What I learnt from typography in the 90s
Typography in the 90s was spectacular, expressive and powerful. Senior Designer Simon Mannering blogs about the typography and typographers who inspired him from the 90s. I was at art school in the […]
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Simon Mannering
Senior Designer
I take a big picture approach to design, delivering systems, solutions and campaigns with a meticulous eye for detail.
Evolution of the graphic designer: Part 2
In the second blog of a three-part blog series, Designer Simon Mannering looks at the evolution of the graphic designer and what the key qualities are that graphic designers will need to […]
Evolution of the graphic designer: Part 1
In a three-part blog series, designer Simon Mannering looks at the evolution of the graphic designer. As we move towards a new decade and get swept along at ever-increasing speed by the […]
Building effective flex for the Gas Safe Register
We have further developed our Gas Safe Register ‘Don’t Cut Corners with Gas’ campaign, making the Register more relevant, valuable and memorable by dramatising and humanising the consequences of cutting corners with […]
The design industry is a mirror
Simon Mannering, at The Team, discusses how a brand chooses to deliver its message is of vital importance to the success of its message and the connection it will make with its […]
Just how tough can it be to design a typeface?
So, just how tough can it be to design a typeface? Bruno Maag dropped by to enlighten us. The day to day anxieties affecting the modern typeface designers are myriad but digital design is […]
Brands are dead to me, so let’s start something beautiful
Why are so many big brands stabbing me in the back? Names I used to trust are no longer my best buddies. How could they betray me? When we hit the hard […]