Mr. Bowlegs is Jeffery Bowman. He is a multidiscipline visual designer who loves typography, science, space, print, music, shapes, color and apparently kittens. Mr. Bowlegs was founded in 2004 and has since worked for the likes of Nike, The BBC and Urban Outfitters.
Chris Thompson is a recent graduate from the Glasgow School of Art where he studied graphic design. He has some very mature work in his portfolio at With All Ten Fingers and his typographical work is spot on.
There are some gems in the treasure chest of work at Barcelona-based Actop created for both print and motion.
Here is their bio information from their site:
“Actop is a studio based in Barcelona and London operating as an open structure. We work on a wide range of media: Print, animation, motion graphics, live visuals and new approaches to the moving image. We feel comfortable in any discipline of communication: Festivals and events, commercials, music videos, magazines and of course our own projects.”
There are some lovely things for sale at Good Shape Design, things like posters from Cody Hudson (although his print is sold out). Don’t despair however, there is a lot more there and a lot of it is tasty (like the poster above).
Curtis Jinkins is a graduate of the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently employed by Planet Propaganda in Madison, Wisconsin.
He has generated some really nice music posters and you just have to love the hilarious images that randomly load in the background of his site.
Elektrosmog has a virtual smorgasbord of work for publishing. To spare myself from rewriting their biographical information, you can read it below copied directly from their website:
“Elektrosmog is a graphic design studio established by Valentin Hindermann and Marco Walser in Zurich 1999. Since then Elektrosmog has been producing numerous printed matter projects such as catalogues, artist books, magazines, posters, plastic bags and beer mats, as well as identities for film production companies, restaurants and exhibitions. Whenever possible Elektrosmog designs its own fonts, some of them are distributed through lineto.com. Regularly Elektrosmog collaborates with other graphic designers, illustrators, photographers or web programmers. In 2006 Elektrosmog expanded its team through Simone Koller.”
Their site can be a bit of a chore to navigate but once you get the hand of it there is page after page of attractive layouts to inspire.
There is some really attractive identity work in the portfolio of Philippe Archontakis. You can view his work at his website and/or keep tabs on him at his blog.
Yes, it’s official. Everyone has a blog.
While I spread the local love, I don’t want to leave out Anthony Cozzi who calls himself Snowblinded. It’s an apt name for a Colorado-based designer.
Anthony recently released a series of giclée prints that would really tie a room together. There is some really nice work their as far as posters go. Great work Anthony. Good stuff.
After WWII several Latvian writers were relocated to different corners of the world. Some settled in Great Britain, USA and Canada. They went on to begin their own publications and a new generation of writers emerged. A magazine that surfaced as a result of this new generation was Jauna Gaita (the new course). The covers of Juana Gaita during the 50s through the 70s captured the spirit of this era. Although many of these publications are no longer in print, Jauna Gaita still is.
You can now see 50 covers of Jauna Gaita at their official website.
This seriously is one of the most exciting sources of inspiration I have discovered in the past year. The covers are just gorgeous, every single one of them. I would love to have a huge series of these to hang at home. Absolutely stunning.
A huge thank you to Grain Edit for uncovering these timeless works of graphic design.
Young French graphic designer Benoit Lemoine has some very subtle and accomplished work in his portfolio.
First year design student, yeah that’s correct, first year design student Michael Kosmicki doesn’t have a lot of work in his portfolio that is quietly tucked away in his Flickr account, but what he does have is absolutely fantastic. He will definitely be putting someone with a lot more experience out of the job very very soon. Amazing talent.
There is a whole bunch of great work in the portfolio of Spanish graphic designer Albert Folch. Ahh to live in Barcelona. It must be nice.
Good design abounds in the portfolio of studio De-Facto.
Here is the copy taken directly from the profile section of their site:
“De Facto was formed in 1997 to create a team capable of taking branding projects and translating them creatively across all forms of media. From print to ecommerce, De Facto has built an excellent reputation for developing client brands - winning a number of prestigious national and international awards along the way.
Client needs are at the heart of what we do and we keep things simple. Whether a client wants to talk to us about a new brand identity or a potentially complex e-commerce web site, we aim to keep the process as simple, jargon free and effective as possible. Our wide range of skills offers a number of benefits to clients, but most notably cuts down on the requirement to ‘brief in’ a number of agencies for any prospective project or campaign. This maintains a cohesive and confident look and feel to any creative output.
We also pride ourselves on being a very friendly, approachable studio and promote a high degree of contact between clients and our design team. This removes the sometimes unnecessary layers of account management and ensures that communication is delivered quickly and effectively between both parties. Importantly, we are renowned for delivering projects on-time and within budget.”
Japanese Graphic Designer, Takashi Okada AKA Hybrid Graphic has some spectacular typography on display at his website. He is currently working as a freelance designer creating design for websites, graphics, illustration, and Flash.
New Zealand-based Inhouse Design Group offers up a long horizontal scroll of tasty design.
Sanderson Bob calls himself a ‘lone wolf graphic designer’. I can relate to that. He studied at St. Martins and shortly thereafter secured work for a music magazine in Amsterdam. He then went on to do a stint at The Designers Republic (one of my all time favorite agencies). Apparently not happy there, he then moved on to London where he put time in at both Big Active and then Weiden and Kennedy. I didn’t think it was possible for one person to work at almost every agency that I would give my right arm to work for but I guess I was wrong. After this star-studded path, Bob decided to go solo.
Since then he has capped off projects for Nike, Orange and Microsoft. He prefers to do things his own way and he loves what he does. It sounds to me like his lightening is just to hot to be bottled. Good for you Bob, go get ‘em.
3rd year Maryland Institute College of Art student, Luke Williams already has some subtle accomplished work in his portfolio. He is currently majoring in graphic design but also studying digital photography. He is specializing in print and currently working with Abbott Miller’s team of designers for Pentagram in Baltimore. Nice work Luke.
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Here is the profile information copied directly from the NEW Studio website:
“Austin Cowdall is an Illustrator / Designer / Art Director and one of the founding members of
the NEW Studio (TM)… Through NEW Austin’s worked on various high profile projects - from
music promos, to progressive graphic identities, from magazines to books to wall art projects
that over the last few years include: V, Matsuri and Black Convoy (Singapore) commissions…
NEW is currently working on more graphic artworks and producing even more collaborations.”
There is some interesting work to be found at NEW. Enjoy.
