AMS Design Blog » minimalist 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 Photography: NW by Carlos Ugo http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/04/photography-nw-by-carlos-ugo/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/04/photography-nw-by-carlos-ugo/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:00:01 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=1886 I love this beautiful photography of Norway by Spaniard Carlos Ugo. It’s highly dramatic and very minimalist, I think the Scandinavians would be proud.

You can see more work by Carlos over here.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/04/photography-nw-by-carlos-ugo/feed/ 0 Product Design: GIGS.2.GO™ by BOLTgroup http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/04/product-design-gigs-2-go-by-boltgroup/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/04/product-design-gigs-2-go-by-boltgroup/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:00:55 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=1778 Continue Reading →]]> I love these conceptual ‘tear and share’ USB sticks by American product design studio BOLTgroup.

The size of a credit card and made from 100% post-consumer molded paper pulp, they’re perfect for sticking in your wallet and sharing info on the go.

Take a look at more by BOLT over here.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/04/product-design-gigs-2-go-by-boltgroup/feed/ 0 Graphic Design: Keeping Organised by Sarah Pritchard http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/03/graphic-design-keeping-organised-by-sarah-pritchard/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/03/graphic-design-keeping-organised-by-sarah-pritchard/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:00:29 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=1575 Continue Reading →]]> I love this project by Leeds-based designer Sarah Pritchard. Keeping Organised is a pack for students in their first year of the BA Graphic Design course to help them – well – keep organised.

“The pack comes in an A3 plastic folder, and contains 2 Notebooks, 4 Module Folders, USB Stick, To Do List Pad, and an Academic Year Wall Calendar.”

Simple but incredibly useful and beautifully designed. Take a look at more work by Sarah here.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/03/graphic-design-keeping-organised-by-sarah-pritchard/feed/ 0 Product Spotlight: Cocoon by Micasa Lab http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/03/product-spotlight-cocoon-by-micasa-lab/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/03/product-spotlight-cocoon-by-micasa-lab/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:28 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=1385 Continue Reading →]]> Cocoon is described by the designers at Micasa Lab as “furniture you can live in”, and they’re not kidding. You can add pillows, storage, lights and even a fully functional sink.

I have no idea why they decided to plump for the colours they did, it makes the whole thing look cheap to me, like a giant kids toy, but the idea is awesome. I love the thought of being in my little cocoon in the garden on a rainy night, just listening to the raindrops.

Now I just need to buy a cocoon.

And a garden.

Check out more work by Micasa Lab (the experimental offshoot of Swiss furniture store Micasa) here or order yourself a Cocoon, due out this Autumn, here.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/03/product-spotlight-cocoon-by-micasa-lab/feed/ 0 Branding: Aero Brand by Jon Patterson http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/03/branding-aero-brand-by-jon-patterson/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/03/branding-aero-brand-by-jon-patterson/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:00:06 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=720 Continue Reading →]]> American designer Jon Patterson worked on this branding project as a answer to the fictional question “If Target opened up a higher end store, how would they brand their products?”.

The result is a very stylish and minimalistic brand that still manages to stand out on the shelf. The red logo stamp is striking enough to be noticeable but doesn’t detract from the essence of the branding.

Check out more work by Jon over here.

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]]> http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/03/branding-aero-brand-by-jon-patterson/feed/ 0 Product Design: Making Made Collection by Okum Made http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/02/product-design-making-made-collection-by-okum-made/ http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/2013/02/product-design-making-made-collection-by-okum-made/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:00:11 +0000 http://blog.ams-designstudio.com/?p=561 Continue Reading →]]> Following on from last week’s post about the most beautiful pen in the world – ahem, probably – is another great Kickstarter project by a guy called Okum Made.

The premise is simple, he has taken a range of standard, everyday items and has made them beautiful. And as every designer will know, making things complicated is easy, it’s making them simple that’s hard.

“Relying on craftsmanship, each piece is created by hand in-house to make sure every detail feels just right.”

Head over to his Kickstarter page to pledge here.

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