Lucy Vigrass

Lucy Vigrass is another member of the 'Peepshow Collective' who's work I admire greatly. She is a freelance illustrator working in London. Her work is beautifully bold and shows a minimal amount of detail. Working with shape and colour to communicate her ideas, creating stunning compositions with a her signature style. I have been looking through the work from the Peepshow recently and as this is the sort of group I would love to be apart of when I leave university. Check out www.lucyvigrass.co.uk and www.peepshow.org.uk for more work.

Alex Ostrowski talked to us

On Friday we had the privilege of having a talk from Alex Ostrowiski. A young designer doing exactly what we all would love to be doing. He gave some crucial advice as someone who has been approaching people for work and making contacts in the design industry. He mentioned how it is important to build a rapport, a conversation rather than a request for a job or a placement. Other than his advice on getting work when we leave he showed us a collection of his work which has got him where he is now. A mix of fantastic ideas and well executed design solutions. The 'NOTE TO SELF' book was a great piece of work. It was designed to fulfill a competition brief which insisted it was to be A3 size and have only 16 pages. He created a book of reminders, beautifully illustrated little messages to inspire. He is currently working for YCN doing some great work which I hope to one day be doing.

Was a great time to have the talk from Alex and will definitely put us in a good frame of mind on the run-in to the end of our time at uni.

paper faces 'what you saying bruv...?'

paper faces stop motion from sam on Vimeo.

Stop motion piece just for fun. Practice before the robots piece.

robot stop motion.

robots recycle stop motion from sam on Vimeo.

This is a stop motion piece I created for my recycling project. It is rough, flawed and needs refining but the idea is clear enough. Hope you like it.

Home Delivery ASOS.

I am currently working on a competition brief for 'asos' the online clothes company. The brief is to make men aware of the company and its attributes and make them interested in using the website. I have tried to connect the brand to men by creating neon signs with the type as seen in takeaways. Home delivery, piping hot brands, fresh styles etc. I think it would appeal to men. I am struggling to create a neon sign look I am happy with.

Books, lots of books.

I have been looking at different book making techniques over the last week or so. I want to see if a small book would be a successful canvas for my illustration and narratives. I worked with Lucy Schofield on Friday who really got me interested in all things books. Here are three I created. The first is a small flip book cropped and bound with two screw bolts. The second is a slightly larger flip book bound with string and the third is a simple stapled book. I looked into what would be applicable for sending out to people, thinking about cost, size and functionality.

Non-format design

I have been aware of Non-format for a while and thought I would share them with you. They are a creative team consisting of Kjell Ekhorn (Norwegian) and Jon Forss (British). Based in London and Minneapolis (USA). They are an inredibally creative design team with clients across the world, including Nike, LG, The New York Times, Channel 4 etc.
In a recent lecture from all round creative guru Adrian Shaughnessy mentioned how he worked with them on the design publication 'Varoom'. They show and amazing creative flair with type design seen on the work they have done for Nike. I have chose to look at them now as I am in need of some direction and inspiration with a advertising project I am working on. The simple choices they have made are probably the most effective. The choice of colour and type are important.