SeptemberIndustry Special – The International Office

Jun 25th, 2010
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SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

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Catalogue
Client: Adam Art Gallery

www.adamartgallery.org.nz

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

Hue & Cry Journal Issue 4
Literary Arts Journal, Publication, Posters
Client: Hue & Cry Journal

www.hueandcry.org.nz

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

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Posters
Client: Hue & Cry Journal

www.hueandcry.org.nz

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

Hue & Cry Journal Issue 3
Literary Arts Journal, Publication
Client: Hue & Cry Journal

www.hueandcry.org.nz

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

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Client: Catherine Griffiths

www.catherinegriffiths.co.nz

SeptemberIndustry Special The International Office

Design
The International Office

Six weeks in the making, this rather Special Edition of SI is a combination of two things: Firstly, it’s a showcase of recent projects completed by The International Office, a New Zealand based Multidisciplinary Graphic Design studio doing some really exciting work influenced by traditions of typographic rigour – big thank you to Duncan for the super, large images! In addition, I’m also delighted to announce the launch of their brand new website which houses a lovely selection of old and new work photographed in studio. Enjoy and have a great weekend folks.


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17 Comments

  1. Jun 25th, 2010

    Pete

    Awsome. Thanks for this! I’ve been waiting ages to see more of the International Office’s work.

  2. Jun 25th, 2010

    Marc

    Definitely worth the wait! The typography is on point!

  3. Jun 25th, 2010

    David

    @Pete @Marc Good things come to those who wait :) I have to say, I’ve been very intrigued by this studio ever since their Experimenta days – their work has a very classic, yet contemporary feel to it.

  4. Jun 25th, 2010

    Nitzan

    Great works ― That broken sans really looks like that Nerve identity that Trevor Jackson designed tho… 

  5. Jun 25th, 2010

    Daniel

    Gorgeous stuff. I don’t know what I like more: the work, or the photographs themselves!

  6. Jun 25th, 2010

    Xavier

    Awesome. Which typeface they are using on Hue & Cry Journal Issue 4 project? I’m very intrigued…

  7. Jun 25th, 2010

    David

    @Xavier I’ll get back to you with an answer shortly!

  8. Jun 26th, 2010

    Xavier

    Founders grotesk? (schoolbook set)

  9. Jun 26th, 2010

    David

    @Xavier I don’t think there is a schoolbook set… Then again, there might be, that we don’t know about… ;)

  10. Jun 26th, 2010

    The International Office

    Hey Xavier & David,

    The Beautiful typeface was drawn by the steady hand of Christian Schwartz.
    It’s ‘Graphik’ with the alt ‘a’.

    http://commercialtype.com/typefaces/graphik

    It’s a lot straighter than Founders, which is more ‘grot’ like. Both give quite different feels.

    We treat it like a modern version of Univers – that is it hides well most of the time (in text say) being quite subtle, but can be bought to attention if need be (for Hue & Cry 4 we used the alt ‘a’ and the Medium weight throughout for text, which is almost like a bold, and gives a little boost to the type). It was also quite nice to leave the spacing open for the larger size on the posters.

    @Nitzan thanks for noticing our broken sans, but we were looking at a lot of Weingart for that project, he is the master of distorting type, especially in a classic modernist/minimal way. Those old guys did it all first (and really well).

    The INTLs

  11. Jun 26th, 2010

    pat taylor

    Your portfolio is COO! Excellent typography!

  12. Jun 29th, 2010

    Phil

    The work is totally spoiled by using all the modern graphic design photography clichés.
    The quality of the photography is really good but it just looks like every students portfolio for the last five years. The design work is okay-ish.

  13. Jul 7th, 2010

    Havoc

    Well presented, but so Vignelli-Brockmann cliché. This stuff was cool in the sixties…and it works just because of the re-emerging modernist fashion.

  14. Jul 14th, 2010

    Morten Lassen

    This is really tasty! Just how graphic design should look like through my eyes.

  15. Jul 14th, 2010

    David

    @Havoc This interview may be of interest to you:

    http://www.aisleone.net/2008/intervista/intervista-experimenta/

    “Our work is more humanist than strict so we thought it was appropriate to name ourselves after Dutch designer Willem Sandberg’s Experimenta typographica. A publication that ran from 1943 – 1945 and started to break free of the modernist perfectionism.”

  16. Jul 22nd, 2010

    Jeff Iverson

    @David Isn’t that just typical academic designer post-rationalisation to make up for being really derivative and boring?

  17. Aug 29th, 2010

    pablo

    @Jeff

    boring by your subjective standards?

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