OUGD402 Study Task 01 - Getting to Know People

On Thursday the 8th of October we were given the task within a group to research and do a 3 minute presentation on a given design studio. My group was given Sagmeister & Walsh. 

We had to cover:

• Who they were
• Where they are based
• What do they do 
• How do they do it
• What makes them unique

As a group we decided to split up the questions and I chose to answer how do they do it. 

This is the link to our groups verbal presentation: SAGMEISTER & WALSH

This is the visual presentation that we showed: SAGMEISTER & WALSH PICS

We then went on to watch the rest of the class's presentations, these are some of the things I picked up on:

AHHA STUDIO:

• Founded by Carolina Cantante & Catarina Carreiras
• Personal and tangible
• They work closely with clients
• They use basic shapes and primary colours - makes them unique - abstract
• Broad clientele
• Experiments that become successful
• Very international

HEY STUDIO:

• Small studio
• Founded by Veronica Fuerte
• Based in Spain - Barcelona
• They specialise in brand identity, editorial, typography
• Colour is a huge influence
• Pencil sketches are taken into illustrator to be developed
• They have better client relationships because they're small
• Worked with clients such as apple, vodafone etc.

HEY DAYS:

• Norwegian, based in Oslo
• Focus predominantly on brand identities
• 6 designers 
• Minimalist, Scandinavian style is evident
• Subdued colour palettes

LUST

• Founded 1996
• 16 Designers
• The Hague, in the Netherlands
• They use traditional print work and book design
• They created the LUSTlab which links digital with physical design

STUDIO DUMBAR

• Dutch
• Loads of awards
• Branding online/offline
• One third of there work goes unpaid - majority is for non profit
• Abstract, geometric, complex typography

BUILD

• Originally based in London but moved to Yorkshire
• Internationally recognised
• Branding and identity
• Type orientated 
• Simple
• Limited colour

ELMWOOD

• Founded 1997
• World's most effective
• Created their own design tools
• Have their own tea and beer brand
• Very serious about sustainability
• International design studio
• Bold
• Contemporary

BLEED

• Based in Oslo and Vienna 
• Won ED award
• Identity focused
• They take aspects of architecture and reflect in their work
• Everything from the company is used in a form of creating some sort of design

FACE

• Super-modernist design
• 10 Designers
• Work locally - in Mexico
• Music a very strong influence
• Honest branding

DESSEIN

• Based in Australia 
• Broad range of work
• Clean, fresh and modern
• Illustrative
• Incorporate photography
• Diverse cultural background

WOLFF OLINS

• Making a brand last forever is their focus
• Studios all over in busy capitals
• Positive social impact
• Employ diverse people
• High profile logo

Looking into these design studios was really interesting and I know that I will reflect and take inspiration from when doing certain projects. I will probably also look into more depth individual projects so that I can learn how experienced designers work.