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

James Jarvis

Illustrator

http://homepage.mac.com/james.jarvis/index.html

Influenced as a child by comics and books such as-

- Judge Dredd - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dredd

- Asterix - http://gb.asterix.com/

- Richard Scarry books - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Scarry

- Herge (famous for Tintin books) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hergé

Responsible for the 'designer toy' craze - http://www.designertoystore.co.uk/index.asp

Tomato

UK - Mainly Graphic Design

http://tomato.co.uk

Co-founded by Rick Smith and Karl Hyde from Underworld

Info on Underworld can be seen at http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artist/qdxm/

Influences

- 90's Dance/Indie music

- Being Strange

Why Not Associates

UK Graphic Design Company

http://www.whynotassociates.com/en/index.php

Experimental style

"we're not afraid to run through a dark room with an arm full of lighted fireworks. fingers grow back, and great work lasts forever.yes, we're known for pushing boundaries. but our experiments always serve our client's purpose; which is why so many of them keep coming back to us project after project."

Pentagram

All Fields of Design

http://www.pentagram.com/en/index.htm

- Originated in London in 1972, now has offices world-wide

- Founded by Alan Fletcher, Theo Crosby, Colin Forbes, Kenneth Grange and Mervyn Kurlansky in Needham Road, West London

- Owned and run by designers - designers gain inspiration and ideas from each other

"Our multidisciplinary structure, with teams from different disciplines working in the same environment, promotes a culture of interchange that adds tremendous value to all creative thinking"

- Also gain inspiration from clients - "The identity designer has to become intricately involved in the group or brand in order to understand and thus influence its presented image."

- Modern, minimalist style - similar to that of Alan Fletcher

Hi-Res

Web Design

Based in London

Currently at www.hi-res.net

Make compex flash websites - usually very interactive - usually takes a while to get 'in' to the website

Their first website (as far as I can tell) was for the film "Requiem for a Dream"
http://www.requiemforadream.com/

Links to other sites they've worked on are on their website

Company blog, individual blogs, artwork, inspiration and latest projects can also be found at http://www.hi-res.net/blog/

Peter Saville

His website -
http://www.btinternet.com/~comme6/saville/biography.htm
Contains biography and galleries of work

- Graphic Designer

- Worked mainly in Music and Fashion

- Became Founding Partner of Factory Records

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_Records

- Designed record sleeves for New Order, Joy Division, Pulp and Suede

- Worked briefly for Pentagram

Influences

- Malcolm Garrett - fellow student at Manchester Polytechnic

http://www.images.co.uk/artists/profiles/malcolm.htm

Work - http://www.simpleminds.org/sm/people/mg1.htm

- Jan Tschichold - German Typographer & Book Designer

Info about him - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Tschichold