Miera iela (Peace Street) is a quiet, cobblestoned street in Riga, Latvia that inspires contemplation and creativity. If you’re strolling on a sunny spring day in this hip, laid-back Riga neighborhood, and you pass the Kafejnica Loja, you might see designers Krists Darzins and Marcis Lokis of Studio Family having a coffee while they discuss how to improve perfection, as perfectionists tend to do. Their projects are obsessively thought out, as they want to make sure that fellow-perfectionists have somewhere to go for futuristic mockups, graphics, posters, 3D moving images, and fonts. The two designers ensure every detail is “pixel-perfect.” That’s instantly obvious across their many endeavors. Yet they recognize that experience isn’t linear, and go out of their way to tackle outside projects and work with new people to learn things and challenge themselves. This discipline and drive translate into creative, functional products that define high standards.
Their Distortion Collection 03 is perhaps a rebellion against perfectionism itself, as this set of 12 different distortion effects is meant to smear, bend, and break. Let yourself get carried away with these crazy effects. But the details are orderly: 6400px x 4400px, 72dpi, all PNG & PSD files, and you can use pre-made scenes or unique settings. A manual that explains everything is included.
These effects will help you create unique posters, vinyl covers, social media posts, and much more. These striking visuals can imply noise, movement, liquidity, unease, exuberance, chaos, and the unknown. Does the first song on the band’s latest release hit you with guitars that sound like a thousand chainsaws? Are you releasing that terrifying movie where aliens spin the world so fast that everyone shoots into space? Will your new line of shoes help people to run faster than the speed of sound? Studio Family’s Distortion Collection 03 can absolutely imply those things—there are no limits. Whatever new direction or twist these effects add to your projects, the end result will be übercool. Try out all 12 to give your project a wild edge.
