Design Context: April 2013

Research into Designers & Studios

Websites & Blogs

From the post I had created of a variety of different designers I went through them and came up with the designers I am using for this.

Branding & Identity

400

400 is a small design studio based in London, which works primarily in Branding, with more works in website design & Editorial work. All design work is very simple with limited colour palettes.
Clients include: Plum, ILM, Citylaw, Cedar.
Website: http://www.400.co.uk

Alt Design

Alt Design is a small design company based in the Midlands with work in Branding, Digital & Print. Within this, they work in Editorial & Infographics, all depending on the needs of the client.
Clients include: Bench, The Dial, Illy Coffee, Canopy.
Website: http://www.alt-design.net

Analogue

Analogue is a Leeds based design studio which works in most areas of Graphic design, ranging from Branding to Packaging. The work is a mixture of simple design to more complicated, designed for the client, design.
Clients include: Radio 1, Universal Music, The Hummingbird, Fresh.
Website: http://www.madebyanalogue.co.uk

David Airey

David Airey is a graphic designer based in Northern Island, who has a large amount of experience in the design industry. He works mainly in Branding & Identity, and has worked with a large amount of large name clients. He has also written two design books.
Clients include: Tudor Bourn, Giacom, Campus IT, Kairos.
Website: http://www.davidairey.com

BVD

BVD is a design studio based in Stockholm, Sweden. Their work is always simple, clear and innovative. They work to continually update brands and give them a more contemporary feel.
Their work is in Identity, Packaging & Store concept (Retail), and usually take on larger scale projects instead of a one off.
Clients include: H&M, 7-Eleven, Beckers, Candy King.
Website: http://bvd.se

Fredirico Landini

Landini is a Graphic Designer based in Italy. His work is mainly in Branding & Typography. Each piece of work has a simple design approach, though all outcomes are hugely different and unique.
Clients include: 2703, Whitescape, Carbon Based.
Website: http://www.idependonme.com

The Official Manufacturing Company

The Official Manufacturing Company is a design studio based in Oregon. It is relatively new in the design industry but has a wide range of work in all design fields, and has had quite a few big clients.
Clients include: Nike, Ace Hotel, Google, ADX.
Website: http://www.omfgco.com

The Build

Build is a design studio producing modern, graphic solutions for lifestyle clients, both independent and corporate. The core strength of the studio is in Branding & Identity, but work is also produced in other design areas, such as Packaging, and Motion Graphics. The majority of work is designed in a simple vector image format, using bold colours and stand out typography.
Clients include: Made.com, Nokia, Getty Images, Sony Computer Entertainment.
Website: http://wearebuild.com

The Consult

The Consult is a team of brand and design experts, working in the areas of Identity, Advertising & Digital Design. Within this, The Consult has worked in Editorial and Packaging works. Their work consists of simple ideas executed in a way best suited to the client.
Clients include: BBC, Next, The Pigeon Detectives.
Website: http://www.theconsult.com

Why Not Associates

Why Not Associates is a design studio based in London and does a large variety for work, ranging from Branding & Identity to Environmental design. Their work is simple concepts, which are clever and memorable visual Identities for the clients.
Clients include: V&A, Envy, Square, The Reel.
Website: http://whynotassociates.com

Editorial & Publishing

Blow

Blow is a relatively new design studio which is based in Hong Kong, specialising in Identity, Editorial & Retail work. For such a new studio it is highly regarded and has already won a number of design awards.
Clients include: Torimen, Soil, Imagine 8, Crocodile.
Website: http://www.blow.hk

Experimental Jetset

Experimental Jetset is a small independent design studio based in Amsterdam. They do a large range of work, with a majority in Editorial work. Their work is a contemporary take on Swiss Modernism, with an innovative approach.
Clients include: First Amsterdam Film Night, Paradisco 2000, DTC.
Website: http://www.experimentaljetset.com

David Carson

David Carson is one of the worlds most well known graphic designers because of his radical post-modern approach to design work. His work ranges from editorial to promotional, with a huge amount of commercial work from big industry names.
Clients include: Bose, Obama Campaign, Quicksilver.
Website: http://www.davidcarsondesign.com

Buro Destruct

Buro Destruct is a small but well known and renowned design studio based in Switzerland. They work in a variety of different fields, mainly in music artwork and promotion, and also web design, but their Editorial work is also notable.
Clients include: Crazy Creek, Coca Cola, V&A, Swiss Culture.
Website: http://www.burodestruct.net/

Dave Sedgewick

Sedgewick is an independent graphic designer who works through agencies as well as directly with clients. He works in all areas of graphic design, most notably Identity and printed media including Editorial work.
Clients include: BBC, Warburtons, Cosatto, CityCo.
Website: http://www.designbydave.co.uk

Deep

Deep is a London based design agency which specialises in Print work, as well as work in Identity & Branding.
Clients include: Spinningfields, Ritz Magazine, Pop Magazine, A1.
Website: http://www.deep.co.uk

Josip Kelava

Kelava is a graphic designer based in Melbourne, Australia. He works mostly in Editorial and Branding design, with explorations into infographics and typeface design.
Clients include: Common Man, Coco Vodka, Mercedes, Dulux.
Website: http://www.josipkelava.com

Madison Graphics

Madison Graphic is a Norwich based design studio which works in print, screen & environment design. Their work is very simple with a modernist style approach, still with a innovative and contemporary look about them.
Clients include: Eye Magazine, Mole, The Methodist Church.
Website: http://www.maddisongraphic.com

Neo Neo

Neo Neo is a Geneva based visual communications and graphic design studio. Their areas of work include Identity, Publications, Promotion & Packaging.
Clients include: Double, Fil Rouge, Oggo, Britter Group.
Website: http://www.neoneo.ch

Project Projects

Project Projects is a design studio based in New York which focuses on print, identity, exhibition, and interactive work with clients in art and architecture. Their work includes Editorial, website design and Promotion.
They have a huge range of work, all with their own individual appearance depending on the client.
Clients include: Architecture Workroom, SALT, WORK.
Website: http://projectprojects.com/

Information & Way Finding

Lono

Lono is a design agency based in London who work in a variety of different areas of design. They work primarily in Information Graphics & Editorial design.
Clients include: Costa, AXA, Dolmio, Tropicana
Website: http://www.lonocreative.com

Stephano Agabio

The Design Surgery

The Design Surgery is a London based design studio which works in Editorial, Information & Branding design.
They do a large amount of data visualisation, as shown on the opposite page.
Clients include: Reconteur, Times Newspaper, IBM, Holland Herold Magazine.
Website: http://www.thedesignsurgery.co.uk

Cartlidge Levene

Cartlidge Levene is a London based design studio which specialises in Information & Way finding, specifically in commercial areas.
Clients include: The Tate, Selfridges, Royal College of Art, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.
Website: http://cartlidgelevene.co.uk/

Komboh

Komboh is a design studio based in Canada. They do a wide range of design work, covering most of the fields.
Clients include: The New Yorker, Avenue, Sled Island, Klem & Co.
Website: http://komboh.com

Axel Peelmoeller

Peemoeller is a Graphic Designer currently based in the Mediterranean. He does a large range of work, each with their own individual aesthetic appearance completely dependent on the client and their needs. His way finding work is a small portfolio, but is well known because of it’s creativeness.
Clients include: Eureka, Cheaptricks, KPMG.
Website: http://www.axelpeemoeller.com

Peter Ørntoft

Ørntoft is an independent designer based in Copenhagen, Denmark who works in Information design and Editorial design. He works in a variety of ways, with his more interesting Infographics combining photography and digital work.
Clients include: Sustainia, Jotun, DIY, ASA.
Website: http://www.peterorntoft.com

Fabrizio Tarussio

Tarussio is a designer based in Italy who works in Branding and Advertising, but his work in visual Information is notably interesting and creative. He works design over the top of photography in a majority of his work.
Clients include: Maxelá, Piaggio, Saab
Website: http://www.behance.net/tarumbo

ZeroPerZero

Zero Per Zero is a Graphic Design Studio of two designers. Their work is mainly in Information display, such as their subway system maps, as well as Illustration and commercial work.
Clients include: Opening Ceremony, Samsung, Knock Creative, SK Telecom.
Website: http://zeroperzero.com

Brand Culture

Brand Culture is design studio based in Australia which works in Branding, Way finding & Environmental design on a large scale.
Clients include: Barclays, Mirvac, Quantas, GWF.
Website: http://brandculture.com.au

Product & Packaging

Brent Couchman

Brent Couchman is an independent graphic designer based in San Francisco, California. He developed branding, packaging & illustration for Fossil, then moved to the Bay Area to work with Hatch design.
Clients include: Coca-Cola, Google, GE, Seagram’s, Williams-Sonoma, Target, Deus Ex Machina, Fossil.
Website: http://www.brentcouchman.com/

BVD

BVD is a design studio based in Stockholm, Sweden. The studio works a broad range of Packaging, Identity & Store Concept, and shows how simple ideas can be successful.
Clients include: IKEA, H&M, 7-Eleven, Absolut Vodka, Axfood.
Website: http://bvd.se

Eszter Laki

Laki is a graphic designer based in Budapest, Hungary, who works in Packaging and Branding design, as well as other areas of design.
Clients include: Mimi, Platz, Kolor, Kispiac.
Website: http://www.behance.net/lakieszti

In House Design

In House is a design studio based in Auckland, New Zealand and has a wide range of works in Editorial, Identity & Packaging.
Clients include: Caravan, Caravan drinks, &Co, The Supernatural, Boca Lupo.

Love

Love is a Manchester based design company, which specialises in Brand initiation. Work areas include Packaging, Promotion and Editorial.
Clients include: Nike, Umbro, Diageo, Sony.
Website: http://www.lovecreative.com

Matt Burns

Matt Burns is an independent designer based in Glasgow, who works in packaging, typography and web design.
Clients include:
Website: http://www.mattburns.com.au

Mucca

Mucca is a branding firm which is based in New York. They also work in environmental design and packaging design, along with interactive media.
Clients include: GQ,Harper Collins, One Atlantic, The Chelsea.
Website: http://www.mucca.com

Pentagram

Pentagram is the world’s largest independent design consultancy. The firm is owned and run by 19 partners.
There are offices in London, New York, Berlin, and more. They work in a variety of design fields. A variety of packaging design is shown on the opposite page.
Clients include: Tiffany & Co, HealGel, Mothercare, Eat.
Website: http://www.pentagram.com/

Salih Kucukaga

Kucukaga is an independent designer based in Istanbul. The majority of his works are in Packaging design and branding design, working them hand in hand to give a business a full Identity.
Clients include: Dripp, Dream Clothing, Black Goat Coffee, Espresso Republic.
Website: http://www.salihkucukaga.com

Studio MPLS

Studio MPLS is a design studio based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They work in Packaging, as well as doing work in Branding.
Clients include: Aveda Men, American Eagle, Neve, Minute Maid.
Website: http://studiompls.com

Retail & Promotion

Oat

Oat is a design studio based in the USA. It works in most areas of design, most notably in Branding & Identity. However their promotional work is commercial and recognisable.
Clients include: Wagamama, Bondir, The Sinclair, The Wigwam Cabins.
Website: http://www.oatcreative.com

Blow

Chris Rossi

Chris Rossi studio is a design and interior studio based in Tampa, Florida. The work is mainly in interior design, but there is work in retail design and branding as well.
Clients include: La Mer Cosmetics, Whole Body View, Out Of LA, Redspark Studio.
Website: http://www.chrisrossistudio.com

Gen.A

Gen.a is a design consultancy company based in Australia and the UK. Their work ranges from Branding to Promotional design.
Clients include: Fair Trade International, Nepean, News Life Media, Vogue.
Website: http://generationalliance.com

Mike Perry

Mike Perry is a graphic designer based in the USA. He works in a huge variety of different ways, mainly using screen printing & hand drawn images. His work is recognisable by the same quirky aesthetic throughout.
Clients include: Target, AOL, Nike, Microsoft.
Website: http://www.mikeperrystudio.com

Pete Rossi

Rossi is a designer based in the UK. He works in all areas of design and has won multiple awards for it. He recently started up a design studio ‘RM&CO’ with two partners.
Clients include: AKA, Logo, BCA, The Whysman Festival.
Website: http://www.pgerossi.co.uk/index.php

Glazer

Glazer is a business and brand consultancy firm which deals with graphic design to create identities for clients. They also work in creating an environmental identity for clients.
Clients include: NHS, The Ritz, Mind, NSPCC.
Website: http://www.glazer.co.uk

Cartlidge Levene

Cartlidge Levene is a London based design studio which specialises in Information & Way finding, specifically in commercial areas. They also design retail spaces.
Clients include: The Tate, Selfridges, Royal College of Art, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.
Website: http://cartlidgelevene.co.uk/

Bravo Company

Bravo Company is a design studio based in Singapore. Their work is mainly in Branding & Identity, but building on that they have created retail designs for various clients. The majority of their work is simple design in one or two colours, each piece of work with it’s own individual and quirky traits.
Clients include: SOFT!, Five & Dime, Lucha Loco, Mexout.
Website: http://bravo-company.info/

Irish Butcher

Irish Butcher is a London based design studio which specialises in design for print. They primarily deal with promotional work, as well as editorial and branding.
Clients include: V&A, Picador, Dear Clare Magazine, The Observer.
Website: http://www.irishbutcher.co.uk

Notable Designers

Neville Brody

Brody is a British designer considered to be one of the most influential post-modern designers. His work in layout design for Editorial work is well known and is what he is known for. His work for The Face magazine is notable, as is his work in Typography with FontWorks.
Clients include: City Limits, BBC, The Times,

Paul Rand

Rand was an American Graphic Design who is widely considered to be one of the most influential branding & logo designers of the past decade. He is best known for his large corporate logos, such as Next, ABC & IBM. Many of these are still in use. He is thought to be one of the originators of Swiss Design.
Clients include: Next, IBM, ABC, Ford, Yale, UPS.
Website: http://www.paul-rand.com

Jarrik Muller

Muller is a designer based in Amsterdam. He works mainly in typography but also works in Branding & Web design. Many of his works have been published in various design books as his approach to type is innovative and individual.
Clients include: Endeavour Snowboards, Zimpel, Gaudi.
Website: http://www.jarrik.com

Saul Bass

Bass was an American graphic designer & film maker, best known for his film posters and title sequences. His best known work is his film posters for Hitchcock.
Clients include: Hitchcock, Kubrick, Wilder, Kleenex.
Website: http://saulbass.tv

Craig Ward

Ward is a graphic designer based in New York who has a diverse range of clients, from fashion to editorial work. His work is primarily in typography.
Clients include: Nike, Creative Review, Kelloggs, Ketel One.
Website: http://www.mrcraigward.com

Dan Cassaro

Cassaro is a designer based in New York. He works primarily in typography and is regularly working on branding & Identity, as well as advertising for large companies such as the New York Times. The images on the opposite page are a selection of designs created by Cassaro.
Clients include: MTV, Ace Hotel, VH1, Nike
Website: http://youngjerks.com

Sagmeister & Walsh

Sagmeister & Walsh is a New York based design studio which works in a large amount of fields within design. They have a large amount of corporate clients, as well as clients in music & the arts.
Clients include: BMW, Random House Publishing, The New York Times, Capitol Records.
Website: http://www.sagmeisterwalsh.com

Alan Kitching

Kitching is a designer who works in letterpress typographic design and print making. He is highly regarded and is known as one of the world’s foremost practitioners.
Clients: Penguin books, The Times, The Royal Mail, The Guardian.
Website: http://www.debutart.com/illustration/alan-kitching#/illustration

Josef Muller Brockmann

Muller Brockmann was a Swiss Graphic designer and typeface creator. He is a founding editor of design magazine New Graphic Design. He is recognised for his simple designs and his clean use of typography, notably Akzidenz-Grotesk, shapes and colours which inspires many graphic designers in the 21st century. He is also the author of many books.

Massimo Vignelli

Vignelli is an Italian graphic designer who has done work in a number of different areas of design, ranging from packaging design to way finding systems. He has always worked to the Modernist design traditions, focussing on simplicity through the use of geometric forms in all of his works.
Clients include: IBM, Knoll, Bloomingdales, American Airlines.

Si Scott

Scott is a British graphic designer who is renowned for his hand-crafted and hand drawn work. He has a large client base, many of which are high profile and well known.
Clients include: Tiffany & Co, Nike, Adidas, Coca Cola.
Website: http://www.siscottstudio.com