Photographs of Iceland by hlaus
Wonderfully stark imagery of Iceland by hlaus. The wonderfully muted colours make for great contrast against the alien volcanic landscape. Beutiful work.
Patrick Fry
Patrick Fry’s work makes me very happy indeed. I love the combination of minimal typography coupled with slick art direction and image manipulation.
Dan Petty
Some beutiful design for screen from Dan Petty, founder and creative director of the amazing Merican Made.
Analogue books
On a recent trip to Edinburgh I was given the heads up by Jack and Lee to visit an amazing little book shop called Analogue Books. I really wish I had more time in Edinburgh as it’s the type of shop you can stay in all day. It’s packed full of books you may not...
Berg Studio
Surprised I have never featured Berg Studio before. They have an amazing body of work and an uber cool responsive site. They also share studio space with the guys at Effektive.
Glad Creative
Another studio with a really simple site is Glad Creative. The work speaks for itself.
Back to the start
Lovley little animation by John Kelly commissioned by Chipotle Mexican Grill. There is also a cheeky behind the scenes of film which you can watch here.
Pica
Some nice work in the portfolio of recent FEED HND graduate Pica. Some great animation skills on show.
Thompson Brand Partners
Thompson Brand Partners based in Leeds have a tight grasp on how to give a brand a strong identity. Some super slick work from the Yorkshire agency.
Owen Gildersleeve
It’s been a while since I featured the intricate paper workings of Owen Gildersleeve, but it seems he’s had a bunch of work added to his sight since. I’m really glad to see he hasn’t lost any of the fun to his work.
Parent Design
Every so often you come across a body of work that just oozes sophistication and restraint. Parent Design based in Dorset does exactly that. Straddling he line where fashion and art meets design they
Ashley O’brien
Midlands based Ashley O’brien has a healthy body of work in his portfolio. Realy enjoyed his personal identity and the one for Birmingham based artist Rachael Tighe.
FEB Design Stationery
Amazing identity for FEB design. You have to admire such simple work that makes this much of an impact. Via
Sweaty Eskimo
Birmingham based illustrator Sweaty Eskimo has a very unique style. Love the Addidas piece below.
Smile
We’ve been a long time supporter of Birmingham based Smile for a long time, so it was great to see a fresh new site up with loads of new work when we last visited.
Red Antler
Red Antler is a Brooklyn based studio that produce some really great work. I love their website. It not only has great work on but is also a pleasure to use.
Gary Devreede
Gary Devreede definitely knows the difference between his ascenders and his baselines. Some great type over on his site.
Martin Stousland
Martin Stousland has some fantastically colorful and playful work on his site. Well work a look.
Gordon Young – The Comedy Carpet
Wow! That’s all I have to say about this new public art piece unveiled in Blackpool today. Artist Gordon Young collaborated with designer Andy Altmann of the infamous why not associates to produce this typographic masterpiece laid out in granite. Via DesignBoom
Kancho Creative
Birmingham based Kancho Creative are throwing some pretty nice design work out there. Love their landing page.
Andy Young
Leeds based freelance designer Andy Young has just updated his portfolio. Did I mention he likes corned beef and Yorkshire tea?
Huvi
Huvi design from Manchester mixes the colourful with the geometric to delight the retinal rods and cones.
