May 11th, 2011

We’ve been busy working with Rare, the games designer that produces Kinect sports, as well as legendary titles such as Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark, on the interiors of their Birmingham and Twycross offices. Rare opened a new testing and production facility in Fazeley Studios last year and soon became our neighbours. With their 10,000 sq ft office space and the 25th anniversary rebrand they were keen to implement their new look.

Using a pattern of simple graphic shapes with bright hues we mapped out a series of locations for the designs that flowed around the interesting shapes of the studio space.

During the project we were invited to Twycross to revamp their reception area. Working alongside the Assistant Art Manager at Rare we produced large scale wall graphics and implemented the new identity in the space.

Claire Hartley
May 5th, 2011

Ammo Magazine is a lovely A6 printed publication made up of talented artists and studios. It has an incredible reputation in the illustration world and I was delighted to contribute to the recent issue as one of the four interviewed artists. Issue 6 is now available to buy online with surreal cover artwork by Gabriella Barouch.

Interviewed Creatives: Claire Hartley / Dale C Bowers / Rilla Alexander / Timba Smits

Featured Artists: Alison Richards / Alyssa Nassner / Barnaby Purdy / Carlos Garde-Martin / Chris Madden / Chrissy Lau / Claire Hartley / Dale C Bowers / Dale Edwin Murray / Gabriella Barouch / Harriet Gray / Herbert Loureiro / Jim Bobbin / Katarina Ilkovicova / Kyle Smart / Luke Waller / Marianne Vincent / Nikko Barber / Rilla Alexander / Sandra Dieckmann / Steven Jarvis / Timba Smits / Valéry Goulet / Zansky

Mag Specs: A6 Landscape, 64 pages, Perfect Bound, 350gsm Cover, 160gsm Internal Pages, Full Colour.

Claire Hartley