Selection of Logos from 2010-2011
Proof that it doesn’t take anything too conceptual or out-there to win the adoration of you Behance browsers – just some solid talent. Here’s a logo-set, compiled over a year’s time, spanning everything from a Scandinavian Furniture Design to a Software Company to an Online Ticketing Service. And if you want more where that came from, the designer’s profile has plenty more “corporate identity” projects posted.

AngryFile
We’ve all been there – you’re under a time crunch, and manage to lose the very file you need to send off ASAP. AngryFile is a backup applicant to protect your files from “sudden disappearance.” The designers call the “missing file” the “angry file,” and have designed a clever logo to match. Simple and effective branding whose design matches the function.

Sailor’s Return
Here’s an illustrator who knows his niche. He makes custom artworks with tags like: Hot Rod, Pin Ups, and “Rockability.”  His tattoo-like illustrations hit on all the classic sailor stereotypes – alcohol, skulls, pirate ships. We respect an artist whose work is equally likely to end up on the front page of Behance as it is to get inked on someone’s skin!

We know we have some great Behance “agents” out there letting other creatives know about Behance, but this member may take the cake. Here’s a guide, “The Behance Shameless Guide,” that he created for his fellow students (and professors) in the UK to teach them how to use Behance to get a site up there that will get noticed.

A few choice quotes to give you a preview of what he covers:

• “By being part of Behance you really are putting yourself in a global creative circle.”
• “Uploading projects is so easy, a 5 year old could do it.”
• “If your project cover doesn’t look interesting, nobody is going to view your work.”
• “Eventually, you’ll have a breakthrough and your project will take off. This is a project I made that, because of Behance, is now on 20 websites and got me countless work.”
• Think twice about what location to list: “Prospective clients will be looking in geographical locations to hunt out designers”

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CNN News Campaign by Hande Guler
What if you swapped Anderson “silver fox” Cooper for Barack Obama in the news room? You’d get less laughing-fits, but you’d be getting news live from the source. This CNN ad campaign plays with this idea, swapping out reporters for global leaders. This series of ads took home the bronze at the Cannes Lion (International Advertising Festival), along with a laundry list of other awards.

The Bear by Ryan Sohmer
“There are many things I do not understand. But the digestive system? I get it now.” Here’s just one of the insights that the dads in this animal paintings series learn from their young ones. The series (which NEEDS to be a book, am I right?) is about “the bond that forms between a first time father and his son, and the discoveries they both make along the way.” One person said “made me puddle up, nod, and smirk all at the same time.” As this project received 1,769 appreciations this week, it seems to have brought all the saps on Behance out of the woodwork.

Illustration x Transparency by Man-Tsun
It’s always visually exciting to see a technique that we don’t get a lot of, and this “double plastic” technique definitely piqued the interest of our community this week. What it is: the artist made two slightly different illustrations on plastic, and then layered them. In his Hong Kong exhibition, many of them were suspended from the ceiling, to let the light shine through the pieces.

Here’s a look at some of the most appreciated projects and Creative Professionals of the week on Behance.net…

Life Below the Surface – An Underwater Art Exhibit
So maybe it’s not the most practical museum of all time, but it’s certainly exclusive, and definitely makes me want to get my scuba license. Since this summer, divers can benefit from a special experience and find a mini-museum placed on the hull of a reef seven miles south of Key West. The photos are encased between sheets of Plexiglass with a stainless steel frame to protect them, and attached to the ship with strong magnets.

Novum 11/11 – Making of Cover
This is no ordinary magazine cover. “In 48,000 passes and with 140 extremely detailed die cuts per magazine”  the makers of this Graphic Design magazine created a cover that is completely fluid – able to form new shapes, be bent or folded due to its intricate construction. The “making-of” video is extraordinary – partially because it follows the creation process from its very brainstorming beginnings, partially because of the impressive technical design, and partially because you can tell this team is damn proud of their work. The video felt a little bit like a Mr. Rogers’ field-trip video, for design nerds.

Fear.Less
First thing’s first: we love a good collaboration project between two Behancers. Daniel Ting Chong and Jordan Metcalf came together to create an exhibit of objects (hand made of wood and paint) that are representative of weapons or items used in acts of crime in South Africa, both by criminal and law. They playfully examine the place of fear and crime in South Africa – by scaling the objects and turning them into art, the artists try to force the viewers to reconceptualize the place these items hold in their everyday lives.