Companies That Are Synergetic To Me | Currently

Here Design

Here Design has been a favourite of mine since I found them in the middle of the first year. They specialise is branding, and they have mostly worked for the food and drink and retail sectors. These areas of design are ones that I am most attracted to, and I aim to concentrate on looking at a range of products to produce a branding project.

B&B Studio

B&B have a nice mixture of large and small clients, and commercial and private. Their work feels like it has been tailor made to the needs of the client, and that's why their work is so varied. That is a positive aspect to their portfolio, and I would like my work to be varied but work within one portfolio. They have designed for some well known brands and it's really interesting to see the brands from the other side in a portfolio and not in a shop.

Robot Food

This agency is based in Leeds, and are a team that I could have a real chance of working with, as they are based locally. The work is mostly commercial, but has a independent feel to it. The work fits the clients very well, and represents both the brand and Robot Food. I really want to concentrate on designing logo and identity for branding collateral, and Robot Food's work demonstrates this well to me, and so I keep going back to them for inspiration.

Re-public

Re-public are a Stockholm based company, and also design for the food and drink sectors, along with other small businesses. The Ipsen & Co project was something I saw ages ago and admired, and so it was interesting to see the design studio behind the work. Their work feel very handmade, with stamping techniques and the way the design has been applied and produced. I would like to make my own stamps this year and create work that feels handmade...and even though it will be handmade sometimes digital work printed feels very flat and 1 dimensional.

Heydays

I struggled to find the 5th company, however Heydays jumped out to me as a point of difference to the others I have presented. The green and eco friendly theme to some of their briefs really appeals to me, and if I can look at designing for an eco friendly specification then that would correspond to this kind of studio, or it could bring something new to a company that hasn't really considered this kinf of practice before. Lots of eco friendly work can look very commercial but this feels high end and well thought through. The web aspect corresponds nicely to the rest of the work at the bottom.