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The Designers Republic

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The Designers Republic, founded in 1986 by Ian Anderson has produced iconic work for a number of high profile clients including Adidas, Coca Cola, EMI, Orange, MTV and Warp Records. Based in Sheffield their style remains recognisable twenty years on.

Alex Trochut

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Alex Trochut is a young designer working in Barcelona. With a love of illustration and type he has already worked for clients that include The Rolling Stones, British Airways, Channel 4 and Nike. Alex is certainly a designer with a bright future ahead of him.

simple and effective. this is by david sparshott good use of type and image.unusual way of promotion. dan mumford this poster was designed for a university. this piece almost shouts out to be looked at and contains impact imagery.

Using strong imagery, with such bold colours and hand-drawn type, this is classic Neasden Control Centre. The red overprinted triangle at the bottom gives a great texture and stands out really well.

Based upon a nowhere place in the UK - Neasden Control Centre was set up in late '99 working on walls, screens and almost everything in between. Home to Churchill's lost bunker, the tea cup poisoner, Noggin the Nog, the worldâs tallest man and Twiggy amongst others. NCC are located in the upper left particle of the core zone and currently on a mission. NCC has exhibited widely across the globe, has had work published in many international magazines and recently had their third book, "Lost Control", published by Die Gestalten Verlag.

robert hanson

robert uses a great colour scheme, beautiful composition and clean lines in his piece, loosely based on Berlin

Robert works increasingly in illustration, making work that is simple and restrained with an element of humour to it. Recent commissions include Running Amok, Artlink, Doggerfisher, The Guardian, John Brown Citrus Publishing and Tiny Showcase.

Supermundane lives and works in London and is part of the new era of the multidisciplined creative. He has become known as an artist, art director, typographer, illustrator, graphic artist and writer. His graphic art depicts a utopian world of organic shapes and beasts, displaying hope, melancholy and beauty, and has been exhibited worldwide. His work for Sleaze and Good For Nothing magazines, took his pared down, hand produced aesthetic to a wider audience. He has produced work for Playstation, Orange, Hoegaarden, Colette, New York Times, Liberty, Juliet Lewis and the Licks and is currently Art Director for kids magazine Anorak.

Holly Wales:Holly's 'Class of '72' recreates a yearbook defaced with marker pen, using black ink over a very dark grey, and a burst of shocking pink too. The more you look at the faces the more you see.

Holly explores a variety of subject matter through self-initiated and commercial work for a range of international clients. She systematically experiments with materials and subject and enjoys work which has a story to tell.