Fun work from Alex Ostrowski. “My name is Alex Ostrowski and I am a soon-to-be BA Graphic Design graduate from UWE, Bristol. I also work as a freelance designer / illustrator. This year I won the RSA Design Directions Award for a project entitled ‘Engage!’ and also received a nomination for the D&AD Student Awards for my book ‘Note to Self’.”
There is all kinds of good stuff going on at Form.
Here is what they have to say about themselves…
Founded by Paul West and Paula Benson, the Form team are driven by a passion for design and the power it has to make a difference to our clients and their products and services. We don’t create ‘eye candy’ (though our mission is to ensure all our work is beautiful, seductive and has impact) - we are problem solvers and ensure our work really communicates with your target audience.
The Consult have got the skills and it shows in their newly updated portfolio. Good stuff.
I am digging some of the typographical experimentation of Islam Zayed. Check them out here at his Behance portfolio page.
Ben Atkins at En Bloc was kind enough to send a note that he has updated his site with some new work.
Just downright gorgeous design work from Chris Ro. Really impressive.
Here is the skinny on him from his website:
“Chris Ro is a graphic designer. He recently concluded his MFA studies in the graduate graphic design program at the Rhode Island School of Design. Prior to his graduate studies, Chris held posts at several international design studios: ATTIK in San Francisco, New York and Leeds, Fork Unstable Media in Hamburg and Berlin and Fluid in San Francisco. Chris holds an undergraduate degree in architecture from UC Berkeley.
ADearFriend™ is the studio and portfolio of Chris Ro. Currently located in Providence, RI but on their way to New York, NY, both ADearFriend™ and Chris are accepting inquiries and opportunities for future work and collaborations. We do all this for grandmother.”
100 Design book covers right here. Some of which are totally awesome. Great inspirational scroll through.
It has been a long time since I dropped in on Andy Rementer and it looks like he has stayed busy. I haven’t written of his exploits in a long while so I thought I would mention him and his work again. There is always something interesting to take in at his website. I really love his hand painted typographical work.
Here is his bio from his website:
“Andy Rementer grew up in southern New Jersey, USA, in a quiet town once free of Wal-Marts and strip-malls. In 2004 he received his bachelors degree in graphic design from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He recently spent two years working at Fabrica in northern Italy where he learned to appreciate the value of good food and not wearing sweatpants. Andy is a nine-to-five designer during the day, and an aspiring cartoonist on nights and weekends. He’s the author of a comic strip titled ‘Techno Tuesday’, which appears weekly online and in print. He currently resides in Philadelphia.”
Interesting work and smart idea for a quick website by Axel Peemöller. His work has been making the rounds lately, I am sure you may have seen it elsewhere.
It’s a rather unfortunate name for an interesting French graphic designer but putting that aside, he has updated his site with all new eye-poppingly colorful work.
Nice graphic design and typography work by Leslie David.
Can’t say much more than that because that is pretty much all that is on the site.
Gomediazine has a great article in their ‘industry insights’ section about 15 common mistakes made by designers in the music and apparel industry. I can relate because I have generated a lot of work for both of those industries over the last 3 years and I have encountered a lot of frustrating situations, particularly with the music industry. It just always seems to go haywire for me when I try to work for a band. They never have any money.
The article is very informative and offers some key insights to some issues that a lot of designers face no matter what aspect of the industry they might find themselves creating in.
The legendary latin-designer extraordinaire, Masa has updated his site with all new work.
There is some really nice work in the portfolio of freelance designer Graham Jones A.K.A. ‘G-Man’. He was recently featured in Computer Arts and it is easy to see why after taking a browse through his work.
Copied direct from the source:
“Black-Marmalade Studios was born in the fall of 2004 as a way for DeChazier P. Stokes-Johnson to have a change of pace from the sometimes static life being an art director at a advertising agency brings. Since then DeChazier has art directed, designed, & illustrated, for some of today’s top brands. He is a proud family man, art director, observer of creative culture, and entrepreneur, in that order. He tries hard everyday to attain a healthy balance between them all even though he knows pure balance is unattainable.
Besides continuing to art direct DeChazier is currently working hard on his creative observation site the Marma Spot and as an editor for Yes Yes Yall.
By day he art directs & designs for JWD-Creative and by night he lets loose for Black-Marmalade Studios.
There is some beautifully crafted typography for print in the portfolio of London-based graphic designer Hugh Morse.
There is some really attractive work in the portfolio of Swedish designer Emil Olsson. I wish it was displayed larger but you can still see that Olsson is a very accomplished designer. I especially love the typefaces he has on display but unfortunately you still can’t purchase or download them.
