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Boris Müller
A young designer with ideas and opinions. Available for freelance work and general chats: 07794 656 310
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- Dec 10, 11
- Dec 02, 11I have been helping Annie and Sally set up a website for the past couple of months. Along with a blog, gallery, twitter, recipes page I have also been generally teaching them how they all work together. It all ties into their new book launch, which I was at this evening. The book is available on Amazon and makes a great Christmas present.
- Nov 23, 11
- Dec 05, 11I recently finished a three week placement at The Direct Agency in Cheltenham. They're a young and ambitious company and are beginning to rival London's finest advertising agencies. I was fortunate enough to start just at as they were about to embark on their first rebrand in about a decade. It was really exciting work and they're a wonderful group of people. Really welcoming and great to be around, they also work extraordinarily hard. This is the new logo we came up with. It replaced the three letters set in Bembo, which felt much too 1990s. We felt Caslon was the perfect font, as it's not only traditionally English but also looked fresh and modern. The secondary font is Gill Sans, another British classic.Oh and they've just launched their rebranded website, and it looks great!
- Oct 31, 11These were boards I designed for Lauren Sanins' 2011 BFC Competition entry. She won too, so that's good. It was lovely working with Lauren (she's a bit mental but in a good way) and all I really did was lay out her beautiful designs into grids and give a bit of input as far as sizes and compositions go.
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- Oct 31, 10More work from my Barnbrook placement, this time for MyFonts. I was tasked with coming up with new logos for the foundry's presence, which were unified and showed off the fonts at the same time. Banners for the gallery submenu are to come.
Virus on MyFonts - Sep 14, 10
Now this really was contentious! Owen Thackeray and I were asked to design a poster for our first year show's fundraiser.
Brief: Disaster!
Timeframe: ASAP (2-3 days or thereabouts)
Result:Fallout: Well our head of first year, Cathy Gale HATED it. She found it personally offensive and when I showed her Mk.I she simply said "for fuck's sake boris, will you and owen stop going on my facebook?"Rebecca Wright tactfully explained that to be successful we had to push the terrible design -ness of it much further. I considered doing the whole thing in Crayola but it never got to that stage.Then there was the rest of the course. Some flat out hated it (luckily people I don't respect) and some wanted an A1 print of it (people I have since worked with and realised are brilliant).So all in all a great learning tool. Oh and it got voted done in my absence by this:Fashion Disaster (©Josh Nathanson)This was the poster for the actual event at Juno, Shoreditch:Disaster Show Disaster Show (©Josh Nathanson)All in all a very interesting project! - Sep 15, 10
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- Aug 23, 10
The Mothership celebrated her 50th year on this planet last April and I designed the invite for it.
It was a bit of a rush job (my fault for not prioritising really). Anyway it did the trick and a fantastic array of friends turned up, some of whom she hadn't seen for ten years or so. It was a really great party. - Aug 23, 10I did a placement last summer in Zürich at Publicis, it was intimidating, hard work, very interesting and great experience to be in a proper, large advertising agency.I'll find some of the work I did but here is the letter of recommendation I received from the Creative Director Ralph Halder (really really nice guy btw, would love to work for him again).Sorry it's in German but what can I do? Learn the language.
- Aug 23, 10Well I've been there nearly a month now and it's been the best experience I've ever had (work wise!)Jonathan, or Dr Barnbrook as he insists I call him is a superb mentor, as is Jonathan Abbott (who's a bit closer to my age not that that matters) and Dan Streat is also insanely talented at what he does. Hell they all put me to shame, but that's what I was hoping to see.Anyway enough waffle, here are 4 ipad wallpapers that are going on http://www.barnbrook.net at some point soon. In chronological order and with name:[hebetude][coalition][litmus][trident]They were hard work (and there's about 150 that will never see the light of day, but worth it.
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- Jun 17, 10I've been at Skylark all this week and next week too, working on web design and such. So far it's been really exciting work and great people too.Here's my first piece of work that I'm satisfied with; site design for Propeller Group's Mobile Convention App aka Propeller Mobile.Let me know what you think.
- Nov 10, 11
- Nov 10, 11Hello and welcome to my work blog!If you're wondering why I have a separate blog for my work, it's to differentiate myself from the work of others and so people don't think I'm trying to pass somebody else's work off as mine (very important).Well to begin with, let's have a look at my portfolio from first year. Enjoy (and see how much my style has changed)...
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What a first exhibition. I’m pretty sure I read that every single piece was sold. I’m not surprised.
I redrew the original three starting Pokemon to better fit with the Pikachu I doodled earlier this month.
OLLY MOSS IS A GENIUS.
Found this through Ben Lambert when discussing DC Comics’ controversial rebrand/reboot. A very nicely designed site, available in either centred or flushed left; something more sites should do. I also love comparing previous and new logos, and trying to figure out what the thought process was.
And this is just one of those new products Rod’s company have been developing: The Rotolight Anova. A studio light with some fantastic features, as well as an impressive efficiency compared to other products currently on the market. A 1000 watt light running on just 38 watts of power 93% is more efficient than a studio light. So whereas most could do 2-3 hours, this can do 8. Anyway, I’m just quoting facts from the video now. Looks fantastic.
The Rotolight has been a huge success, and I couldn’t be happier. The guy on the right is Rod Gammons; designer, company owner and personal friend. His business card is one of the few I always carry with me, and I’d like to think I’m a good ambassador for his company. I was supplied with a kit and have used it ever since. Especially useful for portrait photography and filming, this remarkably affordable kit gives you professional-looking results. Rod is usually abroad somewhere exotic promoting the kit, whilst simultaneously developing new products.
I really miss Derek. He was one of the nicest and most talented people I met while at Kingston. His piano skills are truly spectacular, and that’s before you hand him a camera. I’ve been enjoying his website all week and recommend you check it out. Oh and I also owe him big-time for all the help he’s given me, not least in the bike shed. Ok that sounds perverse but it’s not: he’s got bicycle skills too.
Oli was on my course with me at Kingston. Admittedly, this is a placeholder website while he builds his proper one, but the work still speaks for itself. My own personal favourite is ‘100m keg’, which is a brilliant combination of factual information and clever metaphor. He’s a big QI fan, and you can tell.
Wes Anderson essentially makes the same film over and over nowadays, but it’s still a film I’m willing to watch. If only for Fort Lebanon.
Well this was a pleasant surprise! I was having a quick look through my Twitter followers and discovered Miss Wozniak. She didn’t look like a bot, so I checked out her link and WOW! Her work is beautiful, I especially liked her cigar branding, I have not seen a lot of that lately! Also, what is it with all of these amazing designers from Halifax? I thought it was meant to be a dump. Anyway, I’ve now added it to the list of places I want to visit.
Amazing opening scene to HBO’s 24/7 documentary. This year followed the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers, in the run-up to the January 2nd Winter Classic. Great use of John Murphy’s Adagio in G Minor.
Found this guy through his rather tasty Scrabble board (via @lucysajoke) and realised he’d designed the excellent “Meet Your Type” guide for Fontshop. Love it when that happens, oh and some of his branding work is excellent too.
Via Marcus Leis Allion, this is a lovely homage to books. Stop-frame animation is overused, I’d be the first to admit. However here it not only works; it’s also relevant to the subject.
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- @neblambert I'm left-handed so I'll just reverse that plan. Cheers.
- @sophiedee welsh cakes are amazing!
- @neblambert right how do you fit your tablet and keyboard on your desk at the same time? I'm really struggling here.Jan 27, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @rebeckyparsel poo everywhere right?
- @rebeckyparsel can we have a mexican flatmate too? A dirty, stinking, lazy mexican?
- @rebeckyparsel oi you're the one that wants to live with me! I can't handle all this attention.
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- Have now poured myself a large whiskey. Fuck any more looking for work.Jan 27, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @barnbrook spotted another Virus font. http://t.co/iUytGZD9Jan 27, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Job-hunting while freelancing for several people. For some reason I feel guilty doing it. I shouldn't, I really want a full time job.Jan 27, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @kimberlydonald4 FUCK OFF YOU SPAMMING PIECE OF SHIT.
- I hope this is the last season Tim Thomas gets to play. The guy is a fool. http://t.co/b90K69P3Jan 27, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @Jason_Brown_ No way I'm pirating it, I NEED to see it in a cinema.
- @Jason_Brown_ you seen The Artist yet? I'm desperate to see that, but have been too busy so far.
- @Jason_Brown_ Empire gave it 5 stars?
- @Jason_Brown_ and all the quotes are from 'Ain't it cool news'...
- @Jason_Brown_ I can't believe you want to see a film with a trailer this godawful. http://t.co/jPZTfrdpJan 27, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Helvetica is so 2004. High time we all started using other sans serifs. http://t.co/zGtQNgSK
- @neblambert I just got £350 and it took twenty minutes on the phone.
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About
- Boris MüllerI am a highly passionate and creative person. I enjoy pushing myself and love learning about different and new aspects of design. I strive for continual improvement, as well as the acquisition of new skills. I’m learning all the time.
I have just completed a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design at Kingston University. The course was stimulating, broad-based and incredibly well taught. It has taught me more than I could ever have learnt outside of formal education.
I love music, especially electronica and classical. Plus I own everything The Beastie Boys have ever released.
I play a mean game of tennis and my ping pong skills are not far behind. I enjoy cooking and have travelled extensively, and hold dual nationality. I avidly follow ice hockey and would like to one day own the Vancouver Canucks.
