Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
i would like to be a pony dot com
I would like to be a pony is the online portfolio of Benjamin Lambinet.
Really nice site...
SUNDAY 18TH JANUARY 2009
I came across this site on the internet ... www.weshallsee.co.uk. Its really nice. It is basic, but I love sites like this. I think they have character!
I came across this site on the internet ... www.weshallsee.co.uk. Its really nice. It is basic, but I love sites like this. I think they have character!
Jeremy Beckman
THURSDAY 15TH JANUARY 2009
Rice Candy commented on my blog today. I have had a quick look at his blog as well. There is some nice stuff on there. Including this black and white image (of a window - which you know I love, along with doors) by Jeremy Beckman:
Rice Candy commented on my blog today. I have had a quick look at his blog as well. There is some nice stuff on there. Including this black and white image (of a window - which you know I love, along with doors) by Jeremy Beckman:
Matthew Thompson Photography
MONDAY 12TH JANUARY 2009
Rob Farrelly emailed me the link to Matthew Thompson Photography. He met him on his internship. His work is amazing!!
I have a particular LOVE of photographs of doors and windows ... I don't know why but I always have, he has some beautiful pictures. Here are a couple of examples ...
Rob Farrelly emailed me the link to Matthew Thompson Photography. He met him on his internship. His work is amazing!!
I have a particular LOVE of photographs of doors and windows ... I don't know why but I always have, he has some beautiful pictures. Here are a couple of examples ...
**Beautifully Bound Book**
THURSDAY 8TH JANUARY 2009
I just had a check of Nikki Farquharson's site to see if she has added anything new and I saw her '65 Modern Proverbs' book. It is so beautiful, I love it.
Nikki created a coptic bound book. She has split 65 modern proverbs into 7 categories.
I just had a check of Nikki Farquharson's site to see if she has added anything new and I saw her '65 Modern Proverbs' book. It is so beautiful, I love it.
Nikki created a coptic bound book. She has split 65 modern proverbs into 7 categories.
Hype Type Studio for Tracy A. Franklin
THURSDAY 8TH JANUARY 2009
I was just looking on Hype Type for some inspiration for my ISTD project, mainly looking for nice type examples and book design. I came across these that they are working on for Tracy A. Franklin, I think they are really nice ...
I was just looking on Hype Type for some inspiration for my ISTD project, mainly looking for nice type examples and book design. I came across these that they are working on for Tracy A. Franklin, I think they are really nice ...
Robert Farrelly and colleagues
WEDNESDAY 7TH JANUARY 2009
I came across this link on the formfiftyfive.com blog. They linked to his page...he is a graduate from a Vis Com course in Dublin. His work is really good, but also, he has linked under his About Me section to his colleagues sites as well. Thought it might be of interest as their work is of a really high standard!
http://www.robertfarrelly.com/
I came across this link on the formfiftyfive.com blog. They linked to his page...he is a graduate from a Vis Com course in Dublin. His work is really good, but also, he has linked under his About Me section to his colleagues sites as well. Thought it might be of interest as their work is of a really high standard!
http://www.robertfarrelly.com/
Experimental Jetset
SATURDAY 3RD JANUARY 2009
I just found this site on FormFiftyFives blog ...
http://www.jetset.nl/about
They are a graphic design company based in Amsterdam. The site has examples of their work, PDF downloads and thought processes behind their designs.
I just found this site on FormFiftyFives blog ...
http://www.jetset.nl/about
They are a graphic design company based in Amsterdam. The site has examples of their work, PDF downloads and thought processes behind their designs.
Daren Newman - Hand Rendered Typography
FRIDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2008
Me and My Pen - hand rendered type by Daren Newman.
Me and My Pen - hand rendered type by Daren Newman.
Nikki Farquharson
TUESDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2008
I came across a designer called Nikki Farquharson while I was researching for my ISTD project. She has done some really cool stuff - I really like her All Wrapped Up project. She took inspiration from the ribbon in a book that you use to mark the pages:
She has also done a project on conversations she heard over a period of 3 months - its called 'Snippets':
I came across a designer called Nikki Farquharson while I was researching for my ISTD project. She has done some really cool stuff - I really like her All Wrapped Up project. She took inspiration from the ribbon in a book that you use to mark the pages:
She has also done a project on conversations she heard over a period of 3 months - its called 'Snippets':
Studio Punkat
MONDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2008
I came across some of the work of Studio Punkat through ilovetypography.com.
I really like the use of mono and colour in these designs. The logo is particularly nice as well.
I tend to use a lot of black and white in my design work, mono tones. I need to start looking at introducing colour as it is something I don't feel overly confident with. I think both of the designs below are good examples of introducing a colour to an essentially typographic design:
I came across some of the work of Studio Punkat through ilovetypography.com.
I really like the use of mono and colour in these designs. The logo is particularly nice as well.
I tend to use a lot of black and white in my design work, mono tones. I need to start looking at introducing colour as it is something I don't feel overly confident with. I think both of the designs below are good examples of introducing a colour to an essentially typographic design:
Found Magazine
FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2008
Just found this site ...
Found Magazine
They collect anything 'found' such as photos, letters etc ... really cool!
Just found this site ...
Found Magazine
They collect anything 'found' such as photos, letters etc ... really cool!
Wayne Hemingway Lecture
THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2008
Hemingway Design
Today I attended the Wayne Hemingway Lecture. He came to the AIB to do a talk and I managed to get one of the tickets. It was very interesting, and VERY inspiring. I am thinking about setting up my own business in the future. This is an area I have experience in and feel confident enough to do, and to listen to someone as successful as Wayne talk about working his way up was so valuable.
Here are the PDF's of the notes I have written up! I wanted to reference them on my blog because I found them so useful and inspiring!
Hemingway Design
Today I attended the Wayne Hemingway Lecture. He came to the AIB to do a talk and I managed to get one of the tickets. It was very interesting, and VERY inspiring. I am thinking about setting up my own business in the future. This is an area I have experience in and feel confident enough to do, and to listen to someone as successful as Wayne talk about working his way up was so valuable.
Here are the PDF's of the notes I have written up! I wanted to reference them on my blog because I found them so useful and inspiring!
Work Placement Email_Violette Editions
MONDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2008
I have just sent an email to Violette Editions. They are an Art Publishers and they published Sophie Calle:Double Game by Paul Auster. Their website only has their contact details on, so I have emailed them asking whether they are able to send me any further information on the books they have published, and also asked whether they take work placement students. If so, this is something I would definately apply for!! I will wait to hear back!
I have just sent an email to Violette Editions. They are an Art Publishers and they published Sophie Calle:Double Game by Paul Auster. Their website only has their contact details on, so I have emailed them asking whether they are able to send me any further information on the books they have published, and also asked whether they take work placement students. If so, this is something I would definately apply for!! I will wait to hear back!
Getting Into Publishing_Penguin
FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER 2008
Yesterday was also the Getting Into Publishing day at Penguin. It was an early start for me ... 6am! I got the train from Alton and arrived in London with plenty of time to grab a coffee! After a slight bit of confusion at the start whereby a few of us weren't on their list of attendees - they finally let us in to the talk.
Here is the plan of the day...
The manager from each department gave a ten to fifteen minute talk about their role, the work of their department and what part they play in the Penguin business.
It seems like a really good company to work for. Quite a few of the people that spoke had been there a long time, and had come into the company into a position such as Secretary, and then worked their way up and became Managers/Directors of each their department.
The talk covered everything from the Contracts and Rights department, to Production, PR, HR and even Finance. It was very much a talk on getting into publishing, however more for people who want to work for Penguin specifically and are interested in working for them as a company. I know that I have an interest in Book Design and Publishing. However, thinking about it now, I think I to focus more on Art Book Publishing, or Limited Edition Publishing - books that are really interestingly made and designed. For example Paul Austers 'Sophie Calle:Double Game'. It is beautifully made. I bought it last year, and they are now quite collectable books. Each page is really nice and at the front it has a section of another book. This is printed on different stock paper that is smaller than that of the book, and it is bound with a ribbon. Phaidon Press are world renowned for their high quality design and production. I found a brief history about them on their website...
I am going to look into getting work experience at a publishers that is relevant to the type of publishing I am interested in. I think this is the next step for me to try and work out what I want to do after this course. I think all experience, good or bad, is really beneficial. Even the Penguin day, it made me consider what type of books I wanted work with.
Yesterday was also the Getting Into Publishing day at Penguin. It was an early start for me ... 6am! I got the train from Alton and arrived in London with plenty of time to grab a coffee! After a slight bit of confusion at the start whereby a few of us weren't on their list of attendees - they finally let us in to the talk.
Here is the plan of the day...
The manager from each department gave a ten to fifteen minute talk about their role, the work of their department and what part they play in the Penguin business.
It seems like a really good company to work for. Quite a few of the people that spoke had been there a long time, and had come into the company into a position such as Secretary, and then worked their way up and became Managers/Directors of each their department.
The talk covered everything from the Contracts and Rights department, to Production, PR, HR and even Finance. It was very much a talk on getting into publishing, however more for people who want to work for Penguin specifically and are interested in working for them as a company. I know that I have an interest in Book Design and Publishing. However, thinking about it now, I think I to focus more on Art Book Publishing, or Limited Edition Publishing - books that are really interestingly made and designed. For example Paul Austers 'Sophie Calle:Double Game'. It is beautifully made. I bought it last year, and they are now quite collectable books. Each page is really nice and at the front it has a section of another book. This is printed on different stock paper that is smaller than that of the book, and it is bound with a ribbon. Phaidon Press are world renowned for their high quality design and production. I found a brief history about them on their website...
PHAIDON - BRIEF HISTORY taken from their website
“By means of beauty, beautiful things become beautiful.”
Socrates, Plato, PHAEDO
Phaidon has a long and distinguished history as an art book publisher. The company was founded in Vienna in 1923 by Dr. Bela Horowiz and Ludwig Goldscheider and named after “Phaedo”, Socrates’ pupil who spoke on the immortality of the soul. Their key objective was to deliver quality books at affordable prices. They were able to achieve this as pioneers of the international co-edition and with large print-runs. Their first titles were not art books, but books on literature, philosophy and history. Phaidon’s large format art books first emerged in 1936 with high-quality plates on Van Gogh, Botticelli, and the French Impressionists. These were some of the first large, sumptuously illustrated artist monographs reasonably priced for the general public.
The occupation of the Nazis in Vienna forced the company to move to England. After the war, Phaidon launched an innovative program of both popular and scholarly art book publishing. This included the monumental critical catalogue of drawings in the royal collection at Windsor Castle and the elegant "pocket" series of art history texts (now known as the Arts and Letters series). In 1950, Phaidon published its landmark book The Story of Art – a one volume survey of the history of art by renowned scholar Ernst Gombrich.
The company went through a rough period in the 70s and 80s changing ownership several times, until 1990 when Richard Schlagman acquired Phaidon Press with the objective of re-establishing it as the leading publisher of books on the visual arts. Based in London, Phaidon launched an energetic program of new books and re-launched its best classic titles. The Press turned back to its original mission – to publish fine art books with high production and design standards, scholarly excellence, and value for money. The result has been breathtaking, unusually readable, desirable books on the whole spectrum of visual arts.
In 1994, The Art Book was published with over 500 images for each of the most important artists from ancient to modern day in an unconventional A-Z format. It has been and still is a huge international success. In 1995, Phaidon published the 16th edition of The Story of Art which has sold over seven million copies to date and been translated into more than 30 languages. The Story of Art is still unrivalled as the best introduction to the history of art and the most popular book on art ever published.
Today Phaidon books are recognized worldwide for the highest quality of content, design, and production. They cover everything from art, architecture, photography, design, performing arts, decorative arts, contemporary culture, fashion, film, travel, cookery and children’s books. Phaidon books continue to be so innovative and beautiful that as Nigel Spivy points out in his fuller account of Phaidon’s history, “a readership is rightly disposed to buy a Phaidon book for no other reason than that Phaidon has produced it”.
I am going to look into getting work experience at a publishers that is relevant to the type of publishing I am interested in. I think this is the next step for me to try and work out what I want to do after this course. I think all experience, good or bad, is really beneficial. Even the Penguin day, it made me consider what type of books I wanted work with.
DAY DATE MONTH 2008
I love David Airey's blog/website too - he has some really interesting inspiration as well as links to other sites that are of interest - I check this regularly!
I love David Airey's blog/website too - he has some really interesting inspiration as well as links to other sites that are of interest - I check this regularly!
Sabrina Ward Harrison
WEDNESDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2008
I have lots of links on my blog to other blogs and websites that are of interest to me, and every now and then I check them out and see whats new. Sabrina Ward Harrison's website is lovely and her work is beautiful! Everything to the hand rendered type throughout, and the music she has chosen to have playing as people look through her work - its sets it off perfectly!
Her photography is amazing. She also does a lot of hand rendered type - ink and quill pens.
I love these two photographs
I have lots of links on my blog to other blogs and websites that are of interest to me, and every now and then I check them out and see whats new. Sabrina Ward Harrison's website is lovely and her work is beautiful! Everything to the hand rendered type throughout, and the music she has chosen to have playing as people look through her work - its sets it off perfectly!
Her photography is amazing. She also does a lot of hand rendered type - ink and quill pens.
I love these two photographs
Chema Madoz_Photography
MONDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2008
I have been looking at David Airey's site/blog today, he has some really interesting things on there, both his own work and what inspires him. On his site is the work of Chema Madoz. She is a Spanish Photographer. I really like her work so wanted to 'blog' her page so I can re-visit!
I have been looking at David Airey's site/blog today, he has some really interesting things on there, both his own work and what inspires him. On his site is the work of Chema Madoz. She is a Spanish Photographer. I really like her work so wanted to 'blog' her page so I can re-visit!
Violette Editions_Independent Book Publishers for the Arts
THURSDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2008
I have been looking at the publishers, Violette Editions. Double Game by Sophie Calle was published by them. It is a beautifully designed book with various paper stocks used and bound with a ribbon. I love books like this - I find it so interesting how they are made.
I have been looking at the publishers, Violette Editions. Double Game by Sophie Calle was published by them. It is a beautifully designed book with various paper stocks used and bound with a ribbon. I love books like this - I find it so interesting how they are made.
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