We recently completed a stunning project for Wrigleys Lifesavers which went live last week in Times Square.

Commissioned by the lovely people at DDB, Vault49 created this hand-crafted piece of art from scratch.  We started with  a clay mold for the swingset (complete with white-sprayed 9 carat gold chain – count the carats!), laser-cut typography and background in collaboration with Ben Wilkinson-Raemer, and finally all photographed by our very own Michael Creagh.

This project was a timely reminder of just how fantastic it can be to make a living doing this, and we’re going to be doing a lot more to develop this side of the Vault49 portfolio in the coming months.

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.

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!

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.

It’s always a pleasure to work for the Sunday Times, and their Style Magazine provides some of the most fun editorial briefs around.  Here’s a couple of illustrations we just created for their upcoming issues on the subject of horoscopes… particularly Aries and Virgo.  It’s all a load of hocus-pocus if you ask me… but maybe I was destined to be a naysayer.

Vault49 worked together with Quirk & Hyll to develop illustrations for their new website homepage. Our work is featured alongside other lovely Debut Art familios.

See it live here.

In our blossoming creative relationship with Profero, this lenticular piece is another tasty morsel.  5ft tall, photographed below fresh off the press and prior to mounting in their NYC office.  The piece has four animated stages revealed through the lenticular design.

Last week we took part in the MUNNYWORLD custom toy exhibition. Check out some of the photos from the night and a look at our little Mexican wrestling inspired MUNNY!!!