Last week I introduced some typography to the site, both as part of the logo and as some headline / pull-quote type images, each giving a little insight into my thoughts and hopefully brightening the pages.
For the font, I chose Diglossia from Discourse Type. I set out to find a Welsh font, and it turns out that Diglossia was both created in Swansea and with the Welsh language in mind. It takes advantage of Open Type features to include ligatures (two letters joined to form one) from the Welsh alphabet.
Visually its very appealing to me too, it reminds me of the work of artist David Jones, whilst also having a modern, clean feel.
I left Uni in 2004, after studying for my BA (Hons) Digital Art with Digital Animation in London. Returning to Swansea, I was lucky enough to be offered a position at Web Media Works.
After four years experience working as lead Graphic Designer and Co-Director at Web Media Works, it was time to part ways, so I left and setup on my own.
And so, The Colour Mill was born.
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I’ve been finalising my email settings and bank account these last few days, so I’ll be ready to trade by the end of this week!
If you’d like to get the ball rolling on any graphic design projects in the meantime, please give me a call to discuss your requirements.
Telephone: 02921 25 28 23
Mobile: 07891 33 88 45
I designed this recently for some friends to congratulate them on their new baby.
The stylised shapes combined with a simple colour scheme made a striking design that I was really pleased with.
To finish, it was printed out and mounted on some card, for that home-made, crafty feel.
The Colour Mill is Benjy Stanton’s one-man design studio. The site (and the company) are brand new so check back soon for more updates, including plenty of images from my design portfolio.
In the meantime if you want to contact me, please email benjy@thecolourmill.co.uk or call on 07891 338845.
