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I am a Graphic Designer
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People of tumblr, a prodigal has joined us! London based designer and all round friend of the people Richard Rhodes can be found tumbling here – niceontheeyes – do me a favour and follow him. He promises a heady mix of inspiring design posts, quality content and the occasional prawn… nice icon R!
Illustrator Eda Akaltun has created a series of five illustrations that will adorn the printed programmes at this month’s BAFTA awards… see the rest on the Creative Review blog.
Repeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep cliffs where no progress is made isn’t particularly effective either. No, the best path is an endless series of difficult (but achievable) hills.
Seth Godin’s hill approach to career development.We have just launched the new updated, responsive @effektive site www.effektivedesign.co.uk it still has a few tweaks/amends/projects to be added so be gentle and play nice. If you spot anything just let us know.
From the awesome effektive.
Represent asked some of today’s leading studios to share with us what they are looking for in a prospective employee, what makes them tick, and what you can do to make sure that you’re their ideal candidate… via niceontheeyes
The Luminarie De Cagna is an imposing cathedral-like structure that was recently on display at the 2012 Light Festival in Ghent, Belgium. The festival was host to almost 30 exhibitions including plenty of 3D projection mapping, fields of luminous flowers, and a glowing phone booth aquarium, however with 55,000 LEDs and towering 28 meters high the Luminarie De Cagna seems to have stolen the show.
CO2 absorbing leaves are cut to form this great ad campaign by Legas Delaney for Plant for the Planet. via Colossal. Awesome execution of a well-trodden idea.
If you are a fan of vintage record cover art and aren’t already aware of the Jive Time Records’ album cover galleries, you are in for a treat. The covers have been separated by style into various gallery-blogs and are a fantastic source for inspiration. Lose yourself here.
via Theo / Mid-Centuria.Follow/Like/Reblog for a chance to win a letterpressed poster. Winners will be chosen at random.
Interactive business card by Bravo Company – an independent design studio based in Singapore. You can view more of their work here.
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- @lindsetherton HAPPY BIRTHDAY :D
- @jameslawley steady as you go buddy - leave plenty of margin!
- I just liked "David A Smith - Sign Artist" on Vimeo: http://t.co/bYFbC1J2
- See how long it will take for you to earn what #mittmakes in one year http://t.co/hfg1dnsL #mittmakes – depressing Friday fun!?
- Is your cat inbred? Apparently its all the rage... http://t.co/TkYv2HgNFeb 02, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Struggling http://t.co/CUCZgYHI
- @jamestortise great live. Good to hear you listening to some decent music for a change :)
- @jonathan_cherry nothing common about some of the colds going round at the minute... hope your VitC bloodstream powers it away swiftly!
- Some tumblrs are best archive-viewed > http://t.co/G7KCNLQLFeb 01, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @JonnoMartin heroic effort dude! I've been in long johns under a blanket all day ill with a cold #respect
- @studioMr always wanted one! Is it ace?
- I just liked "Wes Anderson // FROM ABOVE" on Vimeo: http://t.co/iLly5TBm
- @BuildsBlog Hot 'Beena and Blackcurrant Soothers this end. (Just unleashed the Menthol Airwaves)
- http://t.co/E4TErZSd Genius.Jan 31, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- “The Rising - Live from Barcelona” by Bruce Springsteen is my new jam. ♫ http://t.co/ctdYSrhu #thisismyjam
- @shelleyaveling Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo
- @fitforaframe Rad! I've actually opted out of PointBlanke! :( Too much on my plate to do it justice – another edition of Boat Mag begins...
- I just liked "9 Businesses" on Vimeo: http://t.co/YCJQC0Up
- I just liked "Red Bull Signature Series Show Open" on Vimeo: http://t.co/pl009wbF
- @fitforaframe - keep me in mind when you open up for contributors :)
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- SummaryMy professional experience and consequently skill-set is broad, I love to solve problems with intelligent thinking and understated execution. During the day I am comfortable running workshops, pitching and presenting, mocking up and mentoring others. Account directors like me because I understand both client constraints and market expectation. Creatives respect me because I'm passionate about my work and I understand the importance of the team.
Outside of the day job I specialise in branding and identity. I also recently formed a collective of designers & artists across the UK, have had work displayed and sold in the 'Created In Birmingham' shop in the Bullring centre, Birmingham, blog regularly for FormFiftyFive and art-direct/design the bi-annual international publication BOAT magazine.Specialties: Advertising, Editorial, Brand identity, Trends, Blogging, Typography, Social networking and media strategy.Experience- May 2011 - PresentMidweight Creative / Life AgencyMCCA BEST Awards 2010 - Best Newcomer Agency
MCCA BEST Awards 2011 - Best Development of Agency Talent. Working for clients including: Nestle – KitKat & Nescafe, GSK, Macleans, Aquafresh, Lucozade, Arla Food, Mars, Nivea, Purina, Chicago Town and many more. - 2011 - PresentArt Director & Designer / Boat MagazineAn antidote to lazy journalism, Boat Magazine is a nomadic biannual publication that temporarily bases itself in cities with big stories to tell. We have one goal – to tell a new story.
I art-direct and design the entirity of the print magazine working alongside the directing/editing team of Davey and Erin Spens. We collaborate with the most talented people we know; writers, photographers, illustrators, typographers, musicians.
Recent press includes: The Guardian, Design Week, Huffington Post, New York Times, Its Nice That, Magculture and Creative Review - Aug 2009 - PresentContributor / FormFiftyFiveSharing inspiration with a huge global audience
- Jan 2008 - Apr 2011Creative / Linney DesignTop 25 UK full service agency working for clients including: Molson Coors Brewing Company Ltd (internal comms & brands including Carling, Coors Light, Grolsch, Cobra etc.), Yamaha Motor Europe, Mars UK (including Mars, Maltesers, Seeds of Change, Pedigree, Whiskas, Cesar & Sheba), Bupa, Hasbro, Keele University, University of Worcester, Post Office, Mothercare, Early Learning Centre, Novartis, Givaudan, Vax, Valor, Eurostar, The Environment Agency, EADS, Kohler Mira, Pizza Hut, Chiquitos – and more.
- Mar 2002 - Aug 2006Alternative music specialist / Pendulum RecordsGeneral sales and occasional acting manager, across four stores through the north east. Duties included stock control, customer service, store layout, window displays, point-of-sale and promotion.
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2004 - 2007University College Falmouth1st class BA(Hons) in Graphic Design
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2003 - 2004Lincoln School of Art and DesignFoundation Art & Design
Activities: Experimentation, research, process, development.
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Interests:design for print, identity and branding, photography, advertising and editorial, social media and new technology, inspiration and trends.
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- Feb 01, 12
Jason Booher is a book designer I’ve been following for a couple years now. He has really thoughtful and cleverly constructed work. I admire his imagination. More rad covers to be seen on his website jasonbooher.com.
- Feb 01, 12
Raw Color is a design studio based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. I love the photography they did for Dutch Invertuals and the graphic design they did for Onomatopee.
- Feb 01, 12
The ideal candidate by Represent is a series of interviews with some of the industry’s leading studios on what they look for in a prospective employee. Find out what makes them tick, and what you can do to make sure that you’re their ideal candidate.
The first in the series is from Stefan Sagmeister of Sagmeister Inc.
- Jan 31, 12
Check out Brighton-based web developer & graphic designer Tom van de Velde’s website. Hit space to experiment!
- Jan 31, 12
A charming short film by Danny Cooke about letterpress and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK, situated at Plymouth University. The film features Paul Collier and his passion for keeping the old crafts alive.
- Jan 30, 12
I just came across these fantastic illustrations that Dan Matutina did for Alex Mathers’ book on Self-Promotion using Google Plus, playing with the theme social space. If you’re unfamiliar with Dan’s work be sure to stop by and check out his portfolio. I love the textured, geometric, slightly retro feel of all his illustrations.
(via Ape on the Moon)
- Jan 29, 12
Love this book Mike and the guys at Interbrand have created for the retoucher Steve Bland AKA The Great Blandini. It is all based around 10 photoshop tricks Steve uses. The book itself is all hand drawn ( yes even the body copy). Credit also goes to Jefton Sungkar and Mike Reed. See more details on Mikes site here
- Jan 28, 12
The Warby Parker Annual Report is a nifty way to present some pretty dry information. There’s also a little ‘making of’ video which you might miss. Infographic fans will love it.
- Jan 27, 12
I love this installation Christopher Bettig created for the J Crew shop at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. The shapes and textures are amazing…wish I could do something similar in my own home. Click here for a video Christopher made about the installation.
- Jan 27, 12
Jason Perez has some great bits in his portfolio, such as these display concepts for Treasury Wine Estates, using only sustainable / up-cycled materials.
