Did you know that 80's aesthetic actually came from a group of designers? Take a look at this 6 min video by Vox to find out more! #blog #TheDesignBloc #1980s #80s #productdesign #design #graphicdesign #architects

Welcome to 2015! Here's a little motivation to help make this year even better than last year. Read, share, be inspired! 1. Draw More. A drawing a day keeps the doctor away. Studies have shown that drawing is a form of active meditation---which can help lower blood pressure, anxiety, and stress! So grab a pen or pencil the next time you're talking on the phone or you have time to kill a little. You'll be doing more good than you think! 2. Be Patient Things don't just happen o

Moleskine is a name recognized widely by designers and at some point all have probably carried these notebooks shoved into our back pockets. Now they are taking to turning notes and drawings into digital files. Welcome the Moleskine Livescribe Notebook Designed to work with the Livescribe 3 smartpen, it uses motion sensors in the pen to record the position and movements made by the user which is then translated into digital images allowing each page to be viewed on smartphone

Graphic design studio, GrandArmy, has just recently completed an overhaul of the signage and packaging for the U.S. Postal Service calling it the "largest retail rebrand project in American history." Wanting to update its 31,000 locations, GrandArmy took the opportunity to simplify and modernize the in-store graphics as the USPS knew their locations needed help. The rebranding took on all materials used in the retail outlets including the tags, signage, kiosks, menu boards an

This is interesting concept and perhaps a little unorthodox, but we're going to share anyways because here at The Bloc, that's what we do! Feel free to share your afterthoughts in the comment box below. There is a new font program out called "HomelessFonts", and it's exactly what you're thinking--fonts created from the signs of homeless men and women. Now you can download Lorraine's font, Luis' font, and so on. Someone's handwritting can reveal a lot about their personality,

Dutch artist, Telmo Pieper has given some of his childhood drawings a second chance at life. We all remember as a child, when we didn't care if our drawings had proportioned bodies or the same sized eyes. Well as a 4-year old, Piper didn't care about intricate details as well, and he is sharing his childhood artwork with a whole new twist. As you will see below, Pieper took the time to enhance and digitally render a few of his former adolescent masterpieces by adding material

ArchiMusic We just love these graphic posters by Ferderico Babina. The combining forces of music, musican, graphic design, and architecture churning together to become this interactive poster is just so creative to us. The DesignBloc gives this 4 stars! Check out all of the ArchiMusic posters by Ferderico Babina on his website here #architecture #music #graphic #graphicdesign #posters