Mr Smith’s Letterpress Workshop
Creative Review in collaboration with Order posted this film about Mr Smith’s Letterpress Workshop in South London. Great to see a designer working organically with ‘old technology’. His work has a great sensibility about it. Take me back a few years when I did lots of letterpress at college. Tweet
Ben Eine
Abbie Brandon directs and edits this short film about Ben Eine as he embarks on painting at the London Graphic Centre. Ben’s come a long way since playing cat and mouse with the British Transport Police for at least 20 years. Visit Abbie website here Tweet
Martin Lambie-Nairn
I attended the Meeting of Minds talk at the British Museum and had the opportunity to talk to Creative Director Martin Lambie-Nairn. Having left Lambie-Nairn last year to set-up his new venture Heavenly, Martin has over 3 decades created some of the most iconic branding including Channel 4, O2 and the BBC. Tweet
Y-3 NYC Billboard
The Colossal Media Group painted Y-3’s billboard in New York City’s Soho on the corner of Broadway and Houston. Thanks to Style Canteen for this. Tweet
The Visual Language of Herbert Matter
Left Channel have worked with film maker Reto Caduff to create the opening titles for his upcoming documentary on Herbert Matter Tweet
The Royal Wedding
Creating the overall look for ITVs coverage of The Royal Wedding. The Brief was to come up a solution which would work across the network on Daybreak, This Morning, ITV News and ITV.com and feel traditional yet accessible. In the UK, 5.3m tuned in to the programme hosted by Julie Etchingham was a huge success […]
Phunkstudio: Shadow Installation
Phunk Studio commissioned by DDB to design a Shadow Installation for the Health Promotion Board (HPB) for their ‘Be Positive’ campaign. 2 different messages will be cast at 2 different time of the day at 2 different directions. Tweet
A TV commercial by mobile phone company Docomo
This is ad for Docomo is an inspired piece of creativity. Tweet
NYT: Design Gets More Diverse
Designers of color are benefiting from these changes, not least because design is largely a meritocratic profession. It is tough for everyone, especially at the top. No designer secures a sought-after job like Mr. Boateng’s, or coveted international commissions like Mr. Burks’s, without talent, courage, charisma and determination, but they do tend to be judged […]
ITV Election 2010
For ITV Election 2010 it was important that the information graphics were clear and easy to understand. For the centrepiece of the studio we created a 20ft virtual wall. Complex election data was then simplified into some key graphics on the night, including a The Election Battleground which was controlled by the Julie Etchingham via […]