Good Design & Pentawards

The true story about this post is that I desperately wanted to find something that will engage us in discussions about good design and some applications that are happening these days. So I first started looking on the internet for some of my design heroes and see what are they up to but I did not know what to say or how to start.

So today I got news from Rodrigo Cordova, he was one of my bosses back in Mexico City and one of many people who motivated me to start the M.F.A program, and I am honored and thrilled that we have become friends over the last few years because I have learned so much from his work as designer.

This is what our talk was about, "Good Design" which is a book by the designer Rockport Terry Marks, who tries to define what is "good design". This project was conducted by interviewing 30 designers from around the world including legends like Kit Hinrichs, Pentagram San Francisco, Art Chantry icon of modern poster design as well as Clement Mok, founder of the first Apple brochures and packaging. And Matteo Bologna of Mucca Design founder. From Mexico, Rodrigo Cordova participates with his company Factor Three. The designers not only shared their views and perceptions about what they consider good design, but that talk of design work from other designers and firms, what they think is high-level design through specific examples.

In addition of that great news was another one, Factor Three is nominated for one of the top three spots in Pentawards, European competition in Packaging that specializes in different areas. The awards will be at the Forum in Brussels, Belgium.

So finally, I got something to post meaningful and that maybe can make us talk about it. Here is the link to the Pentawards site and also to the page that have some of the best package design.

http://www.pentawards.org/

http://lovelypackage.com/