For our Summer 2012 collection, we worked with British illustrator Adrian Johnson. We met up with Adrian at his studio in Lewes.
Over the years, Liverpool born Adrian Johnson has developed a unique and strongly identifiable body of work. His trademark economical, highly crafted, graphic work is constantly evolving, whilst always maintaining a healthy distance from current trends and passing fashions. Adrian’s work has already led to a prolific working career and a client list which includes Paul Smith, Adidas, Monocle, The New York Times and Unicef. He also has exhibited work in London, New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo. Attention to detail, humor and a simple timeless sophistication mark him out as one of the leading illustrators currently practicing.
The Stussy x Adrian Johnson collection is available now at: stus.se/KTyTLV
Please visit Stussy.com for more details.
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Massimo Vignelli (born 1931 in Milan, Italy) is a designer who has done work in a number of areas ranging from package design to furniture design to public signage to showroom design through Vignelli Associates, which he co-founded with his wife, Lella.He has said, “If you can design one thing, you can design everything,” and this is reflected in his broad range of work.
Vignelli works firmly within the Modernist tradition, and focuses on simplicity through the use of basic geometric forms in all of his work.

Typographer, graphic designer and businessman Erik Spiekermann has created timeless, influential and, yes, Meta-physical work over the past three decades.

Next to founding MetaDesign and FontShop, the latter being the first ever digital distributor of fonts, and designing more instant classic typefaces than any other, he has been recognized as an outstanding expert internationally as a lecturer and professor.

Listen to the design genius talk about new visual languages, design processes, the analogies of music and typography, and why we need better client culture in our latest Gestalten.tv video and you will easily realize why. Before heading to new visionary pastures, the bike enthusiast will make a short stop to receive the German Design Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 in February.

Watch our complete line up of video interviews on gestalten.tv

 

A short film about letterpress and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK, situated at Plymouth University, featuring Paul Collier. plymouth.ac.uk

Subtitles available here: goo.gl/iuaKY

A film by Danny Cooke dannycooke.co.uk
Soundtrack by Tony Higgins tonyhiggins.org
(Available to download here: goo.gl/exGL1)

Follow us on twitter @dannycooke @junior85

Saul shared a little advice for design students in this video. From the LDL archives: Saul Bass logos: then and now.

‘Ink’ is a short film shot at Balaji Lithographers who produce a large amount of these posters. The video was made in collaboration with artist Smriti Mehra for the City One Minutes foundation and Holland Doc 24/ VPRO. From 25 May – 19 September 2011 this film is a part of ‘Paris-Delhi-Bombay’; an exhibition of French and Indian contemporary art at Centre Pompidou, Paris.”

Luke Prowse in conversation about working with Neville Brody on The Times redesign his work for Helvetica 50 for The Design Museum and cover work for Computer Arts.

German Design studio Paperlux created this beautiful design and a unique deformable cover for Novum magazine. An awesome elaborate print job that you can discover on the making-of video showing the production process for this November Novum cover.

Paperlux created the design in tandem with Print Arena, Jürgen Jeurink—die cuts, and EMAG GmbH paper finishing—lamination. The final covers were finished in six different color schemes after 48,000 print passes with 140 punch cuts per issue. The resulting cover, inspired by the ideas and concepts of Richard Buckminster Fuller, is pliable along its cuts within the grid of the geometric design, inviting play and interaction.

Idea & Design – Carolin Rauen & Max Kuehne
Direction – Max Kuehne
Filming & Cutting – Zaky Ziegler
Music – Rosie and me / Bonfires

Special thanks to:

Printarena – Eurodruck
Iggesund
Jeurink Stanzformtechnik
Emag – Papierveredelung

Very special thanks to…

…Soraya Kuehne, my wonderful wife, for your patience.
…Tim John for your feedback and your friendship.

See more of paperlux.com

If you would like an issue, but cannot find it in a store near you:
stiebner.com/controller.php?cmd=detail&isbn=97838307X0149&verlag=0&scroll=0&id=61

Intro is a multi-disciplinary creative agency formed in 1988 and based in Smithfield. It has built a reputation for award-winning creativity within music, retail, fashion, arts, broadcast, corporates, government bodies and sport.

As part of Glug October, a panel of Intro‘s Creative Partners talked about the history of the company, how design, moving image & the digital domain has transformed over the past quarter century, how Intro have tackled some of their most notable campaigns and what they believe the future holds for brands and creatives.

Partners/Speakers: Julian House, Adrian Talbot & Julian Gibbs

In our second film, we meet writer turned knife maker Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn. He talks about the human element of craft, and the potential for a skill to mature into an art. And in sharing his story, he alights on the real meaning of handmade—a movement whose riches are measured in people, not cash.

director-producer KEEF
director of photography JOSHUA KRASZEWSKI
editor-composer MATT SHAPIRO
music MICHAEL TRAINOR & NATHAN ROSENBERG
music produced at THE DOG HOUSE NYC
sound recordist ROBERT ALBRECHT
re-recording mixer NICHOLAS MONTGOMERY
assistant re-recording mixer JOHN GUMAER
gaffer ADAM ORELLANA
title design MANDY BROWN

special thanks
JOEL BUKIEWICZ & CUT BROOKLYN

thisismadebyhand.com
cutbrooklyn.com

Directed & Edited By: Matt Barnett
Director of Photography: Konrad Czystowski
Art Director & Second Camera: Tatjana Green

A little over a year ago we started branding our good friend Konrad as the newly minted FreshSox. One of the final elements of his brand to get produced was his business card. During the design process, we knew we wanted to go the letterpress route. The tactile quality, vibrant colours and overall aesthetic has always appealed to us. We recently met Nicholas Kennedy at Trip Print Press (tripprintpress.ca)here in Toronto. We were so wowed with his work and amazing shop from day one, we found each subsequent visit was getting longer and longer. It’s the kind of place you don’t want to leave. It was a perfect storm of opportunity to record both the process of this new brand coming to life and the inner workings of a truly amazing letterpress shop.

This is Trip Print Press…

Music:

“One’s A Lonely One” by Derby
derbyrock.com

Licenced with Common Courtesy through Marmoset Music
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“1967 bis” by AlexandreDavidGabriel
tinyurl.com/​6h3gpaa

Part 1. Mike Giant, a full-time artist. - mikegiant.com/​

neighborsfilm.com
vimeo.com/​channels/​neighbors

The working title for the project is Neighbors, a series of short stories about individuals from various neighborhoods in San Francisco. Part conversational interview, part documentary – we get to know the individual in the context of their work and home environments, in order to gain a deeper understanding of their influences on the community.

Music:
George Pritzker
georgepritzker.bandcamp.com

Dusty Signs aka Dan Madsen, filmed by Hunter Johnson. A simple, yet mesmerising promo film.

Via FormFiftyFive

In this 99% talk, photographer Andrew Zuckerman argues that curiosity is an essential part of the creative’s condition. But it’s even more powerful when combined with rigorous technique.

Via Very Own Studio

Directed by: NABIL.com
Dp: Larkin Seiple
Editor: Isaac Hagy
Label: Jagjaguwar
Post: Peter Sauvey, Gustavo BKR
Producer: Jill Hammer
rep: Lark Creative
color: Marshall Plante
Production Co: NE Direction

special thanks to Hrafn Svavarsson @gaviatravel for you guidance in iceland, and Svana Gisla for hooking up your family

and to little Hilke, for doing a lot of walking for me!

Via change the thought

In a field that is often criticized (and rightly so) as being crass, arrogant and following trends, Wieden Kennedy has long been one of the few agencies that approaches the craft of advertising with maturity, courage and ingenuity. John Jay has been a huge part of their dominance in recent years and his wisdom on this business many of us are engaged in is very much recommended reading. ‘The greatest thing we can offer is to be great listeners’

Via change the thought

Kenneth Grange is Britain’s leading product designer, his prolific career spans over 50 years and he is responsible for designing some of the most iconic and familiar products and appliances that shape our daily lives. Kodak cameras, the silhouette for the Intercity 125 train, Kenwood food mixers, Parker pens, and the re-design of the London black cab are just some of his well-known designs.

In 1972 Grange, together with Alan Fletcher, Theo Crosby, Colin Forbes and Mervyn Kurlansky established Pentagram, a world renowned multi-disciplinary design consultancy. More recently, in the 1990s, Grange has produced distinctive designs that have become part of our landscape, from the Adshel bus shelter in 1993 to the Rural Post box for Royal Mail in 1998. Today Grange continues to work with British companies includingAnglepoise, furniture designer Hitch Mylius and fashion designer Margaret Howell.

This exhibition is Kenneth Grange’s first UK retrospective celebrating his work, design journey and the role he has played in making Britain modern. With unique access to the Grange archive, the exhibition includes over 150 products, prototypes, sketches as well as audio, photography and film.

Buy exhibition tickets in advance from Ticketweb (booking fee applies)

‘Gulp’ is a short film created by Sumo Science at Aardman, depicting a fisherman going about his daily catch. Shot on location at Pendine Beach in South Wales, every frame of this stop-motion animation was shot using a Nokia N8, with its 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics. The film has broken a world record for the ‘largest stop-motion animation set’, with the largest scene stretching over 11,000 square feet.

Also a film taking you behind the scenes on ‘Gulp’, Aardman’s world record breaking short film. It reveals what went in to making such a complex film outside and away from the controlled environment of a studio, and how it was shot using a Nokia N8.

Great video showing the story of a poster by Jack Daniels. From Arnold Worldwide. Via @crushcreative

Every Leica lens is hand-crafted and goes through meticulous manufacturing processes to uphold the quality and precision that Leica defines and customers have come to expect. In the age where technology almost inevitably means mass manufacturing, Leica products are still made with exacting precision by the hands of highly-trained technicians.

This video gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the craftsmanship and making of Leica lenses in the production facilities of Leica Camera AG.

A large collection of 1960′s and 1970′s vintage packaging found via Wanken. Original archive of designs found here

Pen Type-A is a stainless steel replacement for the Hi-Tec-C’s cheap plastic housing. To us, the Hi-Tec-C cartridges deserve a more durable home. Check it out at Kickstarter Project.

More info from their Kickstarter Project page:

The design is minimal, the construction is super solid, and indestructible to protect and cherish these coveted ink cartridges.  It has a dime screw on one end to allow for easy ink cartridge replacement.  Its shaft is a solid smooth surface with no branding, no fancy grip or grooves, and just the right thickness and weight so it feels comfortable in your hand.  The entire piece is milled and turned from a block of 304 stainless steel.  The raw steel finish today is how it’ll look 50 years from now.  This thing will last forever.

The pen slides slowly into its sleeve, which doubles as a ruler.  The notches on the ruler are in cm and inches.  An internal lip at the bottom of the sleeve protects the tip from getting shoved in any further than it should. The tiny amount of space between the sleeve and the pen creates an effect like a pneumatic cylinder, so the pen slides in slow and smooth.

 

Another great interview by FFF this time with Illustrator Matt W. Moore.

Here’s the info from FFF:

In the third episode of our interview series from OFFF 2011 we chat with artist, designer, illustrator and all-round dude – Matt W. Moore.

We caught up with him when he was close to finishing at Mural at the OFFF Festival in Barcelona. For more information about his work check out this previous post.

Matt was also kind enough to create our masthead this week.

 

CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. Each event is free of charge, and includes a 20 minute talk, plus coffee! You can currently join us in New York, Zurich, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. (creativemornings.com)

CreativeMornings/NewYork was Ji Lee, at the time Creative Director Google Labs, now Creative Director at Facebook. (pleaseenjoy.com/​) The event was generously hosted by Galapagos Art Space (galapagosartspace.com/​) in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Together with Rick Poynor, founder of Eye Magazine, Underware, Peter Bil’ak, Norm and Europa, Erik Spiekermann illuminated the field of conceptual type at the one-day conference in Copehagen on November 19.

For Erik Spiekermann, type is visual language: “Everything a company, a brand says about itself needs type. Shouldn’t that typographic voice be specific to the brand rather than bland and interchangeable?” Spiekermann displayed work for brands like Nokia, Bosch and Deutsche Bahn to show how exclusive typefaces work, how and why they’re made.

The conference “Conceptual Type: Type lead by ideas” is sponsored by the Danish Centre for Design Research and arranged in collaboration with The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of architecture and the type society Danish Faces.

‘Pure’ typeface by Dalton Maag
Film produced & directed by Build
Letterform production by Matt McKenzie
Letterpress by Paekakariki Press
Film & editing by ShootMedia
Original music by J—VEN
All © 2011 Nokia

Hamilton Wood Type Museum provided inspiration and graphics for Vintage Varsity, Target’s Fall Collection. Some of these designs aren’t available anywhere else in America, maybe even the world.

He’s collected original Wim Crouwel posters for years. Now Tony Brook is the co-curator of the Design Museum’s current exhibition on the Dutch graphic designer which runs until July 3…

Tony Brook of Spin and also Unit Editions kindly invited us into his home to reveal the extent of his admiration of the work of Dutch designer Wim Crouwel: the walls of his house are covered in framed original posters by the designer. In this film, made in collaboration with Order, Brook explains his enduring fascination with Crouwel’s work.

Wim Crouwel, A Graphic Odyssey runs until July 3 at London’s Design Museum.

Original post found on Creative Review here