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New campaign for Generation Press launching soon (featuring a Bee-keeper, Fencers, a Galleon and a set of Twins...oh, and a skull)...
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We've just completed a lovely little project for Nokia.
A short film commissioned to show the benefits of 'Near Field Communication'. We commissioned 7 fresh upcoming illustrators to illustrate a script (written by Nicola Place & Nick Asbury) based on the potentials of NFC technology.
Design & Art Direction by Build.
Editing & Production by Build.
Contributing illustrators: Nina Cosford/Tom Edwards/Sam Falconer/Pete Gamlen/Sam Hawkins/Joe Luxton/Hannah Rowlands + Aaron Vohra.
Cat portraits by Jason Tozer.
Original music by J-VEN.
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Illustrators:

Nina Cosford.
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Tom Edwards.
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Sam Falconer.
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Pete Gamlen.
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Sam Hawkins.
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Hannah Rowlands.
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Aaron Vohra.
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As part of the project we produced a short film called 'ImageMakers' which is a sort of behind-the-scenes look at the illustrators we work with on the project. With additional commentary by me (Michael) & Amanda Moorby (D&AD) & Patrick Burgoyne (editor, Creative Review).
Watch 'ImageMakers' here.
Watch 'Nokia-NFC' here.

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Extremely happy with our first piece of livery for the new Generation Press van!
If you spot the GP van out and about, tweet its location to @GenerationPress using the #GPTweets hashtag for a chance to win a limited edition poster designed by ourselves for Generation Press!
Please excuse the crappy iPhone pictures, better ones to come.
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Swag in the newly designed GP Tube-Mailer.
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We've been working on an interesting new project for 'Close' an anonymous music collective. The website we designed for them has just been launched, see that here.
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Design/Typography/Photographic art direction by Build.
Photography by Benjamin Grillon.
Website development by Tom van de Velde.
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Custom typography—
As part of the project we designed a mono-linear-humanist typeface which will form the basis for the collectives identity.
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4 months in the making.
4 trips to Finland.
9 hours of footage edited down to 4m38s.
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Nokia N9 Journey.
Watch: (Long) / (Short).
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A short film commissioned by Nokia to be shown at Nokia World and a special event at The Design Museum. Documenting the design and the people behind the new Nokia N9 smartphone. Interviews conducted at Nokia HQ in Finland with the Nokia N9 design team. Factory scenes shot at their assembly plant in Salo, Finland.
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A Build Production
in Association with ShootMedia
Storyboard and Art Direction by Nicola & Michael C. Place
Directed and Edited by Elliott Cranmer
Direction of Photography by Adam Clitheroe
Camera by Alex Agopian
Post Production and Editing Aivaras Seduika
Original Music by J-VEN
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Stills photography (below) by Nicola Place/Build.
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A few months ago we were asked by GFSmith to design a Wallpaper* cover to celebrate the magazine's 15th anniversary. See above for our contribution. More about the project below...
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Wallpaper* has collaborated with GFSmith on a cover project that looks to celebrate the magazine's 15th anniversary. 15 designers or brands were approached to each create a special cover design, to be printed on Colorplan paper stock. Collaborators include Build, It's Nice That, James Joyce, MadeThought, Nike, and Spin...
"Wallpaper* asked us to commission 15 designers to each produce a 'celebrity' bespoke cover around the concept of Wallpaper* Famous for 15 years'," explains GFSmith's James Groves.
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"In the true sense of bespoke, using digital printing by FE Burman, each cover design was printed on to the stock of the designer's choosing from our Colorplan range," continues Groves. "FE Burman pushed the printing by using many different processes including multiple passes of white ink. The results show how choice of paper plays an integral part of the design process."