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It’s spring and over at Breakbeat Science Gear we’re blowing out everything for 65% off. Grab a shirt and go catch some rays in the park.

We’ve also updated our store with some sweet new product shots, go have a gander.

Grain, high contrast black & white, erotic mysticism. I’m sold.

Fredrik Melby is norwegian, he works for agency Anti-Ink. He’s got it on lock down, check out his bangin’ Behance portfolio.

I just watched Logan’s Run the other day. I have no idea why i hadn’t seen this film, but i was drawn in the second the title sequence started, set with one of my favorite typefaces, Avant Garde, and shot against a futuristic city.

This film takes place in the post apocalyptic 23rd century, where the last few humans live in a oppressive / faux utopian society. Every pleasurable desire is fulfilled, but there is a catch, you must be “reborn” at age 30, keeping their world youthful.

Visually stimulating , priceless dialogue, and a good existential message on freewill and happiness. The thing i love about vintage sci-fi, is the (what we consider now) lo-fi means of depicting futurism, it ads special human character, and it’s very amusing to see how creative the special effects teams would get with out CG to fall back on. It creates a visual style, unlike the ultra realistic effects we are used to today.

Whenever i see movies like Blade Runner, 2001, and Logan’s Run, my futurist, vintage loving self begs that the future will be decorated the same.

The image above is is a poster i created for Omega Code, an emerging transcendental / new age metal band, tackling their debut through creating a strong preemptive following in the art & design scene. They first commissioned some well known talent such as Hejz, Sebastian Onufziak, and Mike Cina to create some posters based around their triangle mark. I was really digging the aesthetic that was being cultivated, so I emailed them expressing interest in partaking in this project, and thankfully they were just getting ready to open up the floor with a fan art contest.

Submissions for the fan art contest closed last week, and tomorrow the band is picking 20 winners to publish in a book. All  400-something submissions  can viewed on Omega Code’s flickr stream.

Here are some of my favorites from the official commissions:

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NYC Photographer / Designer Joseph Marconi has just updated his portfolio with a focus on his photography. Very slick shots, solid lighting, and choice subjects.

Mario Hugo, one of my favorite artist / designers, has just updated his portfolio with some great work. I’ve been following this gent for a while, and he’s always made me spring towards my paper & pencil or wacom & mac, i know i’m not alone on this either, Christopher from Change The Thought would definitely agree.

I love trees and anything organic, this Decemberists sleeve is really singing to me. If you’re in NYC today, you might check out his lecture for AIGA

Justin Maller, a very prolific Illustrator from Melbourne Australia, and Art Director for the international art group Depthcore, has just added a bunch of impressive work to his portfolio.

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Upper lip hair is so terrible, yet so simultaneously badass. Note the British spelling for extra spice! Anyone else have the courage this month? Final pic coming on the 31st.

The Grid System, the ground rules for typography and layout. Josef Muller Brockmann, the swiss designer who heavily advocated use of the grid with that lovely orange book above, Grid Systems in Graphic Design, has become synonymous with this set of design guidelines. When i went to school for design, the majority of my studies were based in learning software, thanks to these great resources i’m sharing, i’ve been able to educate myself with these universal processes of design, something i feel is seriously lacking in my generation of designers due to the technology we use today.

I also just discovered this rich online resource for grids, The Grid System, it’s a great compilation of articles, tools, books, and templates.