tronic

October 2, 2008

A strange beast, but beautiful; one of my all-time fave design/motion graphics studios. Based in New York. They’re called Tronic.

cs4

September 25, 2008

Adobe take a utilitarian approach with the packaging of the new CS4 suite.

go on, give it a hug!

September 19, 2008

A good friend of mine over in the US and A has just launched a new design blog with his compadres – called Graphic Hug. Yours truly will also be putting my two-penneth in over the coming months. Go and check it out.

tim muller

September 16, 2008

Tim Muller is a Belgian Graphic & 3D designer based in Antwerp, he does work for international clients as well as developing his personal projects on the side. His ‘3D playground’ experiments are particularly gorgeous. I also just learned he went into business with the missus too, under the studio name of Mr & Mrs M – brave man!

LARA JADE

September 8, 2008

Just stumbled upon this amazing photographer on Flickr. Wow!

Neasden control centre

September 7, 2008

The original article that is Neasden Control Centre is back in the form of a refreshed (albeit generic, ‘Inexhibity’ looking) website. These guys were one of my many heroes in my under-graduate days and I here they still work a lot with universities and colleges which is pretty cool. Hell – looking at this site, how much have this outfit been blatantly imitated over the last half-decade? I ask myself, is it just me? Have I become desensitised this style of work as my influences have shifted further backwards through time since my student days? However they’ll still remain seated as one of my all-time fave illustration/design companies. Enjoy!

emil ruder

September 5, 2008

Emil Ruder (1914-1970) is one of the lesser-known pioneers of the ever popular Swiss International Style. I found this brief bio of his life and career via Swiss Legacy on a delightful little blog called Thinking for a Living. You can see more of his work on this Flickr page – showing spreads from his book entitled “Typographie.” Thats another one to add to our growing list of classic design appreciation.

David Marsh

August 29, 2008

David Marsh is a graphic design student at the University of Lincoln and a member of the International Society of Typographic Designers. He’s also on the lookout for work placements, which judging by some of the promising work he has in his folio – ought not to be too much trouble. I suppose sunny Darwen would be too far to travel!

NMCA

August 28, 2008

NMCA is a really great resource for magazine cover archives, featuring publications such as Dazed & Confused, Esquire, Time Out and Tokion.

how to be a great boss…

August 28, 2008

…(via Swiss Miss)