Paris based multidisciplinary design platform Ill-Studio has updated their website with several new works for clients like Uniqlo and Nike. They have continued doing some excellent and clean work that suggests a stylistic approach but changes according to the solution desired for the project and the client.
Classic is the word that comes to mind when trying to describe the work of Brazilian design agency Campo. Their work is simply that and it’s an inspiring browse of clean, contemporary and well-executed graphic design.
“After being a foreigner in different countries, mainly Montreal and The Nederlands, Frédérique Daubal is now biking in Paris. Coming from a graphic design background, she works as a freelance creative for small and big clients worlwide. she also experiments with textile as a 3 dimensional medium, or creates products under her name, without following any trends but using lots of second hand pieces since the beginning in 2001. Personnal art work or collaborations with people and magazines mostly for experimental ideas, installation or exhibitions.”
I can’t really take a stab at describing Frédérique Daubal’s work and that’s why I just pasted in some of the about copy from her site. All I can say is that it is unusual and very intriguing. I am not entirely sure what to file it under and I like that.
A cracking new issue of Process Journal has hit the stands and is now available. Process Journal Edition 3 features the work and insights of 2br, Bibliotheque, Fabio Ongarato Design, Studio Newwork, Andrew Zuckerman, MadeThought, Klim Type Foundry, StudioKanna, North, Stockholm Design Lab, Büro North, Felix Lobelius and Studio Makgill. As well as design responses from Tom Crabtree (Manual) and Warren Taylor (The Narrows). It’s a damn fine looking piece of graphic design in and of itself as well.
Specs:
Size: 96pp 300mm x 218mm
Production Process: 4 Colour Process Plus PMS 032U
Cover: 2 PMS Cover with Deboss
Stock: Knight Cream 120GSM page and Knight Cream 350GSM Cover
Australian designer James Kape works in a variety of print-media, web and branding. He sticks to simplicity but keeps the intrigue high. He spends his days as a professional designer and also moolights as one. It looks like he just can’t get enough.
Auckland, New Zealand based design agency Everything has updated with some exceptional branding work. Overall, they keep things simple, bright and sharp. They don’t shy away from color but wield it when it works to enliven their client’s brand. It’s an inspiring body of considered work that any studio would be proud of.
I just stumbled upon the work of Cristiana Couceiro again today and was once again super impressed by her work. She has found an interesting space between mid-century and international typographic style that seems to somehow work perfectly. She is sticking to her guns on maintaining that style as well much to the chagrin of the design community I am sure. It would be great to see her start up a store where some prints of her work could be made available too. I’d imagine they’d do well on the walls of a mid-century styled home or office.
Los Angeles Art Director Jeffrey Docherty has updated his website with some excellent design and illustration work. His vector work is exceptional. It’s a perfect blend of detail and simplicity that manages to maintain iconic simplicity. That is not an easy thing to do and Docherty has inspiring style for miles.
Romanian designer Stefan Lucut is someone I am always keeping an eye on. He’s always doing something completely different from whatever it is that he just did last. And that is a quality I admire very much, especially in an industry where people like to put designers and illustrators into clearly definable silos that they can call up whenever they are looking for a particular ‘style’. Stefan also helps run my favorite image blog ‘Baubauhaus‘ which is updated regularly with some fantastic design, illustration an typography examples. It’s a genuine source of inspiration that I check on a daily basis. Keep an eye on Stefan, there’s no telling what he will do next.
Classic design powerhouse Sea has updated with a new website and packed it with new projects. It’s also easier to view the work on their new site as it has now been cross referenced by ‘sector’. There is load of inspiration waiting to be discovered as Sea remains one of the finer design agencies in business today.
Portland based graphic designer Frank Chimero is a man of many talents and aside from being a managing partner for the wonderful site Thinking for a Living and being selected as a 2010 ADC Young Gun, he also manages to crank out some excellent illustration work for some of top publications on the planet. He’s a person to keep a watchful eye over as he is always hunting for a new idea to cook up, manifest and take part in.
Hort created some nice visuals for the recent IBM smart planet campaign under the direction of Ogilvy and Mather. We actually produced some imagery earlier in the year for the campaign but never made the cut as the project changed direction while we were in mid-course. Hort’s visuals are looking clean and sharp however.
Network Osaka was kind enough to assemble a nice little collection of computer wallpapers utilizing some classic examples of modern design with some heavy-hitting favorites like Josef Müller Brockmann. I am rocking one of them on my screen right now as I type this.
Vyacheslav is a 26 year old graphic designer living in Almaty, Kazakstan. He’s is doing some sharp, clean and focused branding and design work in a location you rarely hear about. Design is global.
Grand People has brought a host of tasty new design work all the way from Norway for your inspirational enjoyment. The work is very well presented on their site as well.
London creative studio and workshop Village Green has made some beautiful things and just updated their website with some recent examples of their creations. They’ve worked for some big clients like Nike, Mtv and Becks.
Lisbon based design studio Alva has kept up pretty well on posting new work to their website but lately there has been some newer work added to their Flickr-folio. There latest work carries an international sense for fashion as their aesthetic sophistication level continues to rise throughout their portfolio.
Barcelonean graphic designer Andrés Requena has a classic sense of design that radiates throughout his highly considered portfolio of print and branding work.
It makes for a striking display.
