Designing Minds has an excellent interview with the amazing graphic designer/typographer Marian Bantjes that you can watch here. It’s very insightful and it is worth lending your ear to her for a moment as she is inarguably one of the best working designers out there today.
“We’re a strategic design studio. We create brands and branded communications. Paul Soulellis started Soulellis Studio in 2001 and has grown the office out of a love for clarity, color, typography and structure. Our work includes naming, strategic messages, logos, websites, publications, posters, signs, vehicles, and other things in two- and three-dimensions. We’ve collaborated with Naomi Judd, Richard Saul Wurman, Waterworks, Sears, the Council on Competitiveness, Auburn University and Cornell University, among others. Soulellis Studio recently rebranded The Municipal Art Society of New York—the oldest urban development advocacy group in New York City. Our team is smart, sharp and savvy. Paul Soulellis is trained as an architect and has been a visiting critic at Cornell and Columbia, and frequently lectures on information design. Erik Vrielink is a graphic designer and graduate of the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Alison Walsh is our in-house writer and caretaker of the AP Style Guide. Jamie Kennard is our partner in all things web and runs Krate.”
Brilliant typographical work.
55DSL emailed me about this a while back and I have been getting some emails from other readers about it as well. I thought I would post it since it might be a nice little way for someone talented out there to pocket a little cash for the holidays and get your work in front of some pretty savvy people:
With the imminence of 55DSL’s 15th anniversary in 2009, 55DSL is ready to celebrate the unique mix of attitude and aesthetics it has made all its own. To do so, 55DSL has turned to the input of design company Cut&Paste’s own culturally diverse, design-savvy, and urban-centric global audience through the 55DSL Logo Remix contest.
THE CHALLENGE: to revamp the iconic 55DSL Shield logo, spinning it into a visual remix that reflects 55DSL’s culture and spirit.
Contestant’s designs submitted to logoremix.55DSL.com will be evaluated by a distinguished panel of 8 international judges, ranging from acclaimed graffiti artist Emit to 55DSL’s very own creative director Andrea Ross, who will select the top 5 submissions. The Grand Prize winner will receive a receive 1,055 Euros award and see his/her logo design produced by 55DSL on a T-shirt for the 2010 Spring/Summer collection.
There will also be a People’s Choice Price for the contestant whose design receives the most votes via the online gallery who will win a special 55DSL goodie bag filled with items from 55DSL’s limited edition collections.
All entries must be submitted no later than 11:59pm PST on December 5, 2008 and online voting will remain open through December 12, 2008.
The word above summarizes the work in the portfolio of Tnop Design.
I just dropped in on Grand People today because I really love their work and they just keep updating with better and better work. They really are amazing and I just love almost every single thing in their portfolio.
Joel Evey let me know that he has put together a new zine titled, ‘The Black Book of Hate‘ that is available now at Tactical Magic. There are some really notable artists and designers involved and it looks like a really interesting project.
Obamamania rages on and you can quench your thirst by downloading some pretty sweet free Obama dingbats here. Pretty cool graphics to be giving away.
It appears Nigel has updated Electric Heat for the first time in a very very long time. It also looks as though he is still working for some powerhouse clients. Good on him.
UFHO updates with some absolutely stellar self-initiated work. Good for them for just getting out there, being creative and making something happen. Great work.
Hydro 74 and Pale Horse Design proudly present the “Back in Black” T-Shirt Exhibit – Showcasing limited-edition, one-color t-shirt designs by some of the world’s leading digital artists (who are the backbone of many of the major apparel brands we see today).
The purpose of this show is to highlight the artwork of the uncelebrated designers whose art you’ve probably been collecting in your closet for years, as well as to establish the t-shirt as a new medium for fine art.
November 22nd from 4:00PM – 10:00PM @ Pale Horse Gallery – St. Petersburg, FL
During the exhibit:
Check out the artists here. For more information on Pale Horse, visit www.palehorsedesign.com.
Great work in the portfolio of Heydays. Great intuitive use of Flash with their website as well.
More about Heydays:
“Heydays is an Oslo-based multidisiplinary design studio specialized in printed media, creative direction and graphic design. We work within a wide range of projects, from corporate identities, interactive websites, magazines, books and packaging. We strive to find a balance between idea, function and aesthetics in each of our projects. We’re like a young Marvin in his hey.”
“WSDIA is a Brooklyn, New York-based graphic, interactive, and architecture multi-disciplinary design studio. WSDIA designs, develops and mediates interactive, print, motion and architecture projects for a diverse group of clients in a wide array of professions.
Oh yeah, we love type, paying attention to detail and skittles (the new chocolate ones are grand)! We are: Jared Seavers, Jonathan Jackson and Sarah Nelson”
Brosmind is a multidisciplinary studio based in Barcelona founded by the Mingarro Brothers. They speciallize in illustration, graphic design and product design, although they often develop their own projects. Their style is fresh and optimistic and always combines fantasy and humour.
Seriously fantastic vector illustration work.
Suprb has officially relaunched with a new site and apparently a new team.
More about Suprb:
“Originally established in 2005 by Andreas Pihlstrom, Suprb became a two man army when Emil Olsson joined forces in late 2008.
Suprb is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Stockholm, Sweden that works remotely with a select group of like minded creatives from the world over, such as Dimitre Lima, Universal Everything, Christopher Hewitt, Michael Paul Young, Jonathan Puckey, Michael Fakesch, Stefan Gandl, Jake Wherry and Ben Lukas Boysen.”
Wow, that is some pretty serious heavy-hitting name-dropping. I am a massive fan of Universal Everything and all that they do.
There is a full portfolio of good graphic design work waiting at Ontwerpatelier.
There are some really interesting vector studies in the portfolio of Modovisual.
