Robert Montgomery

On his website, Montgomery describes his work-style as 'poetic and melancholic post-situationist'. This is a fitting statement; the choice of words in his creations evoke emotion and make you question the reasoning behind each piece, perhaps wishing to discover a harrowing tale or sincere personal account.

His bold use of typography and a type of dialogue he describes as 'part poetry, part enquiry', photographed beautifully in a series of intriguing locations, produces some truly incredible imagery.

He has been known to take-over advertising space, using the platform often used to sell pointless and unnecessary products to publicize his views on them, encouraging the audience to also question what is really important.

The above images are from his collection known as 'Recycled Sunlight' - where he has created signs using solar-technology, where it charges throughout the day and is recycled at night.

Although all of his typographic pieces are beautiful, it is his bold neon-based signs that I am drawn to the most:

Personally, there is something reminiscent of American Ed Ruscha, who is another personal favorite.

Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha

The imitable jelly-mongers: Bompas and Parr

Bompas and Parr, for those of you who don't know, are two friends who combine architecture, cutting-edge technology, Victorian history and plenty of imagination to create the most spectacular food 'experiences' known to the culinary industry. 

Sam Bompas and Harry Parr

Some of their incredible creations include: a giant chocolate waterfall, a sensory rabbit cafe - with actual rabbits, 'flavor tripping', a scratch-and-sniff cinema and a futurist aerobanquet.

One of their most famous projects - The Architectural Punchbowl, saw 4,000 liters of Courvoisier cognac cocktail fill an indoor architectural punchbowl where visitors could raft across the room, race remote-control boats or just drink the contents.

The duo built an artisanal chewing gum factory, where visitors could create their very own chewing gum - they were given a choice of 200 unusual flavors, which included vegetable and meat flavors as well as curry and beer yeast. These could be combined to create a number of wacky and playful new flavor combinations.

Something I am devastated I did not manage to attend was their chocolate waterfall where 5 tonnes of a chocolate 'elixir' made from their favorite beans from around the world were bottled by the guests, and given a choice to add ingredients such as cinnamon or frankincense and then leave to 'brew' for approx. 48 hours to then be mixed with warm milk to create a delicious and unique hot chocolate.

The event 'Alcoholic Architecture' consisted of a room filled with a vaporized cocktail of gin and tonic. Visitors enter the room which has been transformed into a breathable cloud and absorb the alcohol mainly through their eyes, but also through inhalation, their skin and by taking the mist on their tongue. Guests were limited to an hour inside the room down to health ad safety regulations, and the fact that if they stayed any longer, they would become incredibly sticky!

Sweet dreams: Hotel Fox

Hotel Fox in Copenhagen, opened as part of the launch of Volkswagon Fox, invited top designers, illustrators and urban artists from all over the world to design and curate a room in the hotel. Dubbed as 'the  World's most exciting and creative lifestyle hotel', this pay-per night hotel is not like the usual...

With 61 rooms and 21 renowned artists involved, Hotel Fox is without a doubt, one incredible hotel for its price-bracket.

Genevieve Gaukler

Rinzen

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Masa

All rooms are rather simple and mostly in-exclusive of the mod-cons, but for what they lack in televisual-pleasure, they sure make up in the static-visual! They also offer some packages which enable visitors to stay in three different rooms over three nights, depending on whether the guest does not mind the upheaval of their luggage! 

I have never had the privilege to visit Hotel Fox, but down to my love of travel, graphic design and good hotel experiences, it is definitely something on my wish-list.

For the stationery lovers...

Present and Correct is one of my favorite online stores to visit, and should be known by everyone and anyone who is partial to unusual stationery, great timeless design or those one-of a kind retro finds. Created and run by graphic designers, it is great to know that they believe in the stuff as much as the customers do, plus the site and design direction is just wonderful and so fitting.

All items in the P&C store are created or sourced by the designer-owners themselves, scouring all sorts of locations home and abroad to present us with a truly incredible and awe-inspiring collection of items.

They have a great eye for layout and do some of the best-product shots I have seen! - They also have a fun and light hearted approach to their self-promotion, which I think is also very successful.

So for those of you that have not already, please visit their online store or follow them on Twitter

Spotlight: Morag Myerscough

Morag Myerscough of Studio Myerscough and Supergroup London is known for her bold and vivacious take on graphic design is currently making quite a stir within the areas of interior graphics and exhibition curation. Some of her most recent successes include Westminster Academy, nominated for the RIBA Stirling Prize, Vintage at Goodwood, The Deptford Project and The Design Museum.

In recent times, she has worked closely with London College of Communication curating final exhibitions such as 'Power of Ten', which was shortlisted for a Brit Insurance Award and this years installment: 'Round About'.

Her great sense of strong colour and striking use of typography really works together, creating an incredible 'experience' that wows and engages the audience at every chance. I find her work exciting, especially the way-finding systems, which can excite you at every turn of a corner, whilst being clear and easy to navigate.

Myerscough's graphic interior or 'building narrative' as she calls it, for Westminster Academy has reached strong acclaim, transforming a previously dull industrial-feeling institution into a building for inspiration that students can look forward to entering.

Paper Power

The level of detail in Yula Brodskayas creations is what first drew it to my attention. It is something that as an aspiring and impatient designer i wish i could apply to my own work. She started creating paper creations to catch the attention of potential clients, something all aspiring designers need to do, and in her case is fantastically effective. It allows her to combine her passions in graphic design, typography, paper and highly detailed hand-made craft objects and you can see how the outcomes are lovingly made, attractive and make you want to reach through the screen and touch it.

Dissecting Our Fundamentals

The bold picture of a letter in surgery really catches the eye. Seeing how Andrea Scheiger is looking at language as an organic form and visually presenting this through dissecting it is thought provoking. It appears as if the alphabet is getting the ‘Greys Anatomy’ treatment, giving us a peek into how Scheiger views one of the most fundamental elements of what makes us human; our ability to communicate.