Some nice old and new typography...

Professional industry workshops with Reservoir Creatif

Design in English and Branding Design workshops for design professionals with Reservoir Creatif.

Life imitating art...

In a case of life imitating art, Campbell's are editing a limited collection of Andy Warhol inspired soup cans, closing the circle. On sale in Target stores.

Taller, slimmer, the new trend?

Is this the new trend in a broader, fatter society? Slim Coca-Cola Sleeks by Carée Noir, an extra inch by iPhone 5 and Pepsi 0 Skinny.

11 - 11 poster

A2 format poster now available. Giclee print.

Highway typography at its best

Two great road safety campaigns using highway typography at its best. Look! by Pentagram for pedestrian safety and Mother's cycling campaign for BikeNY.org. Direct, pertinent and fun.

OK everybody is going to be posting about this but what is an inch worth?

11th Anniversary - 11th September poster

Our 11-11 poster design.

Coca-Cola returns to Burma after 60 year embargo

After a 60 year absence, and with growing signs of a move towards democracy with Aung San Suu Kyi's liberation, embargoes are raised and Coke is back in Burma.
A litmus test of democracy, Coca-Cola is still unavailable in North Korea, Cuba, Sudan and Iran.

Horses & Boughams in Central London

Some great typography seen in Clapham, London last week. This sign on a Mews wall records the passing of horse drawn carriages and Boughams in London, and the advent of the motor car. Hay & Horses are overpainted with Cars & Motors.

Wildfire poster fro WWF

With all these summer wildfires in central Europe, Maxwell A Davis's poster for WWF is appreciated.

Free Pussy Riot poster

The Pussy Riot two year prison sentences are described as a 'travesty of justice and democracy' by Liberation, 'over the top' Washington Post, 'a huge moral and political defeat suffered by the Russian authorities and society alike' Russian Newspaper.
'Vladimir Putin is a famously tough guy - a former KGB agent who gets photographed shirtless on horseback. But the Russian strongman is not really so strong. Evidently he's scared to death of three women who play in a punk rock band with the unforgettable name of Pussy Riot... Only corrupt dictatorial leaders have grounds to fear the complaints of their citizens... afraid of people armed with nothing but guitars and truth' Chicago Tribune.
Poster design by Berin Hasi.

Clapham Common tube

1900 station design with 1924 remodeling by Charles Holden. Great enamel signage in Gill Sans.

Paper plate Olympics symbol

Paper plate Olympics symbol and Olympics packaging design seen in kensington High Street, London.

Wish I'd thought of it, cheese board...

Marble resin cheese board from Plant, Brooklyn designed by Bjarke Ballisager.

The best designed Olympics ever?

Branding design for the 2012 London Olympics by Wolff Olins, Futurebrand and numerous British design agencies and architects. Full story.

Hat-Trick 2012 Olympics stamps

Hats off, yet again, to Hat-Trick Design for their Olympic postage stamps that play visually on the sports and venues.

Olympics symbol at Opening Ceremony London 2012

Brilliant interpretation of the Olympics Rings symbol during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics last night. The rings were cast in 'molten metal' then levitated into the sky above the stadium where they came together to create the symbol. Wow! Photo JC Hong Assoc Press
The Queen's and 007's parachute jumbo as well as Rowan Atkinson's contribution to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's concert were also highlights.

Retail design since 1660 in St Jean de Luz

Facade of Maison Adam - Epicerie Fine, founded 1660, entirely covered in chili peppers from Espelette and the Maison Thurin famous for Jambon de Bayonne. St Jean de Luz.

M C Escher inspired 3D typeface design

This excellent 3D optical illusion typeface was created by Alice V in my typographic design course.
Starting with a principal of 3D construction, every letter is built in volume creating an intriguing Escher like illusion. The sketches are worth studying.

D2 Delicatessen Brand Design at Strate College

In the Branding, Packaging, Merchandising Design programme at Strate, I have run a workshop creating a new delicatessen brand. 1001 Flavours is a premium collection of exotic Arab foods, exploring oriental design codes. Lumi is a brand of food from Finland that communicates Nordic authenticity and purity.
Design by Morgane L and Justus K.

The banana industry - 100 times more regulated than the arms industry

France 24 International poster graphic.

International Class Workshop at the Ecole de Design

I have run a week long workshop in the International Class on Packaging Design at the Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique.

MECA cultural centre for Bordeaux

Bordeaux to get new cultural centre for visual arts, performing arts, literature and cinema - the MECA, overlooking the Garonne River, by French Freaks and Danish Big Architects practices.

Chic garden hosepipe packaging

Mundane garden hosepipe packaging is moved into the iconic luxury goods category by Mockup Advertising for Garden Glory. Great!

Green Renault brand

Renault rolls out new green branding for ecological cars...

Google 'Paul Vickers Design' returns thousands of references...

Hergé consecrated 20th century art legend with €1.6 million Tintin cover

Mountain Refuge Mont Blanc Alps

Looking forward to combining my love of mountains (skiing & hiking) and design, on our next trip to the Alps and the Mont Blanc region. This mountain refuge by Italian designers LeapFactory is balanced in perfect equilibrium over the glacier with Mont Blanc views. cool.

Packaging Design: The Great British Breakfast

Packaging Design projects by 3rd Year students at Ecole Bleue.
A Taste of Notting Hill by Solenne, minimal Nude by Margaux, a graphic   interpretation of the flag by Julia, Houndstooth motif by Camille, Tea Cosy with pom-pom by Albane, Eden by Nathalie, Mind the Start by Louis and Collin's English typography by Jessica.

British Coca-Cola

The most quitessential of American symbols: Coca-Cola, becomes British for the 2012 London Olympics. The first British Coke can.

Politics and symbols

Political symbols on Egyptian ballot sheets in a country where literacy levels are low. The donkey, watch, umbrella and ladder parties make for an interesting choice!

Pentagram at 40

Pentagram, where I worked from 1979 to 1982, celebrate their 40th birthday.

So good you could eat it...

One from the archives, our 'so good you could eat it' business card design for a Culinary Stylist. It won a few awards.

Paul Vickers on Designspiration

Tokyo Fiber Senseware 09 water logo

Osaka Station Japan - stunning water display clock

London in one image

Nick Patchitt's London Up Close

Le mot du mardi matin par Joël Guenoun

Great. Thanks to lmmm.

thecreativefinder.com new work

New work on the creativefinder.com