Receipt redesign by BERG

Receipt redesign by BERG

London design consultancy BERG have proposed a redesign of the standard till receipt, transforming the usually dull printout with infographics about purchases.

Receipt redesign by BERG

Data is extracted from cash registers to turn the receipt into a paper “app” that is informative and context specific.

Receipt redesign by BERG

The example pictured here shows a lunch receipt that displays total number of calories, percentage of RDA and other information relating to the food consumed.

Receipt redesign by BERG

Tick boxes give returning customers the ability to customise their next receipt.

Receipt redesign by BERG

BERG were asked to rethink the receipt for a feature in the July 2011 issue of Icon magazine and developed the idea from an earlier collaborative project with creative agency Dentsu London.

Receipt redesign by BERG

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Icon magazine asked us to contribute to their monthly “Rethink” feature, where current and commonplace objects are re-imagined.

We continued some of the thinking from our “Media Surfaces” work with Dentsu, around how retail receipts could make the most of the information systems that modern point-of-sales machines are plugged into…

We’ve added semi-useful info-visualisation of the foods ordered based on “what the till knows” – sparklines, trends – and low-tech personalisation of information that might be useful to regulars. Customers can select events or news stories they are interested in by ticking a check box.

We think the humble receipt could be something like a paper “app” and be valuable in small and playful ways.


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Competition: five copies of WRAP issue two to be won

WRAP issue two

Competition: we’ve teamed up with illustration magazine WRAP to give away five copies of their latest issue that’s designed so every page can be re-used as wrapping paper.

WRAP issue two

The magazine features work by up-coming illustrators and designers, and the theme of this second issue is Animals and Creatures.

WRAP issue two

Copies of WRAP will also be available for purchase at our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up from 24 June to 10 July at 55 Neal Street, London WC2.

WRAP issue two

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WRAP issue two

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Competition closes 12 July 2011. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the bottom of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

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WRAP issue two

Photography is by Luke Bryant.

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‘Read Wrap, wrap Wrap – new design magazine showcasing illustration work by up-and-coming talent that can be put to good use as wrapping paper’

Wrap is a new design and illustration magazine with a difference – each sheet of Wrap can be re-used as wrapping paper. Set up last Autumn by London designers Christopher Harrison and Polly Glass to showcase work by talented artists, it is printed on 100% recycled paper using vegetable based inks, and is available to buy online and in top UK design stores including Magma, Beyond the Valley, Mint, The Design Museum, Drink,Shop&Do, and Wolf&Badger.

Wrap are very pleased to announce the release of their second issue

With the theme of ‘Animals & Creatures’, issue two features work by an exceptional group of contributors from all over the world including L.A. based Patrick Hruby, Milan collective Carnovsky (who have created the colourful cover art) and London based Thereza Rowe.

As well as endeavouring to broaden all their interviews with contributing artists, Wrap have also added some new features to their second issue. These include talking to UK print designer Lisa Stickley, Japanese jewellery designer Momo Tamura about her brand Momocreatura, and one of their new regular features, an illustrated Day in the Life – in this issue by the quirky and cat obsessed freelance illustrator Gemma Correll.

Wrap have also altered their format a little since issue one, so it is now bigger (approx.A3) than before with a harder cover. The back cover has been perforated so it can become a set of eight notecards to match all the prints inside and all the sheets are only folded over once, so they’re kept as neat and flat as possible, ready for when they’re pulled out and used to wrap up a present!

Being environmentally conscious, Wrap is printed on 100% recycled paper and using vegetable-based inks.

Wrap was co-founded and launched by Christopher Harrison and Polly Glass in Autumn 2010 during the London Design Festival. Their aim is to develop and produce a really exciting and appealing publication that showcases and promotes the work of talented creative people (both up-and-coming, and established) and one that bridges the gap between being a magazine and a product. They wanted to make something that could both be looked at and read, but that the consumer could also enjoy using.

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Perfection Is Around The Corner

Oil and Vinegar found in a friends bowl before he put the salad in.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

American graphic designer Ben Hermel created this typeface by layering blended shapes over classic script letters.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

Called Ghost Script, the design creates a vector file that can be scaled as needed and altered by adding or removing layers.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

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Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

Here are some more details from the designer:


Ghost Script is an exercise in bringing a contemporary aesthetic to script typefaces, a style of type that is more commonly used in a traditional manner to convey ‘classic’ and ‘refined’.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

Ghost Script is intended for more contemporary applications without losing these attributes.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

The objective was to find the balance between appearing completely new but feeling timeless.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

To meet this objective blended shapes were overlaid on classically proportioned letterforms, with each layer adding depth and movement without affecting the type’s proportions.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

Ghost Script was created utilising blends and transparency in Adobe Illustrator, resulting in a vector file which can be scaled as needed.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

Building the letterforms using layers results in the flexibility to adjust the typeface in different ways.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

A lighter version of the typeface was created by removing layers, resulting in a simpler typeface but retaining the essence of the letterforms. Color can also be added layer by layer to create greater depth.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

The experiment that inspired this typeface was an attempt to bring life to helvetica using layers and blends.

Ghost Script by Ben Hermel

I am a freelance designer based in Portland Oregon, specialising in both graphic and product design.


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UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

Cibicworkshop of Milan have designed bottles for wine made with grapes from each of Italy’s wine regions, marking the 150th anniversary of the country’s unification.

UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

The red Una wine bottle is more masculine and is based on the classic Italian flask-shaped bottle, while the white is more feminine and slender.

UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

The wines come in an ash presentation box complete with lock and key.

UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

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UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

The information below is from Cibicworkshop:


UNA is the official wine of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.

UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

Created to celebrate the history and culture of Italian wine country, following the combination of 20 wines from native grapes indicated by the Departments of Agriculture of all Italian regions, carefully selected from Assoenologi (Enotecnici Italian Winemakers Association), it expresses the true spirit of Itay, the love for their land, the expertise, art and industriousness of its people.

UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

The design of wine bottles for the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy

The bottles of wine bring with them a powerful and evocative load of incredible history and tradition.
They combine the taste, the traditional shapes and the development of the knowledge of food preservation, continuously, without a feature prevailing over the others.

UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

Drawing the bottle of wine for the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy was a journey to discovery identities and traditions of great charm.
 From the beginning the idea was to develop a strong identity design, almost an archetype of the wine bottle, but new and contemporary, which could communicate the different levels of suggestion of this work: the wine, the land, the tradition, unity, Italy.

UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

The couple is the symbol of unity itself, the two bottles evoke a male and a female, and so the red wine bottle is a strong man and the white wine bottle is a elegant and slender woman.
We had a great research into the history of wine in our country and all over Europe.
The red wine bottle develops the classic red wine italian flask and the Bordeaux bottle shapes.
The first probably is oldest and purely italian wine bottle, the second is the shape internationaly accepted as the classic red wine container.
 The white wine bottle is a redesign of the classic bottles for clear wine in our country.

UNA wine bottles by Cibicworkshop

The box that protects them is precious, in ash, a tree which yields a valuable wood, spread throughout the italian peninsula.
To open it you need a key, an instrument that symbolizes the precious wine in it.
 The key is the archetype of loyalty and trust towards the people they are entrusted to.

Design by Cibicworkshop: Aldo Cibic with Tommaso Corà

A project by Veronafiere – Vinitaly
Technical supervision: Assoenologi (Italian Winemakers Association)
Technical coordination: Giuseppe Martelli
Art direction: Riccardo Facci
Graphic design: Facci & Pollini
Photos: Pietro Chillesotti


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Interview: Wim Crouwel at the Design Museum

Interview: Wim Crouwel at the Design Museum

Dezeen interviewed Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel last week on the eve of the opening of the exhibition Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Design Odyssey at the Design Museum in London.

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In the first movie (above), which was filmed at the Andaz Hotel in London, Crouwel talks about the exhibition as well as wallpaper and a rug based on his typographic designs that feature in a room at the hotel.

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In the second movie, Crouwel talks in more depth about stages of his career.

See our earlier story for more details about the exhibition, which continues at the Design Museum until 3 July.

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Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey at the Design Museum by 6a Architects

Wim Crouwel A Graphic Odyssey at the Design Museum by 6a Architects

Here are some pictures of 6a Architects‘ exhibition design for Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey, on show at the Design Museum in London.

Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey at the Design Museum by 6a Architects

Original sketches, posters, catalogues and archive photography plus film and video are displayed along a 20 meter-long white table.

Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey at the Design Museum by 6a Architects

The show presents work spanning 60 years of the Dutch graphic designer’s career including the identity he created for the Stedelijk Museum from 1967 onwards, the New Alphabet typeface from 1967 and Dutch postal stamps that were in circulation 1976–2002.

Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey at the Design Museum by 6a Architect

The exhibition continues until 3 July.

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Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey at the Design Museum by 6a Architect

Here are some more details from the architects:


Wim Crouwel A graphic odyssey Design Museum

The Design Museum celebrates the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in this his first UK retrospective. Regarded as one of the leading designers of the twentieth century, Crouwel embraced a new modernity to produce typographic designs that captured the essence of the emerging computer and space age of the early 1960s. This exhibition, spanning over 60 years, will cover Crouwelʼs rigorous design approach and key moments in his career including his work for design practice ʻTotal Designʼ, the identity for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, as well as his iconic poster, print, typography and lesser known exhibition design. The exhibition will also highlight Crouwelʼs rigorous design approach exploring his innovative use of grid-based layouts and typographic systems to produce consistently striking asymmetric visuals.

Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey at the Design Museum by 6a Architect

Original sketches, posters, catalogues and archive photography will be on display alongside films and audio commentary. In addition to celebrating Crouwelʼs career this exhibition will also explore his legacy and influence on contemporary graphic design with commentary from leading industry figures including Peter Saville and Stefan Sagmeister.

Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey at the Design Museum by 6a Architect

Designed by 6a Architects, in collaboration with graphic designers Spin, the exhibition creates a subtle backdrop to Crouwelʼs vivid works. The gallery was stripped back and opened up, allowing a twenty-metre long white table into the space. Exhibits are arranged across its surface, a figurative white page to the exhibitsʼ colourful intensity. Visitors move around, through and in-between its openings, reminiscent of Crouwelʼs fondness for three dimensional space in a two dimensional design. Crouwelʼs own commentaries explain the works, punctuated with striking portraits of the designer across the decades. The simple, paired down design reveals Crouwelʼs surprising tactility, a digital designer working in the analogue age.

Exhibition Design by 6a Architects. Exhibition graphics by Spin.


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Della Rosa Wedding Invite

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Della Rosa Wedding Invite

Della Rosa Wedding Invite

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Free copy of WRAP magazine with next 100 orders from Dezeen Watch Store

WRAP

We’ve teamed up with illustration magazine WRAP to give away a free copy of their first issue with the next 100 orders from Dezeen Watch Store.

WRAP

WRAP showcases the work of up-and-coming illustrators and is designed so every page can be re-used as wrapping paper.

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WRAP retails at £6.95 and the next issue is out in April.

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‘Read Wrap, wrap Wrap – new design magazine showcasing illustration work by up-and-coming talent that can be put to good use as wrapping paper.’

Wrap is a new design and illustration magazine with a difference – each sheet of Wrap can be used as wrapping paper.

WRAP

Set up last Autumn by London designers Chris Harrison and Polly Glass to showcase work by talented young artists, it is printed on 100% recycled paper and available in top London design stores including Mint, Viaduct, Beyond the Valley and The Design Museum.

WRAP

We showcase design and illustration work by talented creative people (both up&coming, and established), giving our readers the chance to see and hear about what the featured artists do, and how they do it… and what’s really great about Wrap, is that once you’re done looking, you can get wrapping, as all the wonderful and exciting pages in Wrap can go on to be used as wrapping paper.

WRAP

In our launch issue we have interviewed and printed work by 10 brilliant designers from across Europe – our feature is on Llyr Pierce who hides away in North Wales creating truly wonderful and thoughtful work. We are now busy working away on our second issue of Wrap, which is looking very exciting indeed – we have some wonderful designers involved. Issue 2 will be available for sale in April.

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Competition: five copies of It’s Nice That Issue #5 to be won

It's nice that Issue 5

We’ve teamed up with It’s Nice That magazine to give away five copies of Issue #5 of their bi-annual printed publication.

It's Nice That Issue 5

The 128 page magazine includes the best from the website over the last six months plus features and interviews with designers including Matt Pyke, Rob Ryan and Adrian Shaughnessy.

It's Nice That Issue 5

A specially commissioned print called Nice by Letman comes free with each copy.

It's Nice That Issue 5

To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “It’s Nice That Issue #5” in the subject line. We won’t pass your information on to anyone else; we just want to know a little about our readers.

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It's Nice That Issue 5

Competition closes 19 April 2011. Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the bottom of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

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It's Nice That Issue 5

Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter and at the bottom of this page.

Subscribe to our newsletter, get our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter for details of future competitions.

Here’s some more information from It’s Nice That:


It’s Nice That Issue 5

Introducing the new issue, a new look and a new subscription! Highlights from Issue #5 include interviews with Erwin Wurm, Matt Pyke and Rob Ryan as well as Adrian Shaughnessy writing about “design as art” in an essay titled ‘The Crapness of Things’, a look at John Divola’s ridiculously impressive body of work as well as delving into the record collection of Trevor Jackson.

It's Nice That Issue 5

Features (29 Pages)

Writer Justin Taylor riffs on all things “Nice”; Adrian Shaughnessy writes about “design as art” in an essay titled The Crapness of Things; Letman, aka Job Wouters, offers a rare glimpse of his sketches with the help of friend and photographer Qiu Yang; we profile the American artist and photographer John Divola’s ridiculously impressive body of work; sculptor, teacher and collector Tony Hayward presents his Indian rat trap collection; and designer and DJ Trevor Jackson reveals his 10 favourite new and old tracks.

It's Nice That Issue 5

Interviews (56 Pages)

Issue #5 also features interviews with sculptor Erwin Wurm (whose work French Police Cap graces our cover, the first full colour photographic image to do so), digital artist Matt Pyke, artist and illustrator Rob Ryan, photographer Isabella Rozendaal and Canadian artist Wilford Barrington.

It's Nice That Issue 5

Work (40 Pages)

The work section (presented in the first pages of the magazine) features Wyne Veen, Joseph L Griffiths, Martin Usborne, FriendsWithYou, Julien Berthier, Stefan Glerum, Ann Toebbe, Richard Barnes, Sarah Illenberger, Jon Rafman, Josef Schulz, Luis Dourado, Harmen de Hoop, Claire Morgan, Hisham Akira Bharoocha, Dane Lovett, Peter Garfield and Olek.

It's Nice That Issue 5

Print

And we’re also pleased to announce that Letman has produced an exclusively commissioned print entitled “Nice”, which will come free with all subscriptions, and will also be available in the shop for £8.

128 pages of advertising free content. 275 × 210mm.
Designed by It’s Nice That in collaboration with Joseph Burrin.
Printed by Push.