Charlotte’s creative projects include York University Freshers’ Week 2012 branding and publicity campaign, a set of autumn wedding stationery and most recently, the logo and website for the Mat Davis Foundation. We wanted to find out more about Charlotte’s progression from design student to professional freelancer and web-developer… Tell us about yourself- when did your graphic design journey begin? I’m a graphic/web designer and self-proclaimed design addict. I love designing all sorts of things from logos to posters but... CONTINUE READING

No Entry Design is an artist whose multi-disciplinary work ranges from typography to graffiti. The talented designer specializes in many areas including print and web design, photography, photo retouching, and hand-painted signage. No Entry Design’s portfolio features projects such as the full branding of Brooklyn’s Sweet Chick Restaurant and original illustration ‘Its the thought that counts’, an alternative Christmas message emblazoned across a wine bottle. The creative journey of No Entry Design is a fascinating one, beginning with a... CONTINUE READING

The team’s recent collaboration with Angie’s Kettle Corn stood out for us in particular, with the brand update also displayed on Behance.net. Here we explore Sam’s graphic design journey and the inspiration behind Soulseven… Tell us about the work of Soulseven? Soulseven is the name I use for freelance creative pursuits. It consists of myself and other creative folks that I might partner with on a project. Soulseven has always been secondary to my agency work, but is a... CONTINUE READING

Exploring his bold, vibrant illustrations it isn’t surprising that Nigel also once won a silver medal from the New York based Society of Illustrators. At GraphicDesign.com we were inspired by this fantastic designer, and wanted to feature a collection of his work. With this in mind, we asked Nigel Buchanan to let us know more about himself, and the inspiration behind these brilliant creations… Tell us about yourself – what influences the style of your illustrations? I live in... CONTINUE READING

At graphicdesign.com we relish the opportunity to showcase inspirational talent and wanted to find out more about the work of Carl Rylatt. We chatted to Carl, exploring both his graphic design journey and, this fantastic new font… Describe yourself and your work? I’ve been a designer now for about 13 years, I started off designing club flyers and posters, as I think many designers do, for no money, again as I think many designers also do! I’ve always been... CONTINUE READING

Riccardi takes a keen interest into each client’s case, maximizing his role as Memo’s lead designer and strategist within the studio. With a portfolio that covers identity, hospitality, publishing, packaging and more, Memo offers a distinctive, design style. At GraphicDesign.com we particularly like the bold logo of Tarry Lodge and the vibrant vision their Sugar and Plumm collaboration conveys. Amongst other pieces, the branding of Pizzeria Mozza has been one of Memo’s most recent successes. We spoke to Douglas... CONTINUE READING

These include; branding typography, car design, Chinese artwork, pastel drawings and t-shirt design. Biernat’s portfolio can be seen over at both Behance and Dribbble where he displays a striking selection. Inspired by this, we asked Biernat to explain his design journey so far… Tell us about you and your design style? I have been a graphic designer for several years and am mostly self-taught. It was art classes at school that helped me decide what I wanted to do.... CONTINUE READING

For the uninformed, an ambigram is a word, art form or other symbolic representation, whose elements retain meaning when viewed or interpreted from a different direction, perspective, or orientation. There are various forms of ambigrams including rotational, mirror-image, chain, symbiotograms, 3-D and perceptual shift among others. The earliest known non-natural ambigram dates back to 1893 in works created by artist Peter Newell. Newell published two books of invertible illustrations, in which the picture turns into a different image entirely... CONTINUE READING

Dugal realized Le Chasseur’s design dreams via his work for them creating its brand identity. Business cards, menus and a slick logo are just some of the components of this branding project. We spoke to Dugal, finding out about the designer himself, and his vision for Le Chasseur… Tell us about your recent collaboration with ‘resto-bar’ Le Chasseur in Montreal, Quebec Le Chasseur is the result of a great complicity between the owner, Mathieu Ménard and I. What is... CONTINUE READING

But as Medusa evolved Espinoza moved beyond his original inspiration, adding elements such as redrawn ornate capitals, swashes and ligatures and a set of small caps “carefully designed to produce an all-cap setting that is stylistically harmonious with the classic copperplate script,…” As Espinoza explained in our interview, certain facets of calligraphic typefaces that lend them their beauty and grace can be compromised in the translation from calligraphy to typography, a fact that Espinoza was particularly mindful of in... CONTINUE READING