I have to say, being in this here blogging business, I read a lot of agency ‘profiles’. Many baffle, some astonish and others are just fancy words strung together, however Motherbird seem to have nailed theirs. Not only do they sound interesting they also appear to understand the true function of graphic design. I’ll let you read their words for yourself but needless to say the 3 C’s are present, creative, communication and clients. Needless […]
Bradley Rogerson is a jack of all trades, master of all. The design wizz has turned his hand to many a creative discipline over the years from directing music videos to wine packaging and website design with equally scrumptious results across the board. He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand and focuses on freelance and contract opportunities. www.bradleyrogerson.com
3 Deep Design are a sophisticated bunch and rightly so. They openly admit that creativity is no longer enough in a such a rapidly changing world of communication and that it’s time to delve deeper. Their strategic approach must be paying off because there are some beautifully executed pieces of work emerging from that Melbourne studio of theirs. Kudos to a good bunch managing to tick both boxes. Tw @3DeepDesign / www.3deep.com.au
Studio Alexander are the business, the design business that is. Pretty well thought of on this side of the globe, the Auckland based agency have a proven track record for successfully driving business forward through creativity – bridging that gap beautifully. Not only are they doing a sterling job educating business around the value of design but they are managing to stock their awards cabinet at the same time. And as if this wasn’t time […]
James Kape is a New York based designer so a slight cheat this week but the boy does hail from Sydney, Australia. He focuses primarily on branding, print and web design. James is inspired by refined design, typography and photography. He approaches each project with interest and enthusiasm, always striving to create something both visually effective and appropriate for its intended audience. A perfect candidate to join our troop of outstanding individuals me thinks. www.jameskape.com
It’s Monday, it only means one thing; and what an icon Martin Maher prolifes on this week’s Masters Monday… Armin Hofmann. Hofmann has been described as one of the most outstanding personalities in Swiss graphic design history. Along with the more well known Josef Müller Brockmann, Emil Ruder and Max Bill, Hofmann helped shape modernist-inspired graphic design beyond recognition. Without ‘The International Typographic Style’, also known as the Swiss Style of design, contemporary graphic design […]
This is a very special post to accompany a special week. As of next Tuesday I will be taking up a new full time gig at a fancy new agency and throwing myself head first into a barrel of branding and niche packaging goodness. The agency of choice is BRR, in my current home town of Auckland, New Zealand. With a strong focus on brand story and solid thinking, I might be biased, but they […]
Hailing from Wellington, Mike’s gone on walkabout. I know, I know, tenuous, it’s an aborigine thing, but bear with us. Perhaps it’s better we think of it as more of a design pilgrimage – a pilgrimage from the ol’ Long White Cloud to Europe; Hamburg to be exact (as we type), via a scattering of Scandanavian hotspots, Mike has asked not what the design world can do for him, but what he can do for […]