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Tag Archives: Graphic Design
Butcher, Baker, Alphabet Maker
July 12th, 2010
Jessica Hische is one of the most eagerly anticipated speakers at Semi-Permanent 2010. Sam Eichblatt tracked her down in New York. From ProDesign 107 with additional images. It’s a deceptively simple idea, but a stroke of genius when it comes to self-promotion. A young Brooklyn-based type designer leaves her day job to go freelance in September 2009, and [...]
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Soul Man (long form)
July 9th, 2010
Alt Group’s
Clem Devine recently interviewed graphic designer and author Adrian Shaughnessy — a speaker at Semi-Permanent 2010. The interview printed in ProDesign 107 was abridged, so here’s the full deal, with some more examples Shaughnessy’s work. So I suppose we start at the beginning — I note you’re a self taught designer, why graphic design, where did this interest come from? [...]
Houses Magazine Redesigned
June 10th, 2010
Houses magazine, which is from the same stable of magazines as ProDesign, has recently been redesigned. Magazine afficionadoes might be interested in checking out the gallery below to get a feeling for the new style. Ken Leung, a London-based creative director from design consultancy Modern Publicity, was responsible for the design work. Leung, who has worked on titles [...]
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Caffeine Hits #2
May 7th, 2010
Q+A with Andy Williams from Resn, in Wellington. From ProDesign 106 with additional images. Resn’s work for Coffee Supreme has encompassed illustration, print ads, branding, web design, e-commerce, online game development, brand strategy and advertising creative. Some of its recent work has been on the Café Blends range (above), notable for it’s strong typography and [...]
Caffeine Hits #1
May 7th, 2010
Q+A with Tom Allan, from Napier-based design agency Band about a recent rebranding project for boutique coffee roaster Hawthorne Coffee. The design reassembles elements of lithograph illustration in the form of a stylised Hawthorn bush. From ProDesign 106 with additional images. Share/Save
International Society of Typographic Designers student awards
April 26th, 2010
ISTD winners from Massey and Katie Taylor talk rescheduled. Nick Kapica, from Massey College of Creative Arts, reported yesterday that the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) student awards took place as planned despite European airspace chaos caused by a cloud of volcanic ash preventing guest speaker Katie Taylor reaching Wellington. As the Icelandic volcano is [...]
Spatial typography public talk
April 21st, 2010
Reminder: Spatial Typography Public Talk / ISTD Awards Thursday 22 April 5-30pm A volcanic ash cloud is paralysing air travel across Europe, as most of you probably know. Sixty-three thousand flights have been cancelled in four days, with millions of passengers stranded worldwide – and unfortunately, one of those passengers is graphic designer Katie Taylor, who was due [...]
Causing a Disruption
March 26th, 2010
Two Kiwi designers are playing on the big stage in the US. Words: Frank Nelson The job title of “Disrupter” on Josh Handy’s business card is perhaps the first indication of the edgy, slightly irreverent nature of some companies – and some designers – in California. “It’s about having a disruptive product,” explains Handy, a New Zealand industrial designer now firmly [...]
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