http://www.flat33.com FL@33 [v2] Agathe Jacquillat MA (RCA) Tomi Vollauschek MA (RCA) NEW ADDRESS: FL@33 Ltd 59 Britton Street London EC1 5UU T+F +44(0)20 7168 7990 M +44 (0)7801 950 195 E    contact@flat33.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FL@33 multi-disciplinary design studio for visual communication presskit.pdf [06.2005, text only, with complete bibliography] about us FL@33 is a multi-lingual and multi-specialised studio for visual communication based in London. Founders Agathe Jacquillat [French from Paris; Academy Julian, ESAG] and Tomi Vollauschek [Austrian, originally from Frankfurt; FH Darmstadt] met on the Royal College of Art's [RCA] postgraduate Communication Art and Design course in 1999 and set up their company in Notting Hill after graduating in July 2001. The studio is working across all media in the areas Concept Generation, Print, Screenbased Work [Broadcast, Motion Graphics, Interface Design, Websites], Exhibition Design and Publishing. FL@33s’ mission is to create a professional, vibrant, fresh and artistic body of work while keeping a balance between commissioned and self-initiated projects and publications. FL@33s’ work philosophy is based on the 'Power of 3' theory - the balance of intellect, skill and emotion. FL@33 projects have been extensively featured online and were published in numerous magazines, newspapers and books around the world. April 2005 saw the studio move across town to a much larger space in Central London, Clerkenwell. To mark this new era a FL@33 monograph was published in May 2005 as part of the highly collectable 'design & designer' book series by french Pyramyd Editions. International clients are from Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the USA and include MTV Networks / VH1 European, Laurence King Publishing, Creative Review, Royal Festival Hall, Sacla, BBC, Matelsom, Alsop Architects / Valencia Biennale 2003, GraficEurope conference 2004 / RotoVision, Pyramyd Editions, The Creator Studio / Torraspapel, Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, BlackBook magazine and Groupe Galeries Lafayette, besides others. Award-winning projects include: Architecture, Art and Design publication 'trans-form, trans-it, trans-port.org', 'Pencil Sculpture Illustration Series' Creative Review cover 11.2002, eye and butterfly pencil sculptures], FL@33s' amusing sound-collection bzzzpeek.com, AAT - animated, acoustic typefaces and animation 'singing pasta' or 'eat and be eaten'. In October 2004 FL@33 launched stereohype.com, graphic art and fashion boutique. Stereohype.com is an online boutique offering limited editions and rare products. The stereohype range is focusing on fresh, innovative and inspirational works and expands regularly. Products include exclusively commissioned artworks for stereohype. Stereohype.com is a platform for designers and artists around the world. Regular competitions give emerging and established artists, illustrators and designers the chance to promote their talent and to get their artworks produced and featured. This activity ensures frequent updates and guarantees that the stereohype range stays appealing to its critical and demanding customers. Competitions and exhibitions are announced via our website, mailing list, international magazines and link portals. Press please find articles, profiles and interviews in our press area. For a complete list of publications please click here or download our presskit.pdf. Judging panels FlashInTheCan 2004 Agathe Jacquillat, March 2004 YCN Design & Communication Awards 2004 Agathe Jacquillat, Tomi Vollauschek, August 2004 Stereohype button badge design competition 2004 Agathe Jacquillat, Tomi Vollauschek, December 2004 Please note: FL@33 is written in uppercase only - without spaces before or after '@'. FL@33 is pronounced like 'flat33'. 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Please find info and submission guidelines over at stereohype.com. Deadline: 25th August, 2008 Our contribution to 100 pieces of Havana is featured in this month's Creative Review as part of an overall project presentation spread. The FL@33 bottle will be on display at the exhibition that opens its door later today. Details on the exhibition can be found just one news entry below. July 17th, 2008 We were invited to create 1% of 100 pieces of Havana – a one-off exhibition held in London 'showcasing some of today's finest artistic talent'. The inspiration for this project is the Havana Club Especial bottle, and contributors were invited to interpret the bottle in any way they like. We will post pictures of our piece soon. In the meantime please visit the ycn website where you can find exhibition details and a list of all 100 contributors. 100 pieces of Havana will open its doors on 23rd July in London's Dray Walk Gallery, Dray Walk (Off Brick Lane) and will run for 100 hours only. July 14th, 2008 We launched the dedicated website postcard-book.info earlier today where you can find information and previews of our forthcoming book Postcard – and its foreign language editions – which will be released worldwide later this year. A new exciting book is also in the pipeline so please feel free to sign up to our newsletter before we send out the next call for entries. Please join the FL@33 mailing list for updates. July 7th, 2008 mmm-festival.org – the website for the forthcoming MMM-Festival in Switzerland was launched earlier today. We developed the visual identity and campaign for the festival. Previews including T-shirts, posters, postcards, etc will be posted here very soon. June 8th, 2008 Now at the newsstand: Grafik magazine (#163). Have a look at this month's viewpoint section... 8) May 27th, 2008 Massive flat33.com update! During the last weeks we have gradually prepared hundreds of pictures and texts of plenty of projects we created in the last 12 months or so. Many more will also be finalised in the coming months and will also be posted soon. Have a look at our work archive where you will now find plenty of new and recent projects including: Two campaigns – Love Recycling/Waste and Biofuel/Things are not what they seem – for Friends of the Earth, identity – logo, logo animation, stationery – for Weeks & Cowling, another identity – logo, stationery – for Arts Affaires, a logo for the MMM-Festival, identity – illustration, website, logo – for The Tuning Company, editorial work for Arts Affaires' newsletter / brochure, Estampados – the Spanish version of the Patterns book cover we designed, our customised 8" Bart Simpson for Toy2r and last but not least updates of Postcard (and its packaging) – our very own book project which will be published worldwide in September 2008. We also added FL@33 interviews, features, mentions and profiles published in magazines and books since July 2007 – including: Digital Arts, Grids, Artrocker magazine, Young European Graphic Designers, Logo, The Layout Book, Design in Europe, Tactile, Computer Arts, Badge/Button/Pin,... May 23rd, 2008 Tonight the doors of the brandnew Graphic Design Festival Breda (GDFB) are opening in the Netherlands. During the next five weeks GDFB is presenting various forms of graphic design in the public space, exhibitions, workshops and lectures. We were invited to contribute our very own (sweatshop-free) Stereohype T-shirt range to an exciting group exhibition on T-shirts from around the world. The exhibition is called Sweatshop and was curated by Dutch designers KOP and Staynice. The festival will be open to the public until Sunday, 29th June, 2008. April 2nd, 2008 Now at the newsstand: Digital Arts magazine, May 2008, with FL@33 works and interview fragments in the feature article 'Sell Your Designs' – which talks about our stereohype.com activities and more. Snapshots and texts will be added with our forthcoming update of our 'press' section and 'work archive'. [digitalartsonline.co.uk] March 31st, 2008 The University of Lincoln kindly asked us to take part in their incredibly popular Design Auction they recently launched. It was organised to raise funds for the Lincoln School of Art & Design 3rd year Graphic Design Degree Show. We contributed a FL@33 bundle with postcards and lots of individually signed goodies (trans-form magazine, our monograph and all 24 button badges we ever created for stereohype.com). Have a look at the amazing gems that have been contributed already and don't hesitate to bid if you want to get your hands on some of them – that's what it's all about... [designauction.co.uk] March 20th, 2008 The winners and runner-ups of the 4th button badge design competition over at our sister company stereohype.com were announced earlier today. FL@33 was of course part of the judging panel but we hopefully had help from another 24 judges – journalists and designers from around the world. The winning badges are now available. Congratulations again to all the winners and runner-ups! Have a look... 8) February 27th, 2008 We got the official green light today to announce that Postcard – our forthcoming book we compiled, edited and wrote will not only be published in English by Laurence King Publishing here in the UK and in the US by their American partner publisher Chronicle Books but will also be released in French by Pyramyd Editions and in Spanish by Gustavo Gili. The latest addition to this growing list is the German DuMont – Literatur und Kunst Verlag. Postcard will be released later this year and will feature 800 exciting postcards and postcard-related projects by over 130 individuals and studios from around the world. Please join the FL@33 mailing list for updates. February 18th, 2008 The 4th one inch (25mm) Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition (2007/08) is now closed and winners will be announced shortly. This year's figures: 517 accepted entries from 203 individuals/studios! 8) Please join the stereohype.com mailing list for updates on this and forthcoming competitions. January 31st, 2008 Call for entries: New extended deadline for the 4th one inch (25mm) Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition (2007/08). Deadline to create and submit lovely, humorous and/or witty artworks for those cute little mobile canvases is now Tuesday, 5th Febuary, 2008 (11.59pm/23:59, GMT). Please visit stereohype.com for details, artwork guidelines and photoshop templates. January 30th, 2008 We received our copy today of an interesting new book by Rotovision entitled Grids – Creative solutions for graphic designers – which we had to add to the scary pile of things we have to photograph soon for our flat33.com press section.... We got a decent 10 pages in Grids where samples are featured from the FL@33-designed 200% and 300% Cotton t-shirt books and also from Patterns – new surface design. January 21st, 2008 London's Artrocker magazine (issue 74) is featuring a few of our stereohype.com button badges (from B.I.O. – by invitation only – button badge series 5) in this months' fashion section. A clipping will be added with our forthcoming flat33.com press update which will also include lots of recently released books. January 7th, 2008 We posted previews today of Postcard – a book compiled, edited, written and designed by FL@33. There are also a few pictures of its intriguing packaging. January 4th, 2008 We'll post previews very soon of Postcard – a book compiled, edited, written and designed in 2007 by FL@33. It features exciting work by over 130 hand-picked individuals and studios from around the world. Postcard is currently being translated into several foreign languages and will be released in September 2008 by Laurence King Publishing in English. Foreign language editions will also be released by their international partner publishers. We'll set up a dedicated microsite soon which will feature additional information on the book. January 3rd, 2008 Call for entries! Following the huge success of our annual design competitions 2004–06 we are now pleased to announce the 4th 1" (25mm) Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition (2007/08). Deadline to create and submit lovely, humorous and/or witty artworks for those cute little mobile canvases is Thursday, 31st January, 2008 (midnight, GMT). Please visit stereohype.com for details, artwork guidelines and photoshop templates. January 2nd, 2008 We wish you a happy, healthy and creative 2008! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ news news news news news news news news news news news news 2007 December 19th, 2007 ********************** We wish you a merry xmas and a happy, healthy and creative 2008! •<(:-) December 10th, 2007 Call for entries! Following the huge success of our annual design competitions 2004–06 we are now pleased to announce the 4th 1" (25mm) Stereohype Button Badge Design Competition (2007/08). Deadline to create and submit lovely, humorous and/or witty artworks for those cute little mobile canvases is Thursday, 31st January, 2008 (midnight, GMT). Please visit stereohype.com for details, artwork guidelines and photoshop templates. December 7th, 2007 This winter we received plenty of new books featuring our work. We will post previews in our press section soon. Books include 'the layout book', 'logo', 'tactile', 'young european graphic designers' and 'design in europe 2007/8'. November 21st, 2007 The nice people over at theserif.net have posted a FL@33/Stereohype mention. Thanks! October 1st, 2007 The current 'inspiration issue' of computer arts magazine 141 is featuring our trans-form magazine in their supplement 'a book of inspiration' besides other selected designers and illustrators. The unedited interview will be posted soon. September 21st, 2007 FL@33 is currently featured in the 'spotlight' section of the Adobe Insider newsletter [Sept. '07] sent to the creative industry around the world. [You can subscribe at adobeinsider.co.uk] September 20th, 2007 We received our complimentary contributor's copy today of the new book 'I love buttons/chapas' by spanish Monsa Publishing [bi-lingual, english and spanish]. It features on a whopping 25 pages hundreds of button badges we commissioned for our online boutique Stereohype.com! 'I love badges/chapas' is unfortunately not as thorough and well designed as the brilliant Badge / Button / Pin book by Gavin Lucas/Intercity but 25 pages (12 of them full pages, plus flaps and back cover) is a new record for a showcase book. Pictures will be posted with our forthcoming site update. September 19th, 2007 The Postcards book we are currently compiling, editing and designing is coming along fine and we will soon be able to show you a few previews. We receive lots of emails these days from individuals and studios who have submitted their card designs for consideration. Please rest assured that we will send notifications to all designers who made it into the book as soon as we have finalised the selection process. Two visual identities we are currently working on will soon also be finished and pictures will be posted as soon as both sets of stationeries and websites are ready to go. Oh – and we were invited a few months ago to customise another figure for hong kong-based Toy2r. This time it was a 10" sized Bart Simpson toy – and we were extremely happy to play with one of our favourite television characters. Our Bart figure got a lot of accessories such as one of our as seen on tv badges, a piece of chalk and a complete list in the other hand with all messages he ever had to write in his after school sessions. The toy was part of a travelling group exhbition across the globe. See pictures at toy2r.com. Again: pictures will soon be posted here. August 20th, 2007 Hitspaper kindly invited us to be part of its bi-lingual interview series (japanese and english). The FL@33 interview by Arata Sasaki is now online over at hitspaper.com. July 10th, 2007 Thank you all so much for your great postcards and postcard-related projects. Please do keep on sending us your goodies until the new extended deadline! We will already start in the meantime to check every single entry to get the selection process up and running and will also reply to all the emails we received regarding upload confirmations and other questions about this book project. We have received so many phone calls and emails asking for a bit more time that we decided to extend the deadline to: MONDAY, 16TH JULY! Hope this helps a little. 8) July 1st, 2007 Happy birthday FL@33! 6 years – ahhh – sweet! 8) June 18th, 2007 CALL FOR ENTRIES: A BOOK OF POSTCARDS We are currently compiling, editing and designing a book on the very best international postcards and postcard-related projects created since the year 2000. The book will be published by laurence king and will come with a really cool packaging containing 20 specially designed postcards by selected designers, illustrators, photographers and artists from around the world. No entry fee! We posted the submission guidelines earlier today over at stereohype.com. Please click here and read all the info if you are interested in the project. Thanks! DEADLINE: TUESDAY, 10TH JULY, 2007 June 14th, 2007 We added some of the more recent projects and publications to flat33.com including: an illustration for computer arts project 98, button badges like our glow-in-the-dark contribution to B.I.O. (by invitation only) series 6, a specially designed badge for the limited edition version of the book badge/button/pin and a poster design for the recent button/badge/pin book launch exhibition featuring all 356 original stereohype.com button badges ever commissioned. We also added new pictures of the recently released FL@33-designed book patterns – new surface design, our contribution to the forthcoming my brand book and there are finally also pictures of the video projection for the reception area of altran's headquarter in paris. There are quite a few additions and updates to our press section too – including recent articles in computer arts 133 and another one with pictures of projects in the june issue number 136, last month's creative review, the poster-art book, darren firth's two faced and the book new typographic design which features a previously unreleased typographic experiment. May 24th, 2007 We got the green light a few days ago by laurence king publishing to not only design but for the very first time also compile and edit a book project we suggested a few months ago. A call for entries will soon be posted and newsletter subscribers of both stereohype.com and flat33.com will be notified. More info soon... 8) To receive our forthcoming newsletter please subscribe here. In the meantime please be our friend at myspace.com/stereohypedotcom and myspace.com/flat33 where we will also post news on this and other exciting projects. May 23rd, 2007 badge/button/pin is currently holding a book launch exhibition featuring all stereohype badges ever commissioned (of course including lots of FL@33 ones) and other beautiful badges and badge-related artworks from 17–30 May at exposure Gallery, Little Portland Street, London W1. The book and its special edition (with 10 real, especially designed badges embedded into the cover including one by FL@33) will be available at the end of june and can be pre-ordered over at stereohype.com. Until we post some pictures of the private view please visit the website of gavin lucas of creative review – the author of the book – for a view snapshots. May 22nd, 2007 Computer arts magazine – issue 136 is currently featuring some of our more recent work and a view quotes from an interview as part of the feature article 'be the best!'. We were also recently recommissioned by computer arts project to create an illustration for a 'pdf portfolio' feature of forthcoming issue 98. It will be released in a few days and we'll post pictures asap. In the meantime please see our lead illustration we did for computer arts project 85 last summer. We got our hands on copies of a few more books such as patterns we recently designed for laurence king publishing and another LK book we feature in with lots of FL@33 projects entitled 'new typographic design'. We also received our copies of 'two faced' by darren firth @ WIWP and published by idn and the rotovision book poster-art – now available in all good book shops. Previews will soon be posted. May 21st, 2007 We are currently preparing a rather big update with plenty of projects and lots of books and magazines FL@33 features in. In the meantime we would like to let you know that our sister company stereohype released a brandnew button badge series a few week ago. Selected international designers, illustrators and artists were once again invited to submit designs for this one inch (25mm) button badge series. Stereohype sells B.I.O. series 6 badges separately and gives them away as a free surprise badge with purchased T-shirts. The 'B.I.O. series 6' includes artworks by Andy Prince, Julien Rivoire @ Bastardgraphics, Carole Guevin @ Netdiver, Gianni Oprandi, Sebastian Onufszak @ In Graphics We Trust, Jean-Claude Chianale, Jo Taylor, Martin Lorenz @ Twopoints, Matt Siber @ Siberart, Nick Cannons @ Scuffdept, Pierre Vanni, Samuel Nyholm & Jonas Williamsson @ Reala, Alex Haigh @ Thinkdust, Jonathan Kenyon and John Glasgow @ Vault49, Mathies Møller Højmose @ Visual Flavour and glow in the dark badges by Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek @ FL@33. April 12th, 2007 There are lots of interesting projects in the pipeline we can't even mention yet but we are currently finishing off several website designs, brochures, button badge designs (for forthcoming B.I.O. series 6) and a visual identity... We will soon also add to flat33.com pictures and quicktime previews of another project we recently finished. It's a stop motion animation featuring silhouettes of a vector dandelion we created for altran  'a global partner in innovation', who are already projecting the final piece onto a huge glass screen in the reception area of their paris-based headquarters. Our press section will soon also be updated with plenty of magazines and design publications FL@33 features in. In the meantime we would like to draw your attention to a special sale over at our very own graphic art and fashion boutique, stereohype.com, where you can currently get your hands on plenty of reduced FL@33-designed t-shirts, some of them are almost sold out. Sale ends at the end of april! February 13th, 2007 We have been news editor at French 'N' Fresh for some time now who have today relaunched their website after merging with Nice To Meet You [ntmy.org] where we will continue to post FL@33, Stereohype and other news. January 27th, 2007 OK – it's finally done! flat33.com got an overall touch-up! Not only did we add lots of recent projects and press but we also improved the overall design of our website. So much so that we consider it to be a version 2.5! It's the biggest update since we launched flat33.com version 2 back in september 2003. We now have a clear colour code [<-- see legend at the bottom of the menu] to clearly differenciate between internal links [example] and external ones [example] which open new browser windows or link to other websites. We also freed flat33.com from the 15" restriction at the bottom – so text can now flow in a way that 30" screen users for example might not even have to scroll at all [before that all texts were cropped at the bottom where 'external link' stands in the menu]. At the end of each caption you will now also find selected links to related projects and/or articles. Hope you find browsing our site now even more enjoyable! Apart from improving the design of this very website we added over 200 new pictures plus thumbnails of recent projects and publications – going back to june 2006. New projects include designs for a customized dalsouple rubber floor, new previews of the forthcoming book patterns – new surface design, new pictues of the recently released FL@33-designed book 300% cotton – more t-shirt graphics and the 300% promo t-shirts – a collaboration between laurence king publishing, FL@33 and stereohype.com. Also new are pictures of the recently released B.I.O. (by invitation only) button badge series 5 , flyers and ads for the friends of the earth online shop launch and brandnew postcards for stereohype, FL@33 and the RCA secret fundraising exhibition 2006. Speaking of exhibitions –'two faced: the changing face of portaiture' opened its doors in hong kong yesterday featuring – besides many other artworks of course – our antoine+manuel portrait [please see 'exhibitions' section for details]. We also added a few snapshots of the recent scrumptious event and also added plenty of recently published books and magazines featuring FL@33 work and interviews including tres logos, which features four FL@33-designed logos, computer arts project 91 – new masters of digital art, a stereohype/FL@33 feature in german novum magazine, a massive 10-page FL@33 profile in taiwan-based magazine dpi, vol 91, the long-awaited and finally released public address system – poster speeches by typographers and – if you speak chinese or simply enjoy looking at our work you can now finally download a newly added pdf version of the whopping 12-page FL@33 profile published by beijing-based magazine 'new graphic' [08] back in summer 2006. The nice people at computer arts give our recent stereohype button badge design competition and its winners a thumbs-up this month and congratulate them in the current february issue 132. Thanks guys! 8) January 26th, 2007 Issue 2 of s.a.d. – seasonal affective design, winter 2006–07 was released today and features a little FL@33 interview. You can download a pdf version of the mag directly at [ seasonalaffectivedesign.com ] January 18th, 2007 We were invited by the 'my brand' team to contribute a specially designed FL@33 artwork for their forthcoming book to be published this summer. We'll post our final work and news on this project in a few months... See [my-brand.com ] for more details or see our coming soon area in the press section for other forthcoming publications. January 17th, 2007 flat33.com is currently being updated. This is going to take a few days – so please stay tuned and refresh your browser window or empty your cache frequently to make sure you do indeed see the latest updates... January 9th, 2007 We wish you a happy, healthy and creative 2007! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ news news news news news news news news news news news news 2006 December 15th, 2006 ********************** We wish you a merry xmas and a happy, healthy and creative 2007! •<(:-) November 30th, 2006 Our design initiative B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) button badge series over at stereohype.com is going in its 5th round. Series 5 includes artworks by our new selection of hand-picked designers, illustrators and artists from around the world: Andy Smith, Birgit Simons, Darren Firth @ Wearitwithpride (WIWP), ÉricandMarie, Holger Klein @ Geat_, Gonzague aka Alexandre Leonard-Dalissier, Kerstin Hlava-Landeck, Samantha (Manti) Bohatsch @ Less Rain, Lotie, Lisa Olausson @ Medium, Richard Kirk @ onepom, Rachel Pfleger, Anne & Alex @ Rude & Rusitschka, Ronald Wisse @ Visualdata and we did of course create some more FL@33 badges too. [launch stereohype.com for series 5] November 24th, 2006 Now at the newsstand: computer arts project magazine, issue 91 with its attached digital artist showcase 'new masters of digital art, vol.1' featuring FL@33 besides others. Soon to be added to our press section. November 16th, 2006 We have been reinvited by the royal collage of art to create postcards for this year's rca secret fundraising sale and exhibition which opens tomorrow. See last year's FL@33 contribution here. November 5th, 2006 The taiwan-based design magazine 'dpi' currently features a 10-page FL@33 profile with interview in their issue number 91 entitled 'new london, new design'. [mydpi.com.tw] October 5th, 2006 Call for submissions! Following the huge success of our 2004 and 2005 design competitions we are now pleased to announce this year’s 1" (25mm) [stereohype.com button badge design competition 2006]. No entry fee! Deadline to create and submit lovely, humorous and/or witty artworks for those cute little mobile canvases is Friday, 24th November 2006. Good luck! 8) Today we have also launched the new 300% cotton / make / love t-shirt over at stereohype.com which was produced as part of the collaboration between laurence king publishing, stereohype.com and FL@33. For more details on the forthcoming FL@33-designed book 300% cotton – more t-shirt graphics by helen walters please click here. The book will hit the shelves of your favourite design bookshop very soon. In the meantime we will be adding more previews of the book as we have received an advance copy the other day... 8) The lovely people from computer arts, poland [cgs.net.pl] have kindly sent us a couple of complimentary copies of our FL@33 profile which was first published in the uk in july and is currently featured in the polish version of the magazine [09/2006]. The chinese version also seems to be out now [computerarts.com.cn]. Let's see whether we can get our hands on a copy or two... September 22nd, 2006 The current issue of the quarterly chinese graphic design magazine 'new graphic' features a 12-page FL@33 profile. We received our complimentary archive copies today and will add the article very soon to our press section. September 20th, 2006 We just received our monthly copy of novum magazine – world of graphic design [10/06] which – to our surprise – features a full page article on stereohype.com and our design initiative B.I.O. (by invitation only) button badge series. September 15th, 2006 Apart from our contributions to the book tattoo icons – victionary 3 we also added previews to our work archive of the recently finished FL@33-designed laurence king publication patterns – new surface design by drusilla cole which is due to be published in spring 2007. FL@33 and french antoine + manuel were teamed up to create portraits of each other for the forthcoming wear it with pride [wiwp] book/exhibition project entitled two faced – (approx. 100) 'portaits of some of the most talented and influential creatives of the last decade'. The book will be published by idN. We also received our portrait created by antoine + manuel – a funny hand-drawn illustration which we will definitely have to post here at flat33.com once the book is released... September 14th, 2006 The press section now includes the recent full page article in étapes magazine 134 on our B.I.O. (by invitation only) button badge series, the toy2r bunny qee postcard book 2, the index book publication dna identity featuring the website design and visual identity of stereohype - graphic art and fashion boutique and last but not least did we receive our copy of yet another amazing publication by hong kong-based victionary entitled tattoo icons – victionary 3 which came in a limited edition red plastic slipcase with attached temporary tattoo stickers. Nice! 8) September 8th, 2006 Some of our illustrations we created earlier this year for 'the big ask' climate change campaign by friends of the earth are featured in the MTV europe documentary 'making the movie – an inconvenient truth' by former vice president of the usa al gore (MTV uk, friday, september 8th, 7pm and september 10th, 3pm). July 12th, 2006 The press section was updated today. New additions include the two latest FL@33 profiles published in japanese +81 magazine [plus eighty one] and last month's computer arts mag [124]. July 1st, 2006 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY FL@33! We're celebrating our 5th anniversary today and would like to thank you all for your continuing interest and support! We temporarily knocked off the price of our award-winning trans-form magazine and 33 copies are now available over at stereohype.com for only £9.95 (instead of £19.95)... SORRY - ALL 33 REDUCED MAGS ARE GONE NOW! June 13th, 2006 We finally managed to finish the biggest flat33.com update since we launched the site. In the last couple of weeks or so we gradually added lots and lots of projects, exhibitions, publications, articles and interviews for your viewing, listening and reading pleasure. It's all done now - so please feel free to have a look around. There's lots to explore! 8) June 9th, 2006 Now at the newsstand: 'computer arts' mag 124 featuring a 6-page FL@33 profile. If you are at it you might also want to get your hands on another computer arts publication as this month's 'computer arts project 85' mag is featuring a commissioned FL@33 lead illustration. June 8th, 2006 Our design initiative B.I.O. (By Invitation Only) button badge series over at stereohype.com is going in its 4th round. Series 4 includes artworks by: supermundane, peskimo, geneviève gauckler, antoine + manuel, anthony burrill, jon burgerman, mark adams, kerry roper, lunartik, hellohikomori, tabas and we did of course create some more FL@33 badges too. May 23rd, 2006 The exhibition spoken with eyes - glimpses of post dot graphic design curated by the sacramento art directors and artists club is now open to the public until july 14th, 2006 and features work by FL@33, kyle cooper, andrea tinnes, christian küsters, stefan sagmeister, tobias frere-jones, ryan mcginness and many others. May 18th, 2006 Just got our hands on a copy of this month's special issue of creative review which features four of our fifteen illustrations for foe in their showcase charities and not-for-profit organisations. Also out now and soon hitting european shelves is the current issue of japanese magazine +81 [vol.32, 5/10 release: graphics the world over] which features a 6-page FL@33 interview and profile. see previews May 10th, 2006 We are still waiting for a few 'green lights' to show some of our more recent projects including an illustration series for friends of the earth we mentioned earlier but in the meantime there are lots of new updates to our comprehensive work and press archives here at flat33.com. Updates include: blad & previews of the forthcoming lkp book 300% cotton – more t-shirt graphics, gig programmes for the recent friends of the earth benefit concert with radiohead 'the big ask live', a chocolote bunny, a custom adidas qee for the adicolor launch exhibition, little stitched creatures for the last rca secret exhibition, another mattress website and lots of added footage to read, download and listen to in our press section. Updates are still in progress and will hopefully be finalised by the end of may. There are many more exhibition snapshots and so forth to be added... April 28th, 2006 Great news: the long-awaited laurence king book of badges 'badges / pins / buttons' by gavin lucas and nathan gale finally got its go-ahead. The book will have a dedicated stereohype section featuring our lovely collection we are putting together since 2004. There is a new CALL FOR ENTRIES up at stereohype.com if you would like to submit your badge related projects. Deadline is the 12th of may. We are now officially news editors over at the always amazing bi-lingual portal frenchnfresh.com. April 27th, 2006 The new victionary book graphics alive was published and includes our entire stereohype clothing range and some of our B.I.O. series button badges. Just got our copy the other day. Nice! We have also recently finished lots of new work for friends of the earth including posters, brochure/postcards and the gig programmes for the fund raising concert on monday featuring radiohead (see you there!). What else? We designed a Toy2r custom bunny called 'yummy bunny' covered in chocolate - now that was fun. - although when it arrived in hong kong the toy2r founder apparently got his fingers dirty with our chocolate design... A postcard book featuring our bunny is currently being produced by him though... 8) The 300% cotton blad (book layout and design, preview brochure for foreign publishers) is apparently finished and we should get our copies next week. Previews will then be added to our update of course. We have also finished the blad for another forthcoming laurence king book we mentioned earlier: 'contemporary patterns'. Plenty of updates are currently being prepared left and right including lots of FL@33 publications and exhibitions going back to - believe it or not - last year... Don't say it - we know: if we would have had time to update more regularly we wouldn't have to do this monster task at once... We're getting there though - promised! We prepared about 400 jpgs for flat33.com the other day... 8) That should get us started. We are currently slightly distracted by a commission for computer arts project which is nearly finished (and we are really happy about) and are also currently wrapping up the forthcoming B.I.O. (by invitation only) series 4 including works by supermundane, peskimo, geneviève gauckler, antoine + manuel, anthony burrill, jon burgerman, mark adams, kerry roper, lunartik, hellohikomori, tabas and of course FL@33. Oh - and we are working on a re-vamp of stereohype.com. It's growing... 8) March 20th, 2006 Well - it's time for a quick update: projects: We are currently waiting for the official 'go-ahead' from some of our clients to post some of our recently finished projects here at flat33.com including a really nice illustration series for friends of the earth and of course: the forthcoming 300% cotton book and more... exhibition: FL@33 was invited by the sakramento art directors and artists club [adac] to present a whole range of our works in a forthcoming exhibition entitled spoken with eyes - glimpses of postdot graphic design at the design museum, sakramento, usa, from may - june 2006. press: There are plenty of new additions to our press | coming soon area - lots of books and a few FL@33 profiles and interviews. Some exclusive new FL@33 works will be posted as soon as the according publications are released. March 1st, 2006 The march issue of graphic design magazine novum - world of graphic design is currently featuring an interview with FL@33 as part of this month's 'education' special. February 2nd, 2006 We are now finally able to offer you our recently released FL@33 book over at our graphic art and fashon boutique stereohype.com. Signed FL@33 books are available separately and together with one of the remaining copies of our trans-form magazine as signed bundle offer. February 1st, 2006 We are currently working on a series of exciting projects including two books we mentioned earlier: forthcoming laurence king publications 300% cotton – more t-shirt graphics by helen walters and a book entitled 'contemporary patterns' by dru cole. Previews of these two projects and many more will be posted very soon. You can see our work for 200% cotton in the meantime... January 28th, 2006 FL@33 was invited by hong kong-based toy2r to customize an 8" adidas qee for the adidas adicolor launch exhibition 'adicolor studio' at bread & butter trade fair, berlin, 28-29 january 2006. Snapshots of the exhibition and our custom toy will be posted very soon. January 16th, 2006 now at the newsstand: The winter issue of eye magazine (58) is now available and mentions FL@33 (featuring our stereohype squirrel illustration) in the feature article 'The decriminalisation of ornament' by alice twemlow. Read the editorial here. Also available is the current issue of grafik magazine [issue 136] with a few words by FL@33's tomi vollauschek in the 'viewpoint' section (see below). This months topic: '2005 - how was it for you?' "2005 was truly magical. First of all my cute little son was born this year and I learnt soooo many new things besides changing nappies... And as if this wouldn't be enough for one year we have also finally moved to our much larger space in Clerkenwell, our new headquarters. Our sister company, Stereohype.com, celebrated its first anniversary and also continues to grow. Our very first 3D toy, the Mr Papillon Qee keychain, was produced in Hong Kong and the FL@33 monograph, design&designer 33, was published by Pyramyd Editions in Paris — a really good thing to get projects from the first four years of FL@33 out of our system, clear our minds and move on. All in all, plenty of things which really inspired me on a personal and professional level. FL@33, Stereohype, my family and I very much look forward to yet another refreshing year ahead." January 9th, 2006 We wish you a happy, healthy and creative 2006! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ news news news news news news news news news news news news 2005 December 17th, 2005 ********************** We wish you a merry xmas and a happy, healthy and creative 2006! •<(:-) December 16th, 2005 Our button badge design initiatives B.I.O. (by invitation only) series and our annual design competitions over at stereohype.com made it possible to add over 180 fantastic button badges to our growing collection. Since stereohype's launch in october 2004 we invited numerous emerging and established artists, illustrators, designers and studios from around the world to collaborate with us. Thanks again to everybody for getting involved! 8) December 15th, 2005 The winter issue of eye magazine (58) is now available and mentions FL@33 (featuring our stereohype postcard motif) as part of the article 'The decriminalisation of ornament' by alice twemlow. Read the editorial here. December 9th, 2005 FL@33 is currently designing the forthcoming book contemporary patterns by dru cole to be published in 2006 by laurence king publishing in the uk and by other publishers worldwide. There is an open CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (Please click for guidelines). Deadline to send in your pattern designs is: 12 January 2006. Thanks! 8) December 8th, 2005 You can now finally buy our book design & designer 33 - FL@33 online - directly from us over at stereohype.com. It's signed and comes with a handful of FL@33 and stereohype postcards. Alternatively you can now also get your hands on a signed FL@33 bundle (book plus trans-form magazine). Launch stereohype.com We are currently working on lots of interesting FL@33 projects including two books for laurence king publishing. There is also lots of press in the pipeline. Please see our press section for recently published and forthcoming titles. The most recent snapshots, descriptions and interviews will be added in the new year. November 9th, 2005 The second 1" (25mm) button badge design competition is now accepting submissions over at stereohype.com. Deadline to create and submit lovely, humorous and/or witty artworks for those cute little mobile canvases is the 2nd december 2005. October 25th, 2005 happy birthday stereohype! 8) October 24th, 2005 The online project bzzzpeek.com has been updated and now also includes complete sets of sound submissions from colombia, india, usa and also additional mice sounds from the uk and spain. 20 countries are now represented! Submissions are welcome! launch here October 3rd, 2005 We received our copy today of the newest ava book from the highly recommended 'basics:' series. We've already been featured twice in format - the launch issue - a while ago and 'image' - the equally interesting fourth book in this series - is now presenting a whopping 6 FL@33 projects! Soon in your favourite bookstore... 8) October 1st, 2005 Lots of fresh updates here at flat33.com! We added pictures of the brandnew stereohype clothing range 2005-06 (including the bzzzpeek.com support tees), a few snapshots of the stereohype stand @ top drawer 05, previews of the forthcoming 'hooked?' monster t-shirts and an illustration for victionary featuring a recent FL@33 wall painting/room decoration. Last but not least we can finally show pictures of the woyzeck campaign commissioned by the young vic theatre, london. Woyzeck is a very exciting project indeed as it involves a must-see theatre play (directed by gísli örn gardarsson) to be performed at the barbican as part of this month's bite:05 series 'young genius'. "Iceland's vesturport use hair-raising, high spectacle, circus skills to electrifying effect." Half-way through the project nick cave and warren ellis (a bad seed) signed up and produced original music for this spectacle! We were briefed to illustrate the story of georg büchner's woyzeck with a twist of gísli... But everything came together when we heard who would write the music for this dark play as everybody involved was thinking nick cave/kylie 'where the wild roses grow' anyway... 8) September 30th, 2005 Now at the newsstand: current november issue of computer arts magazine is featuring FL@33, bzzzpeek.com and stereohype.com as part of the feature article 'expose yourself'. Also out now: lads magazine front got in touch with us and is now presenting our paris telescope t-shirt in an article on 50 must-have autumn t-shirts (please don't get distracted though by all the nudity surrounding the t-shirt article). We mentioned this one before but it's still the latest issue: IdN magazine [v12n3] includes a FL@33/stereohype article as part of their 'pick of the month'. September 18th, 2005 You can now support our bzzzpeek.com project by wearing one of our high-quality, organic, non-bleached sweatshop-free, aa animal sound T's. You can choose between cocorico, wang wang and quack quack - all available for women, kids and men. This new T-shirt series is designed to help finance this hugely popular project and pay towards the out-of-control server costs generated by up to 15.000 unique visitors per day (usually approx. 2.000 unique visitors/day) generating up to 6 gigabyte every single day! Thank you! September 17th, 2005 We designed the new Stereohype clothing range 2005/06 which was launched at the Stereohype stand at last week's Top Drawer Autumn Fair, London, Olympia. The new range features more squirrels, 3D-viewers, rabbits and rainbows, roosters, dogs and ducks is now available online over at stereohype.com August 30th, 2005 Well - holidays are over and we have plenty of exciting new projects in the pipeline. Our new stereohype.com t-shirt collection 2005/06 will be launched in a couple of weeks at the top drawer autumn fair here in london. All those designs and other projects we recently finished or are currently finalizing will be featured very soon here at flat33.com. By the way - we just spotted a handful of copies of our FL@33 book @ magma, clerkenwell, one of our favourite bookshops. The book is not listed on their website [yet?] but if you are in the area you can now simply pop in and secure your copy... 8) OUT NOW: ***digit magazine [issue 91] featuring our stereohype design initiative 'B.I.O. [by invitation only] button badge series 1 and 2' on a nice double page spread showing over 100 fantastic 1" [25mm] artworks by artists, designers and illustrators from around the world ***IdN magazine [v12n3] will hit the shelves in a few days and also includes a FL@33/stereohype article. July 26th, 2005 UK residents can now also buy the FL@33 book 'design & designer 033 - FL@33' online directly at London-based Art Data - the UK distributor of Pyramyd Edition's 'design & designer' monograph series. It's not an online shop but they kindly agreed to sell single books to individuals. Here are the two Art Data links you will need to get in touch with them and order a copy: book details [their catalogue number, etc...] you will need the book details for their order form. They will then get in touch with you to arrange payment. Thanks! 8) list of french and canadian online shops July 20th, 2005 50 limited edition mr papillon 2" kit cat qee keychain sets from toy2r's design-a-qee uk series are now available at stereohype.com. Closed blind box signed by FL@33. Set includes postcards, limited edition badge and stickers. July 12th, 2005 The waiting is over! Our 2"/5cm toy2r toy mr papillon arrived! The magic box from hong kong arrived a few days ago and contains a whole army of FL@33 keychain toys. A limited edition of signed FL@33 qees (plus surprise goodies) will very soon be available over at stereohype.com. Subscribers to our FL@33 or stereohype newsletter will have a chance to buy one Mr.Papillon bundle before they are made available to the general public. July 11th, 2005 Just spotted our first FL@33 book review in this month's grafik magazine. (...) "..., this is a perfectly formed volume showcasing the intriguing work of London-based Franco-Austrian duo Agathe and Tomi, aka FL@33. Its diminutive size means that the emphasis is on imagery rather than text, so copy is pretty much restricted to the captions and a preface by Liz Brown. It doesn't really matter too much, though, as the work is consistently engaging and presented in a fresh and appealing way. It's a great snapshot of what they've achieved so far and bodes well for FL@33's future." (...). A big THANK YOU to everybody @ grafik tower! 8) July 4th, 2005 We have recently been commissioned by the young vic theatre company to create a visual for georg büchner's woyzeck. The play, directed by gísli örn gardarsson, will be performed later this year by vesturport theatre at bite:05, barbican as part of the 'young genius' season. The visual is currently being used for the barbican brochure and online promotion. A poster and postcards will soon be added. We'll post previews at flat33.com once everything is ready. June 13th, 2005 This month's issue of german mag 'page' includes a nice stereohype.com mention featuring the button badges from B.I.O. (by invitation only) series 2. June 9th, 2005 Our amusing yet educational online project bzzzpeek.com is currently enjoying a new wave of popularity after the new york times (free registration required) featured a 1/4 page article on our project two days ago. Wired.com and many other websites quickly added the link and we even had to pop into the bbc bush house a couple of times to record radio interviews. Our server is smoking as the daily average of unique visitors to bzzzpeek.com is currently up to approx. 10.000 and rising (up from approx. 2.000). Hopefully we will receive plenty of sound submissions to add all the missing languages to this evolving collection. Links to radio streams will soon be posted at flat33.com. Thanks so much for all the encouraging emails we are receiving! June 2nd, 2005 After we added our FL@33 book and the veggie video in the last days we have now even more for you: a robot, badges, boats and a bridge, flying roofs with weird letters, forests,  lines and pigeons, snowboards and toys with masks. Also new: previews of recently published experimental formats 2, bellali fanzine and idpure special edition 2005 with FL@33 profile (8 pages). Hope you like this decent (and overdue) update! 8) June 1st, 2005 Just posted stills and quicktime movie of our latest motion graphics piece cut 'n' paste remix by FL@33 for the forthcoming sacla exhibition in paris which is part of the french 'l'arte di sacla' campaign. May 31st, 2005 Good news! FL@33 start to settle down in the new office space in london, clerkenwell! We are now finally ready to add lots of new projects to flat33.com we have been working on over the last months. Including motion graphics for the forthcoming l'arte di sacla exhibition in paris, a robot illustration for LaSer @ groupe galeries lafayette, snowboard designs, button badges, self-initiated experiments and a visual/poster for the young vic (young genius, bite:05 @ barbican), besides others. Plenty of publications will also be added within the next couple of days. In the meantime please do have a look at some previews of our most exciting publication yet - our brandnew book design & designer 033_FL@33 which has just been published in paris by pyramyd editions. April 27th, 2005 We have news from our publisher: The FL@33 book entitled 'design & designer 033 - FL@33' (120 pages) is now available! It includes our early works, recent ones and a few previously unpublished projects. You can order it now at artdesign.fr (french/english) or at amazon.fr (if you speak french and/or are familiar with the amazon icons) - and who knows? You might have a copy before we do... 8) A preview is posted at pyramyd-editions.com. April 13th, 2005 We finally moved to a larger office space during the weekend - across town to central london, clerkenwell. After nearly 4 years in our first studio it's: Bye bye notting hill - clerkenwell here we come! 8) Our FL@33 book will be out in may to mark this new era. Watch this space for updates. April 7th, 2005 Nice pictures of our forthcoming design-a-qee toy 'mr papillon' (prototype) - currently being produced by hong kong based toy2r arrived at FL@33 today. Signed FL@33 qees of mr papillon will be available via stereohype.com from july. (we'll post pictures soon) See a preview of the entire series in the meantime.. April 6th, 2005 received our copy of the book 'experimental formats 2' which includes two FL@33 projects. snapshots will soon be posted. rotovision.com March 26th, 2005 This month's creative review presents besides others our illustration for the forthcoming book graphic poetry. March 1st, 2005 Brand new swiss graphic design magazine idpure republished two FL@33 artworks of our perfectly symmetrical series in their current march issue. The forthcoming special idpure april edition will include a huge FL@33 profile. idpure is a great bi-lingual (french/english) publication with sexy round corners. February 24th, 2005 STEP inside design: field guide to emerging design talent 2005 is currently featuring a FL@33 profile. February 23rd, 2005 We have been working on the finishing touches of our forthcoming FL@33 book which will be published in may. The introduction of this monograph is written by journalist liz brown who already wrote a FL@33 profile in 2003 for grafik magazine issue 110. watch this space for book updates: design&designer February 22nd, 2005 Previews of the recently exhibited FL@33 illustrations 8min20sec series and shadows and are now finally live at flat33.com. The prints are available over at graphic art and fashion boutique - stereohype.com. February 21st, 2005 See our FL@33 spread in design in europe 2005 published by pyramyd editions a few of weeks ago. February 3rd, 2005 BIG NEWS! We have recently been commissioned by paris-based pyramyd editions to prepare a book on FL@33 projects. This forthcoming FL@33 monograph will be published later this year as part of the bi-lingual (english/french) design & designer series. We have just finished our work - and guess which edition number we secured... YEP - 33 it is!!! January 21st, 2005 FL@33 has submitted work for a fund-raising book designed to help. The amazing tsunami relief effort was organized in early january by ilovedust in collaboration with DGV. January 19th, 2005 Stereohype.com are collaborating with berlin-based 'best shop' who will present and offer the FL@33 t-shirt range at the international 'tradeshow for striking brands' bread & butter, 21 - 23 jan. 2005. In case you're in berlin at the time: their huge stand is located in the main entrance area... January 17th, 2005 The FL@33 vs stereohype exhibition in paris is now closed. A big THANK YOU to all our supporters!!! 8) January 10th, 2005 The FL@33 sound experience bzzzpeek.com has been chosen to be part of the 'best of the year 2004' website list over at netdiver.net! Thanks so much! 8) January 6th, 2005 Our website stereohype.com - graphic art and fashion boutique made it into this month's Top 10 of howdesign.com January 5th, 2005 Last chance to visit the FL@33 vs stereohype exhibition in paris entitled '8min20sec' by FL@33 and 'collection 2004-05' by stereohype.com. Open until jan. 14th! read exhibition details and see photos January 4th, 2005 out this month: wad magazine: FL@33 artwork in 'scale' issue, paris step magazine: field guide to emerging design talent 2005, usa design in europe 2005: pyramyd editions, paris January 3rd, 2005 WE WISH YOU AN INSPIRING 2005! *** +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ news news news news news news news news news news news news 2004 2004 December 23rd, 2004 we wish you a cosy christmas & a fantastic new year! •<(:-) December 11th, 2004 we have added an illustration we made a few months ago after wig-01 invited us to participate at the forthcoming victionary book graphic poetry. December 10th, 2004 we finally found some time to post a few pictures of our current paris exhibition '8min20sec' and stereohype 'collection 2004/05'. We have also updated pictures of the FL@33 clothing line for stereohype.com - graphic art & fashion boutique December 9th, 2004 we have added FL@33 exhibits of two recent postcard exhibitions in london: rca secrets 2004 and a discerning christmas at the notting hill arts club. December 8th, 2004 now at the newsstand: grafik 124 and french fashion magazine numéro 59, both with mentions of current FL@33/stereohype exhibition in paris. December 1st, 2004 our paris exhibition opens its doors until 14 jan 2005. November 25th, 2004 we have added this month's massive 8-page FL@33 profile with FL@33 front cover 'stereohype squirrel' in bi-lingual magazine novum, world of graphic design. November 24th, 2004 updated: FL@33 press area, visual identity and online shop for stereohype.com, pictures from two exhibitions we participated at the graficeurope conference berlin: emerging designers 2004 and public address system. November 23rd, 2004 1" button badge design competition over at stereohype deadline: december 6th! November 16th, 2004 the first book of the new 'basics' series by ava books is out now! basics: format by gavin ambrose and paul harris features our projects trans-form magazine and agatheHD.com. November 9th, 2004 french newspaper libération published an article on FL@33 and bzzzpeek.com  today. November 1st, 2004 we are currently preparing a FL@33 vs stereohype exhibition in paris entitled '8 min 20 sec' by FL@33 and 'collection 2004-05' by stereohype.com - graphic art and fashion boutique. [dec 2004 - jan 2005] exhibition details October 28th, 2004 maximalism is out now! [the graphic design of decadence and excess] with FL@33 pencil sculpture illustration series.  rotovision.com [book details] October 24th, 2004 at midnight we have launched stereohype.com - graphic art and fashion boutique! FL@33 t-shirts and more are now available at stereohype. October 19th, 2004 novum - world of graphic design with massive FL@33 profile and FL@33 front cover 'stereohype squirrel' is out now! novumnet.de October 18th, 2004 just came back from the graficeurope conference in berlin. As soon as time allows we'll post a few snapshots from the exhibitions FL@33 has been part of. October 8th, 2004 the november issue of bi-lingual magazine 'novum - world of graphic design' will feature a FL@33 profile on 8 pages and a modified version of one of our stereohype artworks printed in five colours on their front cover. September 24th, 2004 a FL@33 profile first published in étapes:102 has again been re-published by pyramyd. This time in a book entitled 'étapes: 10 ans/years'. September 23rd, 2004 the forthcoming fashion issue of creative review features an article on 200% cotton - a book designed by FL@33. The article also shows our interpretation for the commissioned '200%' chapter of the book. September 15th, 2004 FL@33 has been nominated to be part of the 'emerging designers 2004' exhibition at the graficeurope conference in berlin next month. We will also be part of the second public address system poster exhibition. September 14th, 2004 the current issue of creative review is featuring a FL@33 illustration with the FL@33 typeface SCSI on 3 pages for an article called in with the new on rick poynor's book communicate: independent british graphic design since the sixties. September 13th, 2004 the current fashion issue of grafik magazine is featuring 3 FL@33 t-shirts for stereohype.com as part of an article entitled 'nice t' offering grafik readers the chance to win a total of 100 t's. August 23rd, 2004 we have added a FL@33 movie commissioned by rotovision for graphic design conference graficeurope. August 6th, 2004 we just received an advance copy of forthcoming laurence king publication 200% cotton - new t-shirt graphics. Book design and cover illustration by FL@33, also featuring FL@33 artworks for forthcoming stereohype.com t-shirt range and commissioned designs for the '200%' chapter. '200% cotton dogs' t-shirts, a collaboration between laurence king publishing and FL@33, are currently being screen-printed and will be available at stereohype.com. August 5th, 2004 the september issue of creative review will feature a commissioned FL@33 illustration. August 4th, 2004 hong-kong based toy2r have recently invited FL@33 to customize 8" knuckle bears for urban/designer toy exhibitions and fairs across asia. August 3rd, 2004 our website design for toicommoi.com is mentioned in current issue of german page magazine. August 2nd, 2004 we have added a recent commission by paris-based groupe galeries lafayette/bhv for their recent annual report. It's an illustration inspired by the aesthetic of our trans-form magazine 'cityscape insects' they saw some time ago and fell in love with. July 1st, 2004 *************************** FL@33 is celebrating its 3rd anniversary! 8) June 28th, 2004 FL@33 has recently been interviewed by liz brown for british newspaper 'the guardian'. The article sowing seeds for success - on five ways to start a business while at university - has been published 2 days ago. June 7th, 2004 FL@33 feature with commissioned artworks [8 pages + front cover] in current 'mirror' issue of barcelona-based 'the creator studio'. The publication is available in spanish, french and english. FREE subscription details June 1st, 2004 FL@33 in VO pixeltown [right next to the lighthouse] May 29th, 2004 e-commerce website [phase 1] for parisian fashion label toi com moi is online May 26th, 2004 just found the japanese version of our 200% cover. 8) May 19th, 2004 BlackBook magazine arrived today from new york. The summer issue features a commissioned flower-hunting illustration and a brief FL@33 profile with portrait. May 17th, 2004 bzzzpeek.com updated! 17th language: italian! May 3rd, 2004 Fantastic news! Our design of  2" kit cat qee 'mr papillon' is 1of 20 winners chosen [from just over a thousand entries] to be produced later this year. We can't wait... Thanks so much guys! 8) May 1st, 2004 We have added previews of forthcoming laurence king publication 200% cotton - new t-shirt graphics. April 30th, 2004 just added a few snapshots from yesterdays private view of the design-a-qee expo 2004 london April 29th, 2004 Private view of design-a-qee expo 2004, london, where our short-listed artwork for a cat qee is exhibited. Open to the public: 1 - 31 may 2004, 6 newburgh street, london w1f (parallel to carnaby st.) April 28th, 2004 creative review mentions our matelsom 'dream' artwork in their may issue, p.41. this months subject: 'the home' April 27th, 2004 The recent FL@33 profile in french graphic design magazine étapes:102 is about to be re-published in english. The launch issue of étapes: international will be available from may. April 26th, 2004 The UseAgain microsite has been launched today. FL@33 has been invited by flink, belgium, to contribute some work for their recycle project. Exhibition and additional information to follow. April 11th, 2004 Our website bzzzpeek.com has been selected for publication in forthcoming 'websites' reference book by berlin-based feierabendverlag. The book will be available world-wide from may. (ISBN 3-89985-050-5) April 2nd, 2004 the creator studio, barcelona, will feature one of their commissioned FL@33 artworks on the front cover of forthcoming 'the mirror' issue. Inside this issue will be an 8-page FL@33 feature. The publication will be sent to approximately 50.000 designers, ad agencies, etc world-wide in june. March 10th, 2004 Gold for bzzzpeek.com in the category online/functional at the construction new media award in association with the 7th design indaba expo. constructionaward.com March 3rd, 2004 We have just finished the book design for forthcoming laurence king publication '200% cotton - new t-shirt graphics' by helen walters. The book - to be published in august - will also feature a FL@33 cover illustration, the FL@33 t-shirt range for stereohype.com and commissioned FL@33 artwork for the '200%' chapter. More information and images will soon be released. March 1st, 2004 FL@33 has been commissioned by 'the creator studio' barcelona, to create 7 pages for forthcoming issue entitled 'the mirror'. A FL@33 profile will complete this series of previously unpublished and brand-new FL@33 work. The issue is due in summer 2004. Artworks will soon be added to our 'work archive' visit creator studio February 27th, 2004 FL@33 has been commissioned by 'black book' magazine, new york, to create illustations for forthcoming summer issue. Artworks will soon be added to our 'work archive' February 19th, 2004 FL@33 are currently developing visual identity and website for company stereohype.com - a new graphic art and fashion boutique - due to launch later this year. February 2nd, 2004 we have just received copies of the new art directors annual no. 82 [adcny | art directors club new york] which features our bzzzpeek.com | distinctive merit award | new media | game, entertainment, p. 226 see details of adc travelling exhibition | see project January 28th, 2004 we just found out that bzzzpeek.com has been selected to be one of the yahoo.com picks of the year 2003 January 26th, 2004 maxi, france - the women lifestyle magazine mentions our family-friendly bzzzpeek project, p. 6 January 22nd, 2004 Our quarterly link update is online! thanks to all our supporters for your bzzzpeek/FL@33 links, mentions and articles! check out our link area: www January 21st, 2004 Two posters have been added to our shop range. Our typographic exhibition poster dalai lama speech and spring #1 January 19th, 2004 public address system (p)reviews: idanda.net, new york and kultureflash.net, london January 15th, 2004 It seems to be french week at FL@33... more news from france: our bzzzpeek.com project has been selected by yahoo.fr to be one of the most popular websites of 2003 in the category: international sites January 14th, 2004 Yet another FL@33 work has been launched in paris this week. This time for furniture supplier meubles.com. meubles.com metro poster campaign 2004 January 12th, 2004 Paris-based matelsom launched their brand-new online and print campaign 2004 today January 8th, 2004 The typographic poster exhibition public address system is now open to the public. FL@33 has contributed a speech by dalai lama. henry peacock gallery, until 15th february 2004. 38a foley street, london W1 7LB, opening times are wed-sat, 12-6pm. list of contributors | see FL@33 poster +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FL@33 LTD | PRESS COMPLETE | last updated: 17 april 2008 please find complete profiles and interviews at flat33.com > press and a complete text-only PRESSKIT.PDF including exhibitions etc. at flat33.com > about us 2008 digital arts, may issue, cover feature 'sell your designs' by sean ashcroft, interview and work samples, pp.20–26, london, april 2008 grids, rotovision, features 200% and 300% cotton books and patterns – new surface design, pp.72–81, london, jan 2008 artrocker magazine, issue 74, fashion/rock the look section by kate hornby featuring stereohype badges, p.78, london, jan 2008 2007 young european graphic designers, multi-lingual: english, german, french, spanish and italian, daab, pp.102–109, cologne, nov 2007 logo, by michael evamy, six FL@33-designed logos, laurence king publishing, p. 36, p.40, p.69, p.119, p.279, p.303, london, oct 2007 the layout book, by gavin ambrose and paul harris, 'pointillism', ava books, p.77, london, oct 2007 designineurope 2007/08, pyramyd editions, pp.164–165, paris, oct 2007 tactile, high touch visuals, dgv – die gestalten verlag, p.142, berlin, sept 2007 computer arts 141, october issue, book of inspiration supplement, 57 of the world's greatest illustrators, p.13, london, sept 2007 badge/button/pin, by gavin lucas, design: nathan gale, stereohype badges and feature, p.6, p.8, p.17, p.34, p.38, pp.98–101, laurence king publishing, london, july 2007 i love chapas!/I love badges! buttons, pins..., by eva minguet, monsa publications, pp.8–13, pp.88–89, pp.122–123, pp.162–165, pp.167–171, pp.174–175, pp.178–181, barcelona, june 2007 computer arts project, july issue 98, includes a commissioned FL@33 illustration and a little mention on p.3, london, june 2007 computer arts 136, june issue, be the best!, learning new skills – special, by nick spence, pp.36–44, london, may 2007 creative review, the annual – special issue, A small medium, badge/button/pin by gavin lucas, pp.40–42, london, may 2007 new typographic design, laurence king publishing, by roger fawcett-tang, p.71, p.91, p.100, p.103, pp.166–167, london, may 2007 poster-art, rotovision, by charlotte rivers, pp.72–73, london, may 2007 two faced – the changing face of portraiture, idN, by darren firth – wiwp, FL@33 vs antoine+manuel, pp.146–149, hong kong, april 2007 computer arts 133, march issue 133, reinvent yourself special with excerpts of a FL@33 interview, pp.32–42, london, feb 2007 étapes: international, #7, pinning hopes, FL@33 design initiative B.I.O. (by invitation only) button badge series, p.21, paris, jan 2007 s.a.d. – seasonal affective design, issue 2, winter 2006–07, with FL@33 q&a, chesterfield, derbyshire, uk, jan 2007 computer arts 132, feb issue, the month in brief , good month – badges of honour, p.14, london, jan 2007 2006 computer arts project 91, dec issue, attached digital artist showcase, vol 1, new masters of digital art, pp.16–19, london, dec 2006 dpi, vol. 91, new london, new design, pp.36–45, 10-page FL@33 feature by lulu tzeng and adam liao, taipei city, taiwan, nov 2006 public address system – poster speeches by typographers, pp.58–59, images publishing group, victoria, australia, nov 2006 300% cotton – more t-shirt graphics, by helen walters, cover and book design: FL@33, laurence king publishing, p.130, london, oct 2006 tres logos, by r. klanten, n. bourquin, t. geiger, dgv – die gestalten verlag, p.163, p.202, p.224, p.264, berlin, oct 2006 blade – the international remix of print advertising, pocko editions + tamed, pp.301–302, pp.307–308, london + madrid, oct 2006 novum – world of graphic design, 10/06, news, ansteckendes design, p.8, B.I.O. button badge series, munich, sep 2006 new graphic, FL@33 – discovering the urban vision, 12-page FL@33 feature, pp.28–39, jiangsu fine art press, china, beijing, july 2006 tattoo icons - victionary 3, edited and published by viction:ary, limited edition plastic slipcase, pp.110–115, p.427, hong kong, july 2006 étapes: 134, actu, le revers de la médaille, FL@33 design initiative B.I.O. (by invitation only) button badge series, p.11, paris, july 2006 dna identity, by pedro guitton, index book, stereohype.com and logo/tag, english, p.284, pp.232–234.175, barcelona, july 2006 diy bunny postcard book 2, by toy2r, featuring our custom 'yummy bunny', hong kong, july 2006 page, book review: t-shirt 360º, featuring one of our stereohype tees, p.111, hamburg, july 2006 design in europe 2006, pyramyd editions, bi-lingual english and french, pp.116–117, paris, june 2006 computer arts 124, july issue, FL@33 profile and interview, pp,40–46, london, june 2006 computer arts project 85, june issue, lead illustration by FL@33 and FL@33 mention on p.3, london, june 2006 +81, vol.32/summer 2006, graphics the world over, by tomoko suwa, FL@33 profile + interview, pp.46–52, japan, tokyo, may 2006 what is graphic design for?, by alice twemlow, FL@33/stereohype.com, pp.41–43, rotovision, east sussex, may 2006 t-shirt 360º, by pedro guitton, index book, english, pp.73–75, p.175, barcelona, may 2006 creative review, illustrations for climate change campaign, showcase 'charities and non-profit organisations', p.28, london, may 2006 graphics alive!, by victionary , p.6, pp.95–97, p.141, p.162, hong kong, march 2006 novum – world of graphic design, interview: education special, going independent: risk or opportunity?, pp.56–57, munich, march 2006 adidas: adicolor/toy2r diy qee expo catalogue, featuring our qee 'mr set letradidas' with FL@33 profile, p.19, hong kong, jan 2006 grafik, viewpoint, '2005 – how was it for you?', p.80, london, jan 2006 2005 eye magazine, 58, winter issue, 'the discriminalisation of ornament' by alice twemlow, editorial + p.27, london, winter 2005/06 computer arts, 117, jan issue, featuring some of the stereohype t-shirts of the collection 2005–06, p.87, london, dec 2005 elle, 60th anniversary issue, aujourd'hui comme hier: la miaoumania featuring our mr. papillon toy, p.104, paris, 21 nov 2005 basics: image, by gavin ambrose and paul harris, ava books, p.40, p.51, p.63, pp.122–123, p.130, p.169, london, oct 2005 computer arts, 115, nov issue, expose yourself, FL@33/bzzzpeek.com/stereohype.com, pp.34–40, london, oct 2005 front magazine, issue 88, cotton picking, featuring FL@33/stereohype ‘paris telescope’ t-shirts, pp.120–122, london, oct 2005 digit, issue 91, inspire, 'pin it down', stereohype B.I.O. button badge series 1 and 2, pp.32–33, london, sept 2005 IdN, volume 12, number 3, FL@33/stereohype, pick of the month, p.4, hong kong, summer 2005 ideat magazine, # 38, design your life, FL@33/design&designer book reviews, p. 157, july–aug 2005 grafik, issue 130, FL@33 book review: 'design&designer 033 - FL@33', pp.74–75, london, july 2005 page, szene: anstecklust, FL@33/stereohype.com mention B.I.O. button badge series, antje dohmann , p.10, hamburg, july 2005 the new york times 07.06.2005, bzzzpeek 'barks are local: meows are global' by sarah boxer, republished worldwide in nyt supplements >>> design & designer 33 – FL@33, monograph [bi-lingual: english and french], preface by liz brown, pyramyd editions, paris, may 2005 nico magazine, 'young international t-shirt designers' issue, luxembourg, may 2005 clutter magazine, issue 3, design a qee series launch, mr papillon part of cover collage + p.11, london, april 2005 and – art and design magazine, FL@33 profile (10 pages), art and design publishing, beijing, china, april 2005 graphic poetry, by wig-01, selection of international authors, designers, typographers and illustrators, victionary, hong kong, april 2005 idpure, FL@33 profile, special edition, morges, switzerland, april 2005 bellali, fanzine, free press magazine, pp.42–43, FL@33/stereohype, pavia, italy, march 2005 creative review, april issue, article on ‘graphic poetry’ also featuring the FL@33 artwork 'sky world', london, 2005 experimental formats 2 , by roger fawcett-tang, rotovision, east sussex, uk, march 2005 idpure, two FL@33 artworks of our 'perfectly symmetrical' series on 4 pages, pp.8–11, morges, switzerland, march 2005 design in europe 2005, pyramyd editions, pp.130–131, paris, feb 2005 step, magazine, field guide to emerging design talent 2005, ones to watch, p.41, pp.51–52, usa, jan 2005 2004 wad, magazine, scale issue, S, M, L, XL issue, french + english, playground, paris, pp.118–119, p.128, dec 2004–feb 2005 numéro 59, what’s up?, les découvertes du mois, by nathalie fraser, avoir le temps – FL@33 & stereohype expo, p.96, paris, dec 2004 grafik [formerly graphics international], issue 124; 'roughs', FL@33 & stereohype.com expo in paris, p.7, london, dec 2004 novum – world of graphic design, bi-lingual english, german, FL@33 profile on 8 pages + FL@33 front cover, pp.54–61, nov 2004 basics: format, by gavin ambrose and paul harris, ava books, london, p.48, p.98, nov 2004 libération 09.11.04, au net – un site à la loupe, 'les animaux se crient en multilangue', by morwenna prigent on bzzzpeek.com , p.27 emerging designers 2004, exhibition catalogue for GraficEurope conference in Berlin, ltd. edition: 1000, october 2004 maximalism, the graphic design of decadence & excess, by charlotte rivers; rotovision, p.142, london, oct 2004 creative review, fashion issue, article on '200% cotton' also showing the FL@33 artwork for '200%' chapter, p.35, london, oct 2004 grafik [formerly graphics international], issue 121, 'nice t', FL@33 t-shirts for stereohype.com, p.44, london, sep 2004 eat your friends, magazine, bzzzpeek article in launch issue of eyf mag (a 'sourcebook of inspiration'), toronto, sep 2004 200% cotton – new t-shirt graphics, laurence king publishing/harpers by helen walters, book design by FL@33, london, aug 2004 étapes: 10 ans (10 years), FL@33 profile, Duos – 6 raisons d'être 2 (étapes:102), pyramyd, paris, aug 2004 page, german graphic design magazine, szene, familienuniform [toicommoi.com], p.17, hamburg, aug 2004 the guardian 28.06.04, rise section, sowing seeds for success, five ways to start a business while at university, liz brown, london elle – québec, by christian côté on bzzzpeek.com, montréal, june 2004 websites, feierabend verlag, berlin, featuring bzzzpeek.com, june 2004 the creator studio, commissioned FL@33 work in and outside 'the mirror' mirror; barcelona, june 2004 étapes: international, FL@33 profile from recent étapes:102 re-published in english, Duos – 6 reasons to be 2, paris, may 2004 blackbook magazine, commissioned FL@33 illustration in summer issue, new york, may 2004 art directors annual no. 82, distinctive merit award for bzzzpeek.com, new media, game/entertainment, p.226, new york, feb 2004 maxi – france, women lifestyle magazine mentions our family-friendly bzzzpeek project, p.6, paris, 26.01–01.02.2004 2003 étapes: 102, FL@33 profile; Duos – 6 raisons d'être 2; writers: vanina pinter + étienne hervy, p.3 + pp.38–41, paris, nov 2003 grafik [formerly graphics international], issue 110; consultancy profile FL@33, pp.16–21, london, oct 2003 romantik, die gestalten verlag, editors: r. klanten, m. mischler, s. ehmann; pp. 96–97, berlin, oct 2003 paper engineering, rotovision, editor: natalie avella, london, oct 2003 cyberarts 2003, int. compendium, hatje cantz, german + english, prix ars electronica 2003, honorary mention, linz, oct 2003 the 2nd valencia biennial: the ideal city, catalogue, edizioni charta srl, valencia, sep 2003 colossal design, how design books, editor: clare warmke, pp.120–121, cincinnati, ohio, july 2003 page, german graphic design magazine, feature: matelsom campaign, writer: antje dohmann, pp.38–40, hamburg, april 2003 graphic 01: location, visual culture magazine, editor: marc a. valli, pp.114-119, bis publishers, amsterdam, london, april 2003 the creative review annual 2003, features FL@33 in 'influential works: november', p.80; london, april 2003 timeout new york, tony, issue 383, ones and zeros, bzzzpeek.com mention, new york, jan 30–feb 6, 2003 2002 graphics international, issue 101, viewpoint, london, dec 2002 creative review, cover artwork by FL@33, also included: FL@33 feature + interview, writer: mark sinclair, p.61, london, nov 2002 gb: graphic britain, laurence king publishing; features FL@33s' trans-form project; london, nov 2002 d&ad annual 2002, british design and art direction, 'editorial & book design' + 'illustration', p.133, p.255, london, oct 2002 i.d. magazine, int. design review 2002, graphics, design distinction, p.75, cincinnati, ohio, aug 2002 0fr magazine, 0fr system', new art + fashion editions, features FL@33 graphics, pp.54–55, paris, july 2002 sexymachinery, issue 2, how to make money disappear? part 1 + 2, london, winter 2001|02 page, german graphic design magazine, szene, crane-spotting, writer: antje dohmann, p.17, hamburg, jan 2002 2001 and before graphics international, issue 91, showcase, p.12, london, dec 2001 beaux arts, numero 211, noos multimedia competition winners; writer: delphine gaultier, p.28, paris, dec 2001 flyer, berlin and frankfurt issue, free city mag, p.13, writer: michael brake, nov–dec 2001 étapes: 79, french graphic design magazine, images, des grues et des hommes, writer: vanina pinter, p.67, paris, dec 2001 étapes: 78, french graphic design magazine, création 72dpi, acoustic pasta, p.12, paris, nov 2001 :output 4, verlag hermann schmidt, int. yearbook for awarded works of graphic design students, mainz, nov 2001 creative review, the shows: part two, best works from this year's degree shows, p.48, london, sep 2001 trans-form, trans-it, www.trans-port.org, magazine, attached cd-rom and website, award-winning FL@33 project, london, july 2001 black & white, RCA, royal college of art, communication art & design post-graduate course 2001, london, july 2001 the show 2001, catalogue, RCA, royal college of art, communication art & design, p.147, p.157; london, july 2001 design week, reality bites, pp.16–19, writers: clive grinyer + michael johnson, london, 28 june 2001 zwischenstation | coup de grace, self-published poetry collection, ltd. edition: 100, frankfurt, jan 1998 south bank – banner design competition, catalogue featuring winning and shortlisted designs, tomi vollauschek, london, july 1997 COMING SOON: grafik, viewpoint, london, 2008 >>> postcard, cards from around the world, book compiled, written and designed by FL@33, laurence king publishing, london, sept 2008 babyboss, creative, visual, urban magazine, FL@33 profile, indonesia, 2008 art & sole, by intercitydesign, laurence king publishing, london, 2008 business cards 3, laurence king publishing, london, 2008 around europe: promotion, index books, compiled by juland barcelona|vienna, barcelona, 2008 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ exhibitions: badge button pin book launch exhibition curated by the author of the book gavin lucas and the book designer nathan gale at intercity. The exhibition featured all stereohype badges ever commissioned and other beautiful badges and badge-related artworks from 17–30 May at exposure Gallery, Little Portland Street, London W1. see exhibition two faced – the changing face of portraiture | london book launch exhibition curated by wear it with pride (WIWP), opening party: 15 march 2007, 7.30pm, cosh gallery, 69 berwick street, soho, london, w1f 8sz, exhibition opens daily from 15–22 march 2007, 11am–6pm, closed on public holidays. see our book contribution london expo snapshots soon to be added two faced – the changing face of portraiture | hong kong book launch exhibition curated by wear it with pride (WIWP) and idN, opening party: 26 jan 2007, 7pm, at agnes b librairie gallery, 1/f 18 wing fung street, wan chai, hong kong, exhibition opens daily from 27 jan–28 april 2007, 11.30am–8pm, closed on public holidays. see our book contribution hong kong expo snapshots soon to be added a scrumptious christmas event FL@33/stereohype.com in bethnal green, east london, church hall of st. james the less, 2 dec 2006, 11am–5pm see stand snapshots royal college of art [rca] secrets original works of art for only £35 at the annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale now in its 13th year (and the third year with FL@33 contributions). you guess who it's by. 17–26 nov 2006 see exhibits spoken with eyes - glimpses of post dot graphic design 21st May–14th July, 2006 at the uc davis design museum, 145 walker hall, davis, california. We were invited by the sacramento art directors and artists club to submit our trans-form magazine which was then exhibited besides work by kyle cooper, andrea tinnes, christian küsters, stefan sagmeister, tobias frere-jones, ryan mcginness and many others. see exhibit | see exhibition FL@33 vs toy2r & adidas/adicolor FL@33 was invited to customise an 8" adidas qee for the adicolor launch exhibition 'adicolor studio' at bread & butter trade fair, berlin, 28–29 jan 2006. see exhibit | see exhibition royal college of art [rca] secrets original works of art for only £35 at the annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale now in its 12th year. you guess once again who it's by. 18–26 nov 2005 see exhibits top drawer autumn fair 2005 stereohype stand presenting for the very first time FL@33-designed clothing range 2005–06 besides our launch collection and the other stereohype goodies. stand G112, grand hall olympia, london 11–13 sep 2005 see stand snapshots l’arte di sacla exhibition with commissioned FL@33 video installation: cut'n'paste remix by FL@33, 9–12 june 2005, le temple, 153, avenue ledru rollin, paris see exhibit | see exhibition design-a-qee uk launch/toy2r DIY expo FL@33 'mr papillon' qee and customised knuckle bear ‘mr bad luck’, 7–19 June 05, london  see exhibit 1 | see exhibit 2 | see exhibition nico magazine launch event at nude shop with international t-shirt exhibition and auction, luxembourg, april 27, 2005 see exhibit solo exhibition 8min20sec by FL@33 & stereohype collection 04/05 2 dec 2004–14 jan 2005, mo–fr, 10am–9pm, opening night (by invitation only): wed, 1 dec 2004, 6pm–9pm, zoto prod / keepcoul, 44, rue alexandre dumas, 75011 paris, france. 8min20sec by FL@33 is a series of photographic artworks with accompanying videos. additional info and pictures a discerning christmas single-edition Yuletide cards designed by the illustrators and designers from MA communication design at central saint martins who teamed up with: GTF, NCC, Build, Hort, Spin, FL@33, Wig-01, eBoy, Experimental Jetset and many others. All proceeds from exhibition and sales were donated to the students' final show. 7 dec 2004, notting hill arts club, london. see exhibit royal college of art [rca] secrets original works of art for only £35 at the annual postcard exhibition and fundraising sale now in its 11th year. you guess who it's by. 19–27 nov 2004 see exhibits emerging designers 2004 | GraficEurope 2004 FL@33 was nominated to be part of the emerging designers 2004 exhibition at the graficeurope conference in berlin, 14–16 oct 2004. We were also part of the second public address system poster exhibition shown at the same occasion. public address system [berlin] public address system in berlin, as part of graficeurope, 14–16 oct 2004. We were also nominatd to be part of the emerging designers 2004 exhibition at the graficeurope conference in berlin, shown at the same occasion. see also: public address system, london, 9 jan–15 feb 2004 toy2r worldwide tour with 8" knuckle bears customised by FL@33 taiwan, station 2, living mall taipei, 29–31 july and hong kong, station 1, the sun arcade tst, 5–19 aug 2004 see exibits use again exhibition Initiated and curated by flink, belgium, 25 june–30 sep 2004. flink gallery, de burburestraat 20, 2000 antwerp, belgium. launch 'useagain' site design-a-qee-expo uk 2004 The qee-expo 2004, london, including our winning artwork 'mr papillon' cat qee. 1–31 may 2004, 6 newburgh street, london w1f (parallel to carnaby street) public address system [london] Typographic interpretations of historical speeches. Henry peacock gallery, london, 9 jan–15 feb 2004. curator: angharad lewis, grafik magazine see exhibit and snapshots see also: public address system, berlin, 14–16 oct 2004 adc new york travelling exhibition no. 82 sep 2003–aug 2004 see exhibit bienal de valencia 2003: the ideal city a&m | reading department 6 june–30 sep 2003 see exhibit and snapshots gb: graphic britain | book launch exhibition magma gallery, clerkenwell, london 7 oct–8 nov 2002 see exhibits and snapshots impuls.5 | FL@33 solo exhibition köhler architekten frankfurt | june–aug 2002 see snapshots bookshop la hune | shop window paris | march 2002 see snapshots fiac2001 | int. art fair café des arts | expo porte de versailles paris | oct 2001 see exhibits | read interview the show 2001 | RCA royal college of art london | june–july 2001 see snapshots yr.1 exhibitions | channel 4 the photographers gallery, london, open eye gallery, liverpool and stills gallery, edinburgh, june–july 2001 see exhibit work in progress | RCA royal college of art london | jan 2001 see exhibit 1 | see exhibit 2 the folio society | RCA royal college of art london | 2000 see exhibit mrap | movement against racism gallery la pochade paris | 1998 no documentation first edition | book fair leipzig | 1998 see exhibit 2000 perspektiven 1 & 2 | group exhibitions both frankfurt | 1998 no documentation +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ novum - world of graphic design FL@33 profile november 2004 front cover + pp.54-61 successful duo "(...) We love it all..." Jack of all trades, but master of none ­ an old adage that FL@33 in London have disproved once and for all. They are masters of all the various disciplines in visual communication, showing that things that are fun are good for one’s soul, and also good for the customers. Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek can look back on an amazing success story, even in the short space of time since they set up FL@33 in 2001 after graduating from the Royal College of Art. Both had done a range of commissions and projects during their studies, and soon began to win design prizes, which in turn attracted the interest of new customers and agencies in FL@33. Among the most well known triggers for this chain reaction is certainly Jacquillat and Vollauschek’s prize-winning multimedia project on tower cranes. Inspired by the view from their office window over the skyline of the London district of Paddington, the two developed the magazine TRANS-FORM, the CD-Rom TRANS-IT and the website »www.trans-port.org«. Other awards were received for their Animated Acoustic Typefaces and Eat and be Eaten, an animation about singing, and as the name says, self-consuming pasta. And for the Pencil Sculpture illustration series. With the sound collection »www.bzzzpeek.com«, the two creatives continued their success, bringing FL@33 a number of awards, including last years special mention in the Net Vision/Net Excellence category at the ars electronica. The two regard the many prizes they have received as a welcome side effect, but the mission of FL@33 is primarily to produce professional, lively, fresh and artistic work. What’s important to the designers is that there should be a balance between commissioned and self-initiated projects, and that the fields they work in should be as diverse as possible. Certainly there’s no danger that FL@33 will fall into the trap of churning out one-size-fits-all design, as they see themselves as a multilingual, multispecialist, multidisciplinary design studio. Alone the backgrounds of the two partners ensure that. Agathe Jacquillat was born in Paris, studied design in Paris, Rhode Island and Gothenburg, and has worked, among others, for Young & Rubicam, Pentagram and the Dazed & Confused magazine. Tomi Vollauschek is Austrian, was born in Frankfurt am Main, and studied communication design in Darmstadt and London. The two crossed paths at the Royal College of Art in London, where Jacquillat and Vollauschek found in each other the perfect partner for setting up a business. Since then the two have worked in Notting Hill in London, where they draw inspiration for their fantastic design work from the tower cranes and lots of other things. As their next projects, they would like to extend their product range to include T-shirt design and more posters. Then there’s the plans for a book about FL@33, that the two have been working on for some time, and which promises 90% of designs that have never yet been published. So keep your eyes open for more to come from this unusual designer duo. [Christine Moosmann] GERMAN/DEUTSCHE VERSION "(...) We love it all..." Man sagt, wer alles kann, kann nichts richtig. Bei FL@33 in London beherrscht man die verschiedenen Disziplinen visueller Kommunikation jedoch meisterlich und beweist, daß Dinge, die Spaß machen, nicht nur für die eigene Seele, sondern auch für die Kunden gut sind. Agathe Jacquillat und Tomi Vollauschek können mit ihrem Designstudio auf eine erstaunliche Erfolgsgeschichte zurückblicken und das, obwohl sie FL@33 erst 2001 nach Abschluß ihrer Ausbildung am Royal College of Art gründeten. Beide hatten bereits während ihres Studium diverse Aufträge und Projekte realisiert und gewannen bald Designpreise, die ihrerseits die Aufmerksamkeit neuer Kunden und Agenturen auf FL@33 lenkten. Zu den bekanntesten Auslösern dieser Kettenreaktion gehört sicher Jacquillats und Vollauscheks preisgekröntes Multimediaprojekt über Baukräne. Inspiriert vom Blick aus ihrem Bürofenster auf die Skyline des Londoner Stadtteils Paddington, entwickelten die beiden das Magazin TRANS-FORM, die CD-Rom TRANS-IT und die Website »www.trans-port.org«. Weitere Auszeichnungen erhielten beide für ihre Animated Acoustic Typefaces und Eat and be Eaten, eine Animation über singende und, wie der Name sagt, sich verschlingende Pasta sowie für die Pencil Sculpture Illustration Serie. Mit der Sound Collection »www.bzzzpeek.com« setzten sie ihren Erfolgskurs fort, sie brachte FL@33 im vergangenen Jahr unter anderem eine lobende Erwähnung in der Kategorie Net Vision/Net Excellence bei der ars electronica ein. Die zahlreichen Preise sind für beide aber eher ein willkommener Nebeneffekt, in erster Linie hat FL@33 eine Mission und zwar, professionelle, lebendige und frische, künstlerische Arbeiten zu schaffen. Dabei ist es den Designern wichtig, daß sich Auftragsarbeiten und selbstinitiierte Projekte die Waage halten und die Betätigungsfelder möglichst abwechslungsreich sind. Gestalterischer Einheitskost verwehrt sich schon allein die Ausrichtung von FL@33, das sich als multilinguales, multispezialisiertes, multidisziplinäres Designstudio begreift und natürlich bringen auch die Biografien der beiden Gründer eine gewisse Abwechslung mit sich. Agathe Jacquillat ist gebürtige Pariserin, studierte in Paris, Rhode Island und Göteborg Design und arbeitete unter anderem für Young & Rubicam, Pentagram sowie für das Dazed & Confused Magazin. Tomi Vollauschek ist Österreicher, wurde in Frankfurt am Main geboren und studierte Kommunikationsdesign in Darmstadt und London. Die Wege der beiden kreuzten sich schließlich am Royal College of Art in London, wo Jacquillat und Vollauschek im jeweils anderen den perfekten Partner für eine Geschäftsgründung entdeckten. Seither arbeiten beide im Londoner Stadtteil Notting Hill, wo sie sich von Baukränen und vielen anderen Dingen zu fantastischen Designarbeiten inspirieren lassen. Als neues Projekt möchten sie ihre Produktreihe um T-Shirt-Designs und weitere Poster erweitern und dann steht natürlich noch immer das FL@33-Buch aus, an dem beide schon seit einiger Zeit arbeiten und das neunzig Prozent neue, bisher unveröffentlichte Arbeiten verspricht. Also weiterhin Augen offen halten nach dem ungewöhnlichen Designerduo. [Christine Moosmann] 01 FL@33 Buchauszug / book excerpt, Shadows, Eiffel Tower, 2003 02 + 06 Ascii Eye Animation. Standbilder / Stills. Kunde / Client: Alsop Architects, Bienal de Valencia 2003 03 ­ 04 trans-form magazine. erhältlich unter / available via www.flat33.com 05 Cityscape Insect. trans-form Doppelseite / spread, 2001 07 FL@33 Buchauszug / book excerpt Spring #1, 2003 08 FL@33 Buchauszug, Luftaufnahme 33 / book excerpt, Aerial Photo 33, 2003 09 FL@33 Buchauszug / book excerpt, Winterschlaf / Hibernation, 2003 10 ­ 13 Kombination Broschüre und Plakat / Brochure and poster combination. Kunde / Client: École Normale de Musique, 2003 14 Miami Ad School. Artikel / Feature. Creative Review, 2003 15 8'' Toy2R Knuckle Bear. Rohling / blank 16 ­ 23 Umgestaltete / Customized Knuckle Bears. Kunde / Client: Toy2R, Hong Kong, 2004 24 ­ 27 200% Cotton ­ New T-Shirt Graphics. Buchdesign und Titel-illustration / Book design and cover illustration, 2004 28 Flower Hunting in Congo. Illustration. Kunde / Client: BlackBook Magazine, New York, 2004 29 ­ 34 FL@33-Artikel / profile in The Creator Studio Spiegel / mirrors Ausgabe / issue #2. Kunde / Client: Torraspapel, Barcelona, 2004 35 FL@33 Logo 36 »Singende Nudeln oder: fressen und gefressen werden« / »Singing Pasta or Eat and Be Eaten« (Animation. ) 37 Ausstellungsplakat / Exhibition poster. Schmetterlingskulptur aus 818 Stiften / Butterfly Sculpure contains 818 Pencils, 2002 38 ­ 40 AAT ­ Animated Acoustic Typefaces. Kostenloser / Free download unter / at www.flat33.com 41 ­ 42 Klassische Musikkampagne / Classical music campaign. Kunde / Client: Royal Festival Hall, 2002­2003 43 ­ 45 stereohype.com ­ graphic art and fashion boutique. FL@33 T-shirts. Teleskop series, 2004 46 stereohype.com Eröffnungs-T-Shirt / Launch T-Shirt, 2004 47 stereohype.com ­ T-Shirt »Schmetterlinge im Bauch« / »Butterflies in my Stomach«, 2004 48 Laurence King Publishing T-shirt für / for stereohype.com +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FL@33 book | design & designer 033 - FL@33 | bi-lingual [english | french] | paris, france | may 2005 | 120 pages, colour throughout | 15 x 16cm, paperback with flaps | ISBN : 2-910565-99-8 | design&designer 033_FL@33 [online bookshop links below] We were commissioned in early 2005 by paris-based pyramyd editions to prepare a book on FL@33 projects. When we finished our work back in february we magically managed to secure edition number 33! The FL@33 monograph was published in may as part of the highly collectable and effordable design & designer series. The introduction of the book entitled 'design & designer 033 - FL@33' is written by journalist liz brown who wrote a FL@33 profile in 2003 for grafik magazine issue 110. The book includes our early works, recent ones and previously unpublished projects. It costs about 13 Euro (approx. £10) and will soon be available in the UK. We'll keep you posted. In the meantime you can order it online in the following french bookshops (some of which are offering english checkout procedures): artdesign.fr (english/french) artazart.com (french only) amazon.fr (french only) Londres, et l’espace urbain en général, exerce une fascination sur FL@33. La ville devient alors le sujet de toutes sortes d’expé-rimentations graphiques. Ce travail de recherche tient une place prépondérante dans leurs différents champs de création. La production de FL@33 se caractérise aussi par une diversité des formes. Agathe et Tomi développent des projets incluant des supports imprimés, des images animées et répondant à des préoccupations artistiques ou plus techniques. Le style de ce duo graphique se régénère et se renouvelle sans cesse, une originalité déjà récompensée par de nombreux prix. London, and the urban space in general, exert a fascination on FL@33, who use the city as a test bed for all kinds of graphic experimentation. This exploration takes a prominent role in their design work. FL@33's output is also characterised by a diversity of tasks and forms. Agathe and Tomi's projects include printed media and animated images, and satisfy artistic and more technical concerns. The duo's graphic style is in a state of constant regeneration and renewal, and its originality has already won many awards. Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek, both graduates of the Royal College of Art, set up FL@33 in July 2001 in London. FL@33 is true to the Power of 3 theory, based on the balance between intellect, technique and emotion. This balance is also apparent in the duo's creative affinities: Tomi is into video and animation, while Agathe creates websites. They are also active in fields such as illus-tration, posters, editorial design, exhibition design and photography. Diplômés du Royal College of Art, Agathe Jacquillat et Tomi Vollauschek créent FL@33 en juillet 2001 à Londres. FL@33 est fidèle à la théorie du Power of 3 fondée sur l’équilibre entre intellect, technique et émotion. L’équilibre s’illustre aussi dans les affinités créatrices ; Tomi se charge de la vidéo, l’animation et Agathe de la création de sites Web. Autant de champs de création auxquels s’ajoutent l’illustration, l’affiche, le design éditorial, la scénographie, la photographie, etc. Graphistes, designers, illustrateurs ou encore photographes, les créateurs de tout ordre se rencontrent dans design&designer et nous font découvrir leurs travaux les plus significatifs. Dans chacune de ces monographies, la parole est donnée à l’image mais également à la création dans ce qu’elle a de propre à chaque auteur. Graphic artists, designers, illustrators and photographers, creators from all backgrounds, are brought together in design&designer and introduce us to their most significant works. In each of these monographs, images are given a prominent part to play along with the unique qualities of each artist’s work. Agathe Jacquillat et Tomi Vollauschek ont quitté au printemps dernier leur atelier de Notting Hill, dans l’ouest de Londres. Bien qu’ils disposent maintenant d’un espace plus vaste dans l’est de la ville, à Clerkenwell ­ le quartier officieux de l’industrie créative londonienne à l’heure actuelle ­, cela a marqué à bien des égards la fin d’une époque. Ce lieu a joué un rôle crucial dans leur histoire et celle de FL@33 : c’est là qu’ils ont créé FL@33 en juillet 2001, et ils y bénéficiaient de quelque chose de bien rare pour des citadins : une vue. Naturellement, leur départ signifiait aussi qu’ils quittaient l’appartement trente-trois. Mais l’emménagement dans l’atelier de Clerkenwell marque le début d’une nouvelle ère et ouvre de nouvelles perspectives. Agathe et Tomi sont tous deux très attachés à Londres. C’est là qu’ils se sont rencontrés au cours de leurs études supérieures au Royal College of Art. Agathe arrivait de sa France natale et Tomi d’Allemagne. Tomi est venu à Londres pour la première fois à l’adolescence, lors d’un séjour linguis-tique ; il a par la suite commencé la phase londonienne de sa formation au graphisme en 1997, en étudiant pendant un semestre au Camberwell College of Art. La même année ­ mais à leur insu à tous les deux ­, Agathe travaillait à l’autre bout de la ville dans les bureaux du magazine Dazed and Confused en tant que graphiste assistante, avant d’intégrer le Royal College of Art. Ils ne peuvent imaginer de meilleur endroit pour travailler. Londres exerce donc sur eux une sorte de fascination, peut-être renforcée par un phénomène dont peuvent témoigner tous ceux qui ont vécu à l’étranger : même les tâches quotidiennes les plus banales semblent alors un peu plus intéressantes ­ comme si les sens étaient plus aiguisés. On fait attention à des choses que les autres peuvent ne pas remarquer. Mais, par-dessus tout, vivre à Londres leur permet de faire le genre ­ ou les genres ­ de travaux qu’ils aiment. Cela couvre un immense éventail de projets dans une vaste gamme de formats, répon-dant à des préoccupations tantôt purement artistiques, tantôt d’une technicité scientifique. Selon eux, ce ne serait pas aussi simple s’ils travaillaient ailleurs. La mixité culturelle de la ville a créé une grande ouverture d’esprit chez ses habitants, y compris chez leurs clients qui se soucient moins des étiquettes professionnelles qu’ailleurs et se laissent davantage convaincre par la capacité d’un graphiste à résoudre un problème de la façon la plus intéressante possible. De ce fait, le graphisme, du moins en ce qui concerne le travail de FL@33, se révèle être un terme usé et un peu creux, qui a perdu depuis longtemps le pouvoir de décrire les façons multiples dont ils mettent en oeuvre leurs talents. Agathe et Tomi ont délibérément conçu leur premier projet signé FL@33, Trans-Form, comme une entité multiforme incluant des supports imprimés, des images animées et l’Internet, afin que l’on ne puisse se méprendre sur l’ampleur de leur savoir-faire et la variété de leurs visées professionnelles. Le format final est la partie émergée de l’iceberg : le projet global comprend des photographies et des dessins illustrant leur vision du panorama urbain de Londres, des animations d’insectes au corps fait de grues à tour, une police de caractères formée de ces grues et un essai décrivant leur fonctionnement. Tout cela a également eu un effet secondaire, peut-être plus inattendu : ce n’est pas seulement leur versatilité en matière de format qui a attiré l’attention. Agathe et Tomi ont la satisfaction d’avoir reçu, depuis lors, des commandes de clients qui avaient vu l’un de leurs projets, l’avaient aimé, puis les avaient contactés pour savoir s’ils ne faisaient par hasard aussi des choses complètement diffé-rentes, ce qui est invariablement le cas. La première personne à leur avoir adressé cette question est leur client du Royal Festival Hall de Londres, qui avait vu le projet Trans-Form. Il leur a demandé de créer une série d’affiches et de brochures pour la campagne de promotion de la musique clas-sique du Royal Festival Hall : des graphistes capables de rendre des grues à tour belles et intéres-santes ne doivent pas avoir de peine à diversifier l’image et l’audience de la musique classique. Leur aptitude à dégager et à incarner l’essence du caractère de chaque client ou commande est telle qu’on leur a demandé, à de nombreuses reprises, de concevoir la maquette de livres et des illustrations pour des couvertures de magazines, comme 200 % Cotton, The Creator Studio, MM media&marketing, Creative Review ou encore Novum. Agathe et Tomi ont aussi une fascination pour les mots qui provient en partie du fait qu’ils ont des langues maternelles différentes et qu’ils communiquent souvent dans une troisième langue « neutre ». Cela a déclenché le deuxième grand projet né de leur propre initiative : le site Internet bzzzpeek.com, qui a commencé sous la forme d’un échange de cris d’animaux en français et en allemand. Bzzzpeek.com comprend à présent tout un zoo d’onomatopées ainsi que des ajouts plus modernes, comme des bruits de voiture et des sirènes de police. Dix-sept langues sont représentées, et les visiteurs du site peuvent combler n’importe quelle lacune qu’ils viendraient à découvrir. Le site a été conçu pour être facile à utiliser, même par un enfant de deux ans, si bien qu’il est très apprécié dans les écoles. Et www.yahoo.fr l’a classé parmi les sites internationaux les plus populaires en 2003, mais ce n’est que l’un des multiples hommages qu’il ait reçu sur Internet, à la télévision, à la radio, et dans la presse écrite. Agathe et Tomi continuent de créer leurs propres projets à une échelle tout aussi ambitieuse que celle de Trans-Form au début de FL@33. Leur préoccupation actuelle est Stereohype.com, leur boutique d’arts graphiques et de mode, en ligne depuis 2004. Elle est aussi communautaire et interactive ­ le premier concours pour la création d’un badge a donné lieu à près de trois cents participations. Les projets d’Agathe et de Tomi les obligent régulièrement à éteindre leur ordinateur, à ranger leurs crayons, à prendre leur appareil photo et le chemin de l’aéroport. Ou, tout au moins, lorsqu’ils habi-taient à Notting Hill, à passer un peu de temps sur le balcon, d’où ils ont vu pour la première fois les grues à tour qui allaient devenir le projet Trans-Form. En fait, beaucoup de leurs projets voient le jour de cette manière. Un voyage à Budapest dans la famille de Tomi et des vacances à Paris ont fait naître plusieurs séries de photographies. L’une des photographies de Paris, prise depuis la tour Eiffel, représente un groupe de personnes dont les ombres prennent vie et vice-versa ­ un mélange de réalité et d’ombres chinoises. Cette vivacité d’esprit et ce sens de l’humour sont souvent manifestes dans leurs travaux. Un autre projet entrepris au Royal College of Art et qui a contribué à les faire connaître: l’animation primée de Tomi intitulée « Singing Pasta ou Eat and Be Eaten » (« Les Pâtes chantantes ou Manger et être mangé ») met en scène deux nouilles qui chantent de l’opéra. L’architecte britannique Will Alsop leur a commandé une animation pour la biennale de Valence de 2003. Les spectateurs voient un oeil énorme, créé en code ASCII, qui leur rend leur regard. Leur film promotionnel pour GraficEurope montre un personnage dont le nez est le menton retourné d’Agathe ; tandis que celle-ci parcourt le texte du scénario en gloussant, on peut entendre un fou rire en bruit de fond. Leur travail pour le fournisseur français de matelas et de lits Matelsom comprenait des cartes de visite représentant la position préférée de chaque employé pour dormir. Il est très difficile, malgré tout, de parler d’un « style FL@33 », car chaque nouveau projet diffère radi-calement de tous les autres. Agathe et Tomi semblent avoir un besoin compulsif de laisser loin derrière eux le format et le style visuel de chaque projet dès qu’il s’achève, si bien que l’irruption de nouveaux défis leur convient à merveille. De temps à autre, il arrive que certains motifs refassent leur apparition. Par exemple, l’affiche que FL@33 a créée pour l’exposition liée au lancement d’un livre à la boutique d’art londonienne Magma contient une sculpture en forme de papillon ; le « Mr Papillon » qu’ils ont dessiné pour le fabricant de jouets hongkongais Toy2R porte un masque en forme de papillon ; et on en trouve encore un dans l’une de leurs créations pour Stereohype.com. Mais la ressemblance sur le plan esthétique est mince: le papillon de l’affiche a été conçu comme une sculpture graphique qui mobilise 818 crayons de couleurs (vus à leur taille réelle, grâce à l’échelle de l’impression), alors que celui de Stereohype est une illustration d’Agathe. On peut relever un thème récurrent dans leur usage de la photographie, en particulier lorsqu’il s’agit de paysages urbains. Ces derniers sont souvent doublés d’un reflet, retournés ou déformés de manière à donner une vision inversée de la vie citadine ou à produire un type différent de paysage ou de forme vivante, comme les systèmes d’artères qui émergent de leur série de photographies « Perfectly Symmetrical » (« Parfaitement symétrique »). Peut-être est-ce la raison pour laquelle Agathe et Tomi aiment tant Londres ­ ils ne se sentent pas écrasés par le panorama urbain, parce qu’ils ont autant d’influence sur lui qu’il en a sur eux. Mais le plus important est que leurs projets sont réalisés dans un « esprit » particulier. Dans une interview, Agathe parle du « triple pouvoir », dont elle a entendu parler au Royal College of Art, qui consiste à obtenir un équilibre entre les mains, la tête et le coeur. Et les travaux de FL@33 sont clai-rement sous-tendus par la conviction que, tout comme les grues à tour, le sujet de tout projet ou commande est beau, est intéressant ­ il suffit de s’assurer qu’on le regarde comme il faut. Liz Brown Journaliste FL@33 intro | Pyramyd Editions | Liz Brown Agathe Jacquillat and Tomi Vollauschek moved out of their Notting Hill studio in West London in the Spring. Though they’re now in a bigger space in Clerkenwell, East London (currently the unofficial home of London’s creative industry), it marked the end of an era in many ways too. It played such a key role in their and FL@33’s history ­ FL@33 was set up there in July 2001 and they also had something that is a rarity for most city dwellers: a view. And, of course, it also entailed leaving flat number thirty-three. But the move to the Clerkenwell studio marks the start of a new era, and promises whole new vistas. Both Agathe and Tomi have a great affection for London. It’s here that they met, during their postgraduate studies at the Royal College of Art. Agathe came from her native France and Tomi from Germany. Tomi first visited as an English language student in his teens, and then began the London phase of his design training in 1997 with a semester as a student at the Camberwell College of Art. During that same year ­ but then unknown to each other ­ Agathe was across town working at Dazed & Confused magazine’s office as a design assistant before she went to the RCA. They can’t think of anywhere else they’d rather work. As a result London has a fascination for them, perhaps encouraged by the phenomenon that anyone who has lived overseas will testify to, which makes even the most mundane of everyday tasks feel a little bit more interesting ­ as though their senses have become keener. They notice things that other people might not. But mostly, being in London allows them to do the kind ­ or kinds ­ of work they like to do. This for them means a huge variety of projects in a wide range of formats, from the purely artistic to the scientifically technical, something they say would not be so straightforward if they were working somewhere else. The city’s multiculturalism has created a high degree of open-mindedness among its residents, they say, including their own clients, who are less concerned with job titles and more influenced by a designer’s ability to solve a problem in the most interesting way possible. Consequently, and certainly as far as FL@33’s work is concerned, ‘graphic design’ is becoming a tired and slightly empty phrase that has long since ceased to be able to describe the many ways in which they apply their skills. Agathe and Tomi’s first project as FL@33, trans-form, was deliberately published as a multi-format entity encompassing print, moving image and web so there would be no mistaking the breadth of their skills and wide-ranging professional intentions. The final format is the tip of the iceberg, too: as a whole the project features photography and line-drawn illustrations of their view of the London skyline, tower-crane-insect animations, and tower-crane-shaped lettering, plus an essay that describes how tower cranes work. But this also had a side effect that was perhaps less anticipated: it wasn’t only their versatility with formats that attracted attention. Agathe and Tomi are pleased that they have since had commissions from clients who saw one of their projects, liked it, and then called and asked if they happened also to do something completely different, which they invariably do. The first person to do this was their client at London’s Royal Festival Hall, who had seen the trans-form project. He asked them to create a series of posters and brochures for the RFH’s Classical Music Campaign: designers who can make tower cranes look interesting and beautiful