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  • I Love… The Future Is Now

    • Jul 13, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Book Review…, Graphic Design, I Love…
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    This blog post is a mix of an art book review and a spotlight on an artist whose work I really love called Josan Gonzalez. Josan is a Spanish artist from Barcelona, and the creator of ‘The Future Is Now’. (more…)

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  • News… Adobe Design Achievement Awards

    • Jun 30, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Graphic Design, My Design…, News
    • 1 Comment

    This is a slightly shorter post than normal, just to announce that three of my latest design projects have got to the semifinals of the Adobe Design Achievement Awards! (more…)

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  • My Design… No Opportunity Exhibition

    • Jun 22, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Graphic Design, My Design…
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    The second of the two exhibitions where my work was featured, in June 2017, was the No Opportunity exhibition at the Veneer Gallery in Glasgow!

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  • My Design… Lighthouse Exhibition

    • Jun 19, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Graphic Design, My Design…
    • 8 Comments

    The first of the two exhibitions where my work was featured, in June 2017, was the GCC Graphic Design School’s end of year exhibition at The Lighthouse!

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  • Book Review… Low Tech Print

    • Apr 22, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Book Review…, Graphic Design
    • 1 Comment

    Low-Tech Print is a design book that features hand-made, traditional printmaking techniques and showcases how they are used in contemporary graphic design and illustration. It also might be the nicest, most tactile design book that I own.

    The books author/curator Caspar Williamson is a printermaker himself, as well as a designer, illustrator and author based in London. He is heavily involved in the printmaking, lectures on the subject and has taught workshops throughout the UK. The book was designed by Studio Aparte, from Barcelona, and the embossed cover was designed by Pentagram designer Rhian Edwards. (more…)

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  • My Design… 30 Pages of Hannibal Quotes (Page 16 – 30)

    • Apr 16, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Graphic Design, My Design…
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  • My Design… 30 Pages of Hannibal Quotes (Pages 1 – 15)

    • Apr 01, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Graphic Design, My Design…
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  • I Love… Josef Muller-Brockmann

    • Mar 27, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Graphic Design, I Love…
    • 1 Comment

    Josef Muller-Brockmann was a Swiss graphic designer, author and teacher who was born on May 9th 1914. He spent much of his life living and working in Zurich and studied a wide variety of topics including design, architecture and history of art. He apprenticed as a graphic designer to Walter Diggleman, a designer and advertising consultant. In 1936, he opened his own studio, which specialised in graphic design, photography and exhibitions.
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  • Book Review… Swissted

    • Mar 19, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Book Review…, Graphic Design
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    Swissted is an graphic design poster book that takes rock concert posters from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s and remixes and reimagines them through a Swiss modernist lens. The result is some of the best poster designs I’ve ever seen!
    Swissted is an ongoing project by graphic designer Mike Joyce, owner of Stereotype Design in New York City. Drawing from his love of punk rock and Swiss Modernism, two movements that have (almost) nothing to do with one another, Mike Joyce redesigned vintage punk, hardcore, new wave, and indie rock show flyers into International Typographic Style posters. (more…)

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