Archive for June, 2009

O:MAN magazine

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Art direction and design for a new bi-annual men’s fashion supplement presented free with the Observer; O:MAN is the men’s edition following the success of O: women’s magazine; an on-going project, now coming into its third issue.

O:MAN, Issue 1
Cover photo: Juergen Teller
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O:MAN, Issue 2
Cover photo: Stefano Galuzzi
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Art direction and prop styling:
Photography: Anouk Schneider
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Art direction and prop styling:
Photography: Chris Brooks
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A View on Harvard GSD

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Book design for a publication showcasing the work of architecture students and faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Over 700 pages, printed on uncoated stock, with silver foiled edging, and restrained design.

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Art direction and design: Liz Muller and Ben Palmer
Creative direction: Tank

Tank Turns Ten

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

2008. Art direction and redesign of Tank magazine coinciding with its tenth anniversary. In addition, a Tank pop-up shop was set up near Carnaby Street, and the must-have anniversary party, which, I failed to attend due to my inexplicable laziness.

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The party invite
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The pop-up shop release
TANKPOP

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

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Christian Lacroix

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Look book design and layout
All photography: Terry Richardson
Creative direction: Tank

Spring/summer 2007
Story-book format with linen cover and foil-blocked logo
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Autumn/winter 2007/08
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Spring/summer 2008
A2 poster format, printed both sides
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1895

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

An ongoing editorial design project for Swarovski’s employee magazine, a modern-day “Werkzeitung”; published quarterly in English and German. A4 size, uncoated stock used throughout, cover features a different design and print treatment each issue, dependent on theme.
*European Award for best designed internal magazine in 2006

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Tank magazine archive

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Illustration for a feature written by Palash Krishna Mehrotra, about an exceptionally enterprising auto-rickshaw driver.

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Tank magazine archive

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Art direction for a still-life shoot, for the the spring/summer 2008 issue, together with the in-house photo collective, Studio88.

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Tankbooks: Tales to Take Your Breath Away

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Book layout and packaging design for a series of books to coincide with the nationwide ban on smoking in public places in the UK, and sold on the same day the ban came into effect on July 1, 2007. Designed to mimic cigarette packs, complete with flip-top cartons, silver foil wrapping and sealed in cellophane, all in the service of great literature.

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Art direction and design: Liz Muller and Ben Palmer
Creative direction: Tank

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G8, or Make Poverty History

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

An exercise in non-violent resistance; the charity Make Poverty History invited Tank to produce a kind of “memorabilia” for the main participants of the 2005 G8 summit, (Tony Blair, Paul Martin, Jacques Chirac, Gerhard Schröder, George Bush, Junichiro Koizumi, Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi).

Eight books were designed with personalized names on the front page, while inside, a letter of concern and over 700 pages of staring faces, sent in from people the world over, a message that the world is watching them.

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Creative direction: Tank

Tank Book Too

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

2006. Cover design, illustration and book layout for this “best of Tank magazine” compendium, and follow-up to Tank Book One, which was designed like an oversized cigarette packet, hence the matchbox reference for this second volume.

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Art direction and design: Liz Muller and Asger Bruun
Creative direction: Tank