Hyperkit

Print - Modern Times activity guide

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:53:17 Europe/London

We designed an activity guide for mima to support the Gerhard Richter Modern Times exhibition, part of the Artist Rooms series of exhibitions taking place nationally. The guide references the work in the exhibition, including the use of a tear-off mirror on the front cover to allow you to complete some of the activities.

Print - Gallery guides

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:40:20 Europe/London

We designed a set of gallery guides for mimas permanent collection and current exhibition. A bold stripe of colour inside is used to identify each guide. This format will be used to create the guides for future exhibitions and is designed so the guides can be collected and collated in a file.

Journal - Rotterdam

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:28:21 Europe/London

Some time out whilst visiting a printer.

Identity - Theis + Khan

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:36:55 Europe/London

We have branded this architecture practice and designed a stationery range which comprises letterheads, business cards, compliment slips and a rubber stamp. We have also designed and developed a database-driven website with a Content Management System which allows the practice to manage the site inhouse.

Journal - Computer Arts

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:24:42 Europe/London

Hyperkit is included in an article about pared back design, and our project for Millennium Models is featured.

Journal - Exhibition now running

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:58:45 Europe/London

Our 'Enamel Alphabet' exhibition is now open and runs until 29 January at House of Propellers, 5 Back Hill, London EC1.

Journal - Theis + Khan

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:10:22 Europe/London

The door signage of the identity we designed for Theis + Khan architects making a nice projection on their wall.

Journal - Now available to order

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:18:22 Europe/London

Hyperkits Enamel Alphabet vitreous enamel plaques... please visit our shop.

Journal - Installing our exhibition

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:43:36 Europe/London

Tim and Rose installing our exhibition at House of Propellers, opening tomorrow evening...

Shop - Enamel Alphabet

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:06:15 Europe/London

A series of plaques in vitreous enamel featuring different letters and numbers, size 70mm x 115mm. Suggested uses include as a door or house number, a name on a childs bedroom door, initials on a mantle piece, a memento to mark a special date, a label for a storage box, an oversized keyring... Please download the style book to view each character in each available style. The plaques are available in red, blue or green (please note that the green is the lighter of the two seen in the images on the right).

The plaques that make up the Enamel Alphabet series are produced in vitreous enamel. In order to produce the plaques sheet metal is screenprinted with the letter or number using an ink that has been combined with glass particles. These glass particles are then fused to the metal by firing the plaques at temperatures in excess of 800 degrees Celsius. This produces an object which has a hardwearing surface and is both temperature and chemical resistant. Every plaque is unique and any imperfections that may result from their production using this traditional manufacturing technique only add to their character.

Please note that Enamel Alphabet plaques are currently made to order. Christmas ordering is now closed. The next order cut-off date will be 4 January and these will be sent First Class Recorded around 25 January 2010. The next order cut-off will be 29 January and these will be sent First Class Recorded around 22 February 2010.

For orders outside the UK please contact us at shop@hyperkit.co.uk.

Journal - Enamel Alphabet

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:32:31 Europe/London

Some samples of our Enamel Alphabet plaques, being exhibited at House of Propellers from next Friday.

Exhibition - Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:12:36 Europe/London

We worked with craft development agency Craftspace and maker/curator Helen Carnac to design this exhibition and all related graphic design. The exhibition opened at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery last month and will tour to 7 galleries across the UK over the next 18 months.

For the identity we customised an existing typeface to create something calligraphic which, being a traditional and labour-intensive lettering process, has a relevance to the themes of the exhibition. This typeface is employed across all printed material and in elements of the exhibition signage.

Printed material included an invitation, poster/flyer, postcard, A2 family activity guide and a 48pp catalogue.

We also designed the layout of the exhibition itself, and designed a series of bespoke plinths to display the work which we had fabricated in powder-coated steel. Interpretation panels and captions were printed onto wood panels.

As part of the project we also designed and developed an interactive piece for maker Rebecca Earley which is exhibited alongside her work.

Journal - Common Thread exhibition

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:10:30 Europe/London

This poster, featured in the Common Thread exhibition, depicts an oversized British stamp (coincidentally a similar proportion to the poster dimensions defined by the curators), representing our enjoyment of sending and receiving things by post.

Journal - House of Propellers

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:50:41 Europe/London

The blue and white pieces in Livia Marins new show, now open at House of Propellers, look lovely against our gold typography on the window.

Website - Royal Society of Literature

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:14:26 Europe/London

We have rebranded the Royal Society of Literature which has been in existence for almost 200 years. Hosting events, leading campaigns and making awards, it exists to promote British writing and writers. As part of the project we designed and developed a database-driven website with a bespoke Content Management System to allow staff at the RSL to add and edit content. The site features a wealth of information about the societys work, including biographies of many fellows, details of awards and of past and forthcoming events. Many events also feature audio files, the archive of which will be constantly added to. There is the ability to purchase the RSL Review as well as to donate and become a member online.

The new brand employs a range of vibrant colours to bring a contemporary feel these are used across the different sections of the site which follows a clean and simple layout. It is intended that the relaunch will help attract new audiences to the work of the Society, whilst not alienating existing members and supporters.

Identity - My City

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:03:36 Europe/London

We recently won a five-way pitch to design the identity for this international exhibition project. Entitled My City, the exhibition will coincide with Istanbuls appointment as European City of Culture and will encourage cultural exchange between Turkey and Europe. Five European artists, including Mark Wallinger from the UK, will be making and displaying work in one of five Turkish cities. In addition, Turkish artists have been invited to exhibit works in some of Europes leading cultural venues. We also designed a range of printed material, and designed and developed a database-driven dual-language website. The project was undertaken for the British Council and funded by the EU.

Identity - Royal Society of Literature

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:59:01 Europe/London

We have rebranded the Royal Society of Literature which has been in existence for almost 200 years. Hosting events, leading campaigns and making awards, it exists to promote British writing and writers. We revised its typographic identity whilst still employing the crest that it has used since its foundation and designed a range of print material. These use traditional book sizes (such as Imperial Quarto and Crown Octavo) and an offwhite paper stock to give the material more relevance to the subject and its heritage. We also designed and developed a database-driven website with a bespoke Content Management System to allow staff at the RSL to add and edit content. The site features online donations and audio files of many past lectures.

Journal - Olympik

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:36:51 Europe/London

Hyperkit was part of Olympik, a poster exhibition organised by Grafik, with a poster to represent each Olympic sport. Our sport tennis.

Journal - Hot air balloons

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:50:57 Europe/London

Journal - Grafik

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:30:53 Europe/London

Kate and Tim have reviewed Bibliographic in this month's Grafik.

Journal - France

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:10:16 Europe/London

Roses week in La Salle Les Alpes.

Journal - Pictorial

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:43:36 Europe/London

Pictorial elements taken from various projects.

Website - Anthony Green

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:59:47 Europe/London

We designed this portfolio website for artist Anthony Green to coincide with his participation in the exhibition One Dimensional Man at International Project Space in Birmingham. The website presents his work as a series of thumbnails which can be enlarged and viewed in isolation.

Publication - Inner Edge

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:35:40 Europe/London

For the third year running we put together the end of year publication for this course at the London School of Economics. Students followed templates that we provided to compile their content, and these templates were brought together by Hyperkit into a finished publication. The cover uses a tinted stock which is foil-blocked.

Publication - Promotional publication

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:18:45 Europe/London

We designed this casebound book to market an exclusive country house. The brief called for a publication that felt more substantial than typical property particulars and reflected the value and standard of the property. The book is cloth-bound and uses foil-blocking on the spine and blind-embossing on the reverse. It is accompanied by a foil-blocked folder containing plans and location maps.

Journal - Grafik

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:06:58 Europe/London

Our project for Millennium Models is featured in this months Grafik magazine.

Journal - Typefaces Locations

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:03:53 Europe/London

A selection of typefaces designed by Hyperkit.

Journal - New York

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:30:45 Europe/London

A week in the big apple.

Print - Sceaux Gardens artist in residence: Jess Thom

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:50:40 Europe/London

We worked with the South London Gallery and artist Jess Thom to document a project she carried out with children living in Sceaux Gardens, an estate adjacent to the gallery. The publication takes the form of five A2 posters, folded down to A5, collated in a loose cover and bound with an elastic band.

The posters each printed on a different paper stock relate to a different aspects of the project and the reverse of the posters include activities for the children to do, such as a quiz and a wordsearch.

Publication - Material Beliefs

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:42:37 Europe/London

Having worked on the identity, printed material and website in 2007, we were commissioned to design a publication to document the Material Beliefs project. The book documents the entire project in chronological order, from first proposals for funding, through to prototypes.

Elements of the design of the book make reference to Scientific Notebooks which one of the collaborators came across during the project, which feature radiused corners and utilitarian typographic covers. Each notebook has a unique number and is checked-out of the lab; inspired by this each Material Beliefs publication is editioned on the spine.

Inside there are four 2-colour sections for each part of the book, and a 4-colour image section. A strict referencing structure is followed throughout the book and reflected through the design.

Journal - Morecambe

Tue, 26 May 2009 12:35:20 Europe/London

A blustery weekend in the seaside resort of Morecambe.

Journal - Tomi Ungerer

Thu, 21 May 2009 12:03:58 Europe/London

Just launched: the website we created for Tomi Ungerers book The Three Robbers, published by Phaidon. Visit site.

Identity - House of Propellers

Wed, 20 May 2009 18:00:18 Europe/London

We designed the identity for this new Clerkenwell gallery space which will be open for a year and show the work of designers, illustrators and photographers.

The traditional element suggested by the gallerys name is visually communicated using lettering redolent of old shopfronts. This is produced in gold foil on cards, and gold lettering on the gallery window.

Identity - Millennium Models

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:23:30 Europe/London

We rebranded this well-established model-making company. The identity makes use of the two initial letters to create a strong image which can be either printed or cut out.

Materials and processes were considered, in order to be relevant to the work of the firm. Wallets containing a series of project cards are constructed using greyboard and die-cut with the identity allowing a glimpse of what is inside. Greyboard is also used for the business cards, and a grey paper stock for the letterheads and compliment slips. All stationery items are foil-blocked in white.

Each project card features details of a project on the front, and a halftone image of their workshop on the reverse.

Journal - Grafik

Wed, 13 May 2009 16:40:41 Europe/London

Pete contributes his viewpoint in this months Grafik magazine.

Shop - Trophaeal Screen-printed posters

Wed, 13 May 2009 12:18:25 Europe/London

Trophaeal (adj. pertaining to or adorned by trophies) is a set of 2 hand silk-screened posters on 225gsm paper. Poster 1: 440mm W x 560mm H, printed in 5 colours, signed and editioned on the reverse. Poster 2: 440mm W x 440mm H, printed in 1 colour, signed and editioned on the front. Printed in an edition of 100.

Shop - Greetings cards set 1 Patterns

Wed, 13 May 2009 12:18:24 Europe/London

A set of 3 greetings cards with envelopes. Size of cards 104mm W x 150mm H. Set contains Gingham, Ticking and Polka Dot.

Journal - Orange wrappers

Fri, 01 May 2009 12:17:45 Europe/London

Highlights from Roses collection.

Journal - Vienna

Fri, 01 May 2009 12:09:13 Europe/London

A weekend in Vienna visiting friends.

Journal - Book

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:13:08 Europe/London

Hyperkit are featured in this publication.

Hyperkit

Print - Modern Times activity guide

Print - Gallery guides

Journal - Rotterdam

Identity - Theis + Khan

Journal - Computer Arts

Journal - Exhibition now running

Journal - Theis + Khan

Journal - Now available to order

Journal - Installing our exhibition

Shop - Enamel Alphabet

Journal - Enamel Alphabet

Exhibition - Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution

Journal - Common Thread exhibition

Journal - House of Propellers

Website - Royal Society of Literature

Identity - My City

Identity - Royal Society of Literature

Journal - Olympik

Journal - Hot air balloons

Journal - Grafik

Journal - France

Journal - Pictorial

Website - Anthony Green

Publication - Inner Edge

Publication - Promotional publication

Journal - Grafik

Journal - Typefaces  Locations

Journal - New York

Print - Sceaux Gardens artist in residence: Jess Thom

Publication - Material Beliefs

Journal - Morecambe

Journal - Tomi Ungerer

Identity - House of Propellers

Identity - Millennium Models

Journal - Grafik

Shop - Trophaeal  Screen-printed posters

Shop - Greetings cards set 1  Patterns

Journal - Orange wrappers

Journal - Vienna

Journal - Book

Journal - Typefaces Locations

Shop - Trophaeal Screen-printed posters

Shop - Greetings cards set 1 Patterns