Design and Wonder in the Everyday

Designing with the Force

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Graphic designer and illustrator Justin Van Genderen’s Star Wars posters have been making the rounds lately and they are certainly Agogo worthy. Be sure to check out his Tatooine and Bespin posters too!

Influencing this post is the fact that the wife and I attended a prom last night as chaperones and got our prom photo taken — Star Wars style! (No Storm Troopers were hurt in the taking of the photo.)

Steam plus punk divided by Star Wars? Awesome Leia

Monday, November 17th, 2008

So I’ve been sorting through my bookmarks and rediscovered a gem, Gorilla Artfare. About a hundred artists contribute to this blog, posting their sketches, unfinished works, and polished pieces of art. 

So here is one of my favorite contributors: Björn Hurri. He has a series of steampunk Star Wars characters. His Leia is my favorite. After George Lucas sucking all the cool out of his own movies, Hurri manages to make the characters at least look interesting again.

Geek origami

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Honolulu boy, Won Park, is garnering a lot of attention due to his Star Wars dollar origami, but really, you need to check out his other pieces as well. (His deviantART page also features an impressive Transformers Bumblebee costume from last Halloween.)