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Ramon Marin – Updated

Sep 1st, 2010

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Ramon Marin Updated

Design Ramon Marin

Work Credits

Produced at MadeThought:
Nike. Chelsea Fields, Firefly (unpublished)

Produced at Winkreative:
British Airways, IFCA

Produced at Studio EMMI:
Tate Britain

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Ramon Marin has just launched a devilishly handsome new portfolio website (set in SangBleu) which features a selection of old and new projects, the latter of which, I have generously featured here. Before you ask, I did try to secure some larger images but unfortunately I couldn’t – Ramon has his reasons (you know how complicated it gets with regards to authorship.) With that said, before I let you enjoy this post, if you do plan on featuring any of Ramon’s work on your blog/site please make sure you credit the studio the respective projects were completed at to keep everyone happy ;)

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Sep 1st, 2010

Dom Witter

Saw his work on his old site and its great to see more of his beautiful work on the new site.
Sep 1st, 2010

Luke

Absolutely stunning work.
Sep 3rd, 2010

Pete

It is nice stuff; must be said that some of that aesthetic should be credited to Ben and Paul? Well designed.
Sep 3rd, 2010

Craig

Nice one, I have been trying to re-find this designer for ages! lovely print work!
Sep 7th, 2010

Peter Chow

Oh no!! someone got in trouble! Half the work is gone….
Sep 8th, 2010

Olly

What happened to the Mulberry work?
Sep 8th, 2010

David

@Pete If you’re inferring that the aesthetic of the Mulberry work (when it was up) should be credited to Ben & Paul (MadeThought):

True, Ramon’s past experiences contribute to his craft (to a certain extent) but I think this All-Caps, flush left/right, centered treatment of Didoni (and other similar faces) whilst pioneered by MadeThought, was developed long before many of us were born. I’m sure we’ve seen something similar in one or more vintage design books!
Sep 8th, 2010

David

@Peter Chow @Olly It had something to do with confidentiality issues.
I have added some additional projects to fill in the gaps, but don’t mistake this as a way to pad out the feature, it’s all equally fantastic work!
Sep 9th, 2010

Luke

Hi David
Shame the Mulberry work had to come down – I agree that Made Thought can’t “own” Didoni all-caps. The Mulberry stuff has a more playful tone to it than the Est & Sons stuff.

Incidentally, it isn’t Didoni… The caps K, C and Q give it away

any idea what font it is?

Thanks for another superb post
Sep 10th, 2010

Ramon Marin

Hi guys,

Yes indeed there was copyright issues and I had to take it down, so have a look at Construct’s site instead, they do really good work.

David, I really don’t know what you on about. Mulberry work has nothing of the MT, and certainly I didn’t take their style for that job. aesthetic, They’d never use Ambroise (is not Didoni as you mentioned). The Mulberry work is far more idiosyncratic than the modernist cue of MT.
Sep 10th, 2010

David

@Luke The two faces do have some similarities though ;)

@Ramon Pete’s comment may have been referencing this type treatment for Est & Sons:

http://www.londondesignguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Picture-1.png

I’m certainly not saying you took their style (you know how much I am a fan of your work!) – maybe that part of your comment was aimed at Pete! I was simply explaining to Pete that yes, they may share some similarities, however the aesthetic of the Mulberry work shouldn’t be credited to MT for the reasons stated above. Hope that clears things up!
Sep 11th, 2010

Luke

@David – yea they’re very very similar!

I do agree with Ramon, its subtle differences give it a lot more personality. Although to suggest that the Mulberry stuff is nothing like Est & Sons is laughable… doesn’t take anything away from the quality of the work though

Stunning collection of work
Sep 27th, 2010

Pete

Hi; Sorry—having seen these updates, I can see the scope of your work has it’s own typographic merits beyond those of MT, not that I wasn’t aiming to cause distress by having said this in the first place.

Side note: I don’t ever remember Firefly in this packaging though?!