…and on his other arm is a tattoo of everyone of us smiling.  We’ve done quite a few tats over the years, but this is a fun one for our friend Ben.

Stunning time-lapse short film of NYC by Sam O’Hare.

The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare on Vimeo.

Our work for Toyota Magazine recently went live.  You can get an amazing 72.4 MPG in the new Toyota Prius (which is perhaps not so great if the brakes fail on you), but it makes for a gorgeous typographic illustration.  Our design showcases several A to B destinations in the UK that can be reached on one gallon of petrol… or gas, as we now call it.

We recently finished this Alice in Wonderland themed advertorial for the new Ford Fiesta, appearing in the Sunday Times Style magazine. Vault49 created a drive-through mixed-media fantasy world full of detail, narrative, and pixie dust. The design is heavy on the pencil-work, retouching, and a spot of CGI too.  This was a top-drawer collaboration with photography by Joe Windsor-Williams and great art direction from Laurence at Ogilvy.

Our website has been updated with this project with some nice close-ups of the details.

…or Lacoste for Vault49.  Either way, a match made in heaven.  The Lacoste peeps have got a great vision, and Vault49 are part of it.

Myself and John were part of a shoot today in the Vault49 studio – all dolled up in the finest Lacoste threads and kicks ready to be featured in Lacoste editorials in the US.  There was absolutely, positively, no make-up involved.  Honest.  Don’t let Chris Goldteeth tell you otherwise.

Adam popped out of our office earlier to take a few snapshots.  Damn its freezing outside, but its a beautiful place to be!

Earlier in the month we created this great graphic brand identity and illustration for ClubCard, the first universal and instant Retail Rewards club.  This is the beginning of a long-term relationship with a great client – look out for more in the series including a planned Vault49 animation .

New animation from Vault49 for Ministry of Sound’s Clubbers Guide to 2010…. ‘av it!

…your clients will send you pictures like this:

Happy new year to everyone… it’s going to be so so so good!

We just finished creating a new triple CD release for Ministry of Sound, album artwork, digipack, and motion.  A wonderfully creative process and one which brings together a lot of our passions and ambitions for 2010.

And this was our second-choice paper-cutout piece for the cover… we were in love with this piece for a while, but finally separated our attachment to it after realizing that the option above had more kick and legibility on the shelves.