I’m a sucker for anything that steps away from “the trend”. The last two sunday papers for Thisday and 234 Next have featured an A1 poster by Etisalat showing a typographical illustrated map of Nigeria and the states currently covered by the network.
Whilst a little bit of attention could have been paid to kerning and line-height, I commend the creativity. Well done guys, I think the agency behind this is 141 Worldwide. Very clever!
With the build up to Nigeria at 50 and the whole rebrand project coming along, the book “In Dependence” by Sarah Ladipo Manyika really did have me wondering what was beneath the covers. Not just because of the name and the story but the clever book cover design.
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I first spotted the very creative very out of the box, or more like in the box, campaign for the latest Nokia Maps on a drive from Ikeja airport to the Ikoyi. I immediately went out of my way to find a Nokia store and get my hands on some of this creative goodness! The design features hand drawn illustrations of Abuja and Lagos. It’s black and white with a splash of colour and all this to me screams yum yum yummy!
Seek Project Illustration
Interview with Nigerian based designer and illustrator Karo Akpokiere.
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