thisisgrey
@thisisgrey
Traditional futurist • Posting inspiring work • Designing brand and product since 1999
Self promotion — I did the rebrand of Comfy and I hope you like it. Great people, great product, fun project. thisisgrey.com/case-studies/c…




movingstudio.co.uk — Moving Studio (@MovingStudioLtd) gives a clean look to solid visual concepts and this is how brand is meant to be. Memorable concept simply executed. Sticky. Perfect.




studioroses.com — Studio Roses from Palma flew under the radar but they are fantastic. Very warm and elegant Spanish good look on everything they do. Superb.




dutch.scot — Good colour combo, type, illustration. What else am I missing? Good photo, layouts, systems? DutchScot have them all in abundance. These guys are masters of the craft.




unknown-untitled.com/en — Unknown-Untitled represent the epitome of round milenial futurism industrial and they are great. However, this reminds me that we should be switching to chunky, angular, clicky, angry industrial design.




trabuc.co — Trabucco Campos is a Pentagram man and forever legend with Mastercard and Glyph but he has so much incredible brand work we need to see and learn from.




phantom.land — Phantom is a London based creative technology company doing a lot on AR for big brands. That's a niche that works and this guys are doing it right. Big big.



23bis.ch/en — Zürich based ad agency 23bis is doing good work and clean messaging and they are super in the smaller projects.




regularpractice.co.uk — Regular Practice is London sharp, clean, and fresh. Great type choices and perfect art direction. Masters of the craft.




nomadstudio.com — Nomad show us the way for doing big serious branding with big teams. Extremely pro and that typography for Hotspurs is such a beauty.




needthinking.com — NeedThinking are a beautiful couple doing beautiful design and they got me with that. Lovely nice people with lovely graphics.


schick-toikka.com — Schick Toikka is a best kept secret foundry. Lyyra is perfect, Lateral is the one, and Edict is a classic. Buy those three typefaces for your next project. Yes, this is an order.




noideas.website — No Ideas do have lots of ideas and tons of good taste and that is the joke. But who cares, their stuff is fantastic. Very New York.




orgd.org — ORGD (Open Recent Graphic Design) exist in the design institution lab camp so there are ugly aesthetics and a lot of meta which is always fun, always new. Very much approved.




simongriffin.co.uk — Simon Griffin (@_simongriffin) is a classic master from a past futuristic era, I think he is spiritually german, and all of these things are good. 2000s clinical goodness.




davidrinman.com — David Rinman is an amazing art director and I think he reached genius level with that Nike and Fox football projects. Amazing amazing work.



reidarmester.com — Redar Mester create my favourite industrial design with lots of metal, screws, glass, and cyber brutality. Heavy, expensive, durable, beautiful. Lux metal.




arthurcalame.com — Calame Bureau is an small french studio working on type and books and their work is incredibly clean, clear, honest, and beautiful. Hard to top it.




miratsestudio.com/en — Mirat Studio wins the perfect vibes race. Right city, right clients, right colours, right words, and right typeface (Franklin Gothic).



Thought — Millennial branding is dead but we don't have anything better so we are trapped branding like it's 2020. Open discussion needed.