I’m a big fan of the band The National, so when I got a call to do a gig poster for them, I was very excited. This wasn’t to be a poster that would hang on the streets, but would be more of a commemoration of the event, for sale at one concert only: at […]
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I was happy to be asked once again to do another poster for The National. This time they were playing in my home town of Vancouver at the Orpheum. The 3-light-condition design of the first poster was hard to beat, but I’ve always wanted to print on a mirrored surface, so I worked with Jake
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Each year, Print Magazine publishes the winners of their Regional Design Awards. I was asked to create the cover, a title page and 6 separate opening pages for each region. The cover is built off the structure of the PRINT logo. The title and the regional pages are built off a grid based around the
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Marian Bantjes’s first complete monograph, revealing the astonishing range of her graphic design, typography and illustration over the past decade. From a remote cabin off Canada’s Pacific coast, Marian Bantjes has created a unique visual language that combines typographical craftsmanship, illustrative flair and personal observation. Her generous approach, meticulous attention to detail and wit have
Shiseido Inoui ID 2002ShiseidoTokyo Inoui ID is a long established brand. Shiseido felt like the visual identity needed a refresh. We designed the logo and a complete typeface that was used on packaging, advertising and in-store graphics, in collaboration with Shiseido’s in-house design team. The typeface uses simple forms, elegantly drawn to reflect both a modern and feminine look. Source; https://barnbrook.net/work/
2004Mori Arts CenterTokyo Branding for a cultural organisation situated at the top of Roppongi Hills in Tokyo. It is made up of 5 subsections: Mori Art Museum – a contemporary art museum, Tokyo City View – an observation gallery, Roppongi Hills Club – a group of clubs & restaurants, Tokyo Sky Deck – a conference centre and Roppongi Academy Hills – a business
2007ShiseidoTokyo Barnbrook were asked to create a new logo for Shiseido’s men’s fragrance Zen. The final mark uses the same letterform for the Z and the N to symbolise simplicity. It is drawn using a serif form to give a timeless, classic feel. Source; https://barnbrook.net/work/
BOOK DESIGN 2022 South London Gallery London Open Plan is a long-running public art program by the South London Gallery, in which they run community-led arts projects with the residents of local housing estates. We worked with the gallery on a comprehensive book summarising the project so far. The design reworked commonplace graphic elements from
COP21 2015BrandalismParis In collaboration with UK group Brandalism, 600 ad spaces at bus stops in Paris were hijacked. ‘Official’ adverts for brands including Total, Mobil and Volkswagen were replaced with fake ones criticising the companies’ environmental credentials. Source; https://barnbrook.net
go itself is ‘developed’ from the negative space of lettering in a way that parallels developing film in a darkroom, with multiple alternates of each letter representing the stages of that process. Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick 2016Somerset HouseLondon Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick was an exhibition of art inspired by the master film maker. It showcased 50
