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Jordan Stokes — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:51:45 +0000

This came into our studio sometime last week courtesy of Adam Rix. It’s the first project by Manchester based Various Artists, who have been tasked with the re-launching of 24 Lever Street, which as i’m sure many of you will remember, was damaged by fire a couple of years ago.

The Northern Quarter has a rich history of porn shops, curry cafes, political rallies, market stalls and mojitos. And 24 Lever Street has seen it all. So, rather than produce a typical brochure to showcase the building, they took the opportunity to create something that felt more like a celebration of a moment in time of the building’s rich history. To start with they simplified the brand to 24, and created 8 unique logos that consisted of contrasting numerals, old and new. They then commissioned Tom Van Schelven to shoot 24 portraits of people that live, work or play in the Northern Quarter and put them all in a 24pp newspaper, with 4 different self-coloured jackets.

MORE GRAPHIC DESIGN ON THE RADIO

Mike Rigby — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:16:59 +0000

Some recent updates, including Rick Poynor. Worth a listen.

JOHN MOORES

Billy — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:40:38 +0000

At the risk of sounding like Jimmy Savile, we ‘ave had a email here form a young man called Chris Nixon.

Chris is a 2nd year Liverpool John Moores University student, approaching his third and final year. He asked if we would post a link to his work.

So not wanting to disappoint, here it is. Good luck Chris in the big bad world that is Graphic Design. TDOD.

OLD FASHIONED ART DIRECTION

Jordan Stokes — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:59:12 +0000

These Ads for Umbro posted by Tom Van Schelven on his blog are really nice (you should check out Tom’s work it’s brilliant). It’s nice to see people using props and actually doing things instead of taking the easy way out and photoshopping it. The Glue Society, Sydney posted another great example of this on the Creative Review blog yesterday with a campaign for the Australia Project. It brought back a few memories of a D&AD project a couple of us did a few years back where the easy option was to really on photoshop, but actually doing it really brought the project to life.

The Glue Society for The Australia Project

CIRCLE

AndyB — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:41:18 +0000

Project: Design & construction of communal seated area at the entrance to the Art & Design Building – Preston

Further developments to follow.

SUMMER BRIEF

AndyB — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:26:23 +0000

Here is the summer brief PDF for all you new 1st years. Good luck!

TEN GREEN BOTTLES

Jennie Spiller — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:11:11 +0000

TEN graduates from the University of Central Lancashire are going to be showing their portfolios in the Crown Tavern on Clerkenwell GREEN on the 1st July from 6pm.
Come and join us for a few BOTTLES!

The graudates exhibiting are: Jennie Spiller, Micheal Potts, Joseph Windsor, Rachel Jarrett, Louisa Mallett, Hollie Jackson Andrew Bovaird, Lindsay Hore, Chris McMahon and Derek Borthwick.

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SAGMEISTER CHAIR

Tim Sumner — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:44:26 +0000

Design legend Stefan Sagmeister has ventured into furniture design but sticking true to his graphic design roots. The Darwin Chair, shown as part of Dutch design company Droog’s show at Design Miami features more than 200 patterned sheets to suit any environment and desired look. The Darwin chair utilizes a free swinging structure that includes about 200 sheets of attached prints. As the top sheet gets dirty or tired, the user can simply rip it off thereby transforming the chair’s appearance.

CitID – HONOUR YOUR CITY

Billy — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:05:43 +0000

Dan Freebairn (1st year graphics student) has been in touch about his contribution to the CitID project.

Here is a brief explanation of the project:

Our hope is that creatives from around the globe will make a logo or a visual interpretation of the city closest to their heart. The universal goal is that every city ultimately gets their own identity on CitID, and that both the city and it’s aesthetic contributor gets recognition through this library – a place where you come for visual inspiration and leave with more knowledge about the world we live in.

Dan’s solution for Manchester (above) can be seen here on the site along with his portfolio.

Thanks for sending this Dan.

HOLLAND KIT

Mike Rigby — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:39:47 +0000

This idea has been doing the rounds again, as discussed on here a while back, it was only a mater of time… Nice thought though. Original link from Cool Hunter.