Design

Following on from our blog post all about our favourite design-led Twitter accounts, the creative design team has put together a roundup of Instagram accounts for creative inspiration.

The photo and video sharing app is not only a place to be social and share memories with friends it’s a great place to get visual ideas and see other people’s way of creative thinking. With everyone from emerging artists to make up brands taking advantage of the platform there are so many different ways to get involved and inspire visual content.

Lucia Litman

Aren’t we always told not to play with our food at the dinner table? Well, try telling that to Lucy, a food stylist (can we be one of those!?) who keeps her thousands of followers updated with fun photography projects matching foods to their corresponding PANTONE colours.

Stephen Mcmennamy

Combophotos are the brainchild of creative director, Stephen Mcmennamy. Using two images paired together to make a cleverly composed single image. Rather than using stock imagery, the photos are something that Stephen goes out and shoots himself, making you appreciate the time and effort of this Instagram feed even more.

The Daily Splice

Adam Hale is a collage artist who makes hand rendered pieces using London’s free magazines. He takes them out of context and splices them together – hence the Instagram name. All set on the same back drop it makes for hours of endless scrolling of cleverly composed images.

David Wolkse

Working in a digital world it is always enjoyable to go back to basics and create inspiring visuals using traditional methods. That’s exactly what letterpress artist David Wolkse does, he experiments with various fonts and colours to create layered typographical prints.

Casey Ligon

Lettering artist Casey has an Instagram feed that is full of inspiring images for font and calligraphy ideas. She also uses everyday objects like chalk, flowers and even ketchup to cleverly create fancy written quotes.

Kat Von D Beauty

This beauty brand deserves a special mention because the layout of their Instagram account must be meticulously planned. Best appreciated on a desktop, images are laid out to create a rainbow feed seamlessly blending hues from purples and pinks to blues and greens.

I Have This Thing With Floors

Who would have thought an account dedicated to images of feet on the ground would make for inspiring viewing. Of course, each of the photographs included are on a beautiful background of tiled floors with pretty patterns.

If you’re not already, make sure you check us out on Instagram to see what we get up to!

Need help with Instagram Marketing? We can help you grow brand awareness and introduce products – Contact us. 

Penguin Modern Poets was a series of poetry books published by Penguin in the 1960’s and now, over 50 years on, in 2016, the collection has been revived.

Featuring a new generation of poets the series is aimed at both ‘seasoned poetry fans’ and ‘urious readers’ alike. Along with a roster of 21st century poets, the books have been given a 21st century design update.

Original cover design

Designing the original covers would have been a hard task as each book contains poems from three different poets which would be hard to portray in a single image or illustration. The original covers opted for a negative photographic image which was created without a camera by Peter Barrett, Roger Mayne and Alan Spain.

The final image created gives the impression that it could have many meanings which wouldn’t be pinned down to one particular poem. The overall effect it gives is one of calmness, until the tenth volume when Alan Spain broke the mould and injected some colour and stand out to his designs. The tenth edition was aimed to target the younger generation who wanted to associate themselves with the new ‘performance poets’ of the time.

Timeless and approachable design

Moving into 2016 the purpose of the new covers is to ‘create a timeless and approachable design’ says Tom Etherington, designer of the books. The new designs are stripped back with simple type and colour combinations. The bold titles name each of the poets involved in that volume. Colours were inspired by fruit pastels and as they evolve throughout the series will create a rainbow of spines on a bookshelf.

They are aesthetically pleasing, simple and elegant using beautiful colour, clean lines and simple type. Classically Penguin. The New designs are perfect for all varieties of poetry readers but for those newcomers wanting to join the world of poetry is doesn’t give you a preconceived idea of what is to come as you delve inside.

Twitter is not usually the first place people look for visual inspiration; its 140 characters usually define it as a place for musings and words. After all, they say it themselves.

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and coworkers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages.

Surely if you are looking for inspiration from social media you would head to Instagram or Pinterest? Well, one of the wonders of the World Wide Web is that little treasures can be found in every corner.

Here the Design Studio share their favourite design-led, creative twitter accounts they look to for inspiration, that offer something different in a place of words.

Firm believers of quality over quantity this post will be updated as and when new discoveries are found!

Cinema Palettes

(@CinemaPalettes)

This visual twitter account takes stills from famous films and puts them together with colour schemes for that scene. Our favourites include the candy floss infusions of Edward Scissorhands and the desert hues of the 2016 release of Mad Max.

Magazine Wall

(@MagazineWall)

Showing us print is not dead, Magazine Wall posts the front covers of a host of magazines, from mainstream Vogue to Japanese Brutus. It’s dangerous for endless scrolling of print inspiration.

One Minute Briefs

(@OneMinuteBriefs)

Designed to challenge the creative community, One Minute Briefs has one rule, to create an Ad in one minute. Each day a new brief is published with creatives getting involved to fulfill the brief. It’s a bit of fun to get the creative juices flowing with some great (and sometimes not so great) results.