Creative Swell Blog

This creative yet disturbing stationary comes from Germany’s Jung von Matt AG for the 13th Street Television Station. This branding project includes, stationary, envelopes and cards. Whilst these gruesome images are not appropriate 99.9999% of the time Jung’s creativity and attention to detail need to be featured. I would love the need to create something [...]

Who knew the future of coke would be square? Designer Andrew Kim has a futuristic take on the future of one of the worlds most famous brands, Coke. Andrew chose the square bottle shape with “off set” bottle opening to give you the most comfortable drinking experience.

Published in the Small Business section of the January 12th edition of the WSJ was an article on Snail Mail Marketing. Most of us with marketing degrees that graduated after 2001 would probably just pass this article up, “Snail Mail” is a very cliche (often dirty) word in today’s world of Digital Media Marketing. The [...]

Info-graphics are taking off…LITERALLY! This Kulula Airplane got re-branded with some descriptive facts, 101 to be exact. This graphic was created by Kulula’s very own creative team and shares various information about its planes with those on board. FYI the captain is called a “The Big Cheese” the black box is under 42D and the [...]

While I’m a fan of shameless self promotion, ALDB (Andy Law Design Blog) was to be a temporary name until I had time to re-brand the blog (6 months later). Without further ado welcome to CREATIVE SWELL! CS will be a place for design inspiration, creative community and tutorials. We are driven by our readers [...]

My friend and client – Brandon Moyles – has launched a new wave in the surf industry, Envirosurfer.com! His new site is geared toward the environmentally conscious surfer, but, no matter how many waves you surf in a year this is gear everyone can wear(I will be). Brandon kindly answered a few of my interview [...]

Well after years of speculation, mystery, rumors, gossip, trademarks, false domain registry and consumer brouhaha the Apple i…i…iPad is here! What, the heck? The iPad?!?! Oh well I guess we will just have to get over that one. This little plastic, chrome and glass device is going to change the world one more time and [...]

…a look back and a peek at London 2012. The Olympics are just around the corner so we thought we would share with our readers the past 10 years in Olympic Logo Design. It is very interesting to see how design styles have changed over the last decade and how each country uses color, style [...]

I love geography, primarily maps, old maps, new maps, hand drawn maps, Google maps and even treasure…I enjoy them all. This illustration is a 3D isometric illustration of my home town – San Jose, CA. I created this map on behalf of a client to be used in a video introduction for his business. Have [...]

I browse hundreds of designs every week and these 9 made the cut for the “Top 9 of 2009″. Most are printed on eco-friendly materials, all are highly recyclable which was a key factor in them making the cut. Packaging has evolved over the years from one size fits all to a highly customizable industry. [...]