Birmingham Contemporary Music Group is looking to appoint a design services agency to create all publicity material and design work for the 2009/2010 season, looking at the overall brand and design ethos of the organisation and maximising the impact of the communication products. This initial one year contract will run from July 2009 until June … [Read more…]
I have just caught up with new work by Currentstate – aka illustrator and designer Jane Anderson (who I briefly mentioned in a post about the ‘Girls Who Draw’ exhibition. Jane’s work is graphic and modern, in a bright and breezy way. She is currently working on these retrotastic illustrations and cards: Past clients include: … [Read more…]
A few weeks ago I set out an idea for a CiB charity project involving a design competition resulting in the production of a limited edition CiB t-shirt which will raise money for a Birmingham based charity. Now, two weeks on, I have done a bit of research, taken on-board all of your suggestions and … [Read more…]
Birmingham based band The Destroyers are looking for someone to re-brand their image to co-inside with the release of their first full album. The 15 piece band have recently collaborated on a composition with The Dohl Blasters for the re-opening of Birmingham Town Hall, and have also been commissioned by Flatpack Festival to create new … [Read more…]
Thanks to D’log for pointing out the Birmingham connections to two of the designs featured in the Royal Mail’s British Design Classics (PDF) set of stamps. The Supermarine Spitfire, designed by RJ Mitchell, was produced in Castle Bromwich. The Mini was first produced at Longbridge in 1959. (Reminder – vote for Created in Birmingham DAILY … [Read more…]
Mezzetty was established in 1999 by Martin Donnelly from Birmingham. Mezza V4 showcases simple Photography combined with Graphik Design and Typography Martin Donnelly is from Clusta.
James Griffin is a 22 year old graphic designer working out of this fair city. He’s running a great blog called CMYKern picking up on bits of design that catch his eye, just the sort of blog I have a large soft spot for (they’re great for adding colour to your RSS reader). The scope … [Read more…]
Fluid Design tend to fly a little under my radar most of the time. Locally, they’ve done the branding for the Fierce and Plus Design Festivals as well as the upcoming Hello Digital. Or maybe it’s that my radar doesn’t reach to where they work – their client list includes Sony Electronics, Capcom, UBI-SOFT, Electronic … [Read more…]