Cultiva Studio: Graphic Design

Hello.

Welcome to Cultiva Studio a visual communications firm based in Alexandria, Virginia (very close to Washington, DC). We can help promote your brand, communicate your company's mission, and reach your target audience. You can view samples of our work on our portfolio page and read about the studio in our about page. You can also follow us on Twitter. Give us a call or fill out the form to the right and send us an email. We would love to work with you.

Below is our blog, where we post stories about design that we find interesting and a source of inspiration.

Entries in carving (2)

Monday

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World Cup Crayon Carvings

Monday, June 14, 2010 at 4:36PM

These carved Crayons represent 6 futbol (or soccer) athletes from different countries: Brazil's Robinho, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Italy's Fabio Cannavaro, England's Wayne Rooney, Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba, and France's Franck Ribéry. They were carved by artist Diem Chau for a Nike press kit designed by the agency Wieden+Kennedy for the 2010 World Cup.

Above are photos of the Didier Drogba Crayon taken from different angles. Diem says she was given 18 days to carve 66 figures (that's a little over 3.5 figures per day). The agency picked the specific Crayon colors to be used for each.

Above is a photo of the press kit pieces. You can see more pictures and read a little more about the project on Diem Chau's blog.

(Via Fast Company)

More Fun in the Sand

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 12:37PM

It's been an unusually cold winter in Alexandria (as well as most of the U.S.). As a result, we seem to be drawn to stories about playing in the sand. Ah, to be in the tropics, but we digress. Today's post is about a very cool tool for creating perfect spheres in the sand very quickly.

The tool is called a "Willysphere"; created by Dutch sand sculptor and inventor Wilfred Stijger; and is available for sale here.

(Via Swissmiss)