Studio Brief 01 - Reflective Practice - Getting to Know People

AHXHA

• Lisbon, Portugal based, but look forward to work with the rest of the world.
• created in 2011 - started as an experiment by two friends at university (Coraline and Catarina)
• the work they produce is very personal and tangible.
• work closely with clients, filtering their ideas, inspiration and motivations into fresh, engaging and compelling brand messages

HEY STUDIO

• small studio founded in 2007, Barcelona
• specialise in brand identity, editorial design and illustration
• "Love geometry, colour and direct typography"
• proclaim they have "attitude not style"

SAGMEISTER AND WALSH

• based in New York
• specialise in signage, website design and typography
• use lots of social media sites to communicate their work
• unique designs, inspired by 60's pop art

HEY DAYS

• based in Norway, Oslo.
• specialise in logo, visual brand identity, web design and interface design.
• made up of 6 designers.
• minimalistic - woodwork.
• commercial based.
• connect to audiences through Instagram.

LUST

• founded in the Netherlands, 1996
• 16 studios
• focus on traditional print, abstract/experimental/architectural graphics
• lust lab - research lab - focuses on how the digital age has changed design, but uses it a spread positivity and use the internet to promote and design

STUDIO DUMBAR

• studios in the Netherlands, South Korea and China.
• third most awarded design outfit - out of Apple and Pentagram
• online branding
• non-profit
• controversial designs
• "our style is that we don't have a style"

BUILD

• based in UK
• specialise in branding and identity e.g. Nike and Microsoft 
• type orientated 
• simple - limited colour pallet 
• 4 designers
• soon to open a physical shop

ELMWOOD

• formed in 1997
• studios in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Leeds
• won International Design Effectiveness Award
• created own design tools
• serious about sustainability
• commercial packaging - contemporary design

BLEED

• based in Norway, Oslo
• "create identity and experience through concept development, art direction, graphic design and service design"
• everything is created from the form/shapes/parts of the companies - base designs on this

FACE

• formed in Monterrey, Mexico - 2006
• "supermodernists"
• focus on identity, music, branding and web design

DESSEIN

• formed in Perth, Australia - 1987
• broad designs
• "effective, clean, clear, fresh, modern, colourful and contemporary"

WOLF OLINS