Month: May 2013

Profiles – Chris Mitchell

27/05/2013
by DJ
Profiles

Genuinely, there are few people whose work over the years I have admired more than that of Chris Mitchell. I’ve enjoyed it for its precision, consistency, refinement and transcending timelessness and, in simplest terms, utter beauty. The list of top notch agencies who have Chris in their little black books is remarkable and his work has won countless awards for the people who commissioned him. If you’ve never stumbled across the name before, the quickest glance at his […]

SomeOne’s all seeing idea

27/05/2013
by DJ
News

Jeepers, creepers, it’s been a while since we’ve had a our fill of SomeOne brand-hugs so, always ones to duly oblige, SomeOne have come running, arms open though insisting on being big spoon. The product of several months work, the chaps and chapettes at SomeOne towers have created an adaptive new visual identity for a new visually-led advertising agency, BigEyes, based in Victoria, London. The new agency is called BigEyes due to their visually-led approach to […]

Zebra in Moda

21/05/2013
by DJ
News

Fashion merchandising company Palette 1.5 wanted to launch an online retail concept store that could compete with e-commerce giants the likes of Net-a-Porter and Asos. They wanted to create a brand with a distinctive space and attitude that would appeal to fashion-forward young women and men. With this in mind they approached the Singapore-based consultancy TFO to help with their marketing. TFO then asked Zebra to help develop the blueprint for the new brand. “We […]

threebrand’s Dubh Step

09/05/2013
by DJ
News
threebrand

Edinburgh brand and packaging behemoth, threebrand, (who are, awesomely, based on board an actual boat) has unveiled packaging design for Ola Dubh 1991 an artisan craft beer with a twist. An extension of the core Ola Dubh range, the product is the first of a new range of craft beers by Harviestoun Brewery where the ale is matured in Highland Park Single Malt whisky casks. Released on 1 May in limited numbers it flew off the shelves – […]

TDC at the double

09/05/2013
by DJ
News

Two delicious new projects from the The Design Conspiracy; Majdan Rocks and Fitzgerald’s Clothiers… First up is the identity for a new jewellery designer, Majdan Rocks. In developing the visual identity, TDC took inspiration from the shapes of the the products designs as well as iconic shapes of an array of jewels, but it was the diamond form that stood out. Say TDC “The final mark we created was simple and bold with a bit of an edge.” A […]