Ligature 18 is a University of Florida Design Symposium, featuring talks and workshops with guest designers as well as a showing of the work of UF students. From the looks of their work, they are killing it (with more than just sports) in Gainesville. See all the student work here.
Championship-Caliber Design
Jamie Delaney
Enjoy the work of Irish designer extraordinaire Jamie Delaney.
David Reinbold
The delicate lines and washes of color of David Reinbold's work combine to create some amazing illustrations for the likes of Nike, Samuel Adams and Paste Magazine.
Thisandagain
Detroit designer Andrew Sliwinski, aka Thisandagain, is the proud creator of a ton of amazing work. View it all here.
Much More Comfortable Than Actual Rocks
South African textile designer Ronel Jordaan creates these amazing wool felt rock formations for all types of applications.
Symbol Design Bible
Pentagram has finally released the book of over 400 symbols designed by their partners, titled Marks. It's even printed on french-folded bible paper, just to make sure you feel like you're reading the Bible of design.
Michael Steele
These paintings are a part of a series Michael Steele calls the Cluster series; a collection of random or linked images or objects combined together to form a unique composition.
Annika Bäckström
Annika Bäckström has a nice, simple style of illustration, I'm especially loving (pun intended) her series depicting hearts of all kinds.
Jane Stockdale
Jane Stockdale's photography of live music is incredible, capturing the raw emotion of live shows by some of the world's great musicians.
Sage Vaughn Round 2...
After posting about Sage Vaughn below, he sent me some pics of his newest work, which can be seen in a show in Hamburg at the end of next month. Click image below to see a little larger.
Sage Vaughn
I'm admittedly enamored with the paintings of LA artist Sage Vaughn, especially his work juxtaposing wildlife and urban environments.
I Watch too Much TV
Branislav Kropilak's amazing photos of empty parking garages are evocative of some sort of modernist battleground for futuristic jet cars and robots.
Factory Fetish
There appears to be a new trend of photographing enormous factories at night, especially among photographers in Japan. They're all over Flickr lately, and I'm glad they are, the lighting and eerie subject material combine for some very cool shots. Via Bouncing Red Ball.
Another Young Artist to Watch...
Stockholm design student Petter Hanberger already has a great portfolio, I especially love his work for bakery/pastry/lunch cafe Petite France.