Design Assembly

I have a confession to make. Despite thinking of myself as quite environmentally ‘conscious’, this hasn’t followed through to my working practices. I love paper and print, and it’s very satisfying to see that hard-earned project roll off the press in glorious colour as a physical object. More

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Posted in Green issues, Print, Social responsibility, Uncategorized
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I’m pleased to present an exclusive first look at Andrew Zuckerman’s upcoming book entitled Bird. As a progression from his 2007 book Creature, Zuckerman has created a new body of work showcasing more than 200 photographs of nearly 75 different species of bird. Captured and presented in his signature style; minimal, on-white, in exquisite detail. More

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Posted in Book Design, Film, Photography, Print
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A growing number of people now look to the World Wide Web for their daily fill of news, style tips, gossip and daily design inspiration. Newspapers and magazines are facing profound challenges with the explosion of news and rich content. More

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Posted in Design Economy, Magazine Design, Print, Social responsibility
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After reading Dan’s article on the Grafik’s review of 2008 and Stephen’s article on Style over Legibility a few days earlier, it got me thinking about my experiences of the design industry in 2008, and a fantastic set of inspirational books that I became aware of. More

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Posted in Book Design, Inspiration, Print, Uncategorized
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The origin of our daily dose of graphic design inspiration has a common cultural and geographic background. The presence of graphic design from Japan in book shelves and blogs doesn’t do it’s qualities justice — perhaps much is simply lost in translation? More

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Posted in Architecture, Exhibition, Iconography, Information Design, Inspiration, Print, Uncategorized
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The world wide web is an integral platform for any business, new or old, and our dependence on it as a marketing tool has seen its priority in design briefs grow more and more. More

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Posted in Art Direction, Branding, Information Design, Interactive, Print
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Whilst browsing the shelves in a newsagent/newsstand a couple of months ago, a publication called Pin-Up caught my attention. In addition to being an original and well-designed magazine, the cover itself with its white space and use of multiple images instantly stood out amongst a sea of full bleed images.

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Posted in Book Design, Magazine Design, Print
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With mainstream magazines appearing to be indistinguishable along side one other, it makes you question what happened to the considered or innovative magazine cover? More

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Posted in Animation, Book Jackets, Magazine Design, Materials, Print
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