Designers Republic

Design Agency

- Founded by Ian Anderson

- http://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/

- Futuristic, fashionable style

- Clients include Coca-cola, Nickelodeon, Orange, Powergen, Pulp, NIN, Supergrass, and Wip3out.

Tim Biskup

Illustration/Graphic Design/Animation/Fine Art/Toys

- Biography and work - http://www.timbiskup.com/index.html

- Developed his own very unique style he calls "baroque modernism"

- Has worked for Cartoon Network and influenced the artists who designed Samuri Jack and Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

J Otto Seibold

Children's illustrator/Author

- Interview with him at http://www.digital-illustration.com.au/culturezone/jotto-fr.html - talks about the move from conventional to digital illustration

- Fan of writer John Hersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hersey)

- Works/lives with author Vivian Walsh

- Has 3 kids who may or may not inspire his work

David Carson

American Graphic Designer/Typographer

- Principal and chief designer of David Carson Design, Inc.

- Work and biography - http://www.davidcarsondesign.com/?dcdc=top/s

- Combines photography and type in his work

- Used to be a surfer and has done work for Quicksilver and various surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding magazines (http://www.quiksilver.com/index.aspx)

- His book, "The End of Print" is the top selling graphic design book ever - http://www.amazon.com/End-Print-Lewis-Blackwell/dp/0811830241

"David's work continues to be subjective and largely driven by intuition, with an emphasis on reading material before designing it, and experimenting with ways to communicate in a variety of mediums. Carson remains a hands on designer, keeping his studio small and mobile."

Meta Design

Design Agency

http://www.metadesign.com/

- Mainly brand design

- Clients include Adobe, McAfee and Nokia

- 30 man team of designers, artists, writers, strategists, researchers, technologists, and information architects

Saul Bass

Graphic Designer, Animator and Director

- Did the famous title sequences for Alfred Hitchcock's "The Man with the Golden Arm" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymRpY-XV2n4) and "Psycho" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTfnW1k3rVs)

- Started out as a freelance graphic designer before moving into film and animation

- Influenced by Martin Scorsese, who he grew up with and idolized. Got to work with him in the 1990's

- His work on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=saul+bass

- Info on Design Museum exhibition - http://www.designmuseum.org/design/saul-bass

Alfred Hitchcock - http://hitchcock.tv/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock

Also worked with Otto Preminger - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Preminger

Paul Blow

UK Illustrator




http://www.paulblow.com/

Does work for design agencies, advertising and the web