Our first shop from Ireland, Atelier David Smith is a two man shop, obviously one of those fellows being David Smith, the other, Oran Day, both working out of Dublin. Beautiful finish on the printed pieces, wonderful use of type.
Albert Folch Studio
Albert’s living in beautiful Barcelona and putting out all sorts of high-end print pieces. Blind embossing and foil-stamping abound! Budgets be damned!
Akroe
Akroe is the portfolio of Étienne Bardelli from Paris. Some great work, and you don’t even need to know French (though it helps).
Hello Hello
Hello Hello is Stephen Crowhurst. Motion, fashion, illustation, packaging, textiles, ceramics, surfaces, toys, print. The man does it all. And he does it all well.
1 kilo
Didn’t have to dig too deep in the ol’ bookmarks for this one today. Only the products have descriptions in English.
Jemma Hostetler
Jemma’s updated her main site with some newly commisioned artwork. You can also view her work on her other sites: Prate and Studio Sans Nom.
A Practice for Everyday Life
Go on and visit the studio of APFEL. You’ll find some highly conceptual work with an aesthetic that just fits right for the content.
Joshua Darden
He started designed type at 15 and was recently named one of Print Magazine’s top 20 young artists under 30. He’s worked with Eric Spiekermann, Christian Schwartz, Jonathan Hoefler, and Tobias Frere-Jones. He’s an adjunct professor at Parsons. I don’t know where he finds the time to design all these amazing typefaces. Have a look at some of his type here.
Ian Lynman
Ian’s got a great sense for type and his printed pieces show great craft and polish.
Blue River
Not even a word about the studio or its philosophy over here, just some tight work, most of it collateral for theaters.