A change in direction and perception:

I've noticed myself changing quite drastically in terms of what I'm interested in. I think, especially after the collaborative brief, that I'm just completely burned out in terms of ilustration. The hand done really doesn't turn me on anymore, and in terms of my design practice it's starting to limit me because I've been trying to turn everything into an illustration brief.

Also, at the end of the image brief, I found myself doing typography (albeit illustrated) and I was fascinated by letter-forms, and I want to devote more time to type and layout. With that in mind, here are a few designers that I'm now really intrigued by:
Music, a Manchester based design agency:
http://www.designbymusic.com/work





Olly Moss, http://ollymoss.com/:




Praline: http://www.designbypraline.com/


Cyan: http://www.cyan.de/


As you can see from this small selection of things and studios I'm looking at right now, theres been a shift away from the hand done to very simple imagery, typography and strong colour choices.

With this new direction in mind, I'm going to look at building my portfolio up again, focusing on these new things and hopefully by the end of summer I'll have enough to contact some of these guys.