Mark Weaver
The above are from Mark Weaver’s Make Something Cool Everyday project. I’ve seen a number of these types of projects, especially on Behance, and Mark consistently has some of the more impressive results. The top image is my favorite by far; drastic big/small differences in type always appeal to me when done well.
I’ve never really put my daily “coolness generation” skills to the test; I usually make something cool over a period of weeks or months. Once I have a visual aesthetic defined, I can churn out work pretty quick, but the development of this always takes at least a week. Maybe I should start my own ‘everyday cool’ project to speed up my workflow…
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April 26th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
wow man! those are very cool….great type in all of those. I always thought it would be really liberating to do a project like this just because you could sort of throw a lot of stuff out and see what sticks without worrying too much because there’s always tomorrow.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:19 am
Nice! These really work great as a series. Definitely cool.
And it’s a good idea to force yourself to make just something everyday and then call it ‘make something cool everyday’. I’m liking this!
April 27th, 2009 at 5:59 am
Been following Mark’s work for a while on Flickr. Great stuff.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Yeah is cranks it out. Always looking forward to the next project. Its cool to see when he drains an idea and moves on to a new look.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Yeah i’ve seen him go from style to style but he always has some strong elements remaining. His earlier stuff is cool too. http://www.fl...12257465491/
http://www.fl...12257465491/
His type and tones are always so great.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:28 am
While he is without question quite the talent, you might be interested to know that his two brothers are also designers and the bomb at that.
Keith
http://www.fl...12421278458/
Brian
http://www.fl...tlesandnibs/
April 27th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Completelly agree with you. Mark Weaver’s everday work is awsome. I’ve the intention to start a “Make Something cool every day” this whole july.
As I suppose, as well as me, you, being a student, won’t study on summer… So I welcome you to join my intention.
Greatings from BCN!
May 4th, 2009 at 8:06 am
My favorite is the astrocat. It’s straight forward retrofuturistic awesomeness.
I’m not too sure about the other ones. They do look great, I like the reserved colors that are sexy at the same time in a naturalistic way. I don’t recognize any of those olde worlde gentlemen, physicists most likely.
This reminds me of a dialectic that the American physicist Steven Weinberg pointed to in an interview I read the other day.
He said that “a lot of people believe that inaccessible [science] is inevitably profound in its meaning”. But he also talks about the Einsteinian God and the solastic component of art.
So I guess in that sense Weaver’s work is all smoke and mirrors, but It looks great.
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