Cubism and The Avant Gaurd Beer

These are really wonderful pieces by Toronto based artist and designer Dave Murray. Of course they're inspired by the beers he drinks but also by the 20th century art movement, Cubism.

"Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture." Wikipedia

Love the slight texture and detail he put into each one. His beer choices are a little qustionable, not even one micro beer, but he does have tecate and pabst...must be a worken man!

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I heart this. Love the way the details come off the can.

You gotta browse the rest of his site, he does great work! Like these type maps, sweet!

Complex ideas communicated in simple solutions.

Noma Bar is an illustrator who relies on negative space to convey his subject matter, he is a master at it. These illustrations for IBM's Smarter Planet are just another example of how a simple solution can communicate complex ideas. Nice.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Paris, France
Executive Creative Director: Susan Westre
Creative Director / Art Director: Ginevra capece
Creative Director / Copywriter: Fergus O’Hare
Designer: Sid Tomkins
Illustrator: Noma Barr

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