05.20.10
Comments Off on Design StudioGraphic Design
Design Studio are exactly what they say they are. They are based in London and have a nice body of branding and editorial work. If you are a fan of print, you will appreciate their work.
05.17.10
Comments Off on Gui Borchert: UpdatesGraphic Design
Gui Borchert is currently a Creative Director at at Syrup New York where he has been for the past year and a half. Before landing there he worked at Mother New York for two years and also did a 4 year stint at R/GA. I remember a very very long time ago when I occasionally blogged for Design is Kinky, Gui came on board and also posted a link or two from time to time. He has come a long way since and his recent campaign for Puma got me really excited for the upcoming 2010 World Cup.
I have been shopping lately for a new Brazilian jersey and haven’t purchased one yet (my wife is Brazilian and not rooting for Brazil would mean a beheading at the hands of her and my inlaws). I get one during every World Cup but keep forgetting it is only a few weeks off. My DVR is gonna be full up here soon and I will be putting on at least 5 pounds of beer weight at a minimum.
So Gui, next time I finally get up to New York (hopefully for project work) I am buying you a Harp and we can rock our jerseys together. Joga bonito!
Comments Off on Mitsuo KatsuiGraphic Design
“Born in Tokyo in 1931. After graduation from Tokyo University of Education, joined Ajinomoto in 1956. Went freelance in 1961. In addition to engaging in the full spectrum of graphic design, served as art director of the Japan World Exposition in Osaka (1970), International Ocean Exposition in Okinawa (1975), and International Exposition of Science and Technology in Tsukuba (1985). Also created the symbol for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka (1990). Pioneered new forms of communicative expression enabled by new technologies. Professor Emeritus at Musashino Art University and Director of Chameleon Project. Member of Board of Directors of JAGDA and of Japan Display Association. Member of Tokyo ADC and AGI. Recipient of numerous awards, including: Tokyo ADC Members Award, Mainichi Design Award, Kodansha Publishing Cultural Award, Katzumie Masaru Award, Minister of Education Art Incentive Award, Japanese Government Medal with Purple Ribbon, N.Y. ADC Gold Prize, Gold Prize at Lahti International Poster Biennial, Gold Prize at Brno Biennial of Book Design, Grand Prix at Poster Biennial of Mexico, and Gold Prize at Warsaw International Poster Biennial.”
Mitsuo Katsui was a true master of graphic design. His entire body of work is incredibly inspiring. I suggest taking your time while combing through his site.
Comments Off on Johannes EkholmGraphic Design
Finnish designer Johannes Ekholm presents his portfolio in a super simple no BS kind of way and in a simple no BS kind of way he is a very good graphic designer and art director. He’s represented by Pekka Finland.
05.15.10
Comments Off on SBSSGraphic Design
SBSS which I think sometimes stands for ‘Space Based Space Surveillance’ is also the name of Russian graphic designer and illustrator Sergey Sbss. He takes a ‘geometric-pop’ approach to his work that results in some eye candy colorways.
Comments Off on Rosie LeesGraphic Design
Rosie Lees is a London based design consultancy with some nice work for Nike. The poster above requires a second look to capture the twisted turning runner filled roadscapes.
Comments Off on Phil ArmsonGraphic Design
Ooh I am really digging some of the print work designed by Phil Armson. He is very good with color and isn’t afraid to experiment with typography. Slick.
Comments Off on HekuzukuGraphic Design
“Hekuzuku is a graphic design studio located in 8064 Zurich and composed of Marlon Ilg, Jill Mattes and Simon Trüb. Hekuzuku conceives and creates products in the field of visual communication.”
Very interesting scroll of print work.
Comments Off on Raf VancampenhoudtGraphic Design
Dutch graphic designer Raf Vancampenhoudt has a fantastic cache of poster and print work ready and available at his website just waiting to inspire you.
Comments Off on Aalan Van RoemburgGraphic Design
Melbourne based graphic design Aalan Van Roemburg completed a Bachelor of Multimedia Design at the Swinburne National School of Design, where he was Awarded a Scholarship for Honours Degree in Multimedia Design. He has since worked for DTDigital a OgilvyInteractive Worldwide company. After a stint freelancing he co-founded a web-delivered video conferencing system called ParkSlide. He currently runs a design studio in Melbourne called the The Graphic Order and is responsible for some cracking work.
Comments Off on Ximera LabsGraphic Design
“XimeraLabs is an ongoing archive collecting freeform and self-initiated work that lives outside the client brief: sketches, visual experiments, remixes, design tests, etc…”
The recently relaunched site serves as the personal playground of designer Tom Muller.
05.13.10
Comments Off on DewmocracyGraphic Design
Local Denver agency Motive has helped put together a black and white poster show tonight as a part of the DEWmocracy program from Mountain Dew. The show starts tonight at 5:00 PM at the Illiterate Gallery located at 82 S. Broadway in Denver. There are some great local artists and designers in the show so please swing by. The posters are 18 x 24 screen prints available in very low quantities for a really reasonable price.
I was asked to created a poster in only 1 hours time and you can see my entry above. Sometimes you gotta crank it out.
05.12.10
Comments Off on Ah & OhGraphic Design
Polish design studio Ah & Oh has put together a nice little spec concept for mens cologne featuring some notable historic writers in the shape of an inkwell for a quill. It’s a slick looking set of packaging and it would be interesting to see one on an actual shelf in a retail environment.
Comments Off on MatteGraphic Design
Matte is a retail branding boutique based in the heart of Amsterdam specializing in the strategic positioning of products and services.
Comments Off on Salvation Design: UpdatesGraphic Design
Brooklyn based freelance artist & designer Salvatore Dell’Aquila aka Salvation Design sent word about a recent cover he illustrated for Computer Arts UK. It turned out pretty slick and is definitely some sweet eye candy. Salvatore has kept himself busy and continues to update his portfolio on a fairly regular basis.
05.09.10
Comments Off on Justin David CoxGraphic Design
Justin David Cox is a designer and illustrator living in the Lone Star State of Texas. He is a part of the creative collective Public School based in Austin. He has a very small but very smart portfolio of poster work. The above image is for a poster for the band ‘Cut Copy’. Get it?
05.07.10
Comments Off on Network Osaka AgainGraphic Design
You just have to hand it to Network Osaka, he just keeps giving you a reasons like this to stay tuned in to his particular channel in the Flickr Photostream.
Comments Off on Suprb: UpdatesGraphic Design
Andreas Pihlström has updated his sublime portfolio at Suprb with a new look and of course some excellent work but for some reason I was drawn to his ‘dynamic music video’ generated for his friend Alexi Delano’s track RUN-00. But to be honest, you can’t really go wrong with anything in Pihlström’s body of work.
