Effektive Blog

We are a young, but established, design and communication studio based in Glasgow.

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— @Effektive on Twitter.

@wearebuild have designed a nice limited-edition box set of definitive editions of Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized (on DVD or Blu-ray disc) in a specially designed slipcover package, with a hardbound art book featuring photos and notes on the making of the three films, guest contributors, and more. Plus some extra surprise goodies. Each copy signed by director Gary Hustwit. 

Feb 02
@wearebuild have designed a nice limited-edition box set of definitive editions of Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized (on DVD or Blu-ray disc) in a specially designed slipcover package, with a hardbound art book featuring photos and notes on the making of the three films, guest contributors, and more. Plus some extra surprise goodies. Each copy signed by director Gary Hustwit. 

We have just launched the new updated, responsive @effektive site www.effektivedesign.co.uk it still has a few tweaks/amends/projects to be added so be gentle and play nice. If you spot anything just let us know.

Feb 01
We have just launched the new updated, responsive @effektive site www.effektivedesign.co.uk it still has a few tweaks/amends/projects to be added so be gentle and play nice. If you spot anything just let us know.

GF Smith X Strathmore is a nice little behind the scenes video showing some production techniques including the use of a gorgeous old Heidelberg foiler.

Jan 30

Here is a peek at our new screen-print ‘Pixel’ specially created for Editions of 100. Its a SRA2 warm red silkscreen onto 225gsm Bright white Kaskad showing the humble pixel at various resolutions from 1 / 2 / 8 / 32 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 2048 . These will be limited to 100 numbered editions and is currently in production so will be available soon. 

Jan 26
Here is a peek at our new screen-print ‘Pixel’ specially created for Editions of 100. Its a SRA2 warm red silkscreen onto 225gsm Bright white Kaskad showing the humble pixel at various resolutions from 1 / 2 / 8 / 32 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 2048 . These will be limited to 100 numbered editions and is currently in production so will be available soon. 

Our friend Lorna Freytag studied at Grays school of Art in Aberdeen. After graduating, she lived and worked as a photographers assistant in Dubai then New York. Several years later, she moved to Sydney and then onto London where she worked on commercial projects whilst developing her own private portrait business, and illustrating her first children’s book, Wild Child which is out now. Freytag has worked for publications such as Junior, Collezioni Bambini and Studio Bambini as well as Harrods and several exclusive children’s boutiques. She now lives in Glasgow and works internationally.

Jan 26
Our friend Lorna Freytag studied at Grays school of Art in Aberdeen. After graduating, she lived and worked as a photographers assistant in Dubai then New York. Several years later, she moved to Sydney and then onto London where she worked on commercial projects whilst developing her own private portrait business, and illustrating her first children’s book, Wild Child which is out now. Freytag has worked for publications such as Junior, Collezioni Bambini and Studio Bambini as well as Harrods and several exclusive children’s boutiques. She now lives in Glasgow and works internationally.

Want one of these limited editions by No Days Off. Warm letterpress red onto their own pulped and recycled stationery stock. Available to purchase here. 

Jan 24
Want one of these limited editions by No Days Off. Warm letterpress red onto their own pulped and recycled stationery stock. Available to purchase here. 

In an effort to bring their Exclusive Faces range to a larger audience, HypeForType approached graphic designer Ryan Atkinson to produce their first magazine release Typographic Revolt. The brief was to produce a 16 page A2 magazine with a twist. Instead of following the traditional convention, Ryan designed a quick read through A2 magazine which also doubles up as a set of 4 Exclusive Faces posters. Each page folds out to create a double sided poster perfect for your studio or home wall space. Typographic Revolt is printed as a limited litho run on 90gsm wood free paper, giving everything a premium newspaper feel which absorbs the inks to create a beautiful desaturated look and feel. Typographic Revolt. is available now through Amazon.

Jan 23
In an effort to bring their Exclusive Faces range to a larger audience, HypeForType approached graphic designer Ryan Atkinson to produce their first magazine release Typographic Revolt. The brief was to produce a 16 page A2 magazine with a twist. Instead of following the traditional convention, Ryan designed a quick read through A2 magazine which also doubles up as a set of 4 Exclusive Faces posters. Each page folds out to create a double sided poster perfect for your studio or home wall space. Typographic Revolt is printed as a limited litho run on 90gsm wood free paper, giving everything a premium newspaper feel which absorbs the inks to create a beautiful desaturated look and feel. Typographic Revolt. is available now through Amazon.

Lovely little trailer for a film on leading Canadian designer, educator and painter Burton Kramer by Greg Durrell of A Brief History Of. Lovely retrospective book available here as well.

Jan 23

For those that still need to get organised this year from @presentcorrect

Jan 23
For those that still need to get organised this year from @presentcorrect

Love this little Olympics Non-Events Book created by Hat-Trick. See more CRBlog.

Jan 20
Love this little Olympics Non-Events Book created by Hat-Trick. See more CRBlog.

You Are The Mapmaker is an interesting book/PDF Download by @BernadetteJiwa featuring a variety of creative business stories to inspire. She says about the project “ The thing to remember as you read this is that these people are no different from you or the girl next door except in one tiny detail. They gave themselves permission to believe in the power of their own ideas and start out on a journey to make their dreams a reality. Every day I work with people who are equally talented and resourceful who are on a journey to make their mark. Creative entrepreneurs like you who are trying to get onto the right path to achieving their potential but who sometimes lose their way. This book is for them and for you.”

Jan 20
You Are The Mapmaker is an interesting book/PDF Download by @BernadetteJiwa featuring a variety of creative business stories to inspire. She says about the project “ The thing to remember as you read this is that these people are no different from you or the girl next door except in one tiny detail. They gave themselves permission to believe in the power of their own ideas and start out on a journey to make their dreams a reality. Every day I work with people who are equally talented and resourceful who are on a journey to make their mark. Creative entrepreneurs like you who are trying to get onto the right path to achieving their potential but who sometimes lose their way. This book is for them and for you.”

Eight:48 The seventh issue is titled, ‘You are Here’ and focuses on designers and their relationship with the cities they live in. The issue features viewpoints from Tim Bjørn, SB Studio, Somewhere Else, Mainstudio, Bond, MusaWorkLab, HelloMe, Jules Julien, STUDIO NEWWORK, Nicholaus Scmidt, La Tigre, Samuel Jacques and Sixstation Workshop.
Issue Price: £6
(including p&p to UK)
Pages: 40pp
Format: Tabloid Newspaper
Print: Four Colour 

Jan 06
Eight:48 The seventh issue is titled, ‘You are Here’ and focuses on designers and their relationship with the cities they live in. The issue features viewpoints from Tim Bjørn, SB Studio, Somewhere Else, Mainstudio, Bond, MusaWorkLab, HelloMe, Jules Julien, STUDIO NEWWORK, Nicholaus Scmidt, La Tigre, Samuel Jacques and Sixstation Workshop.
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Issue Price: £6
(including p&p to UK)
Pages: 40pp
Format: Tabloid Newspaper
Print: Four Colour 
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You can order the magazine through http://eight48.com/category/issue/ or http://www.counter-print.co.uk/

We have just sent out our first studio update newsletter. There will be more in the new year with studio news and project updates. If you would like to be added to the mailing list please email new@effektivedesign.co.uk – You can view the online version here. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all. The studio will re-open on 3rd January.

Dec 22
We have just sent out our first studio update newsletter. There will be more in the new year with studio news and project updates. If you would like to be added to the mailing list please email new@effektivedesign.co.uk – You can view the online version here. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all. The studio will re-open on 3rd January.
@wearebuild have designed a nice limited-edition box set of definitive editions of Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized (on DVD or Blu-ray disc) in a specially designed slipcover package, with a hardbound art book featuring photos and notes on the making of the three films, guest contributors, and more. Plus some extra surprise goodies. Each copy signed by director Gary Hustwit. 
@wearebuild have designed a nice limited-edition box set of definitive editions of Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized (on DVD or Blu-ray disc) in a specially designed slipcover package, with a hardbound art book featuring photos and notes on the making of the three films, guest contributors, and more. Plus some extra surprise goodies. Each copy signed by director Gary Hustwit. 

@wearebuild have designed a nice limited-edition box set of definitive editions of Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized (on DVD or Blu-ray disc) in a specially designed slipcover package, with a hardbound art book featuring photos and notes on the making of the three films, guest contributors, and more. Plus some extra surprise goodies. Each copy signed by director Gary Hustwit. 

We have just launched the new updated, responsive @effektive site www.effektivedesign.co.uk it still has a few tweaks/amends/projects to be added so be gentle and play nice. If you spot anything just let us know.
We have just launched the new updated, responsive @effektive site www.effektivedesign.co.uk it still has a few tweaks/amends/projects to be added so be gentle and play nice. If you spot anything just let us know.

We have just launched the new updated, responsive @effektive site www.effektivedesign.co.uk it still has a few tweaks/amends/projects to be added so be gentle and play nice. If you spot anything just let us know.

GF Smith X Strathmore is a nice little behind the scenes video showing some production techniques including the use of a gorgeous old Heidelberg foiler.

Here is a peek at our new screen-print ‘Pixel’ specially created for Editions of 100. Its a SRA2 warm red silkscreen onto 225gsm Bright white Kaskad showing the humble pixel at various resolutions from 1 / 2 / 8 / 32 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 2048 . These will be limited to 100 numbered editions and is currently in production so will be available soon. 
Here is a peek at our new screen-print ‘Pixel’ specially created for Editions of 100. Its a SRA2 warm red silkscreen onto 225gsm Bright white Kaskad showing the humble pixel at various resolutions from 1 / 2 / 8 / 32 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 2048 . These will be limited to 100 numbered editions and is currently in production so will be available soon. 

Here is a peek at our new screen-print ‘Pixel’ specially created for Editions of 100. Its a SRA2 warm red silkscreen onto 225gsm Bright white Kaskad showing the humble pixel at various resolutions from 1 / 2 / 8 / 32 / 128 / 256 / 512 / 2048 . These will be limited to 100 numbered editions and is currently in production so will be available soon. 

Our friend Lorna Freytag studied at Grays school of Art in Aberdeen. After graduating, she lived and worked as a photographers assistant in Dubai then New York. Several years later, she moved to Sydney and then onto London where she worked on commercial projects whilst developing her own private portrait business, and illustrating her first children’s book, Wild Child which is out now. Freytag has worked for publications such as Junior, Collezioni Bambini and Studio Bambini as well as Harrods and several exclusive children’s boutiques. She now lives in Glasgow and works internationally.

Our friend Lorna Freytag studied at Grays school of Art in Aberdeen. After graduating, she lived and worked as a photographers assistant in Dubai then New York. Several years later, she moved to Sydney and then onto London where she worked on commercial projects whilst developing her own private portrait business, and illustrating her first children’s book, Wild Child which is out now. Freytag has worked for publications such as Junior, Collezioni Bambini and Studio Bambini as well as Harrods and several exclusive children’s boutiques. She now lives in Glasgow and works internationally.

Want one of these limited editions by No Days Off. Warm letterpress red onto their own pulped and recycled stationery stock. Available to purchase here. 

Want one of these limited editions by No Days Off. Warm letterpress red onto their own pulped and recycled stationery stock. Available to purchase here. 

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.’ -William Morris
In an effort to bring their Exclusive Faces range to a larger audience, HypeForType approached graphic designer Ryan Atkinson to produce their first magazine release Typographic Revolt. The brief was to produce a 16 page A2 magazine with a twist. Instead of following the traditional convention, Ryan designed a quick read through A2 magazine which also doubles up as a set of 4 Exclusive Faces posters. Each page folds out to create a double sided poster perfect for your studio or home wall space. Typographic Revolt is printed as a limited litho run on 90gsm wood free paper, giving everything a premium newspaper feel which absorbs the inks to create a beautiful desaturated look and feel. Typographic Revolt. is available now through Amazon.
In an effort to bring their Exclusive Faces range to a larger audience, HypeForType approached graphic designer Ryan Atkinson to produce their first magazine release Typographic Revolt. The brief was to produce a 16 page A2 magazine with a twist. Instead of following the traditional convention, Ryan designed a quick read through A2 magazine which also doubles up as a set of 4 Exclusive Faces posters. Each page folds out to create a double sided poster perfect for your studio or home wall space. Typographic Revolt is printed as a limited litho run on 90gsm wood free paper, giving everything a premium newspaper feel which absorbs the inks to create a beautiful desaturated look and feel. Typographic Revolt. is available now through Amazon.

In an effort to bring their Exclusive Faces range to a larger audience, HypeForType approached graphic designer Ryan Atkinson to produce their first magazine release Typographic Revolt. The brief was to produce a 16 page A2 magazine with a twist. Instead of following the traditional convention, Ryan designed a quick read through A2 magazine which also doubles up as a set of 4 Exclusive Faces posters. Each page folds out to create a double sided poster perfect for your studio or home wall space. Typographic Revolt is printed as a limited litho run on 90gsm wood free paper, giving everything a premium newspaper feel which absorbs the inks to create a beautiful desaturated look and feel. Typographic Revolt. is available now through Amazon.

Lovely little trailer for a film on leading Canadian designer, educator and painter Burton Kramer by Greg Durrell of A Brief History Of. Lovely retrospective book available here as well.

For those that still need to get organised this year from @presentcorrect

For those that still need to get organised this year from @presentcorrect

Love this little Olympics Non-Events Book created by Hat-Trick. See more CRBlog.
Love this little Olympics Non-Events Book created by Hat-Trick. See more CRBlog.

Love this little Olympics Non-Events Book created by Hat-Trick. See more CRBlog.

You Are The Mapmaker is an interesting book/PDF Download by @BernadetteJiwa featuring a variety of creative business stories to inspire. She says about the project “ The thing to remember as you read this is that these people are no different from you or the girl next door except in one tiny detail. They gave themselves permission to believe in the power of their own ideas and start out on a journey to make their dreams a reality. Every day I work with people who are equally talented and resourceful who are on a journey to make their mark. Creative entrepreneurs like you who are trying to get onto the right path to achieving their potential but who sometimes lose their way. This book is for them and for you.”
You Are The Mapmaker is an interesting book/PDF Download by @BernadetteJiwa featuring a variety of creative business stories to inspire. She says about the project “ The thing to remember as you read this is that these people are no different from you or the girl next door except in one tiny detail. They gave themselves permission to believe in the power of their own ideas and start out on a journey to make their dreams a reality. Every day I work with people who are equally talented and resourceful who are on a journey to make their mark. Creative entrepreneurs like you who are trying to get onto the right path to achieving their potential but who sometimes lose their way. This book is for them and for you.”

You Are The Mapmaker is an interesting book/PDF Download by @BernadetteJiwa featuring a variety of creative business stories to inspire. She says about the project “ The thing to remember as you read this is that these people are no different from you or the girl next door except in one tiny detail. They gave themselves permission to believe in the power of their own ideas and start out on a journey to make their dreams a reality. Every day I work with people who are equally talented and resourceful who are on a journey to make their mark. Creative entrepreneurs like you who are trying to get onto the right path to achieving their potential but who sometimes lose their way. This book is for them and for you.”

Eight:48 The seventh issue is titled, ‘You are Here’ and focuses on designers and their relationship with the cities they live in. The issue features viewpoints from Tim Bjørn, SB Studio, Somewhere Else, Mainstudio, Bond, MusaWorkLab, HelloMe, Jules Julien, STUDIO NEWWORK, Nicholaus Scmidt, La Tigre, Samuel Jacques and Sixstation Workshop.
–

Issue Price: £6
(including p&p to UK)
Pages: 40pp
Format: Tabloid Newspaper
Print: Four Colour 
–

You can order the magazine through http://eight48.com/category/issue/ or http://www.counter-print.co.uk/
Eight:48 The seventh issue is titled, ‘You are Here’ and focuses on designers and their relationship with the cities they live in. The issue features viewpoints from Tim Bjørn, SB Studio, Somewhere Else, Mainstudio, Bond, MusaWorkLab, HelloMe, Jules Julien, STUDIO NEWWORK, Nicholaus Scmidt, La Tigre, Samuel Jacques and Sixstation Workshop.
–

Issue Price: £6
(including p&p to UK)
Pages: 40pp
Format: Tabloid Newspaper
Print: Four Colour 
–

You can order the magazine through http://eight48.com/category/issue/ or http://www.counter-print.co.uk/

Eight:48 The seventh issue is titled, ‘You are Here’ and focuses on designers and their relationship with the cities they live in. The issue features viewpoints from Tim Bjørn, SB Studio, Somewhere Else, Mainstudio, Bond, MusaWorkLab, HelloMe, Jules Julien, STUDIO NEWWORK, Nicholaus Scmidt, La Tigre, Samuel Jacques and Sixstation Workshop.
Issue Price: £6
(including p&p to UK)
Pages: 40pp
Format: Tabloid Newspaper
Print: Four Colour 

We have just sent out our first studio update newsletter. There will be more in the new year with studio news and project updates. If you would like to be added to the mailing list please email new@effektivedesign.co.uk – You can view the online version here. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all. The studio will re-open on 3rd January.
We have just sent out our first studio update newsletter. There will be more in the new year with studio news and project updates. If you would like to be added to the mailing list please email new@effektivedesign.co.uk – You can view the online version here. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all. The studio will re-open on 3rd January.

We have just sent out our first studio update newsletter. There will be more in the new year with studio news and project updates. If you would like to be added to the mailing list please email new@effektivedesign.co.uk – You can view the online version here. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all. The studio will re-open on 3rd January.