New music and four other finds
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Newsletter update
If you read the previous edition of Five Finds you might not be expecting this one. Last month – on the back of a very busy time in the studio – I took some time to reflect on this newsletter, its content and purpose and asked for your feedback. And boy did you lot deliver!
The number of emails I received in response was inspiring and heart-warming and the key message from everyone was to not change a thing. Subscribers loved the bite-sized information, variety of content and the frequency of emails.
So there won’t be drastic change after all. The content will stay largely the same with a few design tweaks but I’m going to promote the email more and I’d ask you to share it too. If there’s someone you know who would like some inbox inspiration please let them know. I’d love to grow the following and get more people seeing five things each month to inspire them.
Thanks for all your comments, kind words and encouragement. Normal service resumes below.
Keith
Founder
Image: © Hannah Jacobs
Inspiring illustration
Hannah Jabobs is a director, animator and illustrator from London. With an enviable client list – including Apple, Google and Netflix – her work is a beautiful blend of a hand-drawn aesthetic and effortless animation. She was also recently BAFTA nominated for her short film ‘Your Mountain Is Waiting’.
Image: Still from ‘1970's Large TONKA Fire Truck - Restoration’ © Cool Again Restoration
Cool Again restorations
If you’d told me last week that I’d be promoting a 20 minute video of hands meticulously restoring individual nuts and bolts with a no-dialogue, pleasing ASMR-style soundtrack I’d have laughed. But the truth is the enigmatic David (owner of Cool Again restorations) has me and my three year-old totally addicted.
Image: © Matter
The paper poppy
The Royal British Legion’s iconic poppy has been redesigned by Matter to remove all plastic, making it 100% recyclable at home. The new design will be available in October 2023.
Image: Cover art from ‘The Embrace’. Photos by Roberto Vivancos
New music
Hazel Mills is a Bristol-based musician/songwriter who has toured the globe across multiple genres, with artists including Florence + The Machine, Dave Rowntree (Blur), Goldfrap. Between touring she’s been writing material for her own forthcoming project, Violaine. Her new EP ‘The Embrace’ is out now and it’s been on repeat in the studio.
Image: Screenshot of the Studiographica website
Gone but not forgotten
This is one for the bookmarks. Studiographica is set to be ‘a home for some of the greatest design and branding studios who are no longer with us’. A digital archive of some of the best work from some of the best know names of recent design history. I can’t wait to see it grow.
Studio news
A youthful rethink for a centuries-old institution
The University of Oxford is a world-renowned institution that produces around 13,000 sought-after graduates every year. But while Oxford is a globally recognised name, it was struggling to keep its new alumni interested. Research by the Alumni Relations Office showed their marketing just wasn’t ticking the boxes for Millenial and Gen Z leavers — leading to a lack of engagement with alumni services and gaps in their feedback about student life. Oxford needed to recapture alumni attention. So they came to us.
