Your favourite modern designers!!

[DarrenH]

Just wondering, which current hip/fresh/unique/inspirational/(most famous) designers are among your favourites?

Mainly because I feel I don't know enough of them myself and would love to stumble across some really inspiring designers and the fact that if was to get asked this question myself I would struggle slightly.

I think this could help a lot of us out with sharing inspirations.
Name of designer/agency and link would be much appreciated.

 

[bigdave]

I really like alot of the work produced by Johnson Banks (i know its an agency not a person) although they seem to have gone quite over recent months....

Michael Johnsons thought for the week is always an interesting read

I recently bought a copy of an old d&ad book with a feature on Michael Johnson. One sentence got me thinking "Great designers tend to be terrible businessmen"...

 

[Minuteman Press]

May I diversify? - George Nelson (furniture).

 

[AdamPalethorpe]

I have a background in product design as well as graphics, and with that I used to look at a lot of the concept artwork, I still go there now and again for some general inspiration so I would say for pure entertainment if nothing else, check out some Daniel Simons design work, and Scott Robertson.

Just a different angle..

 

[linziloop]

One of my all time fave designers is a guy called Nando Costa, known for his excellent use of colour particularly:

Nando Costa

Last year when in Rotterdam I also discovered this lesser-known guy called Eelco Van Den Burg, not a famous one, but I just love his work:

Eelco van den Berg

And at the risk of being cliche, can't help loving a bit of Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic

 

[PixoidPete]

I really like the work of Andy Potts, and Scotty Reifsnyder

 

[Paul Murray]

Sean Freeman is a big influence at the minute, particularly his physical typography work. This piece I just think is brilliant, and so simple...

http://www.paulmurraydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/thereis-this-is-england-2.jpg

 

[AdamPalethorpe]

One of my all time fave designers is a guy called Nando Costa, known for his excellent use of colour particularly:

Nando Costa

Last year when in Rotterdam I also discovered this lesser-known guy called Eelco Van Den Burg, not a famous one, but I just love his work:

Eelco van den Berg

And at the risk of being cliche, can't help loving a bit of Ian Anderson of The Designers Republic

Thanks for that, really like Nando Costa now that you pointed that work out, great find

 

[CheapLeaflets]

Yes, thanks for the Nando Costa pointer, good stuff, I also really like what Tom Lane is doing:
Ginger Monkey :: Tom Lane :: Illustration :: Design :: Typography :: home

 

[clumsychaos]

Good topic, was just thinking the exact same thing myself yesterday. I have no clue about famous/inspiring designers, so this will help a lot. Good stuff.

 

[YellowPeril]

I just had a look through the people mentioned but would they not be better described as illustrators rather than designers?