Zim+Zou Paper Sculptures

I was researching market drawings for 'Farm To Market' advice and came across the work of Zim and Zou from France. Beautiful paper sculptures of retro items. Imagine what can happen when you start to get in to your work and let it spark you in different creative directions like this? See more here: http://www.zimandzou.fr

Bob Gill

Bob Gill is an important graphic designer. He came to England from America in the 1960's and completely revolutionised the industry with idea-lead work. He is now in his eighties and still going strong. He has published eighteen books over the course of his career. Check him out.

His website: http://www.bobgilletc.com/

Interview: http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature.php?id=18&fid=534

'Game Over' by PES

See more films from this incredibly inventive animator at: www.eatpes.com

Daniel Eatock

http://www.eatock.com/ - daniel eatock (born 1975 bolton, UK) is an artist and graphic designer who lives and works in london. A graduate from the royal college of art in 1998.
 
Make/Think: AIGA Design Conference October 8–11, 2009

Stefan Sagmeister

STEFAN SAGMEISTER (1962-) is among today’s most important graphic designers. Born in Austria, he now lives and works in New York. His long-standing collaborators include the AIGA and musicians, David Byrne and Lou Reed.

• Design Museum
• Wikipedia
• http://www.sagmeister.com/
• Live + work With Stefan Sagmister

Milton Glaser

 Milton Glaser -- born 26. 6. 1929 in New York, USA

Jamie Reid

Jamie Reid (born 1952) is a British artist and anarchist with connections to the Situationists. His work, featuring letters cut from newspaper headlines in the style of a ransom note, came close to defining the image of punk rock, particularly in the UK.

• http://www.jamiereid.org/
• wikipedia

Storm Thorgerson

Led Zepplin - Houses of the Holy (Pre-Photoshop)

 Storm Thorgerson (1944) A Royal College of Art student, Founded Hipgnosis with Aubrey Powell in 1968. Many of his designs are notable for their surreal elements. He often places objects out of their traditional contexts, especially with vast spaces around them, to give them an awkward appearance while highlighting their beauty.

100 Best Album Covers, ISBN 0789446154

A Momentary Lapse of Reason (Pre-Photoshop)

• http://www.stormthorgerson.com/
• wikipedia

Syd Barett - The Madcap Laughs (one of my favorite covers)

Peter Saville

Ever since his first work for the fledgeling Factory Records in the late 1970s, PETER SAVILLE has been a pivotal figure in graphic design and style culture. In fashion and art projects as well as in music, his work combines an unerring elegance with a remarkable ability to identify images that epitomise the moment.

• More on wikipedia
• What the Design Museum says