Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Good cafe website




I found this really attractive website for a cafe called Morgan St Cafe. i love the use of a wooded side bar and use of photography for each page works really well. A very minimal design throughout which showcases the content really well. 


Coffee Photography


Really like this uses of coffee and think it is a really good photograph.  The image created is an owl and the coffee is photographed and set up really nicely. Would make a good image for on packaging or website. 

Interesting Folds

Here is a nice fold out document which is something like what i want to produce for my It's nice that brief. I like the simple layout and keeping it really structured.

2 Colour Print

Found this really nice book which is the style i am trying to go for on my new It's Nice That brief where i use a 2 colour print images one colour and text another. I really like this book think its a little stunner.

Coffee type

some nice hand drawn typography spelling the word coffee

Coffee Poster

Really attractive 2 colour poster advertising a coffee shop. Really simple and effective poster. Useful research for both coffee project and Soft porn. 

Interesting folds

Here is a piece that uses different folds effectively. The triangular pattern help explain the fold. Good piece of design

Simple Layout

A great pice of minimal design layout here. Not really doing anything similar at the moment but for some reason i was just drawn to it. Lovely work and really good use of white space and type used.

Coffee packaging

design work life » Pedale Design: Quills Coffee

This is a similar idea i was going for where by all the packaging is the same and it get altered by what is in the bag. Simple and effective. Lovely simple design

Coffee Packaging colours



SOme nice colours used here they are very similar to the ones i have chosen. Maybe i just have a good eye for coffee or maybe they have seen my amazing colour choice.

Con

Coffee

Some really attractive stationary produced for this coffee brand Jacu. Everything looks really good they have also utilised embossing machine and also rubber stamps. Some really nice work here. 


Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Screw bind

Nikolaus Schmidt Design — Graphic Design / Art Direction / Branding / Corporate Design / Websites
Nikolaus Schmidt Design 
A really nice book-bind using screws an board as the cover. I lan on doing something similar for my prolifera tech biref

Screw Bind

Hanna Ter Meulen | USEFUL
Hanna Ter Meulen | USEFUL

This is a beautiful looking screw bind. They have actually made a sleeve like cover which looks really nice. Simple and elegant

Coffee packaging




Designed by DDB Stockholm | Country: Sweden

Some really attractiv coffee packaging here. You can almost smell the coffee from here. I really like this design the contrast of the black and white really helps it come alive
“Zoégas is a Swedish coffee company founded in the 1800s, that specialises in dark roasted coffee.
Limited Blend No. 1 from Tanzania is the first edition of a limited series roasted whole beans from around the world. The design is created to stand out among competitors, generate interest as a limited edition premium series, and enhance Zoégas position as the best in knowledge and development of new blends and compositions.”

Coffee Packaging




Designed by Atomicdust | Country: United States

Is different to most ofther coffee packets out at the moment and i feel they have there selected target audience. not my style but nice never the less
“Our goal with the packaging design for Goshen Coffee was twofold – we wanted to create a distinct look that represented our client’s uncompromising attitude, while simultaneously looking nothing like other coffee brands on display in the local St. Louis market. The labels are actually stickers that are affixed when the bags are filled.”

Stationary

A cracking set of stationary here. love the colour of the stock and screw used are a beautiful colour.




A cracking

Business cards



Designed by Gardens&Co. | Country: Hong Kong
“Nana Chan, a self-styled epicurean, commissioned us to create an identity for her self-projects: blog, Youtube channel and tea house in Taipei (Coming soon!). From a Lawyer turned to gourmand and travel junkie, she believes the simpler things in life that matter most. We like it so much and, in fact, it is our belief too. We based on her personality and writing, a pure and quiet visual language was created to convey her message. We take “- – - – -“ to portray the repeating pattern of our living and Nana shares the little surprises to our lives “- n – a – n – a – “. We adapted this system throughout all projects and applications. All photos were taken by Nana.

Beautiful Stationary


designed by Dawson Beggs | Country: United States

Really good set of stationary here. it is all foil blocked and all the colours work really well together

“Identity work for a fictitious upscale San Francisco hotel inspired by the San Francisco gold rush. The logo was inspired by the sails of a ship and the golden gate bridge, as well, the name “Argonaut” is a reflection of what gold seekers were once known as.”

Coffee Branding



Monday, 22 October 2012

Seb Lester

These are some examples of Seb Lester's work in



Dreams – Limited Edition Print – Available in two colourways'Blazing' - Limited edition print - available in gold & silverBelieveIndelicate

Carolyn Sewell

Carolyn Sewell is a graphic designer who specializes in hand rendered type. Among the paid work she does there is a great deal of personal projects such as the post card set she sends to her parents every week. 
I admire the huge range of style and skill she has in the field. Although not the style i tend to look at i have found it really useful to see the different ways letters can flow together. 
I wish i had more time to draw experimentally to get my skill in this field up but im not sure if i would like to pursue it as one of my main skills in graphic design. 



Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Skullduggery Clothing

Not the biggest fan of this clothing company but i feel like they have a big enough range for a small company for me to talk about them. They have a large range of vest, tee's, jumpers and even jewellery. 
The majority of the designs are really simple and minimal and they use a lot of tie-die.
I don't even think they have a logo but maybe this is what they intended in the day of all this vintage unbranded clothing appearing.
Also the photographing of the products is extremely varied each photo is using a different hanger and the background colour is changing constantly.
I personally don't like this stuff but i think they know their target market and thats who would appreciate this work. 







Full Beam Clothing

Full Beam Clothing is a relatively small company who hasn't got many designs but applies their designs to a range of clothing and colours. They have a nice died t-shirt which i wouldn't mind experimenting with. 




Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Merch Asylum













I was put into contact to this T-shirt supplier and printers buy the clothing company X C V B. They are based in Cardiff and specialize in screen printing. They have many clients who they print for but they also do things like re-labeling, supply clothing, heat-press.

I will be in emailing Merch to enquire about their t-shirt stock and potentially other clothing items such as Jumpers and hoodies.

Who? Clothing Biggie sweats, only available at whoclothing.com #merchasylum #screenprint #screenprinting #print #printing #printlife #cardiff #uk #london #biggie #big #who #whoclothing  (Taken with Instagram at Merch Asylum - Screenprinting Studio)

XXYYXX #merchasylum #uk #cardiff #southwales #screenprint #screenprinting #print #printing #printlife #pontyclun #london #xxyyxx #merch #electronic #electronica #soundcloud #embroidery #tshirt #heatpress  (Taken with Instagram at Merch Asylum - Screenprinting Studio)

Monday, 8 October 2012

Other Styles of Illustrative Type



This one below is a loverly piece of type i love the way the shading lines make it look 3D. The capitals work really well together and create a nice focus for the logo. 

This one again uses