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Ruth Rowland works on the new Bill Wyman logo for his official web site.
Ruth says "The development stage included a range of hand rendered styles, from handwriting akin to his own signature to this wilder version of his name using a dry brush to create a distressed, edgy mark. Combined with the designer's bold background and retro photo, the lettering makes a powerful impact on the music legend's homepage."
Our super talented Kate Forrester was asked to illustrate this gorgeous cover, ’Poetry Please’ for Faber and Faber. A master at hand crafted typography, Kate creates a beautiful flowing feel for this title, perfect for a collection of poems.
Kate Forrester is represented by The Artworks
Ruth Rowland works on the lettering for the limited edition Fourth Doctor Time Capsule for the BBC.
This luxury product aimed at the dedicated fan, celebrates Tom Baker and the 50th Anniversary of the Dr Who TV series, with a limited run of 5,000. Ruth Says "The box itself is designed to look like a Gallifreyan artefact and with this in mind, I was asked to create both English and Gallifreyan lettering for the DVD covers. This involved some very enjoyable research, looking at stills from old Doctor Who episodes and discussing the appropriate feel and layout of the two different alphabets with the art director. Once printed the title had the added bonus of only being legible once seen through the coloured disc provided." (Watch the video). The box set is 'lovingly put together' and full of Tom Baker goodies.
Ruth Rowland is represented by Illustration ltd.
Here’s Oscar Wilson’s brilliant t-shirt design for Coca Cola and Rock Corps South African School programme.
Rock Corps is a volunteer programme that will be going to 24 townships in the Gauteng Province (Johannesburg and Pretoria) South Africa, inspiring teens to do amazing volunteer work in these communities.
Oscar Wilson is represented by Debut Art
Helen Lang works on several product and packaging concepts for the Tesco finest* range.
Commissioned by P&W London, Helen created the hand lettering for three dipping oils and rapeseed oil. She says "The brief was to make it look hand rendered as though someone had created their own infusions and written on the labels as a home cook would do." More products with Helen's work will be released soon.
Helen Lang is represented by Illustration
Frances Castle was commissioned to design another set of illuminated letters to celebrate this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival. Following on from the success of last year's Festival campaign, The Guardian asked her to illustrate three letters inspired by the theme of time and quotes by Margaret Atwood and Iain M. Banks.
Frances' illustrations can be seen at The Guardian's Spiegeltent on umbrellas, deck chairs, canvas bags and beer mats.
Frances Castle is represented by Arena
Cool agency Adam & Eve DDB, commissioned a series of fun 48 sheet posters for their client VW. These were based on comic strip styles of the past. Pastiche was the perfect artist to do justice to the concept and the illustrations have been entered for the awards at Cannes this month. Pastiche is represented by Phosphor Art
James Brown was commissioned by Abacus to create a commemorative jacket for the classic 'Master Georgie' by Beryl Bainbridge. In celebration of their 40th Anniversary Abacus are reissuing 18 of their best selling books, each with a specially designed cover. James Brown is represented by New Division
Ruth Rowland successfully uses her skills on this promotion for the Simple Minds upcoming tour.
She says "This three dimensional bust was created for the Simple Minds' The Greatest Hits Tour this April. I was commissioned to develop the lettering, working with a range of different marker pens, then scanning and fitting the script to a photo of the head. It was built up gradually until the final image was approved. It's surprisingly tricky to keep the lettering looking raw and not overworked - this vernacular lettering is influenced more by Outsider Art and hand drawn ephemeral signage than by traditional calligraphy. The designer sent over images of the scrawled graffiti on Jim Morrison's grave and the Abbey Road sign as the inspiration for the piece - the fumes from the markers probably helped a little too....there are also plans to use it on the related album which has yet to be released." Ruth Rowland is represented by Illustration Ltd
