Si Homfray’s latest artistic endeavour is coming very soon… eye of the beholder ‘An artistic examination of the extraordinary fine detail and elegance that already exists in the natural world contrasted with the finest contemporary digital pattern’. Si has been working on creating a totally new graphic design style for a long time now and…
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Bangers and Cash
A car bonnet all done up in the 1951 #PeakDistrict National Park design for Roundabout’s Bangers and Cash Art Car Rally for the Sheffield Youth Homelessness Projects they run. Thanks to Dave Hellings at Signature Branding for helping me save painterly time here! Roundabout, Sheffield @roundaboutsheff
Magic Forest Book Launch
There are so many takeaways for this weekend… but the most important one is there was a whole lot of love The event glowed from start to finish with an open, all embracing team of kindly individuals and a steady flow of new and existing customers who quickly grasped the sentiment behind the event. The…
Delightful delicatessen does pattern design
Colemans Delicatessen commissioned Si and Hammer Design to create a pattern for their new drinking cups and merchandising. Hammer were delighted to deliver this lovingly thought through project to owner proprietors Jim and Lizzie Mothersele in Hathersage in the Peak District. It was a thorough professional process hunting that something extra that would have a…
Walking guides & maps for the High Peak
Hammer Design was appointed a contract to deliver a full visitor experience for the High Peak in Derbyshire’s Peak District. The work included multiple creative skills: • Graphic design, artworking, typography and layout for walking guides, flyers, notice boards, maps and promotional material• Original map creation, map design and drawing for print including walking route…
Barmy about Beavers
Yes it’s true Derbyshire has reintroduced the Beaver! Si Homfray and Hammer Design have been harnessing their visual and communication skills to convey this great story for the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s tourist information packs and customer wildlife sponsorship boxes. Hammer Design were responsible for managing the project, providing detail, illustration, layout and full artwork in…
Wilder Magazine Design
Si Homfray and Hammer Design are proud to have been the legs of the ‘Wilder’ swan for the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s printed magazine, as well as many design publication off shoots. Responsible for: • Creating design theme• Graphic design template layouts and style• Unique headline font design• A look and a feel both sensitive and…
Congratulations DerwentWISE!
The DerwentWISE project closes after 5 years of achievements this week. Hammer Design was proud to have been invited to design, collate and print together a series of infograms to highlight and clearly celebrate the collaborative teams’ achievements. The DerwentWISE partnership work in the Lower Derwent Valley to improve and restore the landscape, and inspire…
Miles, Smiles and Stiles
‘Miles without Stiles’ is a new kind of book, written by Sue Smith, who works with the PDNPA and it’s partners to promote Easy Access Routes around the Peak District National Park. Hammer Design were chosen to take the idea through the whole process, from concept through to published. Offering design services and support along…
Creating a logo with a legacy
Having worked with Accessible Derbyshire’s Jane and Gillian for many years now, having attended many conferences and talked to people from all walks of life, all the various aspects and disciplines that are currently shaping the future of Accessibility in the UK right now and for the future, I was both honoured and humbled to…
A new exhibition – The world’s first long distance railway
High Peak Junction, Cromford, Derbyshire is part of the world heritage site at Cromford Mills. Hammer Design teamed up with Rachel Costigan of Derwentwise, Catherine Croney – Heritage Interpretation Consultant, Rick Jillings and Mark Brailsford of Derbyshire County Council to deliver the brake vans interpretation project at High Peak Junction. We are proud to say…
Ales of Derbyshire
Hammer Design were invited to design and print a series of graphics for the Ales of Derbyshire for the BBC Good Food Show 2018. We produced and delivered: • logotype • on brand graphic themes comprising beer bottles • headlines • exhibition graphic panels as well as • a booklet and marketing postcards showcasing the…
Quality assured design process
A brand new identity for a brand new type of business – Mountain Assurance. James Thacker has always been about quality days in the mountains, guiding clients up the best climbs around the world. As a full UIAGM professional mountain guide James needed an identity for his new business venture – Mountain Assurance. The following…
Peak District Design – Point of Sale and Packaging…
The brief was to create a generic, environmentally sensitive packaging system built around a series of square images that can be flexed and adapted for economical reasons, to multiple shapes and sizes. The graphics will need to be used for Cube boxes, Tubes, Booklets, Brochures, Flyers and Exhibition display material. The visual work is shown…
Hope Valley Fringe 2018
Hope Valley Festival is a new concept in pop up arts festivals. The ‘Hope Valley Fringe’ is a celebration of local interests in The Arts, Music, Science, Health, Drama, Photography, Literature, Gardening and Food. The Fringe is setting out to connect new friends, groups and small businesses, in a welcoming space designed to build new…
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year for 2018
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Hope Valley Gym needed an image overhaul
Above: New look logo, retaining the tick from the previous logo. Above: Flyer cover design Above: Gym Poster Design Above: Gym Motivational Poster Design Above: Advertisment Design
Access For All UK – a new website and full brand creation…
Accessibility ambassadors and legends of accessibility training, Gillian Scotford and Jane Carver needed a complete new look for their high profile accessibility training business. The look and feel needed to: be clear, communicate the spectrum of accessibility needs, be sensitive to the business operation and fulfill accessibility requirements. Disciplines delivered: • Logo design • Brand…
Museum of English Rural Life
The Museum of English Rural Life at Reading University required some photography and exhibition design work for their latest feature exhibit. Hammer Design with our Audio Trails partner delivered the following work: Above: Exhibition cabinet visuals incorporating photographic work Above: Exhibition cabinet. Above: Exhibition cabinet installation visuals
A wedding invitation / booklet…
The brief was to produce artwork sensitive to the wedding location and guest expectations. A family wedding invitation produced as a small booklet containing all the necessary information on gifts, arrangements and travel. The artwork to the front cover. Front cover photograph. Inside pages. Inside back cover.
Audio Images – a new look website
Audio Images – First Class suppliers of world leading Audio equipment brands Naim, Meridian, Loewe, Linn, ATC, Arcam to name a few needed a new home for their prestigious customers. Hammer Design designed, photographed, built and delivered a new look and a few pieces of promotional art for good measure. Above: Screenshots of the new…
Peak District National Park – infographic work
The Peak District National Park required graphic design and visual work to tell the story of how important 555 square miles of National Park are on a local, regional and global level. A great many visuals were created, the summary of which is shown below, that tethered a typical visitor to the landscape through the…
Finding the emotional connection in logo design
Sheffield Sling Surgery required a full corporate identity… I thought a few personal notes on the process behind producing this logo for the lovely people at Sheffield Sling Surgery might be interesting. The brief was unusual and in written form came along the lines of ‘I want something I will love’. My motivation was high…
Magna Exhibition Design
Hammer Design were commissioned to deliver the intepretation panels to the Steelos Exhibition at Magna. The project delivered panels that folded away to free the room for other activity, wall spray painted murals, AV panels and a series of artefacts. The project artwork requirement included: • creating a colour coded system for each historical era…
Naked Ape – brand revisit
Patagonia stockists and retailers of other quality brands Carhatt, Danner, Keen and Vibram five fingers – Naked Ape wanted to revisit the logo brand typography. Above: Carrier bag design Above: Nuanced typeface change evaluation Above: Naked Ape Brands stocked.
Charity T Shirt design
Derbyshire charity – Accessible Derbyshire needed a bespoke T Shirt design for charity walks. Gillian Scotford and Accessible Derbyshire have been a wonderful charity to work for for many years. Tom’s passing was a moving day in all our lives. I put together a keepsake booklet for Gillian and her amazing family. Probably some of…