Foreign Policy Design | Brand Guide: Singapore Kickstarter | Singapore (SGP) | By Lee Fleming

We recently received good news from our friends at Singapore-based Foreign Policy Design that they are re-issuing their Brand Guide: Singapore Edition after overwhelming success since its initial launch. The design strategy and think tank bureau founded by Creative Director Yah-Leng Yu and Brand & Business Strategist Arthur Chin continue to champion Singapore's independent scene by capturing the brand secrets of 17 Singaporean contemporary brands in this beautifully designed book.

The Brand Guide: Singapore Edition Kickstarter is one to consider, the well-designed publication documents some of the most progressive Singapore brands and celebrates the visionaries and designers behind them. Designed as a dossier with 5 booklets & various inserts, it's filled with takeaways and anecdotes capturing the vision to fruition of each brands owner along with a foreward by Armin Vit (UnderConsideration).

To find out more visit Foreign Policy Design's website and Kickstarter .

Honda: Great Journey | Map Project Office | London (UK) | By Lee Fleming

London's strategy-based industrial design consultancy Map Project Office (MAP), founded in 2012 by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby with Design Director Jon Marshall have recently worked with Creative Director Morihiro Harano to imagine future vehicles for Honda that use their latest technology and capture the spirit of the brand.

Aptly titled 'Great Journey', the collaborative project looks to imagine a comfortable and modern exploration of the planet. Human beings are instinctively mobile. We can trace our roots to the continent of Africa, where, millions of years ago, our ancestors began what archaeologist Brian M. Fagan calls "The Great Journey." It was a migration north into Europe, across Asia, and on to North and South America. A journey of over 50,000 kilometers.

The goal of the Great Journey project is to reimagine this journey, and propose how it could be made today using the latest technologies for human mobility. It was conceived as a journey of adventure that would also allow for the development of prototype vehicles that could travel virtually anywhere on the planet. Mori and MAP identified that travelling through grass plains, deserts, mountains, sea, snow and jungle couldn't be achieved by one vehicle without compromises to comfort and pleasure. Instead the journey was separated into seven stages with respective vehicles for each; allowing Mori and MAP to tailor vehicle design for each terrain and consider the needs of the environment for pleasurable travel and living. Models were made by Letchworth-based Ogle Models brought the project's designs to life while Petr Krejci helped create film sets representing the terrains.

To view more of MAP's work visit their website. Photography by Petr Krejci.

London Cityscape | Chisel & Mouse | Sussex (UK) | By Lee Fleming

Having recently discovered the work of Sussex-based Chisel and Mouse we had to share their 3D map of the City of London. Founded in 2011, Chisel and Mouse is by brothers and architecture enthusiasts Robert and Gavin Paisley. Operating from their Ashdown Forest workshop in East Sussex the hobbyists-come-architectural-sculptors have created an impressive collection of sculptures which includes models of iconic buildings such as Battersea Power Station, Bauhaus Dessau and Buckingham Palace.

The 3D London cityscape is made up of 9 x 200mm x 200mm magnetic tiles that stick onto an underlying map. View more on the Chisel and Mouse website.

Jamie Martin | Final Major Project | Manchester (UK) | By Lee Fleming

Manchester-based graphic designer and photographer Jamie Martin’s final major project recently caught our eye when we came across it on his Instagram. Jamie has recently completed degree in Graphic Arts & Design at Manchester Metropolitan University and for his final project he photographed derelict buildings all around Manchester. Inspired by a Charles Dickens verse from the Hard Times book, the images were put into a full screenprinted A3 publication using charcoal coloured ink and presented unbound in a wallet.

To view more of Jamie’s photography and graphic design work visit his website.

Made by Tung | Tung Toronto Maps | Toronto (US) | By Lee Fleming

We’ve been admiring the work of Tung for a while; the Toronto-based studio specialises in graphic design and art direction within the fields of art, culture and commerce. Founded in 2014 by Emily Tu and Edmond Ng, Tung’s grounded and considered approach to design has resulted in an impressive client list which includes Mjolk, Radio and Ben Weeks.

Part of the Tung portfolio includes these beautifully designed maps; a series of abstracted maps that reimagines Toronto’s diverse neighbourhoods as vibrant, quilt-like mosaics. Designed as promotional tool for the studio, each map was personalised with a fluorescent dot denoting the location of its recipient.

To view the Tung Toronto Maps visit their website.