I set about learning the art of Infographics and Data Visualisation last year. Starting simply (with the complete journeys of Doctor Who – which I immediately regretted) I learned a lot and began to try as many different styles as I could.

Most recently, I dabbled with use of icons to tell stories recreating the entire plots of the first two Star Wars movies entirely in icons (or “Iconoscope”). I’m now moving towards traditional illustration as well.

I am not, however, thinking of shaving my ginger beard in the foreseeable future as its inherent gingeryness is the source of my creative energy.

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Introducing you to the latest Circlebox Creative Network site, Picmix Store, an online store dedicated to selling limited edition and exclusive prints, illustrated and designed by creatives all over the world!

Read on to find out more about Picmix Store and receive your discount code, and also how you could be in for a chance to win a print of choice from the store!

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Since the first Toy Story was released in 1995 it has been one of my all time favourite movies; I remember it well because it was also the year I became an older brother, and also where my little sister got her nickname from. I’ve seen the first and second movie countless amount of times, and went to see the third at the cinema asap – it’s great by the way!

This post shows my never-dying love for the films and characters within it, showcasing a selection of original Toy Story posters, concept art and fan art from all three films.

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Beer advertisements have always been pretty inspirational. From the 1900′s all the way up to today, photographers, artists and designers have always experimented and found new ways to come up with some wonderful advertising campaigns.

We have collected a bunch of vintage beer ads that were used throughout the twentieth century, from well-known beers and lagers to some not so well-known ones. What is your favourite ad here, and why?

Like this topic? Then check out the following book: “Read Me: A Century of Classic American Book Advertisements“.

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Retro Futurism is a design style that has been growing in popularity over the past few years. It is a combination of what people think the future will be like and retro design. An exploration between retro and modern technology, which as you’d expect leads to some really interesting results.

Common inspiration for the trend are movie/game covers/posters from the 1960-80′s, such as sci-fi movies and shows (Robocop, Transformers) and retro games (Atari, Commodore).

This showcase presents 24 stunning examples of posters that use the retro futurism style.

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This is the second sport brand marketing post in the series, following up on a similar article focusing on “Nike” posters and commercials. This time we are focusing on another major player in the sports industry, Adidas.

Adidas has became a major force in the sporting world, none more so than in football where they have some of the biggest names, if not the biggest name in the industry; David Beckham. Over the last few years they have became a far larger brand, now focusing on becoming a fashion line on top of just sport wear, allowing them to involve non-sporting celebrities.

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Helvetica is one of the worlds most popular and most used typefaces, the original Sans Serif font is 53 years young, whilst the Cyrillic version was released in 1970, Rounded in 1978 and Neue in 1983.

The typeface is so popular, it is used in a number of big companies brand identity, for example; American Airlines, Toyota, BMW, and Microsoft.

In this showcase I have listed some fantastic Helvetica posters that really do the typeface some justice. If you’re not a fan of the font, these fantastic pieces may just make you warm to it a little.

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Nowadays marketing is everything with a brand, and the market where this is no more relevant, is that of the Sporting Good Manufacturer’s.

This showcase will focus on probably the biggest sports brand in the world, Nike. They sponsor some of the biggest sports stars the world has ever seen, and combine all sorts of design and creativity in their projects – completed out by some of the greatest designers to this day and age. Nike are always at the forefront of the trends, and their TV commercials especially are normally trend-setters.

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Vintage is a design genre that is being covered in all aspects of media in recent months, whether it is for the web or printed media you most likely have stumbled upon a piece of vintage design. Activities such as burlesque has had a huge revival and this has contributed to the surge in vintage design as it has attracted many people to the imagery of the 40′s and 50′s.

Here is a small collection of twenty interesting and inspiring pieces of art from people such as Peter Driben, who was responsible for the pin-up style covers on magazines such as Titter, Wink and Eyeful.

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