Ginger Monkey (Tom Lane) is a graphic designer and illustrator living and working in UK.

Tom Lane is passionate about what he does- this is what he says about his work:

I live and breath design and Illustration. It's more than simply a job to me and each new client can take my creativity into new areas. Ultimately this can lead my life down new paths, to new challenges and a greater understanding of myself and my ability. I find thinking about the future very exciting.

Clients of Tom Lane (aka Ginger Monkey) include: Sony Ericsson, Mercedes-Benz, Coca-Cola, BMW, Miller, Vauxhall and many more (the whole list can be found on his profile page.

"Spirit"


"Extrovert" (print can be purchased here).


"Anxiety"- Another experiment, this time treating type to try and express the feelings associated with our understanding of the word displayed (cited from GingerMonkey's website).


Posters and illustrations for Miller Freshtival Tour.


Identity for BABE- Bristol Artists Book Event

Labels: book, graphic design, identity, poster, print

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Works by Norwegian designer- Robin Snasen Rengard.

Works for Godt Valg environmental campaign caught my biggest attention. Very good concept which is implemented perfectly. Each of the images communicate clear message with minimal effort- brilliant work!







Oslo Fashion Week. Each of works created for marketing of this campaign follows the consistent patterns but at the same time preserves their individual, original character.









Typographical illustration for Beautiful Decay Magazine

Labels: advertising, branding, font, Norwegian, poster, typo, typography

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A-Side Studio- Graphic Design and Illustration Studio

Cited from A-Side Studio:
We do ID's, tees, books, magazines, murals, posters, surfboards, skateboards, all the while freely jumping the divides between image and product, design and art, the flat page and the moving image. (...)
Complexity with simplicity, decoration with purpose; good design will always end in us understanding one another better.

Graphic design work for Port Eliot Festival:


Works for Cornwall Film Festival:




Backside of a booklet created for The Combined Universities in Cornwall


Selected logotypes:

Labels: graphic design, logo, poster, typo, typography

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Promotion of young talents is important, especially if the talent is exceptionally good. Adam Koniuszewski is a Polish graphic designer and illustrator who is living and working in UK. He is available for freelancing, long-term contracts and full time hire so you might get a chance of getting him to work for you. I have selected 3 works which well present his style.

1. Poster design- "Come find yourself"


2. Poster design- "Love can damage your health" // it can but doesn't necessarily have to ;-)


3. Design of a flyer


There are more Polish artists and designers I have already mentioned in my blog- if you're interested in Polish design then check out my other posts:
Marek Mielnicki- tasty web design
Studio K- small design design studio from Poland
Khomatech- Karol Lasia
Some of my works
Tomasz Opasinski- poster genius
Evolved.pl - Kacper Spala's beautiful works
Hejz.com - Peter Jaworowski
Hellocolor.com- works of Pawel Nolbert
Maciek Blazniak's illustrations
Maciej Mizer- mosk.pl

Enjoy!

Labels: design, illustration, Polish, poster

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It's going to be the longest post in the history of Blastyle blog with the biggest number of works. If you read it through you will see works of not one, not two, not three but FOUR graphic designers!

Their works are completely different and it was a hard decision for me to put them all together into one post. Anyway, I decided so here it is.

I have stumbled upon the website of Unseen Agency and got fascinated by some of the works I have seen there. I've selected 4 artists out of 10 associated in the Unseen Agency, then selected 2-3 works which best illustrate their talents and skills and now I'm presenting them for you. Here they are:

1. Nick Deakin. Clients: The Guardian, Orange, New York Times, Virgin, Computer Arts Magazine.







2. Ben Javens. Clients: MTV, Digital Arts Magazine, The Guardian, Static Caravan, Capsule. And here is his page at Unseen Agency.







3. Alice Stevenson. Clients: G2, Volvo, Telegraph Magazine, Art Angels, Coutts Magazine. And here is her page at Unseen Agency.





4. Matthew The Horse. Clients: The Guardian, PlanB Magazine, Venue Magazine, The Economist. And here is his page at Unseen Agency.

Labels: graphics, poster, typo, typography

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Polish graphic designers are really talented- I said that many times before but I will say it one more time now. I already wrote about some Polish artists (Maciej Mizer, Maciej Blazniak, Pawel Nolbert, Peter Jaworowski, Kacper Spala, Jan Felisk Kallwejt). Now it's time for Tomasz Opasinski- graphic designer who succeeded in being one of the most popular and productive poster designers in Hollywood movie industry. His posters worked as advertisement for so many famous movies- at first when I browsed through the Tomasz Opasinski's portfolio I couldn't believe that all of those posters could be done by one person. The movies that were advertised by Tom's works include "The Fountain" (directed by Darren Aronofsky), Disney's animated "Cars", "I am Legend" (starring Will Smith), "Bandidas"(starring Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz), "Hulk", "Memoirs of a Geisha" and many more. Tomasz Opasinski has received many awards for his works: Guru Award on PhotoshopWorld conference in 2002 (category: "collage"), 3 Golden Web Awards given by International Association of Web Masters and Designers and many more.

In one of the interviews Tomasz Opasinski says that posters' industry is really hard and that it's not only about Photoshop and graphics. One needs to have the ability of thinking strategically, talking with the customers and this is really hard to do in Hollywood's business. He also admits that work of poster artist in Hollywood movie's industry is difficult because of the amount of work that has to be done in relatively short time.

The most exciting part of Opasinski's portfolio is the "evolution" where you can look at what was the starting point of the works (mostly posters) and the final version after all the layers, details and colours were added. It reminds me of the "before" and "after" known from the commercials of dietary programs :).. But here such a comparison really makes sense and gives the idea about how much work has to be done to achieve such astonishing effects. Below you can find 3 examples I have selected- please visit Tomasz Opasinski's website to have a look at more of them- the collection is really huge.

IMAGES PRESENTING POSTERS DELETED ON REQUEST OF TOMASZ OPASINSKI.

Apart from commercial works made for Hollywood movie companies it is also worth mentioning that Tomasz Opasinski created many interesting experimental works. The amount of details present in those pieces of art is incredible- Tomasz has said that it's really a great experience if you look at the work printed to fully appreciate the complexity of the elements and colours. The images below do not have the satisfying resolution but still you can get the idea of how beautiful they have to be. It's not surprising that Tom is an Adobe Certified Expert and a member of American National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Congratulations, Tom!

Labels: advertisement, graphics, idea, poster

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Toko is a design studio established in Rotterdam in 2001, but now operating in Sydney (from 2006). Toko concentrates mostly on the print design- book & magazine design, identity, posters etc. If you visit the portfolio you would quickly realize that there is a very big emphasis put on the importance of typography.

Many of the prints are very original because of the experiments made on the typefaces. In this way the works fulfil the most significant role- they really stand out from the crowd.

Labels: design, font, poster, typo, typography

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Believe me or not- I really do not read any Polish design magazines/blogs. It's not my fault that there are many good designers living in this beautiful country and they are present in the international design blogs and websites.

I don't remember exactly where I first encountered the works made by Kacper Spala. However, I remember that it was this beautiful black and white photo manipulation that you can see in the picture number 1. The amount of details and the perfection of this image is stunning and I couldn't take my eyes away from it.

kacperspala.com is a neat portfolio where you can find more works related to the photo manipulation, abstract art, posters and corporate id. Enjoy!

Labels: graphics, photography, poster, t-shirt

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Radim Malinic (aka Brand Nu) is the graphics designer based in UK.

I've found the works that you can see above extremely interesting so I decided to write a couple of lines about him. Radim has had his works published in books, magazines, posters, CDs' and DVDs' covers. His techniques combine layers of photography with colourful elements.

Labels: cd cover, colour, design, illustration, poster

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hejz.com

Another Polish designer, I won't count how many of them already got their own post in my blog. Is it my fault that they create amazing works and that they are popular in the designers' world? I hope you will agree with me that the works presented above are worth looking at and presenting here in my decent blastyle blog.

Vivid colours, amazing shapes and lines and care for details- in short about his style.

In his portfolio you can find advertising and branding works that he made for international companies. He did many works for Nokia and Nike, but other companies and organisations include Fanta, Unicef, Oakley, British Airways. He also designed a some music album covers (in portfolio you can find the cover for the album of Polish hip-hop artist, Pezet).

Peter Jaworowski works currently in Ars Thanea, creative studio based in Warsaw.

Labels: album cover, cd cover, design, graphics, illustration, poster

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Poster 1:


Details:


Poster 2:


Details:


Not much to tell you about these posters. The simplicity of colours and nicely contrasting white shapes made of music notes and lines creates amazing effects.

The authors of these works work for the Advertising Agency: Scholz & Friends based in Berlin.

I digged that design out from adsoftheworld.com

Labels: event, music, poster

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Andrio Abero (33rmpdesign.com) has got some really nice works in his collection- for more check out his website 33rpmdesign.com. He was collaborating with some musicians and in his portfolio you can find his posters and album covers.
His studio 33rpm was started in 2000, currently Andrio is working in in Brooklyn, New York (real gangsta, huh)

Labels: album cover, cd cover, design, poster, web design

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alextrochut.com

Alex Trochut is a talented Spanish designer specializing in illustration combining with extremely original typography.

Two of the works presented above is just an example- to gain the full view on his artworks please check his website. You won't regret it- you can find there many examples of illustrations, posters and other works.

Labels: logo, poster, typography

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jonathanyuen.com

The way his portfolio website looks is really impressive- check out the way it is supposed to be navigated. The composition, animations and care for details- it really makes me love this site.

Jonathan Yuen is especially into typography and illustrations but he also present some nice posters, too.
100% blastyle design.

Labels: illustration, poster, typography

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iso50.com/iso50.html

Scott Hansen is an American designer from California. His works resemble the "retro style" of the 70's- big patches of colours, very often faded colours and what is important- the style. I recommend especially some of the cd covers and posters- you can buy a print out of many of his works on the webpage.

Scott Hansen is also a musician under moniker Tycho- check his music on tychomusic.com

Labels: cd cover, poster, retro

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