Sawdust has recently completed the design for ‘Genesis of a deep sound’. It’s the latest album from ‘Fabrice Lig’ on label Fine Art recordings and is now available on CD and 12” vinyl. A custom typeface was created specifically for the project and the front of the record has graphic indicators overlaid onto the image that when matched to the back spell the word ‘Genesis’.
Sawdust has been cranking out some really great work lately that reminds me a bit of Non-Format. They are also damn good self promoters as not only we but a lot of the design blogs receive an update whenever they complete a project. Smart.
Lucía Castro is a Barcelona based graphic designer with an outstanding body of typographic-focused print work. Her work is simple and classic but makes a very contemporary use of color in her layouts. What are they putting in the water in Barcelona anyway? Maybe it’s the paella, or it could be the jamón ibérico but it’s probably the hash.
Ross Bruggink is a Minneapolis based graphic designer with some very nice work in his portfolio. I stumbled across him while searching for some inspiration for my Artcrank poster that I still have to create for this year’s Denver event. I love Bruggink’s poster. Very nice. I am curious if it was letterpressed.
Russian designer Tatiana Plakhova creates strange mathematical almost aquatic looking arrangements that she often titles ‘complexity’. I’d be curious how or what she uses to create the images but they are definitely unique and she has managed to carve a nice little niche for herself. I’m curious how they’d look in print.
French Canadian designer Julien Vallée has kept busy with his unique combination of design and hand generated dimensional typography. His titles for OFFF Paris bear his unmistakable mark and personality.
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Alright, I know I posted Melbourne based graphic designer/illustrator Leif Podhajsky’s work not very long ago and have posted him at least twice now. I posted the last time he updated, but as far as I can tell he has done one more small update. Regardless, it has to be shared here because the work is just beautiful. I am really becoming a fan. At first when he was collaging imagery and experimenting, I thought his work had a spiritual angle that made it interesting but his newer work has matured a great deal. His use of color in some of his recent pieces is beautiful. Great stuff.
Eric Hu is a very young designer with a degree from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He has also attended the Art Center College of Design. He’s recently done some work at Buck and was also awarded Gold from Graphis New Talent in 2010. Considering he’s just getting started, I would keep an eye on him.
It’s been a very long time since my last post about Australian design agency War and they have recently updated with some stellar graphic design work. New additions to their portfolio include the beautiful packaging design for Construction Technologies Australia.
Recent Nottingham Trent University graduate Luke Elliott has some nice print and branding work already in his book. If someone hasn’t staffed him yet, I would recommend looking into picking up his talent if you have an opening in your agency or studio. He’s only going to get better with experience.
Christopher Gray is a UK based designer currently represented by Studio AKA for Film & Animation. He works under the name ‘We Shall See’ and I do believe I have posted his work before in the past. He has recently updated his site and portfolio now in a blog-style format with some new and really exceptional design work. Watch his space for more updates now that he is publishing his portfolio updates in a blog format.
Paris-born designer Alexandre Nacache received a diploma from Créapole with honors, and has since become an Art Director at Euro RSCG. He has some nice design work in his book and still freelances from time to time.
Brooklyn-based designer Paul Isabella is very talented. He is one of those rare creative talents that possesses the unique ability to move seamlessly from something like graphic design into furniture design and fabrication without losing any of his craft. His work in both veins is equally inspiring and I would gladly hang a patterned print from him in my studio while sitting comfortably in one of his beautiful chairs.
I just returned from a trip to Brooklyn and walked through some of the areas where a lot of young designers and artists are taking up residence. It’s an exciting place to be and there is definitely a universal creative hive mind happening there that is causing some amazing work to come out of that area.
London based studio Shotopop has updated both their website and portfolio with some exciting new work. Shotopop works out of a shipping container on the shore of the river Thames. They definitely position themselves in a unique fashion and I could see how working out of a shipping container would influence that mindset.
AKA has released a new issue of their online publication focusing on design, photography and creativity. I am really impressed by AKA’s curation and website. They keep pulling together some really inspirational content and they are doing it right.
Portuguese digital designer and illustrator João Oliveira got in touch to let us know that he has just updated with a new site and a load of new electrified imagery.
21 year old Sam Chirnside is a 2nd year Visual Communication major at Monash University. He’s fond of spiritually-inspired collage that although skews a little trendy still manages to communicate in a simple and universal way. He just updated his portfolio as well.
Keller Maurer Design is a graphic design consultancy based in Munich founded in 2002 by Martina Keller and Marcus Maurer. KMD has some cracking print work in their portfolio and they take a classic squeaky clean approach to layout.
Kiosk is a multi-disciplinary design studio founded by former Designers Republic senior designer, David Bailey. Kiosk is based in TDR’s old haunt Sheffield, England. As to be expected they have some excellent work in their portfolio for some big brands and the site was coded by Suprb (who updated his site with the same UI).
