AMS Design Blog » Craft http://blog.ams-designstudio.com AMS Design Blog is your source of design inspiration with a twist. It’s curated by Anneke Short, the co-founder of AMS Design Studio, an award-winning product design studio specialising in watch, jewellery and homeware design founded in 2010 in Camden Town, London, by Anneke Short and Jerome Robert. Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:14:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.22 Art: Vera van Wolferen http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2016/01/art-vera-van-wolferen/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2016/01/art-vera-van-wolferen/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2016 11:05:01 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=5906 This week I have fallen head over heels for Vera van Wolferen, a Dutch artist and set designer and self-proclaimed ‘Princess of Cardboard Fairyland’. I for one would agree.

Her work is intricate, whimsical and really fun to look at.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2015/01/product-design-paper-mammals-by-estudio-guardabosques/feed/ 0 Identity: Pettirosso Handcraft by Vacaliebres http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/04/identity-pettirosso-handcraft-vacaliebres/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/04/identity-pettirosso-handcraft-vacaliebres/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:00:49 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=5175 Continue Reading →]]> I love this idea by designer vacaliebres for an easy way to brand up these great handmade products by Italian leather company Pettirosso Handcraft.

The identity was then been rolled out over the website and online store to complete the overall brand feel.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/04/identity-pettirosso-handcraft-vacaliebres/feed/ 0 Product Design: Home Sweet Home by Estudi Cercle http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/03/product-design-home-sweet-home-estudi-cercle/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/03/product-design-home-sweet-home-estudi-cercle/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:00:28 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=4947 I love this sweet little “Home Sweet Home” typographic ornament, handmade in Spain from matt lacquered MDF, by Estudi Cercle and Javier Caballero.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/03/product-design-home-sweet-home-estudi-cercle/feed/ 0 Branding: Confiture de paillettes by Maiwenn Philouze http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/02/branding-confiture-de-paillettes-maiwenn-philouze/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/02/branding-confiture-de-paillettes-maiwenn-philouze/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:00:07 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=4886 I really love this project by French designer and illustrator Maiwenn Philouze called Confiture de Paillettes (Glitter Jam) a ‘personal project of handmade dolls (made with love) for kids’.

I especially love the little envelope business cards full of glitter.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/02/branding-confiture-de-paillettes-maiwenn-philouze/feed/ 0 Product Design: Creative Machines by Oupas Design http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/02/product-design-creative-machines-oupas-design/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/02/product-design-creative-machines-oupas-design/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:00:32 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=4769 I love these ‘Creative Machines’ by Oupas! Design, a very cool Portuguese exhibition and set design studio. It’s a ‘set of eight creative machines to represent each new commercial department of the Portuguese representative of Philip Morris International.’

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2014/02/product-design-creative-machines-oupas-design/feed/ 0 Paper Art: My Dear Deer Paper Sculpture http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/12/paper-art-dear-deer-paper-sculpture/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/12/paper-art-dear-deer-paper-sculpture/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2013 09:00:27 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=4441 I absolutely adore this paper deer sculpture by designers Natalya Bublik, Svetlý storý and Alena Nikiforova. So much so, in fact, that I wouldn’t mind one for myself.

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One of each please.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/11/product-design-neon-stool-by-studio-praktik/feed/ 0 Typography: Roll On Signs at Vaucluse House by Georgia Hill http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/11/typography-roll-signs-vaucluse-house-georgia-hill/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/11/typography-roll-signs-vaucluse-house-georgia-hill/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:00:12 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=4327 Check out these amazing hand-painted typography signs by Georgia Hill, an Australian freelance typographer, illustrator and graphic designer living in Berlin.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/11/typography-roll-signs-vaucluse-house-georgia-hill/feed/ 0 Toy Design: Chipotle Farm Figures by Bigshot Toyworks http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/11/toy-design-chipotle-farm-figures-by-bigshot-toyworks/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/11/toy-design-chipotle-farm-figures-by-bigshot-toyworks/#comments Thu, 07 Nov 2013 09:00:55 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=4307 Continue Reading →]]> Remember that awesome Chipotle video “Back to the Start” all about sustainable farming? Well Bigshot Toyworks, a toy design studio in the US, have made a collectable figurine based on the little farmer and it’s awesome.

Seriously.

It’s like a russian doll but way cooler. And with more pig.
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