Category: Design

Quantum of Solace Hardback

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Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories is a stunning book designed by Angus Hyland and Fabian Herrmann of Pentagram that is a collection of Ian Fleming’s Bond short stories. Gorgeous.

Hyland created a cloth-covered hardback with cover imagery restricted to a silver foil-blocked image of Bond’s infamous Walther PPK (shown here with silencer). A subtle diamond pattern is debossed on to the boards, which combined with deep burgundy endpapers evokes the discerning elegance of Bond’s world. An embossed manila bellyband with typewritten cover information on the label evokes the official documents of the period.        

Suprb

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I’m back and feeling better. I appreciate all the “get well” comments. Thank you.

Anyway, it seems like the multidisciplinary design studio Suprb is finally back in action with a new site and a new partner. It was originally the brainchild of Andreas Pihlström but now it’s a two man team that includes Emil Olsson.

The duo just released a new site for musician Ben Lukas Boysen. Can’t wait to see what else comes out of this studio.        

Naturalis x5

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I try really hard not to post work that’s been heavily blogged about on other design sites, but sometimes I do make exceptions. This is one of them.

Rich Lyons, AKA Breakmould, is now working at Sea and he contacted me about Naturalis, a sexy new promo that they’ve just finished up for the UK paper company GF Smith.

The 24 page promo is printed on the GF Smith’s Naturalis Smooth Absolute White (330gsm/160gsm) and features Pearlescent foiling on the front and back covers. The launch is to be accompanied by a limited edition of 200 posters, also featuring foiled text.

The fifth in the series of ‘Naturalis’ from GF Smith features compelling photographs by celebrated Art Director Peter Saville and artist Anna Blessmann at the Tulis Russell paper mill in Fife.

Naturalis x5 is launched on November 5th in Manchester. Contact GF Smith for further details.

You can check out more photos of the work at my Flickr page.