Game & Graphics
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Game & Graphics (sometimes written Game And Graphics) is a documentary blog about the visual creativity in the videogame culture.
The website contains a huge and selected collection of videogame design works and creativity, including logotypes, printed advertising, cover and label design, packaging, book and magazine design, official artworks and illustrations, and sprite design among others. This selection is specially focused on classic gaming and with a prominent presence of Japanese game design.
History
[edit]The site was created in 2010 by Daruma Studio, a graphic design studio originally based in Barcelona, run by freelance designer Sebastià López. After working for several videogame developers, Sebastià found that there was a lack of websites focused on gaming culture graphics, excluding from here random collections of fan art.
The idea was to create a blog site edited and curated from the perspective of an experienced graphic designer, where other graphic designers could find inspiration from the best visual designs in the history of videogames, and at the same time an enjoyable place for videogame culture enthusiasts.
After some years of running, Daruma Studio also has contributed to the site with original designs that pay tribute to some of the biggest icons of gaming culture in the form of t-shirts, limited collections of printed works, illustrations and animated GIFs.[1][2][3]
My Famicase Exhibition participation
[edit]Game & Graphics and Daruma Studio have been part of the collective exhibition "My Famicase" since 2010. My Famicase is an exhibition organized in Tokyo by Satoshi Sakagami, designer and owner of Meteor shop, and every year shows fictional Famicom cartridge labels made by designers, illustrators and artists.
Game & Graphics and Daruma Studio were in 2010 one of the first non-Japanese designers to participate in the exhibition.[4]
Other notable participations
[edit]- Game & Graphics participated in the retrogaming fair RetroBarcelona with a booth (2013).
- Some Game & Graphics original designs will be featured in the upcoming book "Everyday is Play" (GamePaused, 2014).
References
[edit]- ^ Plunkett, Luke. "One of my favourite Tumblr sites, Game & Graphics, which celebrates great graphic and visual design in games, has decided to go into the t-shirt business. And what a way to start.", Kotaku, 25 August 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ Plunkett, Luke. "The four cards, made by the talented Game & Graphics, don't just look neat on their own, they also combine to form something neater.", Kotaku, 21 December 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ Fletcher, JC. "Nintendo postcards by Daruma Studio, posted for and sold by Game & Graphics.", Tiny Cartridge, 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ Geere, Duncan. "archives for 2008 and 2009 are available on the web, as well as 2010's latest designs. They include the image above, created by Daruma.", Wired (website), 13 August 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2014.