Posts from — November 2010

Sadly, Neil Fujita has died at the age of 89. He was responsible for a number of iconic designs including the Godfather identity and some rather lovely album (yes – you remember those) cover art. He has been an influence to many graphics designers, individually and more importantly, the design industry as a whole.

Waste company, Sita, are introducing a new source of diesel – plastic. Yes, you heard right. They have discovered a process created by Cynar, to turn all plastic waste into oil-based fuel. Exciting news…

The Social Network. I’m sure we’re all aware that this film is based on Facebook – but don’t be put off by the subject matter! The film is surprisingly good, a gripping story line and atmospheric soundtrack. Worth a trip to the cinema just for the Timberlake performance alone.

Legacy of Letters from Luca Barcellona on Vimeo.

Luca Barcellona is one frighteningly accurate calligrapher. Take a look at his portfolio – www.lucabarcellona.com

A fitting memorial for Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records, designed by his friends Peter Saville and Ben Kelly. Wonderful minimalist style, including a beautiful quote found at the bottom of the headstone. However, Saville and Kelly’s work is three years late; Wilson died in 2007. Should it have taken three years to create this simply designed memorial headstone? In our opinion, yes it should. It portrays a great sense of presence, emotion and sentimentalism worth waiting for.

We recently received the new look Triodos Bank newsletter, designed by Studio Room. It’s a lovely piece of graphic design with some pretty innovative use of layout and colour – especially for a bank! We’re currently working on rolling out the rebrand for personal banking at Triodos.