces South, The light is South and has created nice lighting on the zig-zag roof.

http://www.benharveyphotography.co.uk

Arnaud Bertrande 

Arnaud Bertrande is a self taught photographer who's passion for photography started in 2007.

This image is of the same structure that Lesley MacGregor used in her image above. This is a completely different shot of the same structure and that's why it inspires me. I had to take a second look before actually realising its the same building because both images are so different to each other. This image has been shot at sunset, which creates really nice colours in the sky which reflects onto the water. The warm sky also compliments the artificial lighting across the building. I like how this is a wide shot, showing the entire building front and what surrounds it. 

https://www.abertrande.com

Tim Cornbill

Tim Cornbill is a part time photographer and qualified architect based in Birmingham. Tim likes to explore new cities, wander through streets and discovery its architecture through photography. Tim has over a decade of experience in the architecture industry alongside work as a freelance photographer. He has worked with a wide range of high profile clients, including Canon, LG and the BBC.

This building, commonly known as “The Washing Machine” is in Berlin. I find this image inspiring because of its colours and use of human interaction. The pedestrians coming by add to this image by showing scale in the structure. I like how the colours are all similar, even the clothing worn by the humans. The lighting in this image is quite subtle, you can see there is a slight change in colour at the top of the circle. 

https://timcornbillphotography.com

McAteer Photo

McAteer Photo are a Glasgow based company that creates high-end commercial and advertising photos as well as film, time-lapse and aerial drone images. 

This interior shot of the Sir Duncan Rice Library in Aberdeen inspires me because of the angle it was shot at. The photographer has shot from above, looking below which has been intentional to show the spiralling banister that goes down. This leads the eye right down to the ground floor. This looks like it was taken with natural light on a particularly nice, bright day. This helps with the colours and makes them pop more. 

https://mcateerphoto.com

Tekla Evelina Severin 

Swedish photographer and set designer Tekla Evelina originally trained as an interior architect but changed career after joining Instagram in 2012, where she has been demonstrating her eye for beautifully composed shots of vibrant exteriors and interiors. 

I find this image inspiring due to its simplicity. The solid colours in this image are very vibrant and go well with each other, I find this aesthetically pleasing. This was shot on a nice sunny day, this created nice strong shadows across the structure. A lot of images made by Tekla Evelina Severin are very nice and I recommend people check out her work if they like simplistic images with bold colours. 

http://www.teklaevelinaseverin.com

Andres Gallardo 

Self-taught photographer, Andres Gallardo has fallen in love with photography since 2012 and has become a well-known name in the architectural photography profession since. He has also worked with many famous architects.

This image reminds me of the work that Tekla Evelina Severin makes, with the bold colours and solid skies. This image has been shot from underneath the structure, this shows the different angles for each window. This image also looks like it was shot on a very sunny day, making the colours pop out. I like the colour of the sky and how it matches with the yellow building. 

https://andresgallardo.photography/home

Roland Halbe 

Roland Halbe studied photography at IED in Cagliari, and he has been a freelance architectural photographer since 1988. He was the cofounder of Artur Images library in 1995. His work has been shown internationally in group exhibitions at prominent galleries in Germany and Spain.

This image is inspiring to me because of how aesthetically pleasing it is to look at. Roland Halbe has shot this during Autumn, which seems to have worked out great as the bright orange leaves really make this image strong even when the sky looks overcast. It looks like this image was taken from eye level. This was a good idea because it shows how low to the ground the structure is. 

https://rolandhalbe.eu

Paul Eis 

Paul Eis is an architectural photographer, he gathers images of buildings from mainly Berlin, Hamburg and some other cities, which are cut of their original context and reworked with bright colours.

I like how this image was shot at the corner of the structure. This shows how the windows and balconies wrap around this modern building. The bright colours make this image stand out and the colour of the sky compliments the white on the building. 

https://www.paul-eis.com

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only as alone as i wanna be | [bh]

A/N: Well instead of working on my Peter Parker writing challenge fic, Billy Hargrove won’t leave my brain alone. So here we go. 

I’ve retconned the Billy & Max relationship a bit for this, so it’s a lil au. Sorry!

Please let me know if you think I should continue!

Pairing: Billy Hargrove x fem!Reader (I’m still trying to get the hang of writing for the “reader.” Hopefully this is vague enough that you can imagine yourself. If not, send me feedback so I can get better!) 

Warnings: Language. Passing, vague mentions of sex. Some Billy Hargrove chain-smoking. Bad writing with a jumpy plot. Seriously, I think I’m way too abrupt. Please send feedback. This one is probably doomed for a re-write. 

Word Count: 2.4k of nonsensical, self-important musical references and haphazard, fleeting feelings.

Summary: The snarky record store girl does not like Billy Hargrove. Not at all. 

**NOT MY GIF!** 

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Winter, 1984

The bell dinged above the door, a jarring interval between the wistful tones of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Take Me Back. Prompting you to look up from your stack of records in mild annoyance. It had been such a productive day until now, and the vinyl wasn’t going to restock itself. 

Well. 

Had you known Mr. Born-In-The-USA-Bruce-Springsteen himself was going to walk in, you would’ve played something far less his taste than Siouxsie. Just to annoy him. Serves him right, right? 

He paused in the doorway of the shop, wrinkling his nose almost imperceptibly as the sound hit his ears, before striding on toward the “Pop/Rock” section of the store, thumbing his way through Motley Crue’s latest.

Figures, you thought. A man who douses himself with as much commercial-ass hairspray and cologne would like some commercial-ass garbage “metal.” Besides, you’d walked past the blue Camaro enough times in the school parking lot to hear the dulcet tones of whatever bland-ass hair metal he was currently into trying its best to blast the doors off of his beloved metal steed. 

You felt a twinge of guilt. You shouldn’t judge the customers for their musical taste so quickly– but between the old church ladies who came in for Handel’s Messiah or whatever they had heard over public radio that week, and the girls from your class riffing on Madonna, you had had just about enough. 

Hadn’t anyone experienced the true depth of Queen? Keep Yourself Alive, man!

You had been working at Hawkins’ local record store during the summers since childhood – Old Mr. Cohen who owned the place used to let you sort tapes into piles for cents on the hour until you were old enough for a real job. Immersed in the music since a young age, you appreciated the breadth and depth the shop had to offer– your favorites developing into pieces heavy on synth. Bonus points if the lyrics made you feel especially existential. You loved that moody shit. 

Now, at 17, you practically ran the place, Mr. Cohen comfortable with leaving you to your devices at the store, so long as the till was counted and inventory was properly stocked. You were grateful for the freedom– squeezing homework into slow nights and chatting about deeper portions of discography with regulars.

Billy Hargrove was not a regular. Neither did he promise a slow night, if the rumors amongst your female classmates were to be believed. Not that you partook in the Hawkins High rumor mill. 

He was a recent, but obtrusive, arrival in your high school’s social scene. Mere months into his appearance in your town and the age-in-kind female population had seemingly lost their brain cells faster than inhaling their usual clouds of hairspray could do it for them. 

Still, you had to admit, he was good-looking. The Springsteen comparison was apt. Billy Hargrove wore jeans like he was doing the denim a favor. His shirts usually two-thirds of the way unbuttoned, even in winter, which was not an unkind sight. His sun-kissed, California boy skin stood a stark contrast to the pallor of the Indiana natives you grew up with. His eyes were crystalline and swam like oceans of trouble and broken promises. 

My god. You were a moody-ass bitch. Waxing poetic about this jock-strap of a human being who you’d heard pummelled Steve Harrington and nearly drowned himself in beer and barely-legal pussy. Come on, babe. Get it together.

He strode up to you at the counter, his boots clunking against the store’s tiled floor. Shout at the Devil was clutched in his fist. 

He dropped the vinyl on the counter, eyes cast down and swiping a cigarette out of the packet in his jacket pocket and lighting up, the clink-thwip of his lighter meeting your ears before you could tell him to put it out. 

“You can’t do that in here,” you told him. 

He hummed in not-acknowledgment-acknowledgment, choosing to ignore you as he inhaled deeply.

“Seriously, dude. Old man Cohen hates that shit. Put it out or go outside and finish it. If your tits don’t freeze off. Since they’re, you know, halfway out of your shirt like that? You do know it’s December. In Indiana. Right?” You pressed, knowing full well you were being obnoxious. If only to make a point. Game recognize game, right? 

He looked up, ocean eyes meeting your own. His frown was instantaneous. 

“Fine,” he huffed. Before promptly stubbing out his cigarette on your freshly wiped counter, dropping the butt to the floor and twisting it under his booted heel.

“Ugh. Come on, man. I have to clean that now.” 

“You were so adamant about it before.” 

“Whatever man. Just the Motley Crue for you today?” You pressed. Why is he prolonging this interaction?

He rolled his eyes, his line of sight catching on the promotional sign above the counter. 

“Well, now, that says new vinyl is two for one. Which one can I get with this?” 

You dropped your head and exhaled deeply– So this was how this evening was going to go. You gestured at the New Release wall to the left of the front counter. 

“Anything from here, Pretty Boy. New vinyl.” 

Cool as you please, if you please.

Billy glanced at you, sensing your annoyance. A smirk graced his lips. He knew if he prolonged this interaction it would surely get a rise out of you.  

He held up Burning From the Inside, Bauhaus’s latest release. New, but not new.

“What about this one? Cover art is alright.” He gestured at the gothica aesthetic adorning the front jacket.

“That’s Bauhaus,” you informed him, as though that would explain everything.

“Bauhaus? What is that?” 

You snorted. 

“No, seriously. What is that? Is that like … a sex thing?” he asked, derisively. 

“It’s not a sex thing. It’s more of a not-your-kind-of-thing thing,” you stated primly. 

“And how would you know what my thing is, princess? I’m guessing by the black-on-black and torn fishnets you’d be all to familiar with whatever a Bauhaus is,” he retorted.

“Well….” You went to the used pile and grabbed Press Eject and Give Me the Tape, before putting it over the speakers. As Bela Lugosi’s Dead started to play throughout the store, Billy looked unamused. 

“They broke up last year. Gone too soon,” you explained, wistfully. You put your hand over your heart as though in mourning. 

He leaned one arm on the counter, Motley Crue seemingly long forgotten. 

“So, what is this song?”

“Bela Lugosi’s Dead? Like, Stairway to Heaven, but for goths, I guess,” you reasoned. “I’m guessing you’re more of a Scorpions kind of guy? We have Love At First Sting,” you gestured vaguely toward the wall. 

Billy quirked an eyebrow at you. 

“And how would you know what kind of guy I am, princess?” His voice lowering as he leans even further over the counter.

“Um. If the female population at our school is to be believed? Well, you get it…” you trailed off. “Plus, I don’t know, have you looked in a mirror lately? Scratch that. You probably don’t stop looking in mirrors. Should I cover the reflective surfaces in the store, lest you get distracted?” 

Billy at least had the decency to look shocked at your barb. 

But not before recovering quickly. 

“Maybe you just cover the reflective surfaces in here to hide the fact that you don’t have a reflection,” he quipped.

You were stunned. Your eyes widened.

“Was that a– vampire joke, Hargrove?”

Billy shrugged. “Well, If the post-punk bullshit shoe fits… I mean, what even is playing over the speakers right now? I’m in here enough to know Cohen lets his employees pick the music from the Used pile during their shifts. Though clearly I don’t come in often enough during your shifts.”

“Thank God for that,” you sighed. 

Deciding he’d had enough of the banter, Billy snagged Black Flag’s latest off of the New Release wall. 

“Two for one, right?” he snarked, slapping down enough cash for one album before grabbing his findings off of the counter and striding out into the wintery evening– the bell over the door clanging after him for good measure. Like an exclamation point on whatever the ever loving fuck that conversation was. Did you— offend him??

You decided, sweeping up the not-forgotten ash from his cigarette off the floor that you didn’t ever need to have an interaction with Billy Hargrove again. You were most decidedly not post-punk bullshit.

–

Billy Hargrove had never been so ruffled in all of his life. 

Throwing the two vinyl sleeves down in the passenger seat of his beloved Camaro, he slammed the door behind him.

Clink-Thwip.

Billy lit up, the chemical rush of his deep inhale-exhale instantly soothing his frazzled nerves. 

He flicked the lid of his lighter a few more times, for good measure. A nervous habit. Clink-Thunk. Clink-Thunk. Clink-Thunk. 

“ ‘Never stop looking in a mirror,’ my ass,” he grumbled, meeting his eyes in the rear-view before realizing what he was doing and looking away. 

He’d seen that girl before. She sat alone in the cafeteria most times, headphones on, reading a book. She seemed like the type to enjoy Slyvia Plath. Not that he knew enough about Slyvia Plath to really know what that type of girl was. He swore his mom owned a coverworn copy of some novel or another with that name on it. 

He drove away, tires squealing behind him, hair metal blasting from his speakers. Okay, so maybe you’d been right about his musical taste. It’s not like he’d give you the satisfaction. Besides, he’d bought BLACK FLAG, for Christ’s sake. You didn’t know him. 

But still, he couldn’t deny, there was something about your demeanor. Your witticism. Your bad type. And yeah, maybe he’d sneaked a peek at your ass when you came around from the counter to scold him for smoking. Sue him, he was only human. 

He knew there was more to you. A sweet undertone– like peaches and cream. Also maybe he liked ruffling your proverbial feathers. Just maybe. 

He had asked Tommy about you at school the next day. 

Tommy shrugged, but not before looking over at the corner of the cafeteria where you sat. 

“I don’t know man. She’s hot. But, like, in the way weird girls are hot. You can look, but touching may cost you.” 

Billy didn’t know what that meant. But Tommy was literally too stupid to insult. So he bit back a comment effectuating that he didn’t care and slammed the rest of his can of Coke. 

–

You had seen him before. From his tire-squealing entry into your town, you were certain you’d had him pegged from Jump Street. The chain-smoking, that infernal clink-twhip of his American Flag lighter. The keg stands. The raucous screaming in Steve Harrington’s face.

“Plant your feet, Harrington!”

Plant your feet indeed. Lest you be bowled over with unwanted, obtrusive thoughts of the potential depths of Billy Hargrove’s soul. If such a thing existed.

Seriously, though. Why would he buy a Black Flag album? If there was one thing Billy Hargrove was not, you decided, it was punk rock. 

You’d seen him take his sister to the arcade, and wait for her after school. Was it brotherly affection that motivated these little Babysitter’s Club moments, or was he forced to? Still, you saw the way that girl on the skateboard looked up at her seemingly cool older brother. Like he hung the stars. 

He did brush off Tina after the basketball game last week. And, he bought Black Flag. That man had never listened to Black Flag in all of his life. You were sure of it.

Could he really be all bad? 

–

The semester pressed on. Billy Hargrove at the fringe of your thoughts and your eye-line. Was he trying to talk to you in school?

You had the closing shift at the store again on Saturday. You were in the midst of carrying a box of tapes up the stairs from the storage room when you heard the ding of the bell above the door. You sighed, put the box down, and made your way toward the front to greet the customer. Upon seeing the back of Billy Hargrove’s perfectly coiffed, curly head, you were ready to turn back around and act like you hadn’t seen him. Too late. He clearly knew you were working. 

“Please don’t let it be you,” you groaned. 

“No promises, dollface.” 

You stood in front of him, hands on your hips. 

“So? What can I do for you?”

Billy smirked. “I can think of a few things, sweetheart,” he drawled, quirking a perfectly arched brow just so. You hated that you now noticed these things about Billy Hargrove’s perfectly stupid and stupidly perfect face. 

“I don’t have time for this, Pretty Boy.” 

“When are you off?” He asked.

“After close,” you said. 

“Go out with me.” Billy Hargrove said, now surely unsure of himself.

“And why in the ever-loving-fuck would I do that?” You had to hand it to yourself. You were doing a damn good job of looking like you didn’t care. Meanwhile, your insides were pudding and you were just sure he knew it, too.

“Because you want to. Because I want you to. Because– Because I want to. Because I listened to Black Flag. Because I get your whole thing, plaid skirt and all,” he stated, gesturing vaguely over your person. 

You rolled your eyes, choosing not to answer him. Instead, you diverted. Diversion is good, right?

“Where’s your usual crowd of hairsprayed hangers-on? Or are you always alone after school?”

“Only as alone as I wanna be, doll,” He drawled. 

You’d had to hand it to Billy Hargrove. He could definitely turn a phrase when he wanted to. His crystalline eyes could definitely see right through you. As the flush travelled through your body, taking in his artful smirk and powerful visage, you knew:

Billy Hargrove was going to be the death of you. Like the satisfyingly sweet pour of languid waves of syrup cascading over waffles, drowning you in a beautiful, thick avalanche of a saccharine dream. A powdered sugar kiss dusting over your better senses, coating them in the flush of dripping endearment. 

Surely you could be alone together? The crystal ball and the odyssey. 

Would you go?

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CAMLUX HOTEL | Recovering Forgotten Hong Kong Heritage

IDENTITY. Hong Kong is a bit of a lost identity these years. Sure we have History Museum, Heritage Museums, to remind ourselves the big stories, but as a local, we still feel empty. Many people are still struggling to make sense of what Hong Kong was, is, and should be. If we are to improve the way we redevelop and conserve Hong Kong, then Camlux Hotel has set a good example!

For all those who are frustrated with soulless Hong Kong Developers who tear down our valuable history and heritage for shinier commercial statements, Camlux is an humble escape. It is one of the biggest heritage projects to look for.

Our grandparent’s identity as a Hong Kong’er begin as something as minuscule, yet essential, as a Camel Flask.

Keeping our tea or soups hot, and our congee warm, the brand was a staple to the older generation. Next to small restaurant was a temporary Art Gallery starring Mr Ducky Tse Chi-Tak’s photographs shows what the hotel used to be - a Factory for Camel Flasks - a Hong Kong must-have amongst our grandparents. The sense of nostalgia overwhelmed me. I felt like I was being presented with Hong Kong’s history at its most humble and finest forms - unbiased and pure.

At Hong Kong’s 20th year of Handover and even recent’s press questioning our identity and future (”20 years after Handover” - South China Morning Post). Camlux Hotel really gives us a start of conversation and direction we are looking for.

Hong Kong’s Humble Past

Developers in Hong Kong are infamous of tearing down the old to rebuild the new, so the 185-room Camlux Hotel was a real shocker to me! What I loved about this hotel that it spared us from going overly gimmicky. The vintage details of the vacuum flask were subtly scattered through the hotel. 

It is easy for designers to go over-the-top with historic aesthetics, overwhelming its audience. Camlux presented a different approach - a Modern Simple Nostalgia. It felt like it was trying to tell its people: 

“As much as we should remember our history, we should also celebrate our modernity and move-on from the old. Reincarnate from your Ancestry!”           -   my imaginary conversation with the hotel spirits

The highlight would definitely be the Lobby Reception Counter. The flask interiors were exposed and relished as part of the counter detailing. Entering the lobby, it is hard to miss their beautiful reflections and shimmering presence. Place it in the Art Basel, and you have your installation piece! It’s beautiful! The conservation of the vacuum flasks as a main element of the hotel was beautifully done through out the hotel.

The rest of the hotel was less provocative - in fact, you’ll have to be more attentive to catch the details and hidden flasks.

Along the side of the lobby floor, a narrow tile runs across the whole room. I would have never guessed that the lineage of colours represented all the materials used to make our beloved Camel Flasks - exterior material, interior metal works, the soft plastic bits, etc. You could definitely see that our Architect Hotel Owner is very shy, but loving of his history.

Unpack & Unwind

The staff at Camlux are down-to-earth and make sure you realise you are safe with them. Their warm genuine welcomes and clean comfortable rooms makes you ready to settle in right away!

Rooms are simply designed yet modern. There is plenty of space, no dragging your luggage sideways. And if you look carefully, you’ll find even the lampshades are made out of their very own flasks again.

Most of the rooms face out to a beautiful sunny courtyard space. We were told this was were the factory kilns used to be - used to be a dark heated up space, has now became a source of light for travellers. Though it was pouring like Yellow Rainstorm the day I was there, the beautiful natural light was still hard to miss.

Back in the room, the walls are decorated with 70s-styled posters - very dedicated to Camel history, of course the artist shares with you more of their work. Even the cups in the bathroom give you a little nostalgic surprise!

Our Identity

Definitely do give this reincarnated beauty a visit the next time you visit the factory areas of Kowloon Bay or pass through Megabox. It’s definitely a great affordable staycation hotel for Families, especially those with kids. I was told that they have a play tent set up for kids to play in the hotel rooms - very thoughtful! 

However, it might not be the best hotel for young couples looking for a hipster staycation though with the lack of facilities to take those dan Instagram photos. The lack of swimming pool and the gym room may not be too inviting. I do hope Camlux will figure out more interesting events to cater to the lead generation of out city!

This hotel has full of potential. There is still a lot of room to push forward with its historic concepts. What I am very eager for, and do hope it will happen, is a Souvenir Shop to be opened. As a Hong Konger, I’d definitely be proud and buy a few Camel flasks for my family members. It’d be such a good gift!

And I do look forward for them to arrange for more exciting and engaging social events at their Pop-up Space! This hotel demonstrates Hong Kong’s past and identity in its purest forms. Scraped away from all superficiality, I would love to see this hotel represent our city one day! Keep an eye on this baby hotel!

Camlux Hotel | 15 Wang Kwong Road, Kowloon Bay | www.camluxhotel.com

Many thanks to Camlux Hotel as well as Jin Communications for having me!

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Something New

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“Learn something new. Try something different. Convince yourself that you have no limits” Brian Tracey

Research the Narrative

Point of sale product shots demand a high degree of photographic finish and quality.  They should represent a product at its highest quality.  

Within your blog/workbook, research product shots and advertising photographers. Demonstrate through annotation, your understanding of detail and presentation of perfection. 

Tell the Story

Choose an item that is brand new and blemish free and photograph it to the highest quality possible.

Your object should be photographed with a plain white background to show maximum quality.

Care should be taken to ensure that the best lens and viewpoint are used to maximize the product shape.

Edit and refine: Complete worksheet

High level retouching will be necessary as the object must be as close to perfect as possible. (even brand-new items will have flaws that need fixed)

Be prepared to use a range of retouching techniques to optimise this final file for use as an advertising shot.

The object should be easily dropped into other background so we will look at ways to cut out and present the object as a vector cut-out.

Submit: Final image on A3 canvas, and the object cut out of the background as a PSD. Upload to my city: Upload to my city.

Research

TOP 5: PRODUCT STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS

January 19, 2016 admin Brands

This week, counting down on our TOP 5, I am going to be listing my favourite product still life photographers, these are purely based on their portfolio and on their popularity.

STILL LIFE PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHERS

1. Nori Inoguchi

http://www.norimichi.com/

Born in Japan, NORI Inoguchi was educated in New York where he refined his passion for photography. His love of luxury and desire to create visually stunning images inspired him to become a still-life product photographer; NORI seeks to find beauty in all of the objects he shoots. With his sophisticated eye and minimalistic approach, he has exploded onto the world stage and has earned bookings from the best names in fashion, cosmetics and electronics. His career has brought him to Paris, London, NY and even back to his native home of Japan. Using clean, clear and crisp techniques, NORI has created numerous campaigns since 2009 and he has since become a trusted name in the field.

2. Sam Kaplan

http://www.samkaplan.com/

Since striking out on his own in 2011, the 29-year-old Boston native has eschewed high-concept aesthetics and taken a more hands-on approach built around exacting precision—a sculptor’s finely honed interest in process and material. His approach might seem throwback, but that’s part of Kaplan’s appeal. Unlike many of his photographic peers, he had a rather low-tech schooling, studying fine art and art history at Wesleyan University.

3. Lucas Zarebinski

http://www.lucaszarebinski.com/

Lucas grew up in Bielsko Biala, Poland, a small city famous for goose down comforters. When he was 17, he dated an photographer named Olga who later inspired Lucas to become an artist even though he said ” I always wanted to be an artist but I was horrible at drawing.” In the few months he was around her, he realised that he had a talent for still life photography. He then moved to Michigan when he was 20, got a degree in Fine Arts and Photography while he parked cars at night and learned English from his 3 roommates. Fast forward 10 years later. He now live in New York permanently and creates images for a living.

He says in his biography  ” I love creating conceptual images, pushing the boundaries of still life photography and resolving client’s problems with an inspiring imagery. I still like red beet soup and blueberry pierogis, but I also like beef with broccoli and spicy tuna rolls these days. ”

4. Jonathan Knowles

http://jknowles.co.uk/

Jonathan Knowles is one of the leading photographers of his generation. Specialising in graphic still life, liquid and beauty, Jonathan’s unique photographic style has earned him award-winning advertising commissions worldwide.

In the past ten years, Jonathan has consistently featured in the ‘200 Best Advertising Photographers in the World’ books. He is one of the top 10 all time award winners in the Graphis Annuals.

Notable commissions include campaigns for many globally recognised brands, such as Coca-Cola, Guinness, and Smirnoff. He is also the creator of the famous O2 bubbles.

He shot the Black Sabbath 13 Album cover, as well as directing and filming the footage that is currently played on stage during performances. Black Sabbath loved the imagery and invited Jonathan to the album launch in New York, where he received a friendly strangle of gratitude from Ozzy.

5. Zachary Goulko

http://www.goulko.com/

Like a modern Chiaroscuro master, beauty, product and still life photographer Zachary Goulko harnesses the power of light to infuse two-dimensional images with drama, shape, and volume. His moody, provocative photographs illuminate the power of a single moment: the arresting beauty of a face, the grace of a sculptural curve, the fluid interplay between light and color and form. It is the Moscow-born photographer’s mission to capture the essence of each subject, and to present its beauty to the world in fresh and unexpected ways. He is an exhaustive experimenter, conjuring moods, intertwining lines with rhythm, exploring the architecture of shape and light. His still life and product photographs are clean and precise, yet startlingly intimate. They achieve a level of visual poetry that is unique in the commercial photography world. With a fully equipped high end studio, based in the New York City area, he photographs product and still life images for many world renown beauty and cosmetics brands. Among Goulko’s clients are L’Oréal, Lancôme, Clinique, Estée Lauder, Strivectin, Shu Uemura, Frederic Fekkai, Patek Phillipe, de GRISOGONO, Roger Dubuis, and Zac Posen, . With a background in design and interactive programming, he is constantly seeking new ways to push the technological boundaries of his medium and give full expression to his creative vision.

Source: http://claphamstudiohire.com/top-5-product-still-life-photographers/

PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY IDEAS

Unusual and even extraordinary product photography ideas are what make many leading brands stay demanding and make people talk about their creative product shots and buy their products. Let me tell you how to do product photography like creative product photographers do. I’ve gathered 20 original product photography techniques and ideas for any product.

What Is Product Photography?

Product photos belong to a branch of commercial photography which is about advertising a product. There are several classical ways of shooting products: product photography on a white background, ghost mannequin,  lifestyle product photography, motion images, photos of the product line, tabletop photography, photos of the product being packed, 360 product photography, etc.

Creative Product Photography Ideas

High-quality product photography is important for you and your client. Therefore, it is obligatory to choose the right strategy to demonstrate each product. But many photographers have a moment when they need to diversify the photos or add some creative elements. Here are some different product photography ideas for your inspiration:

1. One Second Before

This is an example of creative product shots that are taken right before something unexpected: an explosion, fall, etc. That is why you as a photographer should manage to catch the moment in the second before it happens.

2. Use Smoke

This product photography idea is a good way to make your product look dramatic. Use the coloured smoke if it is suitable for your product design. To make smoke more accurate, use Photoshop brushes.

3. Floating Products

You may hang some goods to make them look three-dimensional. Hang a product using a line, wire or rope. Then remove background or a line from the photograph of a floating product in Photoshop.

4. Association Game

If you need extraordinary product photo for a fashion magazine or billboard advertising, what can be better than funny surrealistic illustrations. Such photographs are typically taken in the studio using special product photography lighting kit and digital drawing techniques in Photoshop.

5. Motion Product Photography

This creative product photography idea is realized by means of short exposure and quick photographer’s and assistants’ actions. The photos are striking for a lot of reasons, but the thing that sticks out at first is how adding motion makes images pop.

6. Photo with Models

Give your product character and show the features that make it unique. Use different product photography ideas and creative lifestyle to highlight the product usage.

7. Combined Background

In addition to the familiar white background, I frequently use the background tone that is in harmony with the color of my product. These two product photographs are a good example of colors combination. You may combine the background depending on the product color increasing the image contrast.

8. Crashed or Broken Product

It is pretty a specific idea for product photos and not everyone decides to use it. It attracts people’s attention and evokes pity and interest to the product. It is better to get a shot at the beginning of product crash.

9. Use Reflection

You may use smooth plain covers with high reflectivity as the surface. For example, your product photos may be taken on an average ceramic tile. Make sure, you work in good lighting. In order to take such image, it is necessary to choose the right angle and lighting to get excellent reflection.

10. Product Absorption

This product photography idea has something to do with putting an object into the sand, water or other materials when you intend to put an accent. You may also use different tiny thematic items in which the product may drown.

11. Product Series

Grouping product images creates almost the same effect as zooming. Comparing several products in one photo a customer understands their main differences, volume, shape, size and other features. Moreover, it can persuade your potential customers to buy the whole kit.

12. Symmetry and Dynamics

To take this kind of product photos you have to put a camera at different angles. However, you should be careful while shooting obscure angles in order not to misrepresent the product. Put other products relatively symmetrical mixing them up with different small details.

13. Emphasize the Product’s Colour

Showing the contrast between the background and the product looks fashionable. But the main difference of this photo is an angle between the surface and the background, which creates a three-dimensional image of the lipstick. This dimensional curved shimmering paper underlines the color and the dimension of the product.

14. Sand Print

This product photography idea requires a special background. It may be usual clay, snow, sand, mastic or similar material.

15. Use Associations

Be as much creative as you can. Here Photoshop is you best friend who will help to realize even the craziest product photography ideas as to shape ketchup in the form of a tongue or a lipstick in the form of ice-cream.

10 Famous Product Photographers

https://spark.adobe.com/page/98pcx7gV8QkNW/

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Gia Woods on Finding Her Identity Through Music [Q&A]

Gia Woods is taking the LGBTQ community by storm. Through her music, she’s inspiring many from the community to embrace their own identity. Growing up in a strict Persian household, Woods struggled to find herself. But through music, she was able to express herself in ways she never thought were possible. She released her debut single, “Only a Girl”, in 2016. The song served as her coming out song. Since then, Woods has been a voice to many going through the trial and tribulations of finding their true identity. 

 We were fortunate enough to get to know Gia Woods a little better with the release of her brand new single, “Naive”. From what she’s been up to during quarantine, to her experience with The Calvin Klein Pride campaign, she let us into her amazing life.

 Ones To Watch: First off, how are you doing during all of this craziness?

Gia Woods: I just spent the past 30 minutes cracking an egg on my forehead for TikTok content, so you tell me. Jokes aside, I’m actually doing okay though. I’ve been writing a lot. It feels very familiar because it reminds me of when I was younger and would lock myself in my room and write songs on my guitar all day. I was a loner!

What have you been doing to pass the time during quarantine? 

I haven’t been watching too much Netflix, but I did rewatch Madonna’s Truth or Dare documentary the other day. It actually pulled me out of a creative funk, watching this strong badass in one of the biggest moments of her career. Other than that, I’ve definitely been going on more walks. This pandemic has really made me appreciate the smaller things.

Who has been putting out some of your favorite music during quarantine? What have been your jams?

There’s been so much good music to come out these past couple months, but I’ve actually found myself revisiting my old CD collection. I’ve been listening to Nelly Furtado’s Loose, Green Day’s Dookie and Queen’s Night at the Opera a lot.

Have you been doing a lot of writing during your time inside?

Of course! I’m a writer, so that’s one of the best ways for me to keep my brain busy. By the time we’re out of quarantine, I’m going to have like five full albums written!

What are some of your hopes that everyone can take away from our time of social distancing, staying home, being with family, etc.? (i.e keeping the planet cleaner, appreciating family more, etc.)

There’s definitely been more of an appreciation of the smaller things in life that we take for granted, whether it’s phone calls with friends or getting out and appreciating nature. I also think this time has forced people to be more creative! I’m so inspired seeing the way people are creating some really cool stuff while they're alone.

 Can you tell us a bit about The Calvin Klein Pride campaign and it meant for you to be a part of it? 

So, I actually have a crazy story… A year ago, I released a music video for my song “New Girlfriend,” and when we were brainstorming, we were really inspired by the casual feel and black and white aesthetic of Calvin Klein ads. It’s crazy that a year later, I’m in my own campaign...I feel like I manifested that in a weird way? It’s also so cool to be in a campaign with so many badass trailblazers. Like Pabllo Vittar, are you kidding me? He’s a drag queen in the most dangerous country to be openly gay, and here he is thriving and playing huge festivals. That’s so inspiring. I still can’t believe I’m part of this campaign. I’m waiting for someone to pinch me and wake up from this dream.

How has your heavy involvement and influence within the LGBTQ community influenced your music?

I’m so lucky to be a part of such a supportive community, and I’m honored to be able to provide representation for queer and questioning Persian youth that I craved so much growing up. Sonically, I’m not sure being lesbian really influences my music -- but being Persian definitely has. Actually, some of the songs I’ve been writing lately have a strong Middle Eastern vibe to them.

Tell us a little about this new release! What steps did you take in the making of it?

I was getting out of a toxic relationship that felt like a never ending cycle of back and forth, but this time I knew it was really over. I remember going to the studio that day emotionally drained from this breakup. I kind of lost my identity, but writing this song really helped me remember who I was and made me fall in love with making music all over again. This is the kind of song I had been wanting to make for years.

What’s your writing/recording process look like?

Usually I come up with the chords when I’m at home and I’ll bring them to a studio session. This song was a little different. I worked with a producer duo called The Orphanage. I told them I had wanted to do something that had a Radiohead vibe to it and they nailed it almost immediately. As soon as I heard their riffs, me and my co-writer Barkley wrote the lyrics in an hour.

What was the inspiration behind the production?

I was really inspired by late ‘90s alt rock, like Radiohead and No Doubt. I think a lot of what we’re hearing on the radio these days feels very clean and commercial, so I wanted to embrace a bit of a rough, raw sound.

Why the name ‘Naive’?

I had two different ex girlfriends tell me that they never felt like I was as invested in the relationship as they were. During this studio session, I brought this up and we thought it was crazy that they both said that. I did care about them so much, but I wasn’t naive… it felt like they had such high expectations of what our relationship should be and I thought it was naive to be that invested so quickly. The first verse really sums it up: “All my exes said the same thing / maybe they’re right / I’m the high they’re always chasing / but they’re never mine.”

 Can you give us a little background on the lyrics? 

My favorite line is in the pre-chorus, where I sing, “I’ll love you, but let me do it recklessly.” It’s kind of saying that I’m going to love you with all that I can, but I didn’t want my girlfriend to have expectations of what our relationship looked like. I think romance movies are so cheesy… I think it’s healthy to have fights from time to time? Without it, what’s the point? Where’s the passion? That just feels boring to me. I feel like a lot of people fantasize about the ideal relationship, but I’m the opposite of that. I don’t expect anyone to be perfect. Actually, I’d prefer that they’re not.

 What are you really trying to get across with this release? What mark do you hope to leave for everyone listening?

This goes back to how I feel about pop music… I think a lot of the stuff we hear these days sounds so sterile and reductive. I think a lot of current artists are just copying their peers and that doesn’t make sense to me. I wanted to reference the music that I grew up with. And with that, I hope my music has the same effect that Madonna and Green Day and Radiohead had on me when I was younger in that it was an escape for me. I hope my music can also be an escape.

 Lastly, what more can we expect from the great Gia Woods?

Well, I was supposed to release my debut EP, Cut Season, in June and then go on tour to support that, but coronavirus had a different plan for just about everyone on the planet. So we’re reworking our release plan to figure out what makes sense. But if you like “Naive,” you’re going to love Cut Season...I promise that!

Stream “Naive” below:

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cape god - allie x

album review

being young has its ups and downs. on one hand, the real pressures of life have not presented themselves quite yet. you are expected to be simply enjoy living and being a kid before true the hardship (ironically put considering the subject matter of this album) and horrors of being a human step into the light, as they inevitably do. On the other, they are the most confusing years we navigate. Identity, emotions, puberty, what it takes to find and hold onto one’s own sense of self. This often easier said than done. We experiment, sex, drugs, rock and roll (fuck yea) and do what it takes for not only others to like who we present ourselves to be, but for us to like ourselves as well. speaking from experience, as well as the shared experiences of many, the ages of 16-25 are an entirely much too confusing whirl. the soul searching cuts deep, whether we are aware of it or not, for better or for worse. this is incredibly evident in the mystery-shrouded land of cape god. 

the second, full length studio album, cape god, from canadian songstress allie x (alexandra hughes) is a wildly original and both beautiful and terrifyingly all too real account of a mix of self-preservation AND self-exploration, that takes place within liminal space (named by allie as cape god). Released under twin music, hughes’ label that she holds most of her career under, this record is a 12 track account of the young human and fairly self-reflective experience(s). according to allie x, this is her most personal and proud body of work yet, and boy does it show. NOT to say this record is superior to her other releases (her debut ep collxtion I from 2015 is a pop masterpiece, sorry i am letting my stan show), but this is a standout work among hughes’ discography not only in the sense that she embraces a slightly new (for her, which is still debatable) and highly conceptualized sound of alternative dark-pop, but her ability to tell a story that doesn’t feel superficial or simply trying to appease the commercial world of top 40 radio, cookie cutter pop. it shows now her ability to come and go from cape god as necessary, being more comfortable with who she ism enough to release an entire work based on this confusing time-chunk in her life.

i’ve got to say, one of my favorite cuts from this record is the opening track, fresh laundry. produced by oscar görres and james ghaleb, allie sings of nostalgia and a sense of longing for a time that no longer exists via the scent of freshly cleaned laundry, over rhythmic and crow-calling synths. when this initially was released as the first promotional single for cape god, it took me a while to accept the sudden change in sound and aesthetic choice by allie towards a grungier and more alternative vision. but one day, it clicked. and i was hooked. it makes so much sense for her, looking back at her previous works, her post-ceding (not a word, now it is) ep titled super sunset is unrecognizable in a sense (still very good, check that one out too), and almost feels as though something was holding allie x back from who she wanted to be. and damn i am so happy shes finding her niche. some other great cuts from this record are the (probably pop-iest cut) sarah come home, love me wrong (queer kids unite), featuring my boy troye sivan, and the AMAZING susie save your love, featuring the very talented mitski. also super duper party people is a banger (that bass line are you kidding me??). the tail end of this record really flaunts the emotion of miss x, and she does not hold back, as is hard to do in cape god i could only imagine. In life of the party, almost as a compliment to super duper party people, allie recounts of using substances to be herself around people who unfortunately are not her real friends, and use and abuse the f out of her, but she cannot bring herself to mind, because this attention gives her a purpose and sense of life, regardless of whether she knows it is truly wrong to accept the way she is being treated. while this track isn’t my favorite sonically, it is important. the repetition of the chorus meant to burn into the listeners ear, emphasizing the important to allie of feeling accepted by these equally hurt people projecting their insecurities on this girl who is still finding herself. (allie, i hope you don’t vibe with those people anymore :/ ). In madame x, i am taking a shot in the dark when i say i ~believe~ it is about drugs, and the comfort they bring, NOT the madonna album of the same title (hehe, a gorgeous track nonetheless). 

i think we all have our own cape god, somewhere in our brains, and this record is an interesting look into how one individual (miss allie x) is still dealing with and tweaking the psyche we control a meat suit with, in the dreamscape liminal world we all possess (at least, I know i do). This record is very smart. is it commercial? not in the slightest. but it is beautiful and raw and for me, does exactly what music is suppose to do, be that vessel. allie once said in a promotional video for this album that these this is the music she could never quite find the words for, AND IM SO HAPPY SHE DID. personal biases aside as an admitted allie x fan of a hot ass second, this is a crazy original work that scares, delights, and intrigues me. she also released some SICK visuals for this era, check it the fuck out, you will not be disappointed. 

cape god - allie x 4/5 stars

-bormst

[draper-claire]

Moving: What To Know Before Moving In With Your Partner(s), Queer Edition

We did it! My girlfriend and I have officially moved in together. Though we’re still hanging pictures on the walls, and we have yet to hang up curtains, the boxes are all unpacked and the dishes are all put away.

In the process of moving in together we both searched for those articles “Things To Know Before Moving In With Your Significant Other.” Unfortunately, most of them were completely useless for us, as things that straight people needed to know before moving in with their partner just didn’t apply to us. Some of the suggestions included: fart in front of each other (we did our first weekend together), make sure to have sex (we did after our second date), learn each other’s weird habits (my girlfriend started popping my back zits maybe too early in our relationship), and make sure you have similar expectations of chores (we’d had many talks about who cleans what and when even when we didn’t live together). Overall, these listicles just felt more or less useless for us.

So here’s a little queer-er version of things to know before moving in with a partner.

Have the Finances Talk: How much money are you looking to spend in general? Moving is expensive, and when all the costs rack up that you don’t expect, it can be hard to divide the costs when sometimes you’re going for efficiency. Make sure to have the conversation ahead of time of who’s paying for what and make a list. And worst case scenario, save all the receipts and divide up the costs once you have some more time to settle down and actually split things up–have the conversation ahead of time–but save the physical dividing of the spending for later, so you’re not just guesstimating on the costs of things.

Keep the Romance Alive: Moving, both the before and after, is not necessarily easy on the body or mind, so intentionally set up times to go on dates or buy your partner flowers. Pre-plan it if you have to so that way you don’t feel like you’re only working and not getting to just enjoy each other. My girlfriend and I had tickets to a musical the night we moved–which was exhausting–but it allowed us to slow down and marinate in this next stage of our relationship a bit more, rather than constantly worrying about what furniture we needed to buy or where the toiletries were going to go.

Talk About Brands You Use: This is going to sound a bit capitalistic, but some people are brand loyal or buy a specific product for a particular reason–my girlfriend has to have the sensitive skin detergent–and when you move in together, you’re condensing on the products you have and are now choosing together what you’re going to buy. Talk about what you like and want: a chunk of products you may not care about, but a handful of these things you may like because it’s the one you’ve always bought or it’s the product you like for X, Y, Z reasons, so have the conversation about which one you’ll be using from now on. I like Charmin Ultra Strong for instance, but my girlfriend likes super soft toilet paper, so now we get Charmin Ultra Soft (I’m a Charmin girl for some reason, must be the bears in the commercials that get me).

Pick an aesthetic: People have different tastes when it comes to home decorating (I’m a little more industrial, and my girlfriend is a little more witchy vibe). So talk about what colors, textures, and furniture you like. Making these decisions ahead of time can save some of the struggle when you’re actually in the store down the road.

Emotions!: You’re going to experience a bit of emotion fatigue. Moving isexhausting, no matter how much you prepare, so go to therapy, talk with your partner, and make sure you’re doing some self reflection about your emotions and personal well-being. You’re not just responsible for how you’re feeling, but also your partner, so check in with each other and take care to give each other enough space and breathing room for your emotions.

Family talk: Families look differently for everyone, especially when you’re queer. Have the talk about what your future family looks like and the who, what, when, and where of it all. For example, do you even want kids? Dogs? How many? When? Do you envision taking care of your respective parents in their old age? Does your found family have a place in your home? Do you want them to? All of these questions have vastly different answers, and though these aren’t deal breakers for everyone, they might be for your partner. So don’t pass go and collect $200 (move in together) unless you’re having this conversation.

Relationship parameters: Whether you’re monogamous or poly, make sure you’re having the conversation about what the rules of your relationship are, and establish them clearly with your partner(s). Queer people tend to move fast through the stages of relationships, but don’t skip the step of clearly defining your relationship with your partner(s). This is crucial! People tend to think there are fewer rules for poly people, when in actuality it’s just a different set of rules, but building that trust with your partner(s) requires active conversation and rule following. You can cheat on a partner in any relationship and what that really means is breaking trust. It’s not a sin, far from it,but it is doing harm to a loved one(s), so best to avoid broken hearts and hurt feelings by just being open from the jump about what the relationship means to you.

And that’s it! I am sure there are other things to keep in mind, but these seemed like a solid starting place.

Are you queer and are living or have lived with a partner? What advice would you give to people starting out? Respond below, and maybe with enough input we can even do a follow up to the “do’s and don’t of moving in together while queer.”

[illustratedtapes]

Welcome to Illustrated Tape’s favourite releases of 2018 that sounded and looked good, chosen by this year’s contributors. We’ve put together a playlist featuring one track from each of the releases featured so you can check out the sounds we were digging this year. Happy listening! 

➔ spoti.fi/2LCgrQp Listening in order recommended

Delta Sleep - Ghost City Big Scary Monsters, 10 August  Artwork: Owen Findley at Or8 Design Selected by Megan Reddi // IT014

This is my favourite music/artwork combo of 2018! The whole album is just amazing - it is beautifully arranged and has this lovely dreamy quality to it, with repeated musical motifs woven throughout to really pull the whole album together. Not only is Ghost City musically fantastic, but the artwork is beautiful and so fitting for the album. It is designed and screen printed by Owen Findley and the warm colours, imagery and textures are just spot on.

Definitely my favourite release of 2018. It is my go-to driving album and I will be blasting it while we’re driving around this Christmas!

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 014: Nautical Dusk by Megan Reddi

Okay Kaya - Both Heavy Body, 1 June  Artwork/design: Kaya Wilkins, Aaron Maine, Phillip Wong

Selected by Hannah Buckman // IT016

Okay Kaya’s Both as an album that came out this year which I enjoyed, and which I feel has a strong visual component to it. To me the album feels sickly (in a good way), gloomy but still pop. I think the mood is conveyed really well through the Adinah Dancyger directed music vids and the album art. 

I liked finding out more about Kaya’s thinking behind the project, like how the twin in the videos is like a physical manifestation of trauma... it’s something that once I read I couldn’t stop thinking about. The idea of something traumatic inducing this birth of a second self, a kind of split off part that is still attached in some way to the whole, but there being a kind of safety in acknowledging what might be a darker part of yourself, from a distance. Also the album art kind of conveys the idea of duality and how that relates to race/sexuality, but I didn’t feel like that was really explored as much. I think I like this album ‘cos it kind of ties in with things (mentioned above) I’m currently interested in, but maybe it feels a bit surface-y at times.

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 016: Protect Your Extremities by Hannah Buckman

Quavo - Quavo Huncho Capitol / Mowtown / Quality Control, 12 October  Artwork: Mihailo Andic 

Selected by Conner Perry // IT020

I think my favourite music/design combo of this year has to be Quavo’s Quavo Huncho. Not only is it full of bangers, the cover by Mihailo Andic is just brilliant. It really sets itself apart from the Migo’s visuals and changes the way you listen to the record. Definitely check out the rest of his work, especially the stuff for Lil’ Yachty. 

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 020: Nice one bruva by Conner Perry

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! Rough Trade, 18 May  Artwork: A. Savage

Selected by Holly St Clair // IT021

I was really late to the Parquet Courts party, but actually both of my initial encounters with their two recent releases have been solid arguments for the importance of decent album artwork. For both Wide Awake! and Human Performance I ran into - literally - the artwork before the music. Twice, two years apart, whilst wandering around London I turned a corner and came face to face with Adam Savage’s superb cover work. He smacked me in the face with poppy colours and amorphous dancing forms and I loved every moment. Add in an anarchic use of type and you’ve got me shouting, “Oh shit! A new Parquet Courts album!” to no one in particular outside an old meat market in Shoreditch.

A. Savage is both front man and painter and that adds a special flavour to the whole affair. Album marketing can be a laboured, commercially driven affair, there’s something authentic - a little DIY flavour - about this relationship between artwork and music. It’s a nice parallel to the musical throwbacks typical of the bands style. Wide Awake! dropped earlier this year and it’s fab. (Although, I love the artwork so much even if it was god awful I’d still buy the record and hang it on my wall.)

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 021: To: You, Love: Me by Holly St Clair

D.A.L.I - When Haro Met Sally Burning Witches, 23 May  Artwork: Luke Insect

Selected by Thomas Hedger // IT017

According to my recently played, I’ve been stuck on a pre-'90s loop. I've crept slowly into 2018's releases picking out albums like books - by their covers - and it really paid off! I don’t often delve into electronic but I love this album, it’s a perfect blend of hopping on your bike and hitting the tracks, nailing the look of how the album feels in all its haze. A solid sunny day good time.

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 017: Sink by Thomas Hedger

Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar Ninja Tune, 9 March  Artwork: Tom Hingston

Selected by Katie Chandler // IT003

This cover was immediately striking and memorable to me. Upon listening to the album, I found that the artwork resonated with this feeling of odd, unrestricted expression. It's a little unsettling, ultimately bold and intriguing. Much like the music, it feels hot and cool all at once, like a burst of energy that leaves you in a sweat. It's the exhilarating soundtrack to your runner's high, and you're not really sure why you're running or what you're running from.

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 003: Porch Light by Katie Chandler

Gesu no Kiwami Otome (ゲスの極み乙女。) - Suki Nara Towanai (好きなら問わない) Taco Records, 29 August  Selected by Greg Stasiw // IT009

Although it’s not the ambient and electronic fare I usually enjoy, Suki Nara Towanai (好きなら問わない) by Gesu no Kiwami Otome. (ゲスの極み乙女。) is a hoot. The artwork features a stylized neon pachinko machine. Or maybe it’s a console in a rad indie pop spaceship, which would also make sense for this funky fresh group! It feels somehow familiar, somehow alien, and altogether really, really cool.

The neon suggests something retro, and there are some retro leanings in their funkier tracks, but it's definitely neon as seen in 2018. Modern pop (and J-Pop) tropes emerge, but infectious basslines, tight drumming, and smart keys make this album something special. Some math rock even surfaces at times, and the remix included proves that this group goes for whatever feels fresh. One look at the artwork reminds me that this is one of the funnest albums I've listened to in a while. “Funnest” is definitely a word when you’re talking about this band!

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 009: Atmospheres by Greg Stasiw

Aphex Twin - Collapse EP Warp, 14 September Artwork: Weirdcore

Selected by Alex Vissaridis // IT002

2018 was a great year if you grew up listening to the music I was into. Some of my all-time favourite artists released new stuff this year, and they didn’t disappoint. The artwork was pretty excellent too, but nothing grabbed my attention like the world created around Aphex Twin’s Collapse EP. Album art doesn’t seem to mean as much as it once did, so it’s always exciting when it appears outside of the little square on your screen in unexpected ways. 

This year, Aphex Twin logos appeared all over the world, from Elephant & Castle tube station to the side of a record store in Tokyo, designed in a way that made it look like the logo was collapsing into the environment around it. I’m a sucker for stuff like this; random cryptic messages that send internet detectives into a frenzy. It was eventually announced as marketing for the Collapse EP, but they kept the ‘collapsing logo’ visual going on the EP artwork, in the music video for the track ‘T69 collapse’, and even through to projection-mapped videos around London (again announced in typical smoke-and-mirrors fashion) and a collaboration with Crack magazine. Way more than just a collection of pixels.

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 002: Tape Fuzz by Alex Vissaridis

Flohio - Wild Yout EP Alpha, 2 November Selected by Rachel Maughan // IT012

I got into Flohio after I saw her on COLORS in January with 'Band'. She's fucking explosive on that track, you can feel her spitting straight into your chest. She's been savvy with her producers and killed her work with God Colony - 'SE16' was my most played track of the year. Her 2018 EP, Wild Yout is a cocktail of perfection. 

Mashing up genres it's a high energy listen with punchy, grimey hip-hop that is uniquely South London. The artwork is beautiful simplicity - her achingly slick androgynous aesthetic, the clean photographic composition, with a flowing chain to bring it tightly back to SE. Gorgeous.

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 012: High Rise by Rachel Maughan

Sudan Archives - Sink EP Stones Throw, 25 May Photography: Jack McKain Design: Jeff Jank

Selected By Tom J Newell // IT004

Sink submerges the listener in flowing loops and beats, with splashes of violin and vocals floating above the sunken monolith, which stands tall on the deep blue cover art. The composition is reminiscent of two of Jank’s other iconic Stones Throw sleeves, Donuts and Madvillainy and continues his striking yet varied art direction for the label.

Check out the ‘Nont For Sale’ video from the EP too, which adds powerful choreography and styling to create another successful visual accompaniment to the music. Much love to Sudan Archives and hats off to Jeff Jank. I painted a tribute to the cover art on a 12x12” piece of wood.

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 004: FEAR. by Tom J Newell

Drinks - Hippo Lite Drag City, 20 April Selected by Molly Fairhurst // IT015

Hazy, dazed, an album I hold dearly to 2018 (and many strangely lit walks in a then new, unknown city).

A collaboration between Cate Le Bon and White Fence’s Tim Presley, the pair took an (isolated) retreat to St Hippolyte-Du-Fort in the south of France to record, frankly, crudely, seemingly, whatever the fuck they wanted to. Hippo Lite is born, a joyful, playful, sometimes quiet, sometimes screaming object.

What senses like an eavesdrop through closed doors rightly has a cover that can’t be quite understood- a narrow column of, at the glance of the reader, ‘nonsense’ notes, which flank photos of Le Bon and Presley. Both are snapshots of an absurd holiday we have been invited along to, so long as we sit across the table. A tender and private piece.

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 015: The Wilder Woman by Molly Fairhurst

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - King of Cowards Rocket, 28 September Artwork: Sophy Hollington

Selected by Drew Milward // IT010

First off, this album is wall to wall, solid gold bangers. Kind of like the lovechild of The Fall and Black Sabbath, who has been cautioned by the police for possession of a massive bag of skunk, a bong in the shape of a skull and a copy of ‘The Holy Mountain’ on DVD. 

Aside from the fact it’s a full on riff-o-rama, the artwork by Sophy Hollington is absolutely incredible. It summons up the sound of the band, via folk horror infused wildness. It really captures the sonic landscape of the album, yet completely avoids any of the cliched imagery that could so easily have taken its place. It really is the whole package.

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 010: BE GONE, YOU CREATIVE GREMLINS! by Drew Milward

Djrum - Portrait With Firewood R&S, 17 August Artwork: Michael Mitsas

Selected by Sam Ailey // IT001

Portrait With Firewood is one of those rare gems within the electronic genre - a true ‘album’. With holistic production, emotional range, and a captivating narrative, this really is a stunning listening experience from start to finish. Felix Manuel combines electronic and acoustic sounds seamlessly on this intimate record, with exceptional attention to detail in his sampling and tender piano sections played by Felix himself.

Michael Mistas’s cover art is a real departure from the typical design aesthetic of electronic albums and caught my attention straight away. I love its composition and rough, imperfect execution. To me these feels reflective of the range and depth of emotional states explored across the album, and the feeling that some things are easier to express through your craft than with words. Plus I’m a sucker for pink things.

➔ Listen to Illustrated Tapes 001: Quiet by Sam Ailey

[myfriendpokey]

flat pak

i went to now play this last weekend and had a good time! there was a flatgames room, and a panel, and the latter made me think about some nightmarish circumstance where someone was questioning me about what the point of these things was. the three posts below are all pseudo-answers i sketched out.

1. i like how sexless videogames are, and how bad at representing humanity in general, i like that even hyperviolent games have this wistfulness about them, as if the only way they can grasp the human body is as it comes apart - in some provisional, stateless shape contained in but seperate from the game systems, a ghost, like those mysteriously elaborate and collisionless death animations the enemies in old shooters got before dissolving into goo. or as if they hoped the exuberance of their own approach was enough to break the carapace of the format and let something, anything, seep in from the outside....

the little guys in videogames are a gentler convention, but they're always on the verge of the same dissolution - the sketchiest of outlines, of features, a ball, a shape, with eyes and feet. like drawing yourself with your eyes closed - the crudest and most temporary kind of projection or self-fashioning. staring nervously and chomping as it waddles through the maze, eating things, breaking apart instantly when it bumps into someone, and given an equally temporary name such as walky or go-go. i love this dorkiness, this daydream of the body as a soap-bubble, so alienated that the slightest recognition feels like intimacy.

2. flatgames are 'flat' in the sense of projecting a multi-level videogame hierarchy into a single plane; the archetypical flatgame gesture is being able to walk across the textboxes. rather than systems they represent collections - collections of effects treated as independent of the wider process they'd ordinarily portray, which can then be grouped and moved around seperate from that process. so it's a personal, subjective format in the sense that the new groupings sort of mirror the groupings produced when various external effects are flattened into single moments of subjective experience, of memory. but it's also a personal format just because it's easy to use - because in many circumstances it's easier to just drag and drop text around rather than create a universal system that handles when and how it'll be displayed, as in all those unity horror games that have gui elements just sort of hanging around in space for you to bump into. and i think this is something that kind of grinds interestingly against the idea of videogames as inherently systematic, inherently good at portraying systems - like, in what way are they systematic when it's become easier NOT to be systematic? at what point do those "systematic" features become a mannerism, while the very easiness of bad game design means it starts to cleave more rigorously to the contours of actual material life and practice, to the way we really use computers rather than the ways we'd like to use them?

this is not to say systems don't exist. but their relationship with even the most system-y videogames is weird - to what extent are these games exploring a system rather than expressing a sense of systematicity, an aesthetics of system not dissimilar to those of puzzles, criticism, and the mystery novel? on one hand we know that a lot of systemic elements are hand-tweaked by developers in order to feel less jarring to our  impression of the whole (dice rolls being the most common) - on the other we know from previous twitter threads about exactly these kinds of  "cheats" that they can outrage players who learn they exist. which suggests it's not any specific quality or experience associated with a game system but the idea of systematicity itself that's being sold -- as indeed with the famous "100 hours of gameplay" tag, which does not express a type of content so much as a promise that this content has been regulated and formatted in ways which allow it to be sold in this very matter-of-fact way. the idea of systematicity as a deliberately conveyed aesthetic impression feels worth investigating, particularly given ten million youtube videos with names like "gun-shot teen DESTROYED with Logic" and "univeral reason under attack: why braingeniousmasculinist should be unbanned from club penguin" - evidently the impression of sanguine impersonality and indifference to the merely "personal" is a highly popular and profitable one online....

in a more material sense, too, we can query this systematicity. a videogame with handdrawn paper graphics is obviously not "de-mystifying" the process of making games, since the physical object had to be digitalised and cleaned up and  imported and processed before it could be used. one of the stranger things in videogames is that naivete is a technological affordance - i can use crude handdrawn graphics because the computer has enough memory not to force me to compress it all into 8x8 sprites (unless i really want it to, as with deliberately limited bespoke engines). but at the same time it really is de-mystifying, because it emphasises the extent to which game development takes place at the intersection between multiple different areas of digital technology (not to mention human labour).  3d model textures can be paintings or photographs or heavily treated, processed combinations of the two - the photographs or paintings used can be original or purchased from various weird economies of commercial asset packs - the artistic coordination of those assets can take place over skype or similar with the reference of multiple other digital image files, scavenged from online to give an idea of the total look. i don't mean to suggest that these multiple intersections are so complex that they cease to be "systematic" - but i do think that grasping it as a real system also means coming to terms with the ways in which it can be structurally unsystemisable, like fredric jameson's description of globalization as "untotalizable totality". when the most important features of the discrete operations of a computer are that they take place at a scale and speed no human can replicate, recasting exactly those operation into a human scale can confuse more than it clears up [much like this post].

thinking about videogames more generally as revolving around not an inherent systematicity but rather an image of / desire for the same, around that imagination of systematicity which is bound up with consumer technology as a whole. i feel like at each moment in history this systematicity has some privileged form of social identification associated with it: i've lost count of the pulpy books i've read which had some villainous saint-just analogue, maybe one obsessed with clocks or measuring things, who imposes some cruel and rigid revolutionary "system" on the basically warm and laissez-faire vassals below... system as political imposition. but medieval writers might have connected the same sense of systematicity more immediately with that of the kingdom of god, with the underlying structure which makes those warm laissez-faire moments possible to begin with. sometimes system appears in media as bureaucracy and ritual, sometimes it's as a challenge to bureaucracy and ritual, galileo's "and yet it moves" or those movies where someone comes up with a brilliant new way to win sports matches or sell sub-prime mortgages against all the prevailing wisdom. on the basis of this extremely rough idea, what could we imagine being the privileged form that systematicity appears in the everyday today? not capitalism or high finance, which while systematic can also be too broad or naturalised to appear so in this immediate way...  not politics, not the internet.  but maybe ON the internet, and for me "system" appears most visibly online in the question of personal information and how it's tracked. all those notifications of websites using cookies clicked through, terms and amendments to terms scrolled past, online shopping histories suddenly reoccuring by ads for the same products you looked at appearing in the background of another site - all these are re-impositions, re-appearances of systemicity through the vague fugue of internet experience. and which pop up in the more public sphere as an ominous black site, with the full scope or implications sealed away behind byzantine layers of corporate procedure and nondisclosure. the sense of system here is one of intransigence, blockage - it's divorced from the idea that knowing the system would give one the power to change it, because here the system is exactly what makes that knowledge impossible in the first place. maybe that sense of the failure of systemic knowledge is connected to the world depicted in flatgames, in which that knowledge no longer exists - niall moody's "the craigallen fire" contains historical information and real places, but the words hang eerily across the digital picture as if unsure how to relate to it, as if coming from a long way away. but the movement away from representational systematicity is a move towards material systemicness, in the clarity and concreteness with which flatgames approach their own practice, so maybe we should consider this withdrawal as strategic - as an effort to build new systems, rather than being pulled into the daydream of the old.

3. part of the pleasure, for me, in making flatgames, was the sense of feeling able to postpone indefinitely some kind of mechanical reckoning - the feeling of being able to use pacing and visual structure to ward off the dread that any minute now i'd have to settle down and make a real game. in a weird way it connects to what i enjoy about very fussy, technical games - grinding in an rpg means deferring the point at which you actually have to begin playing the rpg, both in the sense of being challenged and in the sense of actually having to sit down and learn all the systems, just as savescumming your way through megaman 3 is to giddily skate around the dread prospect of actually playing megaman 3. there is no point where you have to work out what happens if you die or walk off the map, there is no point where you have to say to the player "okay, you have to focus now". the horror of paying attention and the joy of not having to! a moment of those moralist rituals held in temporary suspense, as if time itself has frozen and you're free to walk among it, underneath paused mechanisms that would ordinarily be crushing you... and the awareness of that suspense somehow makes your own delicacy greater, as if one of the machines you wandered through was your own life, and you could hover precariously inside it... a soap bubble, the merest bug-eyed phantom, newly christened something like walky or go-go....

[image credits - street fighter iii: second impact - pippols  - space fantasy zone - marchen veil - bandits 9)

[bhandarimarblekishangarh]

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Sandstone is incredibly versatile. Sandstone was a popular building material from ancient times. It is soft, making it easy to carve. It has been widely used all over the world in constructing temples, homes, and other buildings. Sandstone is incredibly versatile.  Red sandstone has a non-slippery surface, which makes them perfect for walkways, driveways, pool decks, and so much more. Sandstone is incredibly versatile.

FANTASY BROWN MARBLE

This natural stone variety is always famous for its dramatic appearance, paired with neutral tones. The colors present in Fantasy Brown include brown, beige, white, gray, and gold, making for a combination of comfortable and cool tones that will effortlessly go with most design gorgeousness. The color and pattern of this marble make it for multipurpose uses. No matter which woods or paint colors you choose, they’re going to look fabulous with this beautiful, versatile stone. You can use Fantasy Brown marble as a Kitchen Countertop, Bathroom Countertop, Vanity top, Flooring, and wall cladding.

BLACK  GRANITE

Black granite is a natural stone widely used in kitchen countertops. Its resistance to abrasion, its great hardness, and its timeless aesthetic will catch everyone’s eye! The stone is resistant to water and heat and requires very little maintenance. The most demanded black granite is Zimbabwe Black, a deep black-colored fine-grained natural stone. It has bright shines due to its quartz minerals, providing a vivid sheen to its surface.

WHITE GRANITE STONE PRICE

Granite price starting from  55rs/sqft, in this price, the thickness will be regular or standard we can say 15MM+- and the above price is 250rs/sqft as per quality and quantity. The Price of the material also varied as per the thickness and quality of the material.

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GRANITE STONE COLORS

Granite is a natural stone and it is available in a variety of colors, including white, black, brown, beige, blue, and red.

White Granite

Strong, beautiful, and versatile, white granite gives any surface a refined, clean-lined, and elegant look. Therefore, it makes magnificent, durable, and low-maintenance kitchen countertops that have all the advantages of granite countertops plus some extra benefits, characteristic of white granite only.

Blue Granite

Blue granites come in many different shades that range from very light to very dark. The blue tones give this stone a feel of luxury. Blue granites can either be veined with other minerals scattered throughout or homogeneous with a uniform pattern of minerals besides the base. This granite can be used effectively on walls and floors in both interior and exterior architecture.

Brown Granite

Coffee Brown granite features shades of brown including coffee and chocolate. It is available in both tiles and slabs and recommended for all commercial and residential projects including flooring, walls, and granite countertops.

Green Granite

Green Granite is said to be one of the most popular forms of granite that are available in the industry. This granite comes with a fine texture and smooth finishing. It is available in the slabs, block and in tiles form. It brings the feeling of freshness and feels of peace to your construction.

GREEN GRANITE STONE PRICES

Green Granite stone price starts from 75rs/sqft and above.

GRANITE EXPORTS FROM INDIA

Granite is among the most highly regarded stones for construction purposes. Produced from huge granite slabs mined from quarries, granite manufacturers in India process them in advanced factories to deliver world-class products. India has varieties of granite in over 250 shades. As of 2005, Granite reserves in India were 37,426 million cubic meters and ranked fifth in export of the processed product. Resources are found in Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh.

GRANITE STONE PRICE IN JAIPUR

Granite stone price in Jaipur started from  around 55rs/sqft and above

BLACK GRANITE MANUFACTURER

We, the Bhandari Marble group are one of the prominent manufacturers, suppliers, and exporters of granite all over the world. We offer high-quality granite in exquisite finishes and a variety of colors to our clients. Today, we have established ourselves as one of the pioneers in the empire of granite exporters of India. We are one of the leading granite exporters in India with multiple export units to deliver all over India. We provide you with a full range of high-quality granite slabs with new design trends.

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Top 10 UI/UX Design Trends 2021: You Should Know

What is UI Design

Firstly, in UI/UX Design, User Interface or UI is an interface through which machines and software such as computers, home appliances, mobile devices and other electronic devices can be self-designed.

The main purpose of the UI/UX Design is to maximize usability and user experience as well as to improve the design.

For example, if you want to change the design of your personal computer or mobile, you can do this with the help of user interface ie UI/UX Design.

A good user interface design helps to finish the work without any hassle. For this you do not even need to learn any special programming language.

Graphic design and typography are used to improve a UI design. Both these software ensure that how a user interacts with the computer and what commands are given to the computer.

The design process in the UI should become a system that not only balances technical functionality and visual elements, but is also useful and adaptable to users.

Use of UI/UX Design

The UI design is being used in computer systems, from cars to commercial aircraft, and many other areas.

In all these areas, people make very large designs very easily using very few computers.

The UI is mainly used to improve the design of devices in any field.

If we go to this definition of UI, we can use it in almost every field.

3D Elements in UI/UX Design

3D Elements are receiving great love..! This integration in the UI will be the hottest trend of 2021. 3D is also being widely used in full screen animations as the main key visuals.

Among the hot UI/UX Design trends of the year, 3D graphics are rocketing on top of creative experiments. No doubt, integration of various 3D graphics into mobile and web interfaces is quite a challenge that requires specific skills and artistic eye to be crafted well. What’s more, it’s time-consuming. However, the benefits are really worth considering:

it is definitely eye-catching and users will never pass by.

The 3D renders often look photorealistic, which is a big advantage for user interface design: graphics of that kind may save the game in cases when photo content you need is impossible to get or highly expensive.

If you need to set futuristic vibes, nothing can help better.

Glassmorphism in UI/UX Design

Like Neuomorphism last year, Glassmorphism is the new craze this year. It is basically the "through the glass” effect. The premise of this style isn’t new in itself…! It has been used in Windows VISTA, IOS 7 before.

There is a new style on the block right now and it’s growing in popularity. While Neumorphism is imitating an extruded, plastic surface (but still looking like one layer), this new trend goes a bit more vertical. Its most defining characteristics are:

Transparency (frosted-glass effect using a Background Blur)

Multi-layered approach with objects floating in space

Vivid colors to highlight blurred transparency

A subtle, light border on the translucent objects.

Dark Mode

Dark mode will again be one of the hottest trends of 2021. Big Grands like Facebook, Instagram, Apple and Android offer Dark Mode as alternative themes in their Products. It looks modern, allows design elements to pop, and reduces eye strain.

Dark UI designs are seen far and wide, from mobile screens to massive TVs. A dark theme can express power, luxury, sophistication, and elegance. However, designing for dark UIs presents multiple challenges and won’t meet expectations if implemented poorly. Before diving into the “dark side,” designers should look before they leap.

Digital products with dark UIs—associated with power, elegance, and mystery—are a formidable trend. While it’s often said that dark mode can reduce eye strain, there is no evidence that this is true. Under certain circumstances, it’s also supposed to save battery life. Still, more often than not, dark themes are an aesthetic choice.

Colorless UI

The use of vivid and vibrant colors can be seen a lot in the UI in 2021. Colorless UO with thin lines and black and white(or subtle color) illustrations are quite popular too.

The combination of black and white offers the maximum contrast possible because they come from opposite ends of the color spectrum. Black and white websites are classical, strong and powerful, but most of all this color combination is the epitome of elegance. Black and white is a timeless combination, it always works and never goes out of fashion.

Bauhaus Style

The style of Bauhaus is commonly characterized as a combination of arts and crafts movement with modernism. Bauhaus' designs feature little ornamentation and a focus on balanced forms and abstract shapes. 

Here’s what stood out  for the field of UX:

Simplicity — the constant need for reinterpretation, renegotiation, and defense of this foundational principle of accessible design.

Gesamtkunstwerk — making responsible use of our growing ability to design for all senses across many surfaces in digital product creation.

Staying connected to practice — finding ways of staying engaged in the creative process across levels and functions, e.g. via design sprints

Creative collaboration — deep empathy and partnership not just with our users but also with our co-creators, the engineers, managers, marketers

Personal bonds — the importance of making room for playful interactions and forming lasting bonds beyond ‘professional networking’

Social good — not losing sight of our motivation to create products that benefit the people that use them, and society at large.

Colors on White Surface

Colors are the most important visual elements which can highlight your content and brand’s style. But it should help the UI elements and surface to be easily distinguished from one another.

There are 3 important things about color that you should know: Hue, Value & Saturation.

Hue is the color in natural state. For example blue, green-yellow, yellow, red, etc. Without any variation of light and darkness.

In UI (User Interface) the value plays an important role, because when we use it well, we can get a good contrast and also different surfaces in our interface.

saturation is the intensity of the color, when we saturate a color, we have more intense and vivid color. When we desaturate color, we have a dull color, an example of this is when we completely desaturate a color, we have a gray color.

Animated illustration in UI

UI/UX Designers are incorporating more and more animated illustrations these days in UI. Animations captivate a user’s emotions, help understand more complex procedures and concepts, and reflect a brand's personality.

Digital illustrations applied on websites, landing pages, mobile screens, and emails present the booming trend this year. Custom graphic design is also widely used for promo and explainer videos.

 Moreover, we find animated illustrations in web and mobile interfaces: images in motion catch our attention and add life to the pages. Benefits of this approach are well-checked: digital artworks support the original and stylish look of the product, quickly transfer the needed message, and add emotional appeal.

Aesthetic Minimalism

The minimalist aesthetic focuses on the visual aspect of minimalism and expresses a clean and fresh style in design. You don’t always need a fancy UI, or “wow effects” for your product to look absolutely astounding, there’s nothing more aesthetically pleasing than a simple, minimal and readable UI/UX Design.

Main features of minimalism often mentioned by designers include:

Simplicity

Clarity

Expressive visual hierarchy

High attention to proportions and composition

Functionality of every element

Big amount of spare space

High attention ratio to core details

Typography as a significant design element

Eliminating non-functional decorative elements

Big/Bold Typography in UI/UX Design

Big/Bold and chaotic typography was hot in 2020 and it will continue to grow in 2021 also. Some websites/apps are entirely based on typography and result in very interesting.

Regardless of how or if the other design techniques are used, bold type is almost always present.

It’s no surprise that big, bold lettering is often used in minimalist designs. It’s the perfect contrast to the stark nature of the design and provides visual interest and helps get users into the content.

But what makes typography bold? It can be a number of things; the key to finding the perfect level of boldness is often to look at how much lettering contrasts with the rest of the design. 

Further, Bold type is lettering that stands out from its surroundings and demands to be read. But it has to be an integral (and integrated) part of the overall aesthetic. Bold typography should have purpose and meaning.

Immersive Interface

Integrating functions and scenes into the design, users can generate more experience in the process of using the product. This can be seen a lot in 2021.

In Conclusion, this is the top 10 UI/UX Design trends that you should know. So by commenting us, you must tell that which trend you liked more.

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