This guy is a design champion!
Hi! My name is Liam and I’m a 2nd year Graphic Communication student studying at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, UK. I use this blog to post what I find inspirational and nifty in the Art & Design world, and on occasion put up some of my work I deem worthy of the internet.
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December 5, 2012
David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence
October 2, 2012
Look at me
Look at me
Driving and I won’t stop
And it feels so good to be
Alive and on top…My reach is global
My tower secure
My cause is noble
My power is pure..
September 16, 2012
#30 - Oh Yeah Studio
This is part of my summer project, which I bound into this book
The essentials in our design are abstract & geometric shapes fused with the hand drawn. We also have a palette of a few colours
Most people in our line of work have heard of OhYeah Studio, and even more would have unwittingly seen their work wither out-and-about or on the web. Comprised of practitioners from literally every discipline imaginable and from all over the globe; web designers from Oslo & illustrators from London.
Despite this, there are a few notable consistencies in their portfolio. They use & make reference of the human face / form a lot, and the ‘pencil’ style they incorporate is maintained throughout their work. What’s more I adore the style they use, reminiscent of classic anatomy sketching by masters, artwork in themselves, surrounded by other more graphic & semiotic elements. Another consistency is the blatant disregard of colour. Rather uncommon in design circles, of mundane hues gives a simplistic aesthetic, complementing the graphic.
Check out Oh Yeah Studio’s work here
September 16, 2012
#29 - Radim Malinic
This is part of my summer project, which I bound into this book
Labelled the ‘designer’s designer’ by Computer Arts Magazine, Radim has a curious style & approach to his work. Recently he re-invented his online & design persona, adopting the name ‘Brand_Nu’ An award winning art director, illustrator & graphic designer, he has also gotten his out there by producing a series of online tutorials aimed specifically at designers. I’ve watched a few myself, and I can genuinely say that I learnt something. This is why he was named designer’s designer, and why I find him inspirational.
Check out Malinic’s work here
September 16, 2012
#28 - OneSideZero
This is part of my summer project, which I bound into this book
My imagination is a realm of shapes, colours and curious personalities. I illustrate to capture a state of mind, full of happiness & memories
OneSideZero is the moniker for British designer & illustrator Brett Wilkinson. Working in his own studio in Leicester his style is bold & dramatic, with playful illustrations & fluorescent spot colours.
I like his work, not only because his approach takes the clean & crisp aesthetic of vectors to new heights, but his style is so imaginative & original that there literally isn’t anything out there like his work. I respect that; it proves that originality isn’t dead in an age where digital’s dominance is unavoidable.
Check out OneSideZero’s work here
September 16, 2012
#27 - Vault49
This is part of my summer project, which I bound into this book
Vault49 was founded by John Glasgow & Johnathan Kenyon in May 2002, shortly after the two had graduated together at the London College of Communication, studying Graphic Design. Glasgow was from the illustration side of the course, while Kenyon was more involved with typography, so they merged each others skill-sets and quickly rose to the challenge of creating a studio together.
Of course the development of their style was important, but like all studios, Vault49 wouldn’t have gotten anywhere without self-promotion, which really was mandatory to get their work & style out into the world. When they graduated, the duo took to fly-posting their work around Clerkenwell & Glasgow, to get themselves noticed by local studios & potential clients. One building they adorned just so happened to be the HQ of Dazed & Confused magazine. It worked, they got in contact and commissioned them the next day.
Check out Vault49’s work here
September 16, 2012
#26 - Effektive Design
This is part of my summer project, which I bound into this book
Originally only holding an online presence, the design studio lead by Greig Anderson has recently branched out from a home office to a physical design agency. In 2009, creative director Greig Anderson took that leap of faith from working as a senior designer for other studios & agencies in the Glasgow area to creating a studio of his own. He already had seven years of design work under his belt, and had worked across the UK and in Sydney, Australia.
Clear, concise and considered grid based design and layouts plays a big part in the way we work, and that probably shows through
Check out effektive design’s work here
September 16, 2012
#25 - Schaffter Sahli
This is part of my summer project, which I bound into this book
Founded in 2005, the design duo from Switzerland Vincent Sahli & Joanne Schaffter have created visual identities & communications fro a large number of high profile clients, specialising in the arts & culture sectors.
Notable among their project would be the brand identity for the Monteux Jazz Café. Drawing inspiration from the venue’s distinctive lighting & photographic archives from the Monteux Jazz festival, the two designed a concept around a dot graphic, reminiscent of the grainy texture of the traditionally produced photographs and the light bulb installation in the venue.
Check out Schaffter Sahli’s work here
September 16, 2012
#24 - HelloMe
This is part of my summer project, which I bound into this book
Based in Berlin, HelloMe is the brainchild of designer Till Wiedeck. Experimentalism is definitely how I would describe HelloMe’s portfolio, with emphasis on crazy colours, semi-legible typefaces, surreal geometric illustrations and artwork with a hint of ‘psychedelia’ in it. That said, HelloMe’s also has strong elements of modernism thrown into the mix to give the portfolio balance; with some use of classic sans-serif typefaces & clear emphasis on grid usage – both of which are typical of modernism in its heyday and are incorporeal elements in modern graphic design.
Check out HelloMe’s work here
September 16, 2012
#23 - Coffee made me do it
This is part of my summer project, which I bound into this book
Coffee made me do it is the self-assigned nickname of typographer & graphic designer Simon Alander.
Typography & lettering is what makes me happy
His love of illustrative type is obvious, being a prominent theme throughout the bulk of his portfolio. The Sweden born fellow student from Stockholm tries to be as creative and different with typography as he can, mixing traditional & digital media in skilled & intuitive ways. That said, in my opinion he uses the same style of typeface, script with swash elements, a lot being in the majority of the typography in his portfolio. His account of the online portfolio website ‘dribble.com’ , where I frequently visit, gives me more of an insight into his workings, as he post on there a lot of his more experimental pieces, and his work in progress. The standard model of drawing a logotype by hand, scanning it into a computer, and vectorising in Adobe Illustrator is plainly used a lot. What I find inspired about his work is the seamless balance between aesthetic & functionality. His logotypes, often incorporating erratic swashes & complex flowing tendrils from the text, is undoubtedly beautiful, or to put it more academically, aesthetically pleasing. Yet this had no diverse effect whatsoever on the legibility of his work – rather it fuels the didactic information the character convey and the themes the typeface’s style evoke.
Check out Coffee made me do it’s work here, and his dribbble account is here
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A design I made for work that I decided to animate a bit. :D
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Illustration I made for my boyfriend for Valentine’s Day. Thought I would try to animate it (just a little tiny bit) but it’s a bit jittery. It’s...
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Menno Aden - Room Portraits (2008)
