Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Joe logotype review on Brand New





















My review of the great Joe mobile branding and logotype is on Brand New.
http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/go_joe.php

Sunday, 20 January 2013

More of our work featured on Designspiration


Think Big by Leg

Brilliant poster campaign by Leg Agency, Paris for Eurostar. Leg are behind a lot of creative campaigns as well as the clever humoristic Eurostar work.

Saturday, 19 January 2013

AA joins BA & AF with a red swoosh

American Airways is the latest airline, this month, to launch a red swoosh brand. Following on the groundbreaking British Airways ribbon by Newell & Sorrell 1997, then the Air France accent by Desgrippes Brandimage in 1999, we now have the red eagle, A or star by Futurebrand 2013.
The jury here is still out on its success. OK, but innovative?

Friday, 18 January 2013

10 000 visits on SlideShare

My design presentations have hit the 10 000 visits mark on SlideShare. The most popular presentations are 'Packaging Design', 'H2O - ecology the new luxury' and 'Organic Cosmetic branding'.

Malala for Noble Peace Prize

Our poster in support of the nomination of Malala Yousafzai for the Noble Peace Prize.

Easier to buy a machine gun than a French cheese in the USA

Unpasteurized milk cheeses that are matured less than 60 days are illegal in the USA. Machine guns are no problem. This graphic highlights the situation and supports Obama's gun control legislation, following Sandy Hook.

Thursday, 17 January 2013

Oliver Grant packaging

The Oliver Grant sale is on and I am pleased to see they are still using the special sale packaging we designed.

Snohetta for Lascaux




Norwegian agency, Snohetta and Duncan Lewis have won the Lascaux visitor centre design project, just down the road from us here. Opening 2015. At the same time Repetto, based in our town, have opened a new €4.3 million factory extension to boost production of Repetto shoes, with the creation of 150 new jobs.

Monday, 31 December 2012

A Quarter Century of Design retrospective

I am working on a retrospective book  'A Quarter Century of Design', landmarks in my creative work from the 1980's to today. To be published in 2013.

Saturday, 29 December 2012

British designers knighted in New Year Honours

British designers knighted by the Queen in the New Years Honours: Sir Kenneth Grange, with whom I worked at Pentagram, for Industrial Design and Sir Quentin Blake for Illustration. Last year Sir Jonathan Ive (Apple) and Sir Marc Newson for Industrial Design.

Friday, 28 December 2012

Our 2011-2012 Annual Design Review published

Our annual review highlights some of our major work over the year.

Thursday, 27 December 2012

Wednesday, 26 December 2012

Snow art by Simon Beck

British artist/designer Simon Beck from Les Arcs, Savoie creates these stunning pieces of snow art overlooking Mont Blanc.
Christmas Greetings.

Saturday, 22 December 2012

My Xmas 2013 New Year card in Creative Review

My Xmas 2013 New Year card playing on the XIII in Xmas has been featured in Creative Review.

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Good for... wine collection in Creative Review

Our 'Good for...' wine collection for Vendange Wines is featured in Creative Review December 2012 Feed.

Saturday, 10 November 2012

Malala Nobel Peace Prize poster

We support the nomination of Malala Yousafzai for the  Nobel Peace Prize. Our ABCD poster is dedicated to this project on Saturday 10 November - UN Malala day.