Everything are based right here in Auckland town. A small multi-talented team, their focus is strong and effective communication – similar to most – yet these guys do it in style. Their approach is characterised by highly crafted simplicity making for high visual impact. In true less is more style I shall say no more and let the work speak for itself! www.everythingdesign.co.nz
Makers of Things Assorted. Animation, embroidery, design & illustration. And sometimes all at the same time. Simple… right? To be honest it looks like these twins, Maricor and Maricar Manalo are just having crazy amounts of fun simply making awesome stuff! A twin-sized studio, MaricorMaricar create hand crafted illustrations using embroidery and paper cut outs. However, it’s their work with embroidery that caught my eye. The use of such vibrant colours and patterns creating beautiful typography […]
Coop is the studio of designer Paul Marcus Fuog based over in Melbourne. They state positivity and optimism as two of their studio’s key values… this I like, therefore their wares have qualified for Cloud 9 this week. Coop are influenced by a curiosity for contemporary culture. This refreshing approach has resulted in a number of visually and conceptually interesting pieces; ensuring their work remains current and intriguing without subscribing to visual trends. @co_oponline
Based in Salford, Manchester, Shape‘s work spans across both digital and offline mediums. Their interesting portfolio includes web design and build, motion, video, photography, identity, catalogues, books, magazines, branding, posters as well as their own gorgeous stationery (pictured). With just 5 years of experience in the industry, these young and trendy lumberjack shirt wearing cats regale us with the visually refreshing and unexpected. Their web portfolio is fantastic, they are certainly one to watch. Tw. […]
Founded in 1987, London’s acclaimed Cartlidge Levene are renowned for their intelligent, creative and beautifully crafted solutions. A portfolio built over twenty five years includes award-winning work for a tremendous range of clients including Dyson, Unilever, Nokia, HP Labs, RIBA, Phaidon, Guardian, Tate, Crafts Council and the V&A. Sumptuous print and identity work there maybe, but it’s perhaps their wayfinding and environmental work that has defined their reputation, having worked extensively with museums, galleries, schools, arenas […]
Those Kiwis with a designers eye will have spotted these beauties in the supermarket; turns out the calligraphic gems were the work of Hook based down in Wanaka with help from Peter Gilderdale. The King Series wines were designed to celebrate an ancestral link to pirates operating out of Lundy Island in the 12th and 13th centuries. This is coupled with a pretty swift nod to the family’s rocky relationship with English royalty. It’s always […]
Effective, appealing commercial design is a skill often overlooked. Iron Design, of New York, have a body of work that is a wealth of fun and efficiency built since ’93. Interesting type mixed with smart colour choices make for a fanstastically solid and consistent body of work. Tw. @DesignIron / Fb. IronDesignInc
As a rule, we don’t tend to feature “full service” agencies, primarily because we’ve always found that good design is often secondary or even tertiary to other parts of their business and as a result devalues our fair craft. There are few companies that provide exception to this rule, however, and Manchester’s RAR recommended K2L might just be one of them. They certainly talk a good game, and on inspection hold true to that. There […]