Zip Design

Wilson James provide industry leading security services for the Tate, The London 2012 Olympics, the BBC and the V&A to name a few. They asked us to produce a passport to track the development of their security team.

UNFPA asked Zip to create a bespoke book for UN delegates which were handed out at the recent International AIDS Conference. The book documents the lives of Y-Peer members around the world and how they are helping change lives of people less fortunate.

This year we designed the wall calendars used by the Y-PEER global community. We also designed the personal calendars in the traditional book form. The calendars are both functional and fun, in keeping with the Y-PEER branding we created last year.

Universal Records commissioned Zip to create over 30 T-Shirts for commercial and promotional use. We also created a flick book to accompany the series.

Branding and design for weekend festival, Groove Nations. Applied across print and web.

Branding and design for weekend festival, Folk Britannia. Applied across print and web.

Design, art direction and photography for the 2011 advertising campaign. We shot each ad to look like a real skateboarding image using a wide angle lens, as the brief required action within this years series of ads. The adverts run globally in renowned skateboard publications Thrasher, Transworld Skateboarding and Concrete Wave.

Design, art direction and photography for the 2010 ’Collect The Deck’ advertising campaign. The adverts run globally in renowned skateboard publications Thrasher, Transworld Skateboarding and Concrete Wave.

Design, art direction and photography for a series of advertisements featuring new lines of the toys. The ads are running globally in Thrasher, Transworld Skateboarding and Concrete Wave magazines Some ads replicate 80s graphics from classic skateboard manufacturers, whilst the latest ads represent new skateboard designs that are now available as toy versions.

Blackberry planned to release their new model, the Pearl, at an event in Barcelona. They needed something special to promote the technical functions and new aesthetic of the handset. The brief was to produce a flyer that felt luxurious and special within a time frame of 4 days from brief to printed delivery.

Branding and design for weekend festival, Soul Britannia. Applied across print and web.

Zip has worked with Bugged Out! on lots of different projects since 1998. We defined the brand in the 90s and early 00’s, working on all collateral from the website to the weekly flyers via the album releases.

Zip was commissioned by Frank PR to create a pack of cocktail recipes which use classic Soda Stream flavours to help promote the overall launch of Soda Stream in the UK.

This manual is given to Y-Peers around the world as a training guide. Helping them to educate youths about the spread of HIV, AIDS, STD’s and other culturally sensitive issues.

Zip was commissioned by charity 11 Million to design and produce a report on the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre. The design reflects the sensitive nature of the subject. The document contains a large amount of copy and features creative interpretations of technical data.

This training passport was designed to replicate a real passport. The cover stock and inner stocks are replicas of official passports the world over. We not only designed the passport but also the VISA stickers that are awarded to YPEER trainers.

D&B Arena flyers and promotional items.

DVD design and art direction, cover and menu system.

Design, art direction and photography for the 2010 advertising campaign. The adverts appear globally in renowned BMX magazines: BMX Plus, DIG, and Transworld BMX.

Design, art direction and photography for the new Flick Trix press advert featuring a retro line of the popular BMX toy. The advertising will run globally in BMX Plus, DIG, and Transworld BMX magazines. The design captures the essence of the original 1980’s BMX advertising, with a subtle use of scale to momentarily fool the viewer into thinking the bikes are full size.

11 Million lead by Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Children’s Commisioner, works to make sure that adults in charge listen to the views of the 11 million children across England. We were commissioned to create a poster to explain the aims of the charity to 11-18 year olds.

A small book commissioned to explain Y-PEER. We began by designing an ordinary school textbook with subject inserts and maps. This was then “illustrated” just like we all did at school to make the lesson more fun.

T-Shirt designed for a limited edition Liberty Menswear collection.

Look book for R.Newbold. Based on supplied photography we manipulated the images and created illustrations of the background.