Author: DJ

The Allotment at Home

16/08/2012
by DJ
News

The Allotment have unveiled a new brand for diverse UK home insurance business HomeProtect. The genesis of the concept was born out of initial workshops where the notion of ‘variety’ came to the forefront – acknowledging that in order for the business to grow within a saturated, visually flavourless and highly competitive world of insurance comparison sites, the business needed to stand out and position itself as inclusive providers – regardless of personal circumstance. This was a […]

Hammersmith in vogue, SomeOne style

14/08/2012
by DJ
News

SomeOne have been at it again – another glorious piece of destination branding – hot on the heels of giving Victoria the once over. Introducing, the SomeOne ensemble’s take on 10 Hammersmith Grove, a spanking new state-of-the-art building in the eponymous district, boasting a wondrous assemblage of impressive features; rooftop gardens to roaring open fire in the reception and public realm areas. Tasty. Quick bit of background; Hammersmith is within easy reach of Heathrow / the West End, highly […]

Heroes – Henrik Kubel

05/08/2012
by DJ
Heroes

When we started this series the idea was to profile unsung designers who had been big influences on our design careers. The urge to write features on the likes of Saul Bass, Paul Rand or Otl Aicher has been strong but for the most part we’ve stuck to our guns and featured some very interesting, older spokesmen as well as a few younger designers that have amazed us with the work they’ve created in relatively […]

The Allotment – Partnerships Built to Last

02/08/2012
by DJ
News

The Allotment have completed work on the Mansell Construction (a part of Balfour Beatty plc) 2011 Annual Report. Entitled Partnerships Built to Last, the striking publication is chock-a-block full of entertaining and off-beat illustration, created in-house by the Allotment guys themselves. To fill you in, if you’re not too familiar with Mansell, they turn over in excess of £800m, operating out of over 20 offices around the UK, and have a workforce of around 2,000. Their focus […]

Explorations in Indexing

25/07/2012
by DJ
Bookshelf / News

Index, the Auckland based design studio founded and run by Jonty Valentine and Amy Yalland, have just published their first book, ‘Explorations in Indexing‘. And what an exquisite piece of shelf-candy it is too… EiI the outcome of an open-ended exploration into the idea of indexing, functioning partly as a self-promotional device, the book is a sort of visual manifesto for the practice – it’s quite a stunning way to lay down the gauntlet and announce the […]

When Victoria met SomeOne…

25/07/2012
by DJ
News

Times, they are a’changin for London’s Victoria district. Mainly, with significant investment and development encompassing, amongst other things, a vast increase in public space across an 81,800sqm site right opposite the station. The plan is to embrace a diversity of retail, residential and office space, along with a four-storey library to serve the local community. There’s other developments in the pipeline too, but the challenge that really faced the troupe at SomeOne, was how do you encapsulate an […]

The Beautiful Meme & Dalton Maag collaborate

23/07/2012
by DJ
News

The branding and website for the £9m Battle of Bannockburn project were launched this week signalling the 700 day countdown towards the 700th anniversary of the famous Scottish battle, when a new state-of-the art visitor attraction will open to the public. Enter a thoroughly interesting brand identity… The new identity was created by Yorkshire’s The Beautiful Meme – with consultation from type giants Dalton Maag – reflecting the complexities of Bannockburn, each letter representing an integral part of the historic story. Take […]

Heroes – Mary Lewis

22/07/2012
by DJ
Heroes

When it comes to modern brand packaging there is one person that has been there since the start. She is undoubtedly the queen of packaging design and the awards and accolades that her company have received speak volumes about the quality and originality of their work. From champagnes to coffee, marmalades to mustards, perfumes to preserves, she’s done it all and all the while exuding a class and refined Englishness that puts the royal family […]