June 19 2009 | 1:36 pm

Ornament Is Crime

Were just in the process of completing the re-brand for Yorkshire Artspace who are opening more sites and needed a more cohesive identity and website. We’ve been working with celebrity snapper Duncan Raban on his branding and website as well as spending time driving his vintage FIAT SPYDER down Kent country lanes. Were fine tuning and rolling out more work for the Architecture Foundation. We’ve recently been commissioned (yesterday) to design London based DMA architects new website. We’ve just sent the artwork of photographer Andrew Buurmans ‘Allotments’ book off to the printers in Italy - it’s looking really good especially if you like vegetables.

Also….

MIMA asked us to brand this years Art fair which is curated by Richard Slee and involves a few broken ornaments. I’ve got to dust off my shell toe Addidas and start work on the UK Hip Hop exhibition that Urbis are doing. We’ve been naming and branding a web developer that specialise in Social Networking for Social change. Still knee deep in purple with Warp Records and have been busy finding suitable car parks and a derelict tower block for their 20th Anniversary event in Sheffield. Toddla T is starting a new label called Girls Music and were art directing things fresh off the back of his new Radio 1 show.

We’ve still not found a designer to join our team despite the fact that it feels like the transfer merry go round at the moment with designers getting hired fired or available for loan signings.

Busy summer ahead. Wish us luck.

June 8 2009 | 5:33 pm

Arcus

We share our building with all sorts of people: Painters, fabricators, designers and even archaeologists. Arcus are Sheffield University’s archaeology department and happen to be just across the way. They came to us asking for a simple printed leaflet to promote who they are and what they do. So we did something that feels like the earth that they spend ages digging up to find all sorts of interesting stuff.

May 27 2009 | 12:58 pm

Red Lion

We recently posted an identity we produced for a restaurant called The Old Post Office. The same client took on another project and asked us to produce a new mark for the newly designed Gastro pub The Red Lion. We comissioned internationally renowned calligrapher Peter Horridge to illustrate the lion. The mane, reminiscent of steam, is culinary nod to home cooked tasty british classics!

May 25 2009 | 3:36 pm