Archive for March 2022

Upping authenticity on the flat design trend, the appeal of hand drawn illustrations is unmistakable. Prized for artisanal essence, the amount of care and time crafted into hand drawings elicits love equal to its labor. Fivestone’s hand drawn house builds for Alaska The Last Frontier show off creative precision and old school charm. Visual texture…

Timeless and trendy converge in colorless design. The classic look of black and white offers subtle allure from barefaced nostalgia to modern minimalism. Fivestone’s main title for The Great Balloon Bomb Invasion uses black and white to create contrast and depth. The 3D appearance builds by layering black title text in between vintage photographs. Going…

Experimental typography is the playground of illustrators and motion designers. Creatives are pushing titles beyond font’s primary role, yielding visually interactive, integrated messaging. In Fivestone’s main title for Contact on Discovery Channel alternative fonts eagerly forge project theme and personality. The type itself tells a story as alien glyphs morph into text. This trend esteems…

A trend made popular with mid-century artists, minimalism is back… and in color. The belief that design finds it highest form when no element can be added or removed is a trending favorite for 2022. To communicate a concise message, branding is stripping down to flat designs.  With the ‘flash’ drastically reduced, minimalism is leveraged…