Designed by Roverto Castillo, these 24 fully editable vintage logos and badges will add an authentic retro touch to your projects.

Roverto Castillo is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator who’s best known for creating vintage-inspired design assets that can be used in a wide range of projects. The following 24 vintage logos and badges are based on fully editable vector graphics. Please note, the sample texts are for display only and may not be included in the end-use. You can add your own texts quite simple or change everything just the way you want.

To edit these files, you need professional graphic design software such as Adobe Illustrator. You can get the latest version from the Adobe Creative Cloud website, just have a look here. For further information about these vintage logos and badges, just click on the following link or have a look at the images below.

Are you interested to discover other graphic design resources? If so, feel free to check out our recommended Templates category to find other useful design assets for all kinds of projects. In addition, you can find trending typefaces in our popular Fonts category.

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All images © Aldekas Studio

Those looking for an alternative to cars or reprieve from public transit can thank Aldekas Studio for a new set of wheels that’s both stylish and environmentally conscious. The Mexico-based designer repurposed the fenders and headlights of a Volkswagen Beetle— which officially is the Type 1 model that was released originally in the 1930s—into a miniature vehicle named “Bugkart Wasowski.” The kart’s curved body is attached to a bright red frame, which contrasts the olive green exterior. It has chrome handlebars and mirrors that mimic those on the original car, maintaining the integrity of the classic model.

Aldekas Studio shares many of its designs on Facebook, including a 3D rendering of a rustic version of the kart shown here. You also might enjoy this similar, two-wheeled project, aptly named the “Volkspod.” (via designboom)

As part of House of Forme’s company launch, a heartwarming PR brand activation package has been created for their clients, friends, and family.

House of Forme is a full-service graphic design and creative agency supporting the evolution of brands from initial concept to end-user experience. As part of the company’s launch, a heartwarming PR brand activation package was created for clients, friends, and their families. Designed and illustrated by their in-house team, the packaging aims to showcase their sense of craft and storytelling as well as their unique and creative thinking. Each package comes with a handwritten note from the founder as well as a brand anatomy poster, mask holder, tote bag, and an envelope with beautifully illustrated cards.

As always, below you can find a few images of the project. For those who want to know more about House of Forme, please visit their website.

All images © by House of Forme. You can find other inspiring work in our Graphic Design, Branding, and Packaging Design categories.

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Haru-No-Ogawa Community Park, by Shigeru Ban. Photos by Satoshi Nagare, courtesy of The Nippon Foundation

On the periphery of a busy city park in Tokyo is a transparent bathroom that offers a few forms of alleviation. Although it seemingly provides little privacy, the translucent facade is designed to let people peer inside to inspect the cleanliness before they venture in. Once users do open the door and step into the structure, the walls turn into opaque, illuminated stalls that hide the person from view. As public bathrooms have shut down and been a source of fear since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the new structure ameliorates multiple issues of accessibility.

The sensitive facility is part of an ongoing project called The Tokyo Toilet, which tasked 16 designers—including Kengo Kuma (previously), Tadao Ando (previously), and Shigeru Ban, who created the two transparent structures—with conceptualizing the public facilities throughout Shibuya. Five of the 17 locations are currently operational, with most of the remaining scheduled for 2021. The result is a diverse series of public facilities designed to be more accessible and attractive to those who need them.

To calm any further worries about cleanliness, The Tokyo Toilet also has extensive plans for maintenance. The Nippon Foundation, the Shibuya City Government, and the Shibuya Tourism Association will work collaboratively to ensure the spaces don’t live up their “dark, dirty, smelly, and scary” reputation, a project coordinator tells Fast Company.

Check out some of the open facilities below, and take a deeper look into the unique designs and their locations on the project’s site. You also might want to take a look at GreenPee’s hemp urinals that were installed recently around Amsterdam.

Yoyogi Fukamachi Mini Park, by Shigeru Ban

Ebisu Park, by Masamichi Katayama/Wonderwall

Ebisu Park, by Masamichi Katayama/Wonderwall

Higashi Sanchome, by Nao Tamura

Ebisu East Park, by Fumihiko Mak

Distressing Press, a great collection of textured brushes for Procreate.

Created by the skilled team of True Grit Texture Supply, the following distress press brushes for Procreate come with plenty of authentic textures ranging from bold and grungy to subtle and organic. The kit consists of 14 high contrast speckles, grit, grunge, and grain brushes as well as 10 natural paper and subtle grain brushes with soft edges and textures, and 3 natural wood type letterpress effect brushes. These distressing press brushes are ideal for graphic design projects or digital illustrations that ask for an authentic grunge effect.

Just click on one of the following links to learn more about the collection or have a look at the images below.

You can find other graphic design resources in our extensive Templates category. The section includes a wide range of design assets for different needs.

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Made for use in Adobe InDesign, this is our selection of the top ten CV and resume templates for creatives.

It should come as no surprise to anyone when I say that this year has not been an easy one so far, not even for people who work in the creative industry or those who are currently looking for a job as a graphic designer, creative director, or whatever. For this reason, it’s even more important that your CV and resume looks simply outstanding.

If you are applying for a creative job, your application including CV, resume, cover letter, and portfolio should be an eye-catcher to stand out from the crowd of competitors. The following ten well-designed Adobe InDesign templates of CV and resume documents are all fully editable and visually pleasing.

Please note, the selected CV and resume templates require Adobe InDesign. You can get the latest version from the Adobe Creative Cloud website, just have a look here. The respective source link can be found below each image.

Modern Resume Layout Kit

Resume and Cover Letter Templates with Gray Header and Blue Accents

Resume Set and CV Template with Rectangular Elements

Blue Resume, CV, Cover Letter, and Business Card Templates

Resume Layout with Circle Element

Minimal Resume and Cover Letter Set

Resume Layout with Portfolio

Simple Resume Adobe InDesign Template

Resume Adobe InDesign Template with Blue and Gold Header

Resume and Cover Letter Template with Blue Accents

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“The Wicker Pavilion” (2020), 50 square meters. All images © DJA, by Eriks Bozis

A new, woven structure in the Jardins de l’Europe in Annecy, France, offers respite from direct sunlight without completely blocking out the light source. The Wicker Pavilion is comprised of pine planks that are formed into a shell, which is covered with 262 wicker baskets that are hand-woven by Latvian craftsmen. When the sun hits the structure, it casts intricate triangular patterns on the grass inside and nearby, allowing it to merge with the rest of the garden rather than blanket it in a shadow. As the pavilion ages, the natural materials will darken and further blend with the surrounding environment.

Designed by Didzis Jaunzems Architecture, the project is part of this year’s Annecy Passages festival. Check out this video that dives into how the structure was made, and follow the Latvian firm’s projects on Twitter. (via ArchDaily)

All images © Gladys Orteza, shared with permission

A visual insights designer at Nike by day, Gladys Orteza spends her off-hours transforming otherwise dull stock market charts into brilliant landscapes. The dips and rises of companies like Ford, Tesla, Apple, and Disney become rocky gorges and distant city skylines. Prompted by trading practices pre-pandemic, Orteza began to envision buildings and natural features when diving into Robinhood. “I remember sitting on the couch looking at one of my stock charts and nonchalantly saying to my husband that these charts look really pretty and that I should recreate them as mountains on a landscape,” she says. These visualizations soon manifested into vivid, nature-based depictions.

The Hillsboro, Oregon-based artist, who’s been sharing her landscapes on Instagram, tells Colossal that much of her inspiration comes from living in the Pacific Northwest. “One day we were driving through farmland during a sunset, and the colors of the sky was so breathtaking I had to start drawing. I then got inspired by a few old trucks that were parked on people’s properties,” she says. That experience resulted in the pastel landscape created utilizing Ford’s chart (shown below) that has a vintage vehicle driving through the foreground.

Orteza also contradicts any notion that stocks and data are impersonal by adding important pieces of herself into each artwork. The moon radiating in the background of every piece represents her daughter named Lyanna Luna, and if you look closely at the nearby bird, you’ll see the creature actually is comprised of the artist’s signature.

To be clear, Orteza doesn’t expect her mountainous scenes or starry nights to influence trading decisions. “It’s not intended to help the viewer make any business decisions or give any technical analysis. It’s visual storytelling. It’s art,” she says. (via Kottke)

Check out our selection of highly inspiring logo designs created by Russian graphic designer Konstantin Reshetnikov.

Konstantin Reshetnikov is a Saint Petersburg-based graphic designer specializing in the development of unique logo designs. His portfolio is filled with plenty of eye-catching graphics created in different styles and techniques. Below you can find a fine selection of some of his latest logo creations. For those who want to see more of Konstantin Reshetnikov’s creative work, please visit his portfolio on Behance or follow him on Dribbble and Instagram.

All images © by Konstantin Reshetnikov. Feel free to check out our Graphic Design and Branding categories. Both sections are filled with inspiring work created by talented designers and leading studios from around the globe.

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A beautiful bookstore brand identity developed by graphic designer Anastasia Kurilenko.

Anastasia Kurilenko is a Belarusian graphic designer specializing in a great variety of branding projects and logo designs. The talented freelance designer has recently completed this beautiful branding project for a Moscow-based bookstore.

Her purposed logo concept combines a paragraph symbol with the shape of a seahorse. So why did she use precisely the shape of a seahorse? “If you read ‘Konkovo’ in Russian, you might notice that the name consists of the word ‘horse’. That’s why I took the word as a basis, changing it to a seahorse because in its image and shape it looks more like a paragraph,” Anastasia Kurilenko explains.

The work also included the development of a stationery system as well as packaging and communication design. Below you can find a few images shot by @polinasharai of studio @artloft.by.

All images © by Anastasia Kurilenko. You can find other inspiring projects in our Graphic Design, Branding, and Packaging Design categories.

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