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I haven’t been to the Banksy exhibition - don’t love his work that much to be honest - but I know that lots of my readers probably do … therefore because I have friends in high places (my artistic sister…ahem…), I bring you 22 Banksy Bristol Exhibition photos.
I don’t understand a good two thirds of them to be honest.
Whola…..
‘Spec Work’ is an abbreviation for Speculative Work … this is design work that is created specifically for a client (often in the form of a competition against other designers) on which you speculate (read gamble) as to whether or not your design will ‘win’.
Spec work isn’t just for designers, although it’s rife in this industry, all industry types can fall victim to working in this way, which I promise you is not the most profitable way in which a company can win business.
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Source: Graphic Evolution
The quintessential British brand Mini Cooper is 50 years old this week.
What do you think of when you think of ‘Mini’, what is their brand? Off the top of my head I’d say: Economical, fun, British.
I’m feeling very pleased with myself today, having designed something that I really really like. It’s a second logo design concept for start-up business Boutique Venues.
It’s one of those situations where I ‘really’ want them to choose this concept simply because I want to work with it on all the literature design and website design.
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I seem to be having a bit of an eco theme this last month … turning all eco-warrior I am.
I just received from email spam from Signs Express about their new Eco-Friendly Exhibition Banners, it’s the first time I even thought about the fact that you could get eco-friendly banners over and above ’standard banners’ and certainly piqued my interest.
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The environment is something I do my best to consider in everything I do, I’m not perfect by a long shot, but I do try. How can your business be more green?
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Whilst on holiday in Malta in Spring I discovered in the villa these beautifully illustrated table place mats.
Do you have an interesting story behind the start and growth of your business? Many of us probably do and yet so few choose to tell this story as part of a brand image strategy.
I’ve just visited the wonderful Abel & Cole website for the first time, and whilst I found the website experience itself and product range excellent I was also extremely impressed by the warmth and styling of their brand image and the ‘brand story’ they incorporated into that.
A huge part of the Abel & Cole identity, indeed the actual cornerstone of it, is their commitment not only to ‘good food’ but to the environment (hence the words “good food, the right way”) and thus their offering includes locally and UK sourced organic food, and environmentally friendly packing methods and practices … for example they take the delivery box back and reuse it.
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Respected blogger Tara Roskell seems to have disappeared from Cyberspace for 7 months now.
Born from 15 years of graphic design experience, her once extremely high profile Graphic Design Blog featured it’s last blog in October 2008, not a word since as far as I can tell, and Tara’s last personal blog was dated May 2008.
Any graphic designer will remember well the hay days of Graphic Design Blog and yet there seems no mention at all in the design community as to why the blogging has stopped and what Tara is doing now? I for one am very curious.
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Oh O…she’s banging on about retro things again!
Love this beauty products packaging showcased at Notorious Kitsch. Well worth a look round their shop by the way, lots of cool original goodies to buy.
Also it’s the strangest coincidence that I’ve just happened upon two visually interesting things with ‘kitsch’ in the name … I’m not hunting them down that way I promise, they have both just crossed my path very naturally.
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