Stunning work from Swedish agency Kurppa Hosk. Gloriously crafted and stripped back type, understated colour and minimal image and iconography all conspire to create a beautifully balanced body of work. Lovely, lovely, lovely…
Tw. @kurppahosk
I’d never been to Paris until earlier this year. It’s beautiful. A merry meander down the Champs-Élysées hand in hand with my betroved, what could be more pleasant? Snap-happy tourists filled Louis Vuitton whilst I eat my body weight in crepés and inadvertently skipped the mammouth queues by finding a side entrance to the Louvre, before later ogling the stunningly bizarre Centre Pompidou. Good trip. Ah Paris… but I digress.
However, speaking of Parisian allures, et voilà – Fluonoir. In their own words “rich, flawless, successful visual solutions… our mission is to compose, innovate, structure… create sense, excite, and give life to content.” Jump on over to their blog too.
Tw. @Fluonoir
Regular viewers of the ol’ D to tha J will already be aware of South African graphic swashbuckler Luke Ritchie. You may then recall his enterprise with @simonalander, LuckyFella Clothing Co., which was in the pipeline. True to his word, hey presto – he’s only gone and launched it!
Says Ritchie; “LuckyFella Clothing Co was born out of a desire for clean and custom type-centric clothing. As a graphic designer and typographer, I wanted to design beautifully resolved pieces, but also wanted an outlet for the things I create, crafting superduper premium, limited edition T-Shirts (at least just for now).”
With focus on sharp, elegant typography mixed with sophisticated garments, the T’s are produced in limited runs of just 160 and will probably never be produced again. When asked to encapsulate LFCCo’s ethos, Ritchie responded vintage, 1950’s, classic plain white T with a twist – custom typography. Nicely put, nicely done. Check them out for yourselves here.
Tw. @luckyfella_co
D&AD, DBA Design Effectiveness, Graphis Design, Clio Awards, Roses… the list goes on. It’s an embarrassment of riches for Bath-based consultancy Mytton Williams. But don’t hate the player hate the game. It’s founders (with previous experience in Pentagram & Interbrand (née Newell & Sorrell)), have been trading in sumptuous creative solutions that simply fit the bill since 1996. Nice work. Nice ethos.
Tw. @myttonwilliams / Facebook
Stunning illustration from UK based illustrator and man of the moment Matthew Lyons. His work is highly imaginative and full of stunning depth and subtley of colour. He also curates a nice blog of things he finds inspiring here which provides a great insight to where the nuances and style of his work is born.
An award winning team of designers located in the sunny climes of Recife, Brazil make up the creative talents of Mooz. With strong grounding in illustration their designs speak of the vibrant influences of living in one of South America’s most cultural places. This love of culture reflects in the projects Mooz take on, ranging from editorial design to simply stunning tee’s.
Tw. @estudio_mooz
I think it’s best to start any post with a bit of truth. If even if the truth is, well, somewhat awkward… Martin Lee Grügel is an Everton fan. There; I said it. Make your peace with that now. But, and despite the fact that my own allegiances lie on the rouge side of Stanley Park we couldn’t begrudge him his rightfully earned place on the Journal.
I’ve long been a fan of Martin’s work – his fine attention to detail, his craft and execution – the launch this month of his new website under the guise of No Sügar Stüdio has only further cemented this fact. Check his fineries out for yourselves though and please, if you can, don’t judge too harshly for his football taste, we all have our vices…
Tw. @NoSugarStudio
