New C4 stings

A nice refresh and very relevant to what I am trying to do for my GoTv brief. I like the way the 3D style motion reviles both the station logo and programming information quickly, but unhurried in feel. A very polished piece of work. Made by http://www.ruddstudio.com/ I will post up more of there work soon because there is quite a lot of quality motion graphic stuff they are making.

(via Creative Review blog )


Channel 4 Branding 2010 from ruddstudio on Vimeo.

Daniel Hernandez type design

I cant fint too much about this guy exept that he is from Chile and is making some interesting desplay typography. The style is very much over the top and exaggerated but all his faces have great detailing and and up to date edge that would make them very usable in design for club flyers, posters or t-shirts etc.

This is Hernandez bold, a very bold and flamboyant slab serif that is designed with many variations for each letter, there is 6 lower case versions of 'a' for example!

This is Roxy, An even bolder slab face far more geometrical in feel. I have seen a few fonts like this in style this year, but this one just seems far more carefully crafted. Its CAPS only unfortunately but for a font so bold, its amazingly still legible in quite small sizes, I think this is because each letter has a well thought out distinct shape. Again it has a great vibrant feel to it.

A few other nice ones as well on behance, all with an element of fun to them
http://www.behance.net/danielhernandez

kyle Poff portfolio

A great portfolio of type based work, (more to be written)

Kyle Poff

Enter the Void motion typographic

I came across this via Creative Review  It starts off quite normal but builds in typographic intensity. An amazing sequence of great type treatments.

Its the titles for a film but I am wondering is this style could be used in my GoTv stings, its direct and arresting, which is what I want to achieve for this brief.

Direction from Alpha Road

I met with Tom from Alpha road yesterday and now have a much clearer idea of the design direction they are after. They are interested in a clean aesthetic with limited use of colour and a strong use of typography.

Tom pointed out a few pieces in some books I brought from him to look at,

These pieces Tom liked both have a smiler colour pallet of golden reds and white, also both use large type.

They are also interested in investigating what format the CD couple be packaged as and I thought this is a great idea to use a poster or large fold out to hold the CD, potentially fairly cheap as well. Down to me now to start designing!

Music Graphics research

I have Just come across the work of Non-Format and it has blown me away to be honest. Usually when I check out a studios portfolio there is only one of two pieces of work I really love but Non-Format have produced a vast amount of amazing work. It is exactly the sort of work I wish I was making, and looking at their approach to various briefs will be an incredible help for my own brief to design for a band.

Just a few of the works that wowed me,


David Bowie poster, nice use of custom type and clever use of mixing desk sliders to represent information.

Milky Disco Three, Again great use of custom type as image

Just amazing, Smoke, rabbit, explosion, I might as well give up now: (click to enlarge)