Beer brands don't get bigger than Budweiser, so when they approached Malika Favre and asked her to design their limited edition summer packaging, she jumped at the chance. The all American brief, saw Malika taking on the iconic lady Liberty in her signature bold, minimalist vector style. The results are so good they just make us want to grab a beer.
James was commissioned to create a series of 3 posters of Toyota’s ‘Cricket Tech’ as part of their sponsorship of England Cricket. The artworks were to resemble the drawings commonly seen in the development of their cars.
With the launch of a special edition of Pimm’s this summer, Mother London asked Paul Thurlby to create artwork for the new bottle.
The flavour in question was Strawberry (with a hint of mint), which along with the British countryside, Paul used as his inspiration for his illustrations. Twenty signed prints were also created for the campaign, which will be given away to promote the launch.
Ascot are using Helen Friel's paper cut images to promote event days in their calendar like The Prince’s Countryside Fund Raceday and appeal to people who are not traditional racegoers. The traditional nature of paper cutting emphasises Ascot’s heritage but the bright colours and modern style appeal to a new audience.
A particular hit which landed on desks and screens early this year was the stunning work that Jordan Metcalf created for Advertising Age’s “Top Ad Campaigns of the 21st Century” issue.
Jordan was commissioned last year to create the cover, ebook cover and two badges for online use to support the realise of the issue. The team at Advertising Age were looking for a very modern and future oriented approach to the typography, well ask and you shall receive.
The issue contains the top 15 ad campaigns of the 21st Century along with behind the scenes stories of how the ground breaking BMW Films were created, how the guerrilla tactics of American Legacy Foundation’s Truth campaign inspired, how The Man Your Man Could Smell Like and a Subservient Chicken showed how much fun interactivity could be and why PC vs Mac made comparative advertising not only palatable, but entertaining.
Young artist Jamie Bradford worked on a series of illustrations for an on online campaign for Merlin. His unique pencil style captured perfectly the magic and mystery the client wanted to achieve.
How do you follow up a TV spot featuring Hollywood legend Harvey Keitel? You commission Gavin Reece. Gavin worked with the team at MRM Meteorite to create the fabulous ‘Fixers’ who are being featured across Direct Line’s DM campaign.
Garry Walton was delighted to be asked to illustrate Carling’s global print and outdoor campaign. Garry was asked to create a quintessentially British illustration to market the lager overseas.
One sunny Friday back in September we spent the day in an unimposing field with Jean Jullien. Armed with a RED camera, a selection of pens and one brightly coloured Hawaiian shirt, Eoin & Angus unleashed their cinematic minds with the aim to create a film that captured Jean's work and his process and of course, his striking personality.