Well Gallery, London College of Communication
Elephant & Castle
London
SE1 6SB
I did ring back the week beginning with the 20th but both times Alan was busy which is understandable. I was then busy with my FMP the week after but I shall continue to try and contact him to try and see him with my work :)
In this card for The Chase, the sum of the stamps conveniently amount to the cost of first class mail. It's cleverness is in the simplicity and that's when you know it's good design.
The Chase work in many different ways, they design…
· Logos & symbols
· Branding
· Literature
· Promotional Items
· Posters & Calendars
· Exhibition & Outdoor
· Stationary
· Books
· Packaging
· Screen
I think this would make working at the company fun and exciting as you get to work in different ways for different projects. You can be more creative and adapt to different ways of designing.
Their logo designs are very clever, a favourite being the logo for Leaf Street.
The client is an environmentally friendly housing association in Northern England. A leaf becomes a row of houses, which then becomes the logo. With all their logos, they look simple but are all clever in their execution.
Their work instantly interested me and when we got given a list of briefs to choose from for the D&AD student awards 2009, I chose a Direct Mail brief for Crisis. It was a brief unlike any others that I've done and also one of the hardest.. but I'm very proud of the end result.
I've emailed them as I'm very keen to get a portfolio viewing but I'm still waiting for a reply. I know that I'm aiming high as they one of the best in the country, but if I had to choose a practicing design agency that I could relate to the most, The Chase would be the one. As I've mentioned in my Issues and Practices piece of text, I'm not going to give up trying to contact them, maybe email just isn't the best way of trying to get in touch with companies anymore.
