OUGD402 - Study Task 01 - Getting to know people

Within a small group I conducted research on Hey studio.

Hey studio is a Spanish studio based in Barcelona. Founded in 2007 with the idea of transforming ideas into communicative graphics. Hey specializes in brand identity and editorial design. Hey also experiments with illustration and opened its own online store in 2014 to share their illustrative prints. Hey experiments with typography, geometry and bold colours. Hey encourages one-to-one relationships with their clients taking care of every step of the design process.

 

As well as my group there were other small groups that researched other design studios. When we had all researched we presented our research in small presentations. This is what I learnt about the different studios we had to research:

AHxHA Studio

Established in 2011 by Carolina Cantante and Catrina Carreiras, AHxHA is a Portuguese design studio that works worldwide. AHxHA ensures that it has a close relationship with its clients and focuses on naming and identity work, as well as advertising, new media, retail and product design.

Sagmeister & Walsh

Sagmeister & Walsh is a New York design studio founded by Stefan Sagmeister who was shortly joined by Jessica Walsh. They focus on brand identities, web design and app design. Sagmeister & Walsh consists of just four designers, which allows them to have a close relationship with their clients.

Heydays Studio

Heydays studio is a Norwegian design studio that focuses on brand identity. Their style follows the format of clean Scandinavian design. Each of Heydays designers works directly with their clients to ensure easy and tight communication throughout each project.

Lust

Established in 1996, Lust consists of 16 designers. Based in the Netherlands, Lust focuses on print work and book design as well as architectural graphics. Lust has studios in two locations with design teams of 8. Lust tries to push the boundaries of design.

Studio Dumbar

Studio Dumbar was founded by Gert Dumbar back in 1977. Studio Dumbar was the first Dutch studio to go international. It focuses on branding and producing work for passion not profit. They produce work for non-profitable organisations. Their work is abstract in design and ahead of their time. The work originally produced at the start of the studio’s life still looks modern and current.

Build

Build is a four-man studio founded by married couple Michael and Nicky Place. Build focuses on brand identity and art direction. Their clients are typically design-led allowing the studio to produce work they are justifiably proud of.

Elmwood Studios

Elmwood studios are Leeds based and established in 1997. Elmwood studies on branding and identity. The studio also has its own brand of tea. Elmwood is proud to be the world’s most effective brand design consultancy having won the International Design Effectiveness Awards more times than any other business.

Face

Face is a Mexican studio founded by Rik Bracho and Ricardo Tejada in 2006. Their work is supermodernist and they focus on developing honest branding. Face works across the world and is always committed to producing quality work.

Dessein

Dessein has been operating since 1987 when Geoff Bickford and Tracy Kenworthy, now directors of the studio, founded it. The two founded the studio immediately after graduating from college. Their work is simplistic and eligible. Based in Australia, Dessein brings its clients produce that has been especially developed for the client’s values and what they represent.

Wolff Olins

Michael Wolff and Wally Olins founded Wolff Olins in 1965. Wolff Olins partner long-term and work at pace to ensure that they create better brands and better businesses. Wolff Olins is located in four major cities; London, Dubai, New York and San Francisco. Wolff Olins work is abstract and bold and has designed work for major brands such as the mobile network EE and The National Lottery as well as designing the 2012 Olympic logo.

Bleed

Bleed is a design consultancy based in Oslo and Vienna that focuses on creating identity through art direction and graphic design. Bleed tries to challenge today’s conventions of art and visual language by representing a mix of cultures and disciplines. Bleed follows a unique manifesto; be different, take chances, share ideas, have fun, believe the hype, move in directions, be nice, keep learning, collaborate and bleed for the revolution.