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A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol
Posted on 09. Feb, 2012 by Veerle Pieters.
Most of the folks here know that I have a great affection for vectors. I’m always on the look-out for great work that involves iIllustrations. The result of that hunt is shown on my Inspiration Stream that I try to update once a week. I just came acros…
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An overview of my tutorials
Posted on 12. Jan, 2012 by Veerle Pieters.
With the start of a new year it is a tradition to look back at what has past. I thought it would a good idea to create an overview of the tutorials that seem to get my readers’ approval. I’m sure not everybody digs deep down into the archives so who kn…
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International Year of Chemistry 2011
Posted on 23. Nov, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
I’ve always been a fan of Illustration posters that consist of only a few basic shapes. If you’ve been a follower you have undoubtedly spotted a few of those in my Inspiration Stream. In this post you’ll see some posters that fit the aforementioned cat…
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Inspiration Stream call for entries
Posted on 03. Nov, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
Regular visitors of my blog know that I love to share the work of other graphic designers, illustrators or artists. I’ve done a few interviews already with people I truly admire, and whose work I find highly inspirational. Besides interviewing people, …
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Oliver Sacks book covers
Posted on 12. Oct, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
Oliver Sacks is a British neurologist who lives in New York City, and is professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University. From what I understand these are old Oliver Sacks books that are being re-released with new cover art.
Vintage Books
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Minted Great Ideas Notebook Challenge
Posted on 29. Sep, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
I’m normally not a fan of these design contests where you *might* win something but the results from the Minted Great Ideas Notebook Challenge are too beautiful to not show them. That’s why I set my principles aside for once because they provide great …
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‘Soulful Magic’ for Designers.MX
Posted on 21. Sep, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
Some of you might know that music plays a very important role in my daily life. It’s something I can’t live without. There is no day that goes by that I haven’t listened to music. The right music gets me in the mood. I’m sure this applies to many peopl…
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Babelutte by Bartholomeus
Posted on 25. Aug, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
Tuesday evening I did a little drive to Knokke to visit the pop-up soirée from 20 Essentials. One of the talks there was by Bart Desmidt, a Michelin star chef from restaurant Bartholomeus (Flash site) in Heist, Belgium. Today’s post isn’t about food t…
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Tour de France Series
Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
If you’ve been around for a while you know that I am passionate about cycling. Keeping the “Flandrien” feeling alive you know. We have been spoiled so far this year with a rider like Philippe Gilbert. While I keep up with cycling the year around for ma…
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Tour de France Series
Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
If you’ve been around for a while you know that I am passionate about cycling. Keeping the “Flandrien” feeling alive you know. We have been spoiled so far this year with a rider like Philippe Gilbert. While I keep up with cycling the year around for ma…
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Delvaux Airess Illustrations
Posted on 07. Jul, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
This week’s item is partly about Belgium and Illustration. The Belgian connection is the world’s oldest fine leather luxury goods company Delvaux. The illustration part brings us to London. How these two got together you’ll discover in what follows aft…
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Tips on how to optimize your web design workflow
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
I’m not sure about you, but I’m still in favor of using Photoshop to create of my design for the web. However, I agree that this application, even with all its never-ending feature set, is not the ideal environment to design web sites in. The ideal app…
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Don DeLillo covers by Noma Bar
Posted on 21. Apr, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
One of the illustrators that I really look up to is Noma Bar, an Israel-born illustrator based in London. His illustrations tackle politically charged issues with eloquence and wit. This post is mainly about new work from Noma, but I still want to refe…
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Tip Ton by Vitra
Posted on 08. Apr, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
This week’s item will have its introduction in the upcoming week at Milan design week also known as Salone Internazionale del Mobile. It is a tilting chair for Swiss design brand Vitra.
Designed by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
Tip Ton Chair, des…
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Lumberjack
Posted on 07. Apr, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
Another great illustrator discovered.via Lydia Nichols
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Maria Corte
Posted on 07. Apr, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
Maria Corte is a Spanish illustrator with a flair for bright colors, textural accents, and engaging compositions.via grainedi
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It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad manimation
Posted on 07. Apr, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
Andy rebuilds the Mad Men opening titles by using CSS.
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The Cicada Principle and Why It Matters to Web Designers
Posted on 07. Apr, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
Very very smart thinking to create randomness in a pattern background.
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Tati love!
Posted on 07. Apr, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
Tati love! by Sebastiaan Van Doninck, Beautiful work and lovely style.Sebastiaan Van Doninck
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Reading For Everyone
Posted on 07. Apr, 2011 by Veerle Pieters.
Reading For Everyone by Kolchoz, 2009Library magazine cover.Sam Vanallemeersch