Nigel Holmes

I remember going to Auckland Public Library in the evening after work to shuffle through pages of design books, whilst I hog the graphic design section and blocking people from walking through the aisle I came across a tiny tiny handbook done by Nigel Holmes. It is an instructional book without words, it is pictorial yet I could make sense of each instruction quite easily, this is why I think the design is successful because it serves its purpose, to direct, to instruct.

Lance Wyman

The first time I heard about Lance Wyman was from the Forward section of Pictogram & Icon Graphics 2. He wrote a short explanation of what pictogram is, from that I googled his name and found his website.

Wieden+Kennedy

I have seen the work produced by Wieden+Kennedy here and there in design books and magazine in the last couple years but never really had a deeper interest in them until I have read some of their comments in 100 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers where I began to appreciate their work more. Wieden+Kennedy is an international design agency with studios in New York, Portland, London, Tokyo, Delhi, Amsterdam and Shanghai.

Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister was here in Auckland last year for Semi-Permanent and I was very surprised when my friend brought to my attention that he was sitting among the audience, and was just a few seats away from where we were sitting. His studio is based in New York.

Michael C. Place

Michael came to Auckland in 2006 as a speaker at Semi-Permanent which I happened to attend for the first time. Though I have seen works done by his design studio Build prior to the conference.

Vince Frost has a blog

I highly respected British graphic designer Vince Frost now has a blog. I cannot remember where and how exactly I heard about Frost, my guess is from a design magazine or a book I read at the library.