Logo x Logo is the latest publication by Roel Stavorinus. The book features 59 designers that present their own favourite designed logo next to a favourite from a colleague. It gives a nice insight into what designers like about a well-designed logo. Continue reading Logo x Logo
An interview with Suzanne den Otter
I was born in a small village in the tip of Noord-Holland. When I was young my mom owned a garden centre, which I loved to decorate. The moment I saw the Dutch TV program ‘Geef nooit op‘ (Never give up) about window dressing I knew it for sure; I want to be a window dresser. Continue reading An interview with Suzanne den Otter
A New Perspective on Women Graphic Designers in Europe
5 Questions with graphic designer Sarah Horn
Sarah is a freelance graphic designer from the UK, living in Antwerp. From a young age she’s been interested in art, design & architecture; creative endeavours have always fulfilled and enlivened her. Continue reading 5 Questions with graphic designer Sarah Horn
5 Questions with Mark Fleming, Chief Creative Officer of Rosie Lee
Rosie Lee is a hybrid creative agency with expertise in retail design, branding and digital. Founded in the UK in 2001 and has now 4 studios worldwide. We had a word with co-founder Mark Fleming. Continue reading 5 Questions with Mark Fleming, Chief Creative Officer of Rosie Lee
5 Questions with illustrator Thomas Hedger
It’s always been for me about how I could work out everything else around me to allow me to still create rather than the other way round. I have a constant urge to draw that keeps me going – I enjoy the tactile-ness of being able to draw something and translate expression, to open a conversation about the things I look at and find interesting, pulling out the overlooked or subtle narratives of everyday life and trying to put together a story in a single image.
5 Questions with New York based art director Tom Huveners
Tom is a Designer and Art Director based in New York where he works as an Art Director at CALVIN KLEIN. Prior to working at CALVIN KLEIN, he held positions at Firstborn and Wednesday Agency in New York. Continue reading 5 Questions with New York based art director Tom Huveners
5 Questions with Sean Hogan of Australian design studio Trampoline
I remember as a child I spent a lot of time drawing diagrams of cars that had all sorts of weapons like tomato sauce squirters, thumb tack dispenses, laser beams and flame throwers. These drawings all featured a car in side profile with lots of arrows and notations about how all my imagined mechanisms would work. They were quite detailed drawings and looking back, I guess these were my first forays into attempting to express and communicate my ideas visually. Continue reading 5 Questions with Sean Hogan of Australian design studio Trampoline
Letters As Symbols
Letters As Symbols, originally conceptualized in 1991 by Belgian graphic designer Paul Ibou. It has remained an unpublished project for decades, until now. Continue reading Letters As Symbols
Analyst with a Designer Heart, Tom Dorresteijn
Peeling off layers. That’s what Tom Dorresteijn, CEO of the internationally acclaimed Studio Dumbar, does most of his time. Whether it be in the organizations he works for, in the people he works with or in himself – peeling off is the road to purity. The drummer-turned-strategist talks why he never writes more than one page, offering words of wisdom along the way. Continue reading Analyst with a Designer Heart, Tom Dorresteijn