FAIRspot

Romanian artist Alex Dragulescu’s projects are experiments and explorations of algorithms, computational models, simulations and information visualizations that involve data derived from databases, spam emails, blogs and video game assets. Basically, Alex brings malicious code and spam to life. Amazing!

Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone! Enjoy these letterpress chocolates on us! Now if only we could understand what the page says… Note: Click image on the linked page to view more.

The Blind Text Generator logo is weak at best, but the tool itself is very useful. Get more control out of your nonsensical layout copy by choosing; number of characters, type of dummy text to display and full CSS font control.

It spits out the CSS on the fly and you can even wrap your copy in a <p> tag to save you one extra step. Sorry Lipsum, we have a new friend.

As you know, we admire busy people around here. Andreas Koller definitely falls in that category. Andreas studied under Stefan Sagmeister last year, just launched Strukt, (a design studio for events and exhibitions) and is also finding time to do a lot of personal work and experimentation with Processing. Two thumbs up mate!

Quadroplastic is Maxim Zhestkov, a 22 year old motion, graphic and toy designer based in Russia and studying Graphic Design at Ulyanovsk State University. Newer works updated on his Flickr.

What can we say? Sylvia Tournerie just kills the print world. Her portfolio showcases more exceptional work than most studios do, and even her works from ‘04 show trends being used today. This is a must-study.

Shaun Inman has revealed the geometrical magic and secret behind the simply simple and beautifully beautiful Mint logo. We love it when designers give an insight into some of their creative methods!

Ico Design, a London based studio, is rocking out some extremely clean identity campaigns, print and installations that don’t leave any details untouched… except telling us what “ico” stands for.

Incase makes amazing accessories for all your Apple products—and more! We think the iPhone covers (above) are way hot and there’s more to come… so be sure to read the News to keep up with these guys.

Pleaseletmedesign is a duo of young graphic designers comprising Pierre Smeets and Damien Aresta. Yes, the FAIRspot train has made a stop in Belgium today, but hey, who’s complaining? If this work doesn’t make you excited to be a designer, you should just quit right now!

Andrew Mcconochie (AM) is an international design and communication studio based in Madrid, Spain. This is a recent find for us and we’ve noticed a lot of the work is dated—but only by time—not by style. There’s something to be said about creating a timeless portfolio.

“The concepts are getting stronger, the textures deeper, and he ain’t afraid to fill the whole canvas. Not that’s he’s lost his magic touch with negative space.”—Jon Smith regarding New York designer Andrio Abero (aka 33rpm).

Meet the “Ladybug”—a new iPod speaker collabo between Vestalife and Element skateboards art directors. Fun stuff.

Big Medium is flexible, easy-to-use software for creating and editing websites directly from your browser. Intuitive for non-techies, sublime for power users, perfect for web designers.

Twopoints.Net is a communication design bureau based in Barcelona… doing some very original poster work and other projects.