The lovely magazine Self Service Magazine got a new website.
With all back issues available for viewing.

All pictures from Self Service website.

Senior Graphic Designer & Illustrator Rejane Dal Bello has been based in The Netherlands
since 2004. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, she began her career working for renowned
branding & design companies in Brazil.

After her BA in Graphic Design in Rio de Janeiro, Rejane went on to study under
Milton Glaser at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She completed a MA at Post St
Joost Academy in The Netherlands in 2006. During her MA, Rejane joined Studio Dumbar,
a graphic design studio that has established a unique position in the Dutch Design scene.

Rejane is currently a Senior Design at Studio Dumbar, as well as a member of the faculty
of Post St Joost Academy, where she teaches Graphic Design and Creative Process.

All pictures from Rejane Dal Bellos website

Alexander Lis is an graphic designer/visual communicator currently based in Frankfurt am Main/Germany. Educated in communication design at University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt. Since graduation he has worked at different places like Neubau (Berlin), Bergmannstudios (Frankfurt), Sara de Bondt Studio (London) and Pixelgarten (Frankfurt).

All pictures from Alexander Lis.

Tom Darracott is an independent designer and art director.

After studying an MA in Visual Communication at Saint Martins, Darracott joined the design studio Village Green, where he worked across the spectrum of graphic design, ranging from corporate branding to 3D illustration.

Clients during this time included: 032c, Becks, Fabric nightclub, Granta, Nike, Nokia, Sony and Sky. Whilst at Village Green he created work that collected various awards including Images of the Year in The British Journal of Photography and Best in Book in the Creative Review Annual.

As of April 2011, Darracott now runs his own practice creating works for screen and print.

Follow Darracott on Twitter

All pictures from Tom Darracott.

Hampus Jageland — Graphic designer, art-director and creative thinker.

With just two years in the industry, his experience includes work at Saatchi & Saatchi in Sweden, Blue Marlin BD in both Sydney and London, The Creative Method and Maud in Sydney.

All pictures from Hampus website.

Studio8 Design is an award-winning independent graphic design studio with a reputation for delivering intelligent and engaging creative solutions. Based in central London, Studio8 was established in 2005 by Matt Willey and Zoë Bather.

All pictures from Studio8 website.

Yesterday I recieved an email from Eike König from HORT telling me that HORT would update today with 12 new projects. HORT is a favorite studio of mine, and it's nice to know good people are following the blog.

All pictures from HORT.

Atipo is a small studio located in Gijón (in the north of Spain) set up by two partners in beginning of 2010. After working in other studios they wanted to make a more personal project that allowed them to develop work from other perspectives, and be able to freely combine all the disciplines they love, such as typography, photography, illustration and video.

All pictures from Atipo.

Teacake is something quintessentially British, inventive and conscientious. We love visual organisation, people, places and the idea of creating a tangible interaction with those who see our work. This has subsequently led to us having a strong affiliation with design for print and a passion for typography inspired by time spent working or the direction of Typographer Ewald Spieker in Amsterdam. Our partnership is based on a mutual love for all things creative and an ambition to be able to whistle while we work every day of the week.

All pictures from Teacake.

Blonde Redhead is one of my all time favourite bands.

I liked their minimalistic quirky design for the release of their previous album '23'. But with the new release of 'Penny Sparkle' and following single 'Here Sometimes' and all the other merchandise for this release they blew me away. It's one the best designed series for an album release I've seen in recent years. Beautifully handcrafted typography.

Today I found out it's Triboro Design, the husband and wife team of David Heasty and Stefanie Weigler, who designed both 23 and Penny Sparkle. Triboro creates design solutions for clients in publishing, art, fashion, music, lifestyle, and for cultural institutions.

The studio excels both in building inspiring brands from the ground-up and in shepherding established brands into new territories. Triboro’s partners have won numerous industry awards and their work has been featured in publications and exhibitions around the world.

All pictures taken from Triboro's website.

The Rumpus Room work with wide variety of clients to develop innovative social entertainment across a multitude of platforms. After working on several projects with Bibliothèque they approached us to design their new identity.

The diagonal stem of the R is the basis for a dynamic ligature logo. This becomes a flexible holding device for an array of visual expressions, from a simple field of colour to full motion video.

Project made by Bibliotheque

All pictures taken from Bibliotheque's website.

Martin Nicolausson is a swedish illustrator / graphic designer based in London.
He was one of the winners of ADC Young Guns 2010 .

All pictures taken from Martin Olausson's website.

BachGärde is a creative design agency from Stockholm, Sweden, with focus on communication. They are profoundly involved in the whole process from the very first idea to the final result. Thanks to a broad international network, they offer full service solutions for both well-established companies and up and coming brands. Regardless of form, fashion, lifestyle, art or culture, they strongly believe communication is a crucial part in brand building and concept development, both for individuals as well as for companies.

This is what they say about the redesign of New Edition:
The magazine New Edition represents an idea, an idea about free word and questioning the prevailing ideals and values. This must obviously be reflected in the graphic design. The magazine's style is inspired by the early asymmetrical typography which grew strong in Switzerland and Germany in the early 50 century. This style, the asymmetrical, began as an antithesis to the symmetrical, classical, typography, and questioned the values that existed for so long. Why! was the basic idea. Why do you have justified text? Why do you use serif typeface in body text? Why must the text size be of a certain size? The classic typography wanted to see the answers as obvious, but it turned out that it was not quite so simple. The new typography had also logical answers to the questions. Justified text increased problems and contributed to " rivers" in the text unless it was done right (this problem actually exist still today as the automatic hyphenation is not optimal).

That san-serifs would be more difficult to read is in many ways a myth. It is first and foremost with the habit of doing. If today's young people learn from an early age to read san-serif in body text, the eye gets used to it. etc.

Typography, form, should therefore in a similar way highlight a genuine desire to discuss and question current values, thereby creating an antithesis to the form that today are represented in today's newspapers. Instead of being linked to something genuine, todays form are often more rooted in economic values (where the idea, like fast food chains, is: we just give the reader what it wants! Challenging the reader and take responsibility for the creative development is not something we care about!)

All pictures taken from BachGärde's website.

Jakob Nylund is a Hyper Island graduate from Crew 9. Jakob has always been a fantastic talented designer. He's currently working for North Kingdom, in Stockholm, Sweden.

However, recently it is his suprb photography and short-movies that've caught my and many others attention. He seem to master many styles, and have a great eye for details and situations. His photos has a very strong presence and documentary feeling to them.

All pictures and videos are taken from Formconspiracy & Vimeo.

Heydays is an Oslo-based multi-disciplinary design studio specialized in printed media, creative direction and graphic design. They work within a wide range of projects, from corporate identities, interactive websites, magazines, books and packaging. They strive to find a balance between idea, function and aesthetics in each of their projects.

All pictures taken from Heydays' Flickr.

Modern Publicity is a London-based design consultancy established by Ken Leung, the founding Art Director of Monocle magazine.

All pictures taken from Modern Publicity's website.

Beautiful book design for Hans Ulrich Obrist's Conversation Series by M/M Paris.
Via But Does It Float.

All pictures taken from But Does It Float's website.

Toko is a multifaceted creative practice committed and driven by passion.

Formerly based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and since 2008 permanently operating out of Sydney, Australia. It's creative output can be appreciated through their extensive portfolio of work realized for both national and international clients in a diverse range of fields.

Toko's founding members, Dutch designers Eva Dijkstra and Michael Lugmayr, are educated and brought up in the rich Dutch-European culture of design and art. In line with those traditions Toko's philosophy and creative process follows a distinctive conceptual approach in which critical thought, experimentation, and potential collaborations are key.

Concepts are derived from extensive research to develop contemporary, distinctive and coherent design solutions often challenging it’s visual application, playful, unexpected and minimalist.

All pictures taken from Toko's website.

Michael Freimuth is an art director, designer and illustrator based in New York City. In addition to working full-time as an art Director at Tender in Manhattan, he is the creative director at large for Chicago-based Proximity Magazine and the design journal, Matériel.

A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Michael has worked with some of the top design agencies in the world; his clients have included Converse, IBM, Motorola, Microsoft, Nokia and Puma.

In 2008, Michael received the New Visual Artist Award from Print Magazine, a recognition given to the top 20 designers under the age of 30.

All pictures taken from Michael Freimuth's website.

Ideas, visual communication, illustration, photography and creative direction from the western edge of Scandinavia to the world.

Since 2005 Grandpeople have worked with a wide range of clients, from big multinationals to start-ups making up for in aspiration what they lack in money. No matter the client, all have shared a desire for singular design and a unique expression for their vision.

All pictures taken from Grandpeople's website.