Letterpress business cards
Late last year I redesigned the Dot Design business cards and finally treated myself to abit of letterpress printing. The results can be seen in the images above and below. As well as being letterpress printed the cards are also die-cut at one end to reflect the ‘D’ of Dot Design. The cards were printed […]
Identity Design Process – Dyplanix
——————————————————————————————————————————-———— Late last year Dot Design undertook a project with Dyplanix in creating a new identity design and supporting icon. The briefing process showed that a simple typographic response was called for, highlighting the idea of progression, development and a journey of growth. Dyplanix specialises in business planning and business development – helping enterprises get […]
Yuju Identity Design
We recently worked on the identity design for online fashion and costume jewellery company yuju. The client required a simple, friendly logo that made full use of the rounded nature of the letter forms. We worked on extending and looping the letterforms creating a joined upstream also used in a repeat pattern for packaging and […]
Identity Design Process – WeberTek
In the early part of this year we had the absolute pleasure of working with Stephanie at Webertek on a new brand identity, stationery and ebook design. Here’s a little background on the company… Webertek Ltd was founded by Stephanie Weber in May 2008 and has been providing IT Consultancy and Internet Marketing strategies for […]
… and the Winner of our April Competition is…
Luke Mitchell at Reach Students was ‘delighted’ that he’d won and said he will be using his prize for a brand new business venture in the very near future. Big thank you to everyone who entered our April competition. Also as an extra thank you everyone who entered will receive a special exclusive runners up […]
MTV’s Balloon Flip-book
Spotted this story over at Creative Review Blog and had to share it. It features a great re-invention of the flip book, using balloons and a popper on a 200 metre rail. Directed by Dulcidio Caldeira at ParanoidBR this stop-motion ad for MTV, used the action of bursting balloons to create a brand new style […]
If logos were brutally honest…
What if we lived in a world where brands had to be honest about the content of their services and products? That’s the world that Swedish based designer Viktor Hertz has imagined with these brutally honest versions of well known logos. You can see the whole set over at designerscouch.org
Not like other business podcasts – 4Dubz
Couple of weeks back I was asked if I fancied making up the numbers on a new business podcast project called 4-Dubz headed by Neil Pie at Neil Pie PHP. Neil along with Katie Millman at Jam and Mike Morrison at Mimo Media wanted to started a podcast that discussed business in a more chit […]
Sagaki Keita’s pen and ink illustrations
I recently spotted the work of Tokyo based Artist Sagaki Keita over at thisiscolossal.com. Sagaki uses pen and ink to illustrate well known art pieces in a doodle like fashion. The detail and humour in these pieces only become clear on close inspection. Each of the pieces contain thousands of characters that make up the […]
How much fun can you have with 14,000 dice?
How much fun can you have with 14,000 dice? Seems alot, as artist Philippe Disse uses this many to create these mosaic’s of the two screen icons Marilyn Monroe and James Dean. The project is about 8 ft tall and 5ft wide and must take the patience of a saint, but to brilliant effect.