I'm now accepting applications for an intern or junior designer to come work with me part-time at my new studio in the La Barceloneta, BCN, Spain. Send your applications here: www.salihkucukaga.com/contact

New country, new city, new journey... I’m stoked to announce that I recently moved to the great city of Barcelona. Below is the business card I’ll be using while I’m in Barcelona. I'm looking forward to exploring the city and the design scene here...

Very excited about the launch of my fabulous client’s new brand Huel. I was hired to do the branding & packaging for Huel which is nutritionally complete powdered food​ ​that contains all the protein, carbs, fats, vitamins and minerals your body needs​. Very excited to see the project is finally live and you can now order Huel at: http://huel.me/products/huel and the branded merch at http://huel.me/collections/merch

Union Station Los Angeles

One of the great benefits of living in Downtown Los Angeles is the opportunity to see amazing architecture. I’m especially a huge fan of Art Deco and Mid Century Modern themes. The Union Station is certainly one of my favorite buildings in Downtown LA. The consistent Art Deco themes are inspiring. It was designed by the brilliant John Parkinson who designed most of LA’s other iconic buildings: The City Hall, The Rowan and LA Memorial Coliseum, to name a few.

I’m excited about this new illustration series of Downtown LA that I've started with Union Station.

More to come! PS. I posted a few photos of Union Station on to my photo diary. Click here to see.

So honored to be featured again on 365awesomedesigners.com. A couple of years ago I was named awesome designer #250 on 365AD. It's great to be on the list again this year. 365 Awesome Designer is a curated collection of talent that features one designer each day for one year.

Super thrilled to have the business cards I designed for Espresso Republic included in this amazing book by Caspar Williamson. Thank you, Caspar Williamson! Buy your copy here.

Recent-Work

Just a quick heads up that I’m currently working on a new version of my website. It’s been quite a while since I last updated the work section. I’ve been really busy and social media channels made things so easy for me to post work or photos. A huge update will be made on the work section as well as on the other sections. Stay tuned for the brand new website! Until then, check out my social media accounts to see what I’m currently working on and subscribe to the newsletter at the bottom of the page.

Here is a quick selection of my latest work from my Dribbble account… Cheers…

I enjoyed speaking at the Guild's Creatives Meetup in Redlands, California recently. I spoke about logos, design and travel. It was an honor meeting and speaking to all the wonderful creatives in Redlands. Thanks to everyone who came out! Thank you to Augie's Coffee House for hosting us and also a huge thank you to my man Paul (AKA Sir Loka Co) and his lady wife CiCi for the great hospitality!

Stone

I don’t normally write about personal things on my internet site. There’s Twitter for that. But I want to write about the most valuable gift I've ever received from a friend...

It’s a stone, just an ordinary little stone that my good buddy David Henzel gave me at his house in the Valley a couple of months back. Read his original blog post on his website about the stone philosophy.

David made me realize that we frequently allow little things to make us unhappy in life. In fact, they are usually not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.

Since then, whenever my head feels clouded or things go wrong, I take the stone out of my pocket and I go through the things that I am grateful for - My healthy body, my loved ones, my career and etc.

I also think of this little stone in my fingers has been existing in the universe for billion years and it will be still existing after me. I suddenly feel the peace...

So try it! Go pick up a stone that fits in your pocket and use it as David recommends: http://www.davidhenzel.com/how-to-deal-with-loss/

Thanks David. God bless you, man.

So thankful that my design for Bare Tea Co. made it on to Dribbble gift guide! Check the full guide here. Lots of great stuff... I want most of them!