Announcements, FFBüro
We have set up a
basic mobile version of the blog – using
MoFuse. It’s a free mobile site generator and is very easy to sign up to and set up. If you are running blog or similar with feeds these can be directed straight to you mobile version. You can also easily create your own pages and play with basic styling etc.
FFBüro, Top Five
1) Mid-Century Danish/Scandinavian furniture – picked up two great chairs this morning from an import sale
2) 100% Process Colours – spot colours for free, especially 100% magentan or cyan
3) Hot Chocolate – on a wet rainy day can’t beat it
4) Kids – they are the future and such an inspiration/motivation
5) 3am ideas – wake up pitch black and store that great idea for the morning
FFBüro, Top Five
1) The Serif – a daily source of intelligence.
2) Google Reader – follow our stream
here.
3) Rain – this is for anyone in Australia, but this week has seen some much needed rain in Victoria and other states and coming from the UK it’s nice to be reminded of the old country.
4) Logo by Michael Evamy – great branding and identity research, and lovely book design by
Spin (UK).
5) Design Posters – we already posted about our love of posters this week, but they deserve another mention and a place in this weeks top5.
Design, FFBüro, Interest, Recommended
Having recently embarked on the design of some promotional posters for the studio (see above), it seemed timely to reflect on the recent rise of popularity is this format. It would be fair to say the poster has never really gone away, from gig posters to general fly postering public spaces are generally adorned with [...]
FFBüro, Opinion
It is a growing trend that Function/Form is a part of and one that it embraces. In both North America and Europe it has become common place for small studios (1-3 peoples) and solo practitioners to bind together to establish a larger commercial offering without losing their agility and ownership. Here in Australia there is [...]
FFBüro, Top Five
This is the first in an ongoing series where we divulge our top 5 for the week. Call it a round up of sorts. Highs or lows, we reckon every week of your creative life should easily produce at least 5 memorable moments.
FFBüro, Recommended
Some of our favourite collaborators. In the past 12 months Function/Form has had the privilege to work on some very interesting projects, but more importantly with some great people. Of these two are worth a belated mention: 1) Nicknack and 2) Feedcorp. 1) Nicknack – F/F worked with this great Adelaide studio on the re-brand [...]
FFBüro
This is the first post for the all new function/form blog. This will be the best place to stay up to date with our work, our opinions and our general interests. The blog is intended to be a little insight into the lives and minds of the team at function/form. By all means subscribe to [...]