London Design Festival - Graphic Design Walk 23/9/2011

Book covers for Penguin Books by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Each cloth bound book in the Jane Austen classic collection uses 2 colours in its design. I noticed we had the book 'Emma' at work the other day with the cloth bound Bickford-Smith design.

For more, see cb-smith.com and also http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/pubsetpages/clothboundclassics/

I am also rather taken by the t-shirts designed by Bickford-Smith for the Penguin helpers at the Art Car Boot Sale... http://www.cb-smith.com/index.php?/etc/penguin-t-shirt/

At the 10 Collective stand at the bast camp I stood and watched the video above being projected onto the wall. After a few seconds, I recognised James and Elliot of Birch studios chatting to 2 members of 10 Collective. In the video, they talk about setting up your own design studio. 

Watch the video here (sorry guys) http://10collective.com/teawith10.html

YCN... fully prepared and loaded with brochures.

I bought the book 'Hand Job' from a book shop on Rivington Street and this is the bag they gave me. It's a keeper.

Because I rarely have a favourite (and because I LOVE IT)

I found 'The Bumper Book of Marmite' in WH Smith while I was looking for a cookery book (buy 1 get 1 half price!) and I found this. I looked through it for laughs at first but I found it to be so gorgeous and inspiring inside that I decided to buy it. It is playful and covers all areas of illustration, photography, typography, parody, fashion, recipes etc all done with a very generous amount of humour.

I love this type! It feels like handwriting - when I create something like this, I write it out and then add different weights where I think it's appropriate. This shade of pink also really satisfies me. It's crazy to think that I might like this less if there had been a different choice made in the design process.

This could be handy to use for my America project - taking a pre-existing concept and adapting it. This is a popular thing to do in graphic design. A lot of this book is based around adapting works of art, album covers etc.

I like this because it is just FUN! More things should be fun like this.

A very homely, chucked-together piece using notes and poetry and illustrations with tea-stained colourings and infatuated doodles.

The jars of Marmite become little people here. It is inventive and messes around with the idea of 'You either love it or you hate it'.

Again, love vs hate. A bit like with playing cards, the jars are strategically placed to show people both worshipping and outing it.

Changing the logo so it says what you want. It works because it used part of the word and the round, dark shape of the jar.

And finally, a ransom note. This book is so gorgeous. It's what I want my sketchbooks to look like!! Just fun, experimental with lots of ideas and processes.



http://www.marmiteshop.co.uk/productdetail.jsp?productPK=unittest-mic2fe7VeLy2rgEyqN3IEb-1

Yawn yawn

Late night - first draft/experiment for the children's book illustration, hence the horrendous quailty. I would still like to try a few different styles and textures.