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ERD is headed by Emilio Roccioletti and Rosanna DiRisio. Their work on the Melbourne Recital Centre recently took out 4 MADC awards at this years event.

written by Christopher | tags: Australia, ERD, Graphic Design, Print

Sea has updated with a new website and new work has been added to their portfolio. Sea was founded in 1997 by Bryan Edmondson and John Simpson.

Prepare yourself for some seriously inspirational graphic design.

written by Christopher | tags: Branding, Graphic Design, London, Print, Sea

Adam Morris recently graduated from Manchester School of Art and Design. He has since moved to London where he is generating work for a growing roster of clients.

written by Christopher | tags: Adam Morris, Graphic Design, London, Manchester

The members of design collective/studio Happycentro include Federico Galvani, Giuliano Garonzi, Roberto Solieri, Giulio Grigollo, Andrea Manzati, and Federico Padovani. Their Behance-folio has an impressive scroll of inspirational examples of typography. Great work.

written by Christopher | tags: Behance, Graphic Design, Happycentro, Italy, Typography

Damien Conrad Design is a creative studio based in Lausanne and Bellinzona. They got in touch to share their work yesterday and have some work that is definitely worth sharing.

written by Christopher | tags: Damien Conrad Design, Graphic Design, Switzerland, Typography

Leeds-based design/branding agency The Consult, have relaunched their website with some clean and crisp new work.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Print, The Consult, Typography

The Design Director of the Obama campaign, Scott Thomas contacted me several months back about a project he was putting together to chronicle the grass roots art and design contributions toward the historical campaign. The finished product is shaping up to be something really special. The book is 360 pages and hardbound. They are currently accepting donations to print the book and will only print as many books that are ordered. You can read more about the project at the official website.

Some of the work I created over the course of the campaign (that is still free for download on this site) will be in the book. Some of the same work was also recently featured in another book: Art for Obama: Designing Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change.

The participating artists from the book:
Justin Hampton, Aaron Allen, Aaron Axelrod, Aaron Nagel, Eddie, Adam Culbert, AG Ford, Armando Lerma, Carlos Ramirez, Michelle Page, Amanda Martin, Annie Weatherwax, Ben Speckmann, Billi Kid, Delicious Design League, Brett Yasko, Brian Flynn, Christopher Smith, Caleb Kozlowski, Chad Mize, Chuck Anderson, Cody Hudson, Christopher Beaumont, Derek Gores, Deroy Peraza, Doug Cunningham & Jason Noto, Erika Iris Simmons, EMEK Studios, Emily Gallardo, Evan Bench, Felix Jackson. Jr, Frank Chimero, Graye Smith, Paula Scher, Greg Beauchamp, Gui Borchert, George Vlosich III, Greg Vlosich, Lance Wille, Aaron Meshon, Herb Williams, Christopher Cox, Jonathan Hoefler, Michael Murphy, Alex Fuller, Antar Dayal, Derek Hess, Martin Schoeller, Armando Lerma, and Carlos Ramirez, Leon Bedore, Reuben Raffael, Billy Baumann & Jason Teegarden-Downs, Jason Munn, Jeff Domke, Jimm Lasser, John Locke, John Steins, John Sokol, Judy North, Ales Bask Hostomsky, Josh Wisdumb, Jessica Witkin, Kishore Nallan C, Ratha Sok, Lance Wyman, Larry Roibal, Michael Leavitt, Mr Brainwash, Margaret Coble, Adam S Doyle, Michael Forbes, Manick Sorcar, Marc Scheff, Marco Pece, Mason Fetzer, Max Estes, James O’Brien, Melvin Heng, Michael Jacob, Don Garcia, Christina Alexandra, Oliver Barrett, Gugger Petter, Phillip Clark, Frank Plant, Rafael Lopez, Ray Noland, Renan Molin, René Garcia, Jr., Robert Haining, Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, Ron English, Russell Young, Steve Deer, Rick Sealock, Shana Barry, Shawn Hazen, Shannon Moore, James Widener, Sofia Fridman, Melinda Beck, Scott Hansen, Thomas Brodahl, Todd Hirsch, Todd and Cain Benson, Tristan Eaton, Charis Tsevis, Ralph Ueltzhoeffer, Van Monroe, Wade Hampton, Wes Winship, Zara Gonzalez, Zilly Rosen, Zina Saunders

Is it just me or have we lost some steam since the amazing days of the campaign? It seems now that we are as mired as we ever were. Where did our voices go? Why did we stop after he got elected? Wasn’t that just the beginning? I guess I need to get off my ass and start doing some political design work again.

written by Christopher | tags: Barack Obama, Designing Obama, Graphic Design, Scott Thomas

I just stepped in from having lunch with Mario Hugo and his partner at Hugo & Marie. They are really lovely people, and I was flattered just to be able to share a meal with them and just talk. Mario is one of those few artists who possesses the kind of genuine talent that has allowed him crossover success within the art, illustration and contemporary design world. I am a big personal fan of everything he puts his hand to.

We had a lengthy discussion about the nature of the art and design world as well as the current trends in the blogosphere. Mario had some interesting and strong opinions. It’s always refreshing to actually get to meet people that you look up to face to face and pick their brain.

They have been on a bit of a wild ride since starting Hugo & Marie but have been amazingly smart about the people they have so far chosen to represent. They have a truly amazing roster of unique individuals under their umbrella so far. Those choices have so far allowed them to work with some ‘dream’ clientele within the music and entertainment world.

It’s always a blessing to see truly passionate and talented people doing what they love and experiencing success. There is nothing more inspirational than witnessing people living their dreams.

The last 2 times we have met, they have given me some prints from some of their artists and illustrators. Today I was handed prints from one of their newest illustration talent Merjin Hos. The prints are nothing short of beautiful and will definitely find their way onto a wall in my home. You can see Hos’s work at Hugo & Marie’s website or at his personal site.

If you are currently seeking art, design or illustration talent for your next big project, then look no further. Not only will you be getting the best, you will also be working with some genuinely nice people. You can’t ask for much more than that.

Thank you Jennifer and Mario.

written by Christopher | tags: Agencies, Graphic Design, Hugo and Marie, Mario Hugo, Talent

“Studio Toogood designs, directs and executes interiors and environments from concept through to creation. Offering event, interior and exhibition design as well as styling and set design for the interior and fashion industries, the Studio’s projects range from the two-dimensional page to the three-dimensional space, and from the real to the conceptual.”

The above image is of the cover for Tom Dixon’s first catalogue. Created in collaboration with photographer Henry Bourne, the theme of the piece was based around the concept of ‘Utility’.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Interior Design, London, Studio Too Good

Nomono is the work of Chilean graphic designer and illustrator Cristóbal Schmal who now lives and works in Barcelona.

written by Christopher | tags: Barcelona, Chile, Graphic Design, Illustration, Nomono

Grandpeople co-founder Magnus Voll Mathiassen recently established his own studio. As you could well imagine MVM already has some cracking graphic design and illustration work in it’s young portfolio.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Illustration, MVM, Norway

Melbourne-based studio, Three60 has relauched with a new website brimming over with beautiful graphic design.

written by Christopher | tags: Australia, Graphic Design, Melbourne, Three60

Helsinki-born, Barcelona-based illustrator Pietari Posti has updated with both a new website and an entirely new storefront. Good stuff.

written by Christopher | tags: Barcelona, Graphic Design, Illustration, Pietari Posti

Comments from Siggi Eggertsson:
“This is a video that is made from over 400 images that I created from 2003-2009. Bits and pieces from commercial, rejected and personal projects. I had been collecting all those images to use in a completely different project, but then discovered that they could look great in animation too. After painful days in After Effects, fighting with all those 400 layers (and nearly killing my computer), the video was complete.”

Directed by Siggi Eggertsson
Illustrations by Siggi Eggertsson
Music by Johnny Sexual

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Siggi Eggertsson

Fraser Muggeridge Studio has a portfolio of clean and crisp print work.

written by Christopher | tags: Fraser Muggeridge Studio, Graphic Design, London, Print

There is a body of intelligent print, branding and photography work in the portfolio of Amsterdam-based, Another Company.

written by Christopher | tags: Amsterdam, Another Company, Branding, Graphic Design

There is some fun and colorful design/illustration work in the Flickr-folio of Frenchman, Skooly DK. That’s some trippy vector art.

written by Christopher | tags: France, Graphic Design, Illustration, Skooly DK

Julien is Plastic Bionic. He is 26 and lives in Nantes where he is currently producing some attractive graphic design and typography work.

written by Christopher | tags: Graphic Design, Nantes, Plastic Bionic, Typography