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Annual Isobel Christmas card, featured in the D&AD yearbook. Paul Thompson, photographer; Dave Alexander/Rob Fletcher, creative directors.
Poster from a campaign advertising the Antarctica Exhibition, which won Creative Circle and Association of Photographers awards. Paul Thompson, photographer; Dave Alexander/Rob Fletcher, creative directors; Natural History Museum, London, client.
Poster from a campaign for the Natural History Museum that won both Creative Circle and Association of Photographers awards. Paul Thompson, photographer; Dave Alexander/Rob Fletcher, creative directors; Natural History Museum, London, client.
Part of a print and online campaign for Responsibletravel.com. David Stewart, photographer; Dave Alexander/Rob Fletcher, creative directors.
Part of a print and online campaign for Responsibletravel.com. Jason Hawkes, photographer; Dave Alexander/Rob Fletcher, creative directors.
One from the national “Love Food, Love Denby” campaign. Jess Koppel, photographer; Dave Alexander/Rob Fletcher, creative directors; Denby, client.
One of five Isobel portraits for an in-house campaign. Paul Thompson, photographer; Dave Alexander/Rob Fletcher, creative directors.
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Duration: Isobel launched in 2003. Staff: 24. Education: Yes—and still learning. Cultural Influences: Many and in no particular order: London—beautiful, buzzing, culturally diverse and creatively stimulating; our families (the four partners all have daughters called Isobel); 12" vinyl; Horatio Nelson; Apple; Bart Simpson; BBC News Online; the 1980s; Creative Review; ginger nut biscuits. Environment: A quirky lift takes you to the top of a classic red-brick ‘Fitzrovian’ London building. Being at the centre, we look out toward London’s edges. Calm and chaotic, noisy and peaceful, it’s the place we like to work. It’s where we get creative. Philosophy: We strive to provoke intelligently.
If we want to speak to people, we need to know their language. In order to design for understanding, we need to understand design. — Erik Spiekermann
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Adrants had a mention about this, um, "safe driving" spot from Ireland. Titled "The Mess," we can't say that we've ever seen anything quite like it.
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Next time you're congratulating yourself on your unique personal style, we have one word for you: Exactitudes. (Thanks Sam.)
Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel are lecturing at the Fashion Institute of Technology the evening of November 20. We're unsure what they'll be lecturing about; however, it's extremely likely that they'll be interesting.
Sunglass Hut already had a nice site; now that it has an e-commerce component it's, well, even better.
Yesterday, AT&T announced the public beta of VideoCrawler—a Web app for searching organizing and sharing online video and multimedia content. Odd, we thought it was already in public beta.
Making its way around the Internet, a beautiful but sobering TV spot by Lowe Roche Toronto for the ALS Society of Canada.