A unique exhibition, uniting five of the best Barcelona based design agencies at 2022NQ, Manchester’ 21 February – 7 March 2013 ‘BCN:MCR’ premieres at 2022NQ on Thursday 21 February 2013 and is presented by Manchester-based designer, Dave Sedgwick. The exhibition unites, for the first time, five of the most innovative and cutting-edge, Barcelona based design...
From the interior design and a custom typeface for the best restaurant in the world to Brand development for the United Nations Kontrapunkt are leading the way providing thought provoking visual communication.
Josep Román Barri is a graphic designer currently based in Barcelona, Spain. His work is defined by crisp typography and bold use of colour.
“We believe in listening to our clients, analyzing their situation, actively proposing and jointly developing custom solutions that are both efficient and lasting. Involved in every phase of a project from conception and management through production, we care about each one, guaranteeing the best results.” Trestipos Graficos
Former Creative Head at LOVE now working at MUSIC in Manchester Adam Rix has a really creative body of work. http://www.byvariousartists.com/
Face is a Mexican studio with a portfolio full of high quality print and web projects. I’m particularly fond of their bold and minimal branding for Kinetica.
Cycling and design go together like coffee and cake so when long time CMYKern favourites Hello got in touch to tell me about a collaboration they are doing with Friska food called Paniagua , I thought it might be worth a mention. “Paniagua has been born out of our love for design and cycling. Our...
Hattie Newmans’ set design and paper pieces make me a very happy boy.
Impact! Signs is a leading Architectural Sign Company. They design, produce, and install high quality dimensional letters, custom logo signs, and metal plaques. Impact! Signs was founded in 1989 by Ammar and Shabbir Moosabhoy, father and son. They have built a loyal team of expert craftsmen, creative designers, and sales professionals with a vast knowledge...
Today I received one of these rather funny typographical Christmas cards. Produced by somewhat of a CMYKern favourite Ashley O’brien, the cards are available to buy from Provide Shop based in Birmingham’s Custard factory. You can buy them online here.
I just received a rather nice looking calendar Tristan Palmer has produced for 2013. It’s an A3 Digital print, on Fedrigoni Sirio Pearla 290gsm stock and available to buy at the bargain price of £5 here.
Matt Willey graduated from Central St Martins in 1997. Having gained valuable experience at a handful of small design companies he joined the internationally acclaimed studio Frost Design, later becoming Creative Director. In 2005 he co-founded Studio8 Design with Zoë Bather. In 2011 Matt co-launched Port Magazine and is the co-Creative Director of the title.
I’m embarrassed to say I’d only heard of the late photographer Diane Arbus very recently. Her images pose more questions than answers. Is she an outsider looking in or an insider documenting her reality? Sadly the very talented, yet troubled photographer took her own life in 1971. This Guardian article will give you a little more background into...
With offices in Mexico City and Toronoto, Blok is a design studio specializing in brand identities and experiences, packaging, exhibitions, installations and editorial design. “Now here’s what we really do: steep ourselves in the world around us, seek out the normal, the abnormal, the mundane, the exciting, the current, the obsolete, the inspiring, the disheartening and...
Chad Miller is a designer/art director Currently living in Cincinnati. he deals with brand identity systems, advertisingand digital campaigns for global and national clients such as United Way, Aetna, Scion,TimeWarner, Ray-Ban & Honda.
I don’t often post about other blogs or Tumblr’s but I’ll make an exemption in this case. If you’ve been trawling the same old blogs and your still in need of a hit of inspiration, the Tumblr of Adult Art Club is sure to really fuck with your mind.
Formato is the portfolio of designer Iván Mato. His design is clean-cut, research-informed design speaks for itself.
If your into typography there’s a fair chance you might love the work of London based Alex Fowkes.
David Ryle’s photographs give me a feeling of serenity coupled with adventure. Kind of like taking a bath on a roller coaster. www.davidryle.com
The One Off have recently worked with Fedrogoni to create their wonderful new calendar. Collaborating with 5 type foundries and 2 illustrators the new calendar features 16 different stocks a variety of print techniques and a neat slipcase with a genius locking devise. Taking cues from the Woodstock colours, reminiscent of school books, they created...
Matteo Civaschi and Gianmarco Milesi of H-57 were kind enough to send me a book they have produced full of brilliantly simplistic info graphics. The idea is simple. To depict a place, name, situation event etc without words within 5 seconds. A perfect stocking filler this Christmas.
The work of Diana Kunst engages you in a way that makes you question the story behind the image. Whats wrong? Why are they there? Go take a look for yourself. Via It’s Nice That
Austrian graphic designer Paul Leichtfried has a strong portfolio of print with some really effective, simplistic typographic treatments. Originally from a small town in the Austrian Alps he studied Information Design in Austria and completed an MA in Visual Communication at the Berlin University of the Arts. His main focus is working for international agencies and clients as well...
Type City is a new platform showcasing typography, mainly from the built environment. The site set up by Birmingham based designer Dan Cooper aims to build up the typographic profiles of our UK cities. If you would like to contribute any typographic images to the project you can send them to mail@typecity.co.uk or use #typecity. www.typecity.co.uk...
Human is the studio founded by Nick Bax (ex Designers Republic). Based in sheffield they work fr the likes of MTV, Swatch and Urban Splash across a wide range of media.
The guys over at Glad have a shiny new website with a bunch of new work.Now you can look at their work with some top quality large pictures.
A Practice for Everyday Life is a design agency working with some of the world’s most successful companies, galleries, institutions and individuals. They create a diverse range of work including brand identities, art direction, signage & wayfinding, exhibition design, print, editorial & publishing and websites from concept to production. A Practice for Everyday Life ...
