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With 10 years industry experience at several large North West design agencies,
earlier in 2008 he ventured into the industry alone.
Working closely with agencies since establishing his own design practice, in roles
ranging from Art Director, Designer and Project Manager, James Glenny has now
begun to establish his own client portfolio.
Working closely with his client' in the short time since establishing Fac53 he has created
an impressive body of work and begun to achieve a reputation for strong identity and
branding projects within the north west design industry for delivering ideas and solutions
to projects on-time, on budget and with a style of his own.
Crombie; Conceptual Identity Proposals
Crombie, one of Britain' most renowned makers of clothes have been around since 1805
Founded by J.J. Crombie in Aberdeen, then relocating to Leeds, the 'Crombie Coat' has been worn by statesmen, noblemen, adopted and adapted by the Mod and Skinhead subculture' of the 1960's and 70's, today remaining a staple of the modern dressed gentlemans wardrobe
The proposed identities draw reference from the existing Crombie identity
The Lion looks to the left, looking to the past and protecting over the Ram who looks forward to the future whilst mounted in the white rose of Yorkshire, flanked by the national flower of Scotland - the thistle, whilst the weavers shuttle and bobin takes centre stage to show the workmanshop that goes into the making of the Crombie range. The typeface shows clean cut lines and the colour red signifies the city of Aberdeen, from where Crombie originates
The strapline font is a reworking of Trajan Pro - be extending the E, reworking the R,Q and crafting the A, the strapline sits comfortably with the identity
Below are 4 other proposed ideas for the Crombie marque
Identity for lift installation, servicing and removal company
Work produced included-
- identity
- stationery design
- website design
Produced for Evolutia Design
Safety At Work
Identity for company specialising in the sale of hi-visibilty safety workwear for industry ranging from clothing, safety protection and respiratory equipment
Also shown below is the proposed domain name holding page which will capture customers response' and comments to S.A.W. stock and order enqiries
This will inturn achieve for the client information through data capture as to where there potential customers are coming from and what products they are looking for before the development of a full CMS site is put into production
Identity for Gourmet Kitchenware,
the online retail outlet for Thomas William, a high end kitchenwares company located on Manchester' exclusive shopping area of Deansgate
Work produced included-
- identity
- P.O.S.material (proposed)
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website design
Produced for Evolutia Design
Elgazelle are a 5 piece Manchester band who are finally garnering the recognition they deserve and an identity to suit their loud upfront and retro sound was called upon
With influences ranging from rocksteady to ska to punk for blues the identity had to be an all encompassing summing up of the bands ever broadening horizons
By taking the best parts of the past 40 years of youth and pop culture the identity is uncluttered, dynamic and on top note
Identity for a premier Cheshire orthodontist providing cosmetic and professional dental work
Produced for Sputnik Internet
