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Benny Gold Interview with Hypebeast

Leonel Toribio — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:24:31 +0000

Benny Gold is an Independent Graphic Designer/Entrepreneur. He has done work for companies like Huf, Nike, Burton, and Adidas, to name a few. Aside to his freelance work, He also has a signiture clothing label, The Benny Gold Brand. Benny Gold is an idol of mine, having achieved what I one day hope to.

In this interview with Hypebeast, he talks about the growth of his label, and the transition from his home office to his new office/storefront in San Francisco.

DKNG Posters

Leonel Toribio — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:10:11 +0000

DKNG is comprised of Dan Kuhlken and Nathan Goldman, famous for their music inspired poster designs. Here are some of my favorites, via Behance.

Lacie | Starck Desktop Hard Drive Icon

Leonel Toribio — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:28:23 +0000

Over the holidays, I decided to treat myself to a new external hard drive. I wanted something I could use on my desk for backups, and even some general storage. My current drive at the time was just about to top off and I didn’t want to risk losing any backups. So I did my normal research online, looking for something both reliable and visually appealing.

I discovered these hard drives by LaCie that look amazing. The drives are actually in collaboration with designer Philippe Starck, a world-renowned designer. I actually new about Starck from the watches he designed for Fossil, so I was really excited to find these drives he designed as well. Also, LaCie is a very trusted hardware company, with a great track record in creating good hard drives, so I new they were reliable.

I‘ve had the desktop hard drive for about a month now, and it has worked wonderfully. It also makes my desk look that much nicer. The only thing I could say that bugged me a little was the default drive icon the popped up on my Mac when I plugged it in, (kidding). Nevertheless, I decided to create an icon for it, so that it would look as nice on my desktop as it does on my desk.

LaCie | Starck Hard Drive Icon (click image to download)

Concrete Jungle Tee

Leonel Toribio — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:59:06 +0000

This is a tee shirt design I made a while back. I put it up for voting on DesignByHumans.com, so if you want to see it get printed, go vote!

(Original Sketch)

Birthday gift

Leonel Toribio — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:26:22 +0000

I decided to make a personalized card/desktop wallpaper for my cousin.

(Original Sketch)

Letterpress Coasters

Leonel Toribio — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:33:24 +0000

Custom letterpress coasters done for Highsnobiety and Selectism. The coasters were printed by Repeat Press of Somerville, MA, and the short film was done by iloveqp.com.

Digital Magazine Concept: Bonnier Mag+ Prototype

Leonel Toribio — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:24:00 +0000

This is what magazines could be like in the near future.

This conceptual video is a corporate collaborative research project initiated by Bonnier R&D into the experience of reading magazines on handheld digital devices. It illustrates one possible vision for digital magazines in the near future, presented by our design partners at BERG.

Via Bonnier.

Business Card Design

Leonel Toribio — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:53:07 +0000

My long awaited, freshly printed business cards!

Smartband Commercial

Leonel Toribio — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:41:47 +0000

This is a 30 sec commercial I made for a case study in college. We had to create a new product, it's identity, collateral, etc. I created all of the assets, including the watch itself. Check out the rest of the branding collateral in my Portfolio.

Nice Type

Leonel Toribio — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:09:39 +0000

Nice Type is a Tumblr blog and a Vimeo channel that collects wonderfully designed typography in motion. Even if your not that big on typography, this site is still definitely worth checking out.