Hey Studio got in touch to let us know about a new graphic identity system created for the Spanish graphic awards publication called ‘Laus’. The system incorporates several stunning examples of editorial print work.
Make Believe Studio is a small home based design studio in Omaha, Nebraska. Having grown up in Nebraska, I am always excited to see a decent portfolio from there. MB&CO has just such a portfolio with a lot of projects being entertainment and music based.
Kjell Ekhorn (Norwegian) and Jon Forss (British) have stayed busy updating with a few new projects at Non-Format (Awesome). Their minimal and geometric typography have become a staple in the list of go-to inspirers for contemporary graphic design and that is for good reason. Their work is downright classic and so is their approach.
Francisco Lopez and Monica Brand update their collective portfolio under their studio name Mogollon with more stylish music, entertainment and fashion-centric project work.
Stockholm based Museum Studio has been busy and has been updating with some new and as always unique project work. I cut their two posters for the exhibit “It was on Earth that I knew Joy” at the SCION artspace in Los Angeles in half just two show how the two worked together. Like I said, very unique and always interesting work.
Lowpop is the work of Lille based french graphic designer and art director Baptiste Ringot. He claims to be ‘highly sensitive’ and proclaims that, ‘i never work with clients or money makers, always with human beings, collaborating to get the best of their idea, or purposing them mine.’ I like that.
Norwegian design firm Bleed has been busy and updated with several new projects. They continue to step up their game with a higher degree of sophistication in both their presentation and project work.
Brazilian design studio Quinta-feira which means ‘Thursday’ in Portuguese are cranking out a heavy dose of graphic design for print and editorial and have managed to amass a nice body of contemporary design work. I wrote about them way back in 2008 but they have continued cranking out good work since.
The graphic design studio Cyan was established in 1992 by daniela haufe and detlef fiedler in berlin. They have a large modernist body of work with a heavy emphasis on typography. There is an impressive cache of posters in their portfolio and you can kill some time looking through the large images of their work.
Niky Roehreke is a german/japanese illustrator who graduated from the Central Saint Martins with a major in Graphic Design. She currently splits time between Tokyo and New York and has completed an internship at Mike Perry’s studio.
Minneapolis based graphic designer Diana Quenomoen has a playful portfolio of work with a heavy emphasis on typography. She has some simple and classic work in her book.
Spanish graphic designer Alberto Hernandez has some excellent editorial print work in his portfolio including a controversial foldout brochure/poster essay about the work of Shepard Fairey.
Tom Sewell is a former designer from Studio Output who has decided to go on his own. He has some excellent work already in his portfolio and has a definite penchant for provocative image making. Skulls are forever cool.
“Lorin Brown is a 23 year old Calarts grad, living and working in Los Angeles. He runs One & Done Studio which is an umbrella for his design and illustration work. His work has appeared in magazines, on t-shirts, album covers, and other printed matter. He has worked with The New York Times Magazine, Good Magazine, Stussy, Sims Snowboards, and a few others. He’s often praised for his unique talent of being able to sleep anywhere.”
Excellent work.
Toronto based designer Brian Banton is in possession of a small but striking portfolio of work.
French École Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués de Bourgogne graduate Florian Chevillard labors under the aptly chosen name ‘Buroloco‘ which goes far in describing not only his approach but his body of work.
I wrote about Zip Design a very long while back and the London based multi-disciplinary design studio has since updated with some new and sharp looking project work.
I could try to explain Alex Varanese’s recent project myself but being that he is such an uncompromisingly honest person, it’s probably better to just let him tell you himself:
“This project is undoubtedly my most conceptually ambitious work to date. It comprises 14 full-sized, 18×24″ prints that explore the awesomely absurd idea of time travelers who return to the late 1970’s to release the technology of 2010 and dominate the world of consumer electronics. I re-imagined four modern products as if they existed over 30 years ago and tried to bring them to life through fake print ads, abstract glamour shots, and even a characteristically pretentious type treatment or two.”
Totally awesome.
