Today is a good day. Another exquisite design studio has made it to the web. We Are Fellows is a small creative studio based in Hamburg, specializing in brand direction and digital design. The Studio was founded in 2011 and is run by two charming gentlemen named  Andreas Lexa and Malte Müller. They offer a contemporary visual approach and focus on creating accessible user experiences.

I met Malte, who is also running electricgecko, quite some years back and we became very good friends. You should meet him and Andreas too, they are both amazing. Follow We Are Fellows on Facebook & Twitter.

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BBC have showcased their new beta homepage today.
What do fellow FFFer’s think of it?
I quite like it. Interested to hear people’s thoughts.

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GoldRun and Young & Rubicam created the world’s first invisible pop-up store, bringing limited edition Airwalk sneakers directly to the biggest skate & surf spots in the country.

People could visit a physical location and use their smartphone in connection with augmented reality & geo-location to see the ‘virtual store’ and order a limited edition sneaker right there.

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Really love the programmatic, generative illustration and motion work of London based, FIELD.

Brought to our attention through their collaborations with Universal Everything, the studio has an awe-inspiring portfolio.

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Scotland’s El Studio, run by creative director Kenny Allan, have launched their new site. Love the site and, as always, the work is beautiful.

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Introducing the launch of a brand new multi-talented creative studio, Endless

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Here at FormFiftyFive we have been very fortunate to have been given a copy of the new Open Projects application for iPad to review and we must say it has been a pleasure. Developed by étapes, a paris based graphic design magazine and publishing house, Open Projects is their first Interactive book release for the ipad.

The concept is simple, discover innovative design projects through a unique interactive experience: Open Projects, an e-book for iPad, outcome of an unprecedented editorial challenge. Throughout 51 projects by non-standard identities, Open Projects is a total immersion in the world of contemporary design. Provided to you in a simple to use grid based interface each individual identity project makes the most of the interactive and touch interface with various images, conference recordings, videos, embedded websites and 3D animations. Each project is showcased in great detail and is supported by a written rationale and background to the brief so you can really get a sense of the project and what the designers were trying to create whilst seeing the work alongside. Within each project you can scroll down through the content of that project and you can then either skip back to the initial grid menu or you can simply swipe left and right through the projects concurrently making for a very easy read. There is also, my favoured option of being able to see each project as a column like thumbnail and quickly view the content before delving down a level into the project. Once in a project you also hav the option of a project scrollbar which shows a small thumbnail and allows for quick access to a different project. Watch the video of the app in action here.

There is a great mix of projects contained, some of which you will be familiar with such as the Stefan Sagmeister Casa da Musica and Mevis & Van Deursen’s Rotterdam 2001 identity, although its nice to see and interact further with some of the content such as a 3D Casa da Musica logo which you can spin and rotate into different guises, as well as a whole host of interesting projects many of which I had never seen or explored before. The projects featured were chosen by Cristina Chiappini and Silvia Sfligiotti, reputed italian graphic designers and teachers, who take part in many publications, exhibitions and events about design. They selected the works presented by Open Projects and made an exhibition and a book in French out of them.

Overall Open Projects is a groundbreaking combination of support and content, the first in a series of high-quality projects from étapes and it will be interesting to see what they have up their sleeve in the future, perhaps specific editions based on specific types of projects would be interesting like Typographic Projects, Branding, Signage, Product, Architecture etc. I have to say that so far I have felt a lot of iPad ‘interactive’ magazines have always felt a little forced into a touch screen environment and although, at first look, they are interesting they soon lost out to their print counterparts in terms of a pickup and put down ability. Open Projects however, feels exactly like it should, it seems to just work the way that you would expect and brings together a wealth of information and media into a package which is as informative and educational as it is pleasing to use. Its one that you would go back to time and time again and use as a reference tool. Open Projects is now available from the App Store for the limited special price of $7.99.

Thanks to Juan David Estupinan and étapes

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Impressive motion and installation design from Jean-Christophe Naour, a french Interaction Designer based in Seoul, South-Korea.

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Interesting interactive music video for the band SOUR.

Designed by Masashi Kawamura

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Fast Company magazine are on the hunt to find out who the most influential people on the internet are. In a week where Old Spice have received much praise for their campaign this grass roots approach also has a strong incentive for users to be sharing branded content. With an interesting interface to check out and the chance to be featured in the magazine maybe its time you found out how influential you really are…

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