The word multidisciplinary is something of an understatement when it comes to describing Fold7. So how does this London-based agency maintain quality while working across so many areas of design? The secret is to always keep your eye on the brand.
Joe Russ talks to the prolific Niko Stumpo, aka Abnormal Behavior Child, about his characters, fish-like lips, skateboarding and Hanazuki, his new hybrid studio space and shop.
In the short while Mindflood has been around, it's built up an enviable reputation for creating imaginative websites laced with fun and good humour. "The thing that ties it together," they tell Jason Arber, "is never taking ourselves too seriously!"
Having chosen London's East End as the home for their design studio, sisters Nicole and Petra Kapitza are bringing a fresh new approach to book design and typography.
Since they met at the RCA in 1999, the multi-lingual, multi-national and multidisciplinary Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek have become designers sans frontières. Mark Penfold meets the design team selling its work, and squirrels, to an international audience.
When film production duo Hammer and Tongs needed help to promote a -inspired film, they called in Preloaded. Rob Corradi tells us about and the artists who drew.
By blending influences as diverse as traditional woodcuts and modern pop culture, Japanese design agency Loworks has created a unique aesthetic. Jason Arber peers beneath the kooky artwork and uncovers an active obsession with quality.
It took two years and a change of name, but Notting Hill's most cosmopolitan studio has made the transition from graphic all-rounder to moving image specialist. Mark Penfold asks the three founders about fate, film and the future.
Illustration, product design, typography and brand identity all feature in the portfolio of cover artist Pascal Duval. "I want to create a language that is made to grow with its client and its surroundings," he says about his broad range of disciplines.
A decade and a half ago, Margaret Thatcher was in power and GTF was just getting started. Graeme Aymer meets the mature design studio searching for a certain type of client.
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