Glottalstop has provided elegant design solutions for print, the web, branding and display since 1993, serving a wide range of clients from multinationals to local enterprises.
The Glottalstop design studio has the creative thinking, technical expertise and flexibility to produce attractive and compelling visual experiences – in-time and on-budget.
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64 Churchmead
Keymer
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BN6 8BW
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DitchFest07
Branding and print
CLIENT
Personal Project
PROJECT
DitchFest is the Ditchling DIY Back-Porch Music Festival. I am one of the four founders of this private music festival/party and have created a logo that changes each year with the date. This will last us until 2099, after which we'll have to think again.
In 2007 I extended the logo design into an illustration that is now available online on hand-printed t-shirts and mugs
Tetley World of Tea map
Illustration
CLIENT
Tetley Group
PROJECT
Design a composition marrying together a map of the world showing regions where tea is grown and purchased by Tetley and the processes employed in the production of Black, White and Green Teas. Designed for production at A0.
Lodge Hill
Screenprint
CLIENT
Personal Project
PROJECT
Following on from All Of My Heart, I wanted to take the use of colour further. Based on a photograph of my daughters when they were young, this was scanned and reduced to colour areas using Freehand, which were printed onto acetate and exposed onto a sensitised screen.
It ended up as a nine colour print to add depth. Edition of 12.
All Of My Heart
Screenprint
CLIENT
Personal Project
PROJECT
First open screen screenprint on paper. I have many years experience producing screenprints for t-shirts and fabric, but I had never printed on paper. This was produced by blocking directly onto an open screen and gradually filling in printable areas. Edition of seven.
Mock-up Exhibition stand
3D image
CLIENT
Renewable Energy Association
PROJECT
Design a 3D version of the REA pop-up exhibition stand and podium to help in the visualisation of the finished item, which was produced by Print on Demand in Northants.
Portfolio Lens
2D image
CLIENT
Ray Hatley / Rivendale Software
PROJECT
Drew a camera lens in Fireworks for use in the photographic Portfolio software. The image was designed for use in print and on PC screen.
Moving Forward
Cover illustration and magazine design
CLIENT
UPS
PROJECT
3D illustration of the Pound going down the plughole for UPS's quarterly customer magazine, Moving Forward. This was designed to reflect UK pre-euro speculation and to demonstrate UPS's readiness to adapt. The company subsequently moved their European headquarters from London to Brussels.