Help Syria's Children

Our Help Syria's Children poster. All aid to www.unhcr.org
http://bit.ly/ZODvxC

Worlds Greatest Graphic Designers posters

Poster design by students from the Ecole Bleue - a tribute to 50 of the worlds greatest.
Marine Cabasse, Vinciane Klein,
Romain Manesta, Chloé Ambrogi

The Next Day

Subversive design and viral campaign by Jonathan Barnbrook for Bowie's The Next Day album.

Kröller-Müller Museum brand typeface

Great typeface developed as part of the new branding and identity for the Kröller-Müller Museum Amsterdam by Edenspiekemann.

Coca-Cola happiness!

Great Happiness poster for Coca-Cola by McCann Germany. With a nod to Amazon. smile.

Updated portfolio on The Creative Finder

http://thecreativefinder.com/portfolio-broad.php?username=paulvickers

Two new Great British brands launched

New brand identities for British Athletics by SomeOne London and Great British Chefs by Hat Trick Design. Paralympic sports players are included. The Chefs brand allows for different chefs tools to be used to create the C.

Meanwhile the UK promotes itself as the Great business destination

The Great Britain campaign - Great technology, Great entrepreneurs...

A design disaster 'Made in France'

The total disaster Made in France logotype by Arnaud Pigoudines of Jak, Paris. He describes it as ‘a logo-picto to put onto products and labels, at a small size, where space is limited’, ‘the principal was to be easily recognisable on a pack’. 
Some joke! This does not work in small sizes, is hard to print, has colour registration issues, requires CMYK or special colors, will be a lot of fun to embroider on textile labels. The hand drawn A is just a joke - oh and the clever Eiffel Tower reference! The lock-ups are bizarre and the 'Made in' changes position, size and weight.
This proposal seems to discredit the design profession by its amateurism and is sure to do strictly nothing to help promote and dynamise French business. Merde!

Misplaced manhole covers!

A graphic nightmare. Once you start noticing them you see them everywhere. Via partickmaloney.net

Sculptural book cover by Phaidon

Great pop-up sculpture book cover.

Open Days Ecole Bleue Paris

22 23 24 March are the Open Days at the Ecole Bleue. The occasion to discover the global design work of the students from the Preparatory Year to 5th Year diploma class.
Top Marine Cabasse, bottom Benjamin Lina

Cocoricoo typography

Interesting graphic Cocoricoo typography on the ad hoarding in front of the Café Français, Place de la Bastille. Under renovation by the Café Costes.
Design India Mahdavi.

iWork

View from my desk with ongoing work and, of course, Mac, iGadgets and a bottle of wine.

Debossed concrete type on the Bar des Touristes

Superb debossed cast concrete type on the facade of this microscopic disaffected bar. 1950's I would estimate but with a distinctly art deco feel - short top bar on the E and geometric B, R & S. Thiviers 24.

Joe in Australia

My Joe mobile article is also published in Australia at designagencies.com.au

Alliance Française des Designers listing

I am now listed on the Alliance Française des Designers annuaire and website.
www.designers-france.com/fiche-416/paul_vickers/

Joe mobile review - full article

Original car park facade sign

Great facade 'accident' on the Cours Victor Hugo car park building in Bordeaux. The racing green Jaguar Mark II hangs precariously balanced in space over the street. No need for a big blue P here.

Blue and white mosaic tile typography

Superb typography and facia signage in Bordeaux. The combination of the mosaic tile sans serif caps in blue on white with the cursive script in white on dark field is excellent. The metro style tiling adds to the art deco feel.