OUGD502 | STUDIO BRIEF 1 | RESEARCH

To begin my project, I need to research into some designers that really appeal to me and have a similar style to what I want to progress onto.

Tyler Spangler:

http://tylerspangler.com/
Tyler Spangler is a Californian artist that creates various posters and iconic imagery. His work is extremely eye catching and has its own signature style.

His work is very colourful and resembles a postmodern aesthetic. He seems to use a lot of vector artwork which is similar to my own style. It would be interesting to interview him, but as I want to send something hand made, it would be expensive and time consuming to contact someone in America. 

Kate Moross: 

http://www.katemoross.com/

Kate Moross is a UK based designer. Her work is well known within the industry and she has a varied portfolio. Again, she looks to use a lot of vector artwork which is something I am confident in. 

Her work is something I'd admired for quite a few years, so I think sending her something would be worth it, because you never know if they'll reply or not! She focuses heavily on typography and bright, bold colours, and this is something I'd like to enhance within my own practice.

Spin Studio

http://spin.co.uk/work/all-work
Spin studio is a studio that I've only heard about recently, as they featured in the Computer Arts top 30 UK design studios, though looking through their online portfolio I recognise a lot of their work. They have a very sleek style, but are also quite experimental and like to push boundaries.

Duo

http://designedbyduo.co.uk/projects/
Duo are a Leeds based design company that specialise in branding. There's only two members of the company, so they are quite small scale. Branding isn't something I've done a lot of, and I'd like to possibly look into more. It would be a good opportunity for me to contact Duo, as I  can possibly meet them face-to-face as they are extremely local.

Glorious Creative

http://www.gloriouscreative.co.uk/work/

Glorious Creative are a design studio based in Manchester. They create a lot of brand identities and focus a lot on re-brands. Looking at their portfolio, they undertake large projects with lots of various collateral. They recently collaborated with The Tate to create the signage and information for the exhibition. I like this studio as they're very professional and create sleek looking work for big clients, and I'd be interested in talking to them and finding out about their design process.