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2011 has been both a busy and exciting year here at Twofold. Since the start of the year we have undergone a corporate rebrand, moved office (twice), launched our website, started two new side projects and have also just updated our web site domain and email addresses! Our domain is now twofold.com and our emails will reflect this change as rob(at)twofold.com, guy(at)twofold.com and admin(at)twofold.com respectively.

As the year reaches a close, we will be taking a break from the 23rd December and will be back in the office on the 7th January 2012. During this time we will still be available via email for any urgent requests.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support throughout the year. Stay safe, have a Merry Christmas and we wish you all the best for the new year.

Sincerely,

Rob & Guy Hamilton TWOFOLD CREATIVE READ MORE

Well...new, old work. This year has been a blur and we're finally getting back to reality. The reality is that our site has been in desperate need of some new portfolio pieces! We're just waiting on the completion of some huge projects before we can release them on the site so stay tuned for that. In the meantime I've added some older work to keep you satisfied (hopefully). Premium Investors is one of our oldest clients and believe it or not these designs are almost four years old now! You can check out more examples on our work page. READ MORE

As a designer you sometimes just stumble across photos, fonts or ideas and think "I really wish I found that earlier." We've decided to share some of our inspiration and other great resources to our faithful followers, a lot of whom we've discovered are also graphic designers.

The Lost Type Co-op is one of those examples. They are a font foundry full of unique and high-quality fonts that really help to set your work off. If you can appreciate the amount of time and effort that goes into making a font to this standard, it's almost crazy to think about giving them away for free. But that's what these guys have done and the fonts are shared on a pay-what-you-want model - the first of its kind.

If you're looking for authentic, early 1900's and retro fonts you can't go past Lost Type. Check out their site at www.losttype.com and don't forget to offer a donation if you find their fonts useful.

Have you got any useful resources you'd like to share? Click 'READ MORE' to post a comment. READ MORE

If you've been thinking that our web site has been a little quiet as lately I'm truly sorry! Where have we been you ask? We've been working hard on a heap of new and exciting projects! At the start of the year we undertook a little personal web-based project of ours which has turned out to be the biggest job we've worked on to date. At the moment it's still under wraps but we will be unveiling it by end of this year. Apart from that, we've been designing the new range of Afray clothing and their brand new online store which has been a lot of fun. READ MORE

I was saddened to hear this morning that Steve Jobs has passed away. He was a visionary and his legacy will be left behind in the innovation he brought to the computer industry through Apple. We can truly appreciate the amount of time, forethought and inherent simplicity he instilled in Apple products which, as designers, makes our job so much more enjoyable. RIP Steve.

"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

- Steve Jobs
Stanford University Commencement Speech, 2005

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Apple have just released details of the brand new iPhone 4S, due to be released in the US on the 14th of October. The 4S appears to be almost identical to the 4, however runs a dual core processor, 8MP camera with 1080p HD video and new 'Siri' - an intelligent voice activated assistant that is able to send text messages for you, schedule and reschedule meetings or just tell you the weather. I think I'm due for an upgrade already... Check out all the details at Apple. READ MORE

One of our kind followers just notified us of a company in India whose web site bears a striking resemblance to ours. I've always been one for doing thorough research for design inspiration and appropriation is a large part of creative industries but I think this just takes it a little too far. Coco Chanel once stated "imitation is the highest form of flattery" and while I don't think their site does our design justice, I guess we've got to take it as a compliment. I'm not so sure about their "appropriation" of our testimonials though. What do you think? READ MORE

UK-based illustrator and animator Liam Brazier has applied geometric treatments to cartoon imagery in creating these dynamic scenes that really evoke feelings of movement and action. From a design perspective, this would most commonly be achieved through Illustrator with vectors. However what makes Brazier's work interesting is that the illustrations are created in Photoshop by drawing each shape with the polygonal selection tool and filling it in with colour. Despite being an interesting an unorthodox approach he's definitely achieving some fantastic results! READ MORE

Robert Pecnik of Phoenix-Fly carving around the Swiss mountains in his V4 wingsuit to a Sigur Ros soundtrack. Need I say more? Click read more to see the full video. READ MORE

James Hopkins is a pronounced artist who has created a series of mixed media pieces in which random objects and furniture are composed to create images or illusions. It makes me think back to Marcel Duchamp's ready made art with a modern spin on it. Either way, I really appreciate the simplicity of the work - I'd love to have one of these in my house!  READ MORE