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Category : Blog & Corporate identity & Graphic Design
Over the Christmas break I was lucky enough to work with some of the guys from SupremeBeing on their Autumn Winter footwear catalogue/look book.
The brief was to design a catalogue for print and to tie in the culture and ethos of ‘SupremeBeing’, I was working closely with ‘Damian Quinn’ their in-house footwear designer throughout this process. We decided to split the book into sections, each type of shoe would have it’s own individual chapter and based around this we then designed a structure for each chapter.
Once we had the structure in place we then started to source photography from local friends and photographers that really sum up the “SupremeBeing Culture”. Dwens photos really helped round off the feeling of the book as we used a selection of his shots of folk known to ‘Supreme’ and places around Cambridge.
Damian turned his hand to photography as he knew the angles of which he wanted to display the shoes, whilst he was snapping I was cropping, designing, placing and laying out in InDesign.
We had different designers from the ‘Supreme’ design team designing pieces of artwork to slot into the look books structure, these pieces complemented the photography of the shoes and tied together the overall style. At the beginning of each chapter we had a line drawing of the shoe printed on tracing paper and then a photo of the shoe on the page beneath, Joe created the most awesome line drawings for these pages and the over all effect was just what we were looking for. A collage of these line drawings then went on to become the front cover.
At the end of each chapter Yoc designed an advert for the shoe in a 70s shoe ad style using bright colours and bold typography, the overall effect was great. These really jumped off the page and at one point we could swear that the shoe on his computer monitor was literally hovering in front of the screen! The ads helped to finalise the chapter and sumarise the shoe, not to mention added a touch of humor with a subtle dig to the industry within the texts undertone.
The catalogue turned out to be around 100 pages long in the end and was a true collaboration of talent from the ‘SupremeBeing’ gang, I was just lucky enough to tie it all together. I will try to get some more images up of the shoes so you can see how good their new season of sneakers really are, after all, they are the real reason the book looks so great!
The sneakers in this catalogue are not out yet but check out the current collection..
Category : Art & Blog & Book & Client & Friends & Graphic Design & Magazine
Music post of the month..
Chromeo Fancy Footwork
Uploaded by vicerecordstv. – Music videos, artist interviews, concerts and more.
These guys are awesome, love their styling!
Category : Blog
Also Ran is all about music and community. Originally set up in 2002 as a record label releasing underground electronic music, we’ve since contemplated, expanded and now re-launched so that we can encompass our full range of creativity. On this site you’ll be able to get in touch, read our blog, view upcoming events, listen to our music, and learn about community projects we are planning.
Check it out www.alsoranmusic.com
Category : 1. Website Design & Blog
This last month I have had the pleasure of working with the team at ReVoIP Cambridge, thank you to Rob and Eddie for looking after me. The project at ReVoIP involved setting up a company image from scratch with stationary, website and brand identity. ReVoIP is a partner to CambIT Support and provides VoIP telephone systems.
I spent the beginning of the month making sure that the brand identity I developed was right for them and looked fresh and modern, once this was in place the stationary followed seamlessly afterwards.
The website for ReVoIP had to be easily understood and not filled with industry jargon, I designed icons to represent each category and worked to create a sleek navigation throughout the site.
The website turned out great in the end, check it out at www.revoip.co.uk
Category : 1. Website Design & Blog & Client & Corporate identity & Graphic Design
This is the second in a series for Also Ran Records.
Also Ran is all about music and community. Originally set up in 2002 as a record label releasing underground electronic music, we’ve since contemplated, expanded and now re-launched so that we can encompass our full range of creativity. We now release music digitally, organise and promote events globally, and coordinate and deliver community arts projects in the UK. Contact info@alsoranmusic.com.
Forthcoming EP, released March 2010…
Category : 2. Promotions/Music & Blog & Music Sleeves & Music/Promotions
This is the first in a series of sleeves for Also Ran Records.
Also Ran is all about music and community. Originally set up in 2002 as a record label releasing underground electronic music, we’ve since contemplated, expanded and now re-launched so that we can encompass our full range of creativity. We now release music digitally, organise and promote events globally, and coordinate and deliver community arts projects in the UK. Contact info@alsoranmusic.com.
Click here to got to Juno and you can hear it for yourself.
Category : 2. Promotions/Music & Blog & Music Sleeves & Music/Promotions
Create a Company/Business Web Layout Using Photoshop
To start the new year with a great link for Website design tutorials seems like a good idea.
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/photoshop-website-layout-tutorials/
Category : Blog
David Frew Associates is run by David Frew, one of the few marketing consultants specialising in barristers and Chambers.
David has worked in marketing for over 20 years. He learnt his trade with multinationals such as Siemens and Philips, where he held senior positions and carried out a number of marketing roles including opening up new markets such as China.
Category : 1. Website Design & Blog & Client & Graphic Design
Kea Consultants is an executive search firm that provides tailor made solutions for hiring and developing undergraduates and young professionals. This is an exciting new company based in London, we worked with the team at ‘Kea’ to create a website that reflected nature and had reference to ‘Mauna Kea’ the the world’s tallest mountain by measure as most of it is submerged below the sea. This project included ‘Keas’ Corporate identity, stationary and website.
Category : 1. Website Design & Blog
Music post of the month -
We worked with Ed and Mark from Wells and Foster to design and develop their company branding, stationary and website. It was a great collaborative effort between myself the website designer, Jo Vail (another graphic designer) who designed the logo, Andrew Phillips the developer and Karen England the copywriter. The project was a great success, unfortunately at the last stage Wells & Foster were bought out and their company direction changed. The website and branding was still a success so I have put it up for people to view.
Category : 1. Website Design & Blog
Collabora is one of the worlds leading software consultancy specialising in bringing companies and the open source software community together. They combine years of open source software experience with an understanding of the challenges that businesses, nonprofits, and governments face. We worked with Cambridge based Open Source programmers to design and develop their new website.
Category : 1. Website Design & Blog
monthly Music post – Cant stop listening to the Kings of Convenience at the moment, perfect music to work to…
Shepard Fairey, the man behind Obey Giant, sits down with with Karmaloop CEO Greg Selkoe in part one of a two part interview.
Category : Art & Blog & Graphic Design & Graphiti & Inspiration
Working with the guys at The Sardinia villa Collection was great fun, they had very clear objectives about functionality of the site but were open to suggestions on styling and colour scheme. This enabled me to design a site that captured the essence of Sardinia within it’s pages and still present the villas in a very easy to understand intuitive layout. View case study.
www.thesardiniavillacollection.com
Category : 1. Website Design & Blog
This is the first site we’ve designed using big background technique, and we love it. This allowed us to place fantastic large images into the background that resize dynamically to fit your browser window. It’s an excellent tool for capturing the essence of Sardinia on screen – as you view the website, you’ll just want to get up and dive in.
The guys at Sardinia Holiday Concierge seem to like it too, and we have been receiving a tremendous response. Have a browse, and then if you fancy a holiday to Sardinia, you know who to call!
www.sardiniaholidayconcierge.com
Category : 1. Website Design & Blog & Client & Graphic Design
Nubis design, build and install bespoke data centre solutions to reduce costs, optimise performance and minimise carbon footprint.Nubis design, build and install bespoke data centre solutions to reduce costs, optimise performance and minimise carbon footprint.
Category : 1. Website Design & Blog & Client & Corporate identity & Graphic Design
We’re delighted that Harper’s Bazaar has mentioned our clients Sardinia Holiday Concierge in its Travel Buzz section. Sardinia Holiday Concierge takes the hassle out of booking your holiday, so you can simply relax and enjoy. For more, read on.
Bee Recruitment have been operating within Cambridge for the last five years
supplying Candidates to some of the top Hospitality establishments in
Cambridge such as Wagamamas and Strada. We worked together to design a
website that would be interesting and appealing for both the candidate as well
as the employer, we were under firm instructions that the site should continue
to use the current brand colours of black and yellow and be easy to find job
vacancies.
Check out their website and see what you think, as always we love to hear
your feedback.
Category : 1. Website Design & Blog & Graphic Design & SEO
monthly Music post – Got to love the ‘Tribe’
Well with a new Blog it would be rude not to have a new Twitter
accout too! You can see what I’m up to on a day to day basis
via my ‘Tweets’, not sure what I’m talking about? Well follow this
link and all will be revealed.
Twitter is a free social messaging utility for staying connected in
real-time. I find it useful for communicating with other designers
and vice versa.
This weekend I was lucky enough to have Cambridge-based artist Mr Gauky come paint on my office wall. I thought having one of his notorious characters in a creative space would be inspiring – not to mention pretty cool.
What began as a one-day project turned into a full weekend of fun. On Friday afternoon, Mr Gauky arrived with his paintbrushes and marker pens. All went well until we decided a pint was in order while the first layer of paint dried. The pint turned into several pints – followed by a few cans and a foray into town and fuzzy heads all round the next day. The painting wasn’t completed until Monday, but we had a great time, and Mr Gauky became a member of the family, living with me until he completed the painting.
Check out his work at www.mrgauky.com
I know I know, it’s only the forth of January and we’re straight back
into it launching Sardinia Holiday Concierge.
This is the first website we have designed using ‘big background’
technique and we love it. Using this technique allowed us to place
fantastic large images into the background which resize to your
page as you change the size of the window you are viewing in.
We wanted to use this method and really capture the essence of
Sardinia on the screen, the idea is that as your viewing the website
you just want to get up and go there.
This a great technique we picked up from Web Designer Wall, a site
we find is always worth a look at.
The guys at ‘Sardinia Holiday Concierge’ seem to like it too and we have
been receiving a tremendous response, why not have a look at the site
and see what you think, then if you fancy a holiday to Sardinia you know
who to call.
Sardinia Holiday Concierge Website
Category : Blog & Client & Graphic Design
Client – Fez Club Cambridge
Brief – Flyer – House of FEZ
Date – August 2008
Category : 2. Promotions/Music & Art & Blog & Friends & Graphic Design & Music & Music/Promotions
Client – ISH
Brief – Flyer to advertise ISH/BBC @ Dogfish/La Raza Cambridge
Date – july 2008
Category : 2. Promotions/Music & Blog & Friends & Graphic Design & Music & Music/Promotions
Client – Revolution
Brief – Flyer – On Point 2nd Break dance comp – Sheffield
Date – December 2007
Category : 2. Promotions/Music & Art & Blog & Graphic Design & Music & Music/Promotions
Client – ISH
Brief – Flyer to advertise ISH @ La Raza
Date – july 2007
Category : 2. Promotions/Music & Blog & Friends & Music & Music/Promotions & Social
This is an old project for DJC (Curtis Rawlins) he wanted a website that was different to the masses and represented who he was,I had the idea of the website being his DJ desk at home. This way I could represent the pages of the site by objects that Curtis would be using on his day to day DJing.
The site is out of date by todays construction standards but it still looks pretty cool.
Category : 2. Promotions/Music & Blog & Graphic Design & Music
Client – Revolution
Brief – Flyer – On Point – Sheffield
Date – June 2007
Category : 2. Promotions/Music & Art & Blog & Friends & Graphic Design & Music & Music/Promotions
Client – ISH
Brief – Flyer to advertise ISH opening party/La Raza Cambridge
Date – march 2007
Category : 2. Promotions/Music & Art & Blog & Friends & Graphic Design & Music & Music/Promotions & Social
Fuji Heavy album sleeve
Category : 2. Promotions/Music & Art & Blog & Friends & Graphic Design & Music & Music Sleeves & Music/Promotions
