The start of a new year and Selfridges kicks off 2012 with a brand new store-wide initiative: Words Words Words. Celebrating the beauty of words, the joy of writing and the art of conversation. Appearing in all parts of Selfridges from the much-anticipated window displays to the exciting program of in-store events, the concept celebrates [...]

Congratulations to Jamie Oliver for securing the festive top spot in the book charts with his latest book; Jamie’s Great Britain designed by Interstate.

If you take a look on celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Website and Twitter page you will see he has chosen to use a page from the introduction of Jamie’s Great Britain as his backdrop, designed here at the studios of Interstate Associates. Take a look for yourself ! Also, last night saw the first of [...]

The FIA GT3 European Championship identity by Interstate currently visible on the Ferrari website homepage. Congratulations to AF Corse Ferrari!

Spotted in a toyshop recently, a pastiche of the PVAXX wordmark originally created by Interstate to feature on the side of the late season Renault R26 and launch R27 F1 cars. The entire car including ING have been given a ‘tweak’ to still replicate the brands but obviously not use the real names.    

Just in are the litho running sheets for ‘Jamie’s Great Britain’ – the latest cookbook designed by Interstate for our favourite celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. It’s due for release at the end of next month, and is filled with over 100 recipes exploring our diverse food culture. We’ll tell you all about it when it’s [...]

Australian celebrity chef Adrian Richardson of La Luna Bistro in Melbourne, has teamed with publishers Pan Macmillan and design agency A Friend of Mine to create a cookbook with a difference. ‘The Good Life‘ commemorates homegrown and homemade food, with chapters structured around seasonal produce, and masterclasses on how to make your own pasta, cure [...]

An irony-free slice of personal tagging sitting happily next to the beautiful squiggle-mark of the Mind charity.

A graphic designer’s staple is to have a collection of letters that are made from everyday objects and shapes. Want a new twist? Why not ensure that the letters also relate to the image…

Today sees the international launch of ‘A Month in Marrakesh’, a recipe book and travelogue published by Hardie Grant, with food by Andy Harris; editor of Jamie Magazine, who embraces the wealth of flavours that Morocco has to offer, all of which are brought to life by beautiful photography and illustrations from renowned photographer David [...]

Shoreditch on a Saturday afternoon,  Alex and I venture down to London’s Kemistry Gallery to view the ‘Roger That!’ exhibition which was showcasing a new graphic interpretation of the phonetic spelling alphabet. Developed in the early 1930’s, the phonetic alphabet was created to ensure the clarity of communication in the new aviation world. All 26 [...]

On Saturday, Chrissie, Jess and myself visited Pick Me Up contemporary graphic arts fair at Somerset House. Pick Me Up is the UK’s first contemporary graphic arts fair which is now in it’s 2nd year, after a successful first show last April.

Last night was the opening of pop-up shop for the ‘design circus’ La Boca. The location was in Kingly Court (off Carnaby Street), in association with independent gallery and shop, Concrete Hermit.

Saturday afternoon Alex and I ventured down to the rainy streets of Shoreditch to check out a little gallery called Kemistry, on Charlotte Road. Exhibiting ‘Bass Notes: The Film Posters of Saul Bass’, the collection brings together some of Bass’ classic film posters, film titles and film festival posters from the Lloyd Northover donation to the [...]

Last Friday saw the re-release of Marian Keyes’ latest novel, The Brightest Star in the Sky, which we at Interstate are very excited about. Having been approached by Penguin back in October last year, following our hugely successful Jamie Oliver/Penguin collaboration, we were briefed to create a fresh new look for the Queen of Chick-Lit. [...]

Branding and cupcakes. Perfect.

Last night saw the debut launch of Jamie Oliver’s new fragrance, ‘J’ai Mangé‘ on his Christmas tv show ‘Jamie’s Christmas Lock-In‘. As Interstate branded the ‘spoof’ scent, Louise and I were invited back stage to the filming of the programme to see Jamie in action winding up his celebrity guests. It was great seeing everyones [...]

This time last week we visited our client; Hardie Grant, to take a look at the proof sheets for a cook book we’ve been designing these past few months. We can’t reveal too much just yet, but we can tell you that it’s filled with recipes by Andy Harris, who embraces the wealth of flavours [...]

These funny little icons certainly aren’t new, but they are appearing more and more in our lives. On billboards to cereal packets, these QR Codes as they are known, are a digital link to information. Install an app on your camera phone, and it will automatically take you to a URL, write a piece of [...]