Nirvana CPH

Liberty asked us to produce an invitation to a ‘Hard Hat Party’ that celebrated the imminent launch of its new-look store. Forty key influencers were invited to the event, to be held amid the building works. The invitations needed to feel precious, so we recommended a gloss brass that marks easily when handled, to encourage [...]

To convey the importance of warm relationships, Royal Mail’s DM agency Proximity London devised the concept of a package that warmed up on opening, commissioning us to produce 40,000 units. After researching different options, including US military food cans, gel hand warmers, microwaveable beanbags and medical heat pads, we found a factory in China that [...]

‘7ft Cowboy’ is the denim line brought into realisation by British designers Bayode & Claire Odiwole who work under the banner of Pokit. The idea was to bring Pokit’s unique British style to the old world of traditional jeans manufacturing. America does American Jeans, Japan does American Jeans and Pokit gives you American Jeans through [...]

To promote a new range of smartphones, Sony Ericsson wanted to send exclusively packaged devices to a number of retail store managers. The company asked us to produce dummy book packs to contain the new devices. Each package looked like a case-bound book, with 16 pages of text at the front and a phone concealed [...]

Reflecting the quirky dinosaur imagery and products featured in Giles Deacon’s collection, these invitations were designed to surprise, engage and amuse guests.

To raise money for the charity of the New Zealand rugby team The All Blacks, KidsCan StandTall, writer and producer James Kerr followed the team for weeks, documenting their charity work. With photography by world-class photojournalist Nick Danziger, Kerr created a book, Mana, with all profits of its sale going to the charity. He approached [...]

In partnership with design studio Junior Junior, Nirvana developed the spec and produced the lookbooks for fashion designer Hussein Chalayan. As the images used in the book were taken from a RED Cam moving imagery of the runway show, paper choice was critical to ensure the best reproduction of the images. We decided on Regency [...]

For the final year shows of Central Saint Martin’s BA Fashion students, we were commissioned to produce a set of invitations to reflect the creativity and craft of the clothes.   We researched and developed different laser cut patterns and styles on craft paper to achieve the most striking final visual effects.

This piece of packaging was commissioned by Norwegian snus manufacturer Taboca to promote its new premium tobacco ranges. We created the outer pack from black acrylic sheet, foil blocked and heat bent to shape. The interior was produced from high-density black foam that was cut and routed to create recesses for the snus tins. The [...]

Our brief was to develop and produce the packaging for Daphne, a perfume created in a collaboration between Comme des Garçon and Daphne Guinness. We partnered with the design studio StudioSmall on the project who created the identity for Daphne. After researching different material combinations, we duplexed Flaxprint and Colourlux to produce packaging material reflecting [...]

We produced a range of printed collateral for the new boutique W Hotel in London, including room compendiums, bill presenters and menu covers. Research and development was a key part of this project, and we created a number of prototypes using different materials and binding methods to find the correct look for this high-end brand. [...]

We were commissioned by Claudia Schiffer’s PR team to shoot a short film for the model-designer’s new cashmere clothing range. We worked alongside photographer Camilla Akrans who was shooting the lookbook imagery on stunning locations in a forest and castle, so we needed to be nimble. We shot using 3 Canon 5d’s, so that we [...]

For the high-end beauty brand Molton Brown we produced a set of sales presentation kits that were to be distributed to the hotel groups stocking the range. Our card engineering department worked closely with Molton Brown to develop and tweak the designs for the final prototypes. The kits featured an outer box, with three internal [...]

Nike’s advertising agency Wieden & Kennedy, designed a giant, mirrored wall to be erected at the seven-mile point on The Great South Run. Our job was to make it happen, balancing creativity and commerce within a tight budget. We arranged permission from the owners of the site, created architectural drawings and developed wind calculations for [...]

Designer Robin Howie asked us to apply his branding to skeleton sleds to be used by Team GB in the 2010 Winter Olympics. The athletes were scanned by Robin using a 3D scanner to create the graphic representation of their faces, this was to be displayed on the bottom of the sleds We sourced a [...]

To publicise the launch of Prada’s fragrance, Prada Candy we were asked to develop and produce the press kits for journalists and buyers. Using our card engineering department, we developed a custom package, featuring the distinctive Prada brand texture embossed on the surface. The Prada logo and fragrance campaign image were then embossed on an [...]

To promote the imminent launch of Kate Spade’s new store in London, the brand created a pop-up store in a disused office building in Covent Garden. Refitted to look like a New York apartment, customers were encouraged to rifle through drawers and wardrobes to find products for sale. Nirvana was commissioned to shoot promo photography [...]

Exposures briefed us to produce material to support the Levis Curve ID UK launch, a two-day event held at a West End hotel and Soho club. We produced two gifts for guests: a book, vacuum packed in a screen printed translucent bag, and a key-shaped USB drive attached to a lanyard made from tailor’s measuring [...]

Since 2009, Nirvana has worked with Studio Thomson to create the trophies for the annual UK Music Video Awards, which recognise directors and producers of some of the year’s best music videos. The trophies are produced using a 20mm thick clear acrylic block, with a coloured panel mounted to one end. The distinctive award logo [...]

Nirvana CPH were commissioned by DAKS to film behind the scenes at their show for the S/S 2012 London Fashion Week. A 3 man team was sent to capture the essence of what goes into putting on a fashion show. The evening before the show we were filming at DAKS HQ where the models were [...]

When London design studio Junior Junior decided to launch a football magazine, its founders approached Nirvana for print consultancy and production. The Green Soccer Journal recognises a niche in the football magazine market for a publication that goes beyond the usual glossy, brash and goal-focused style of football reporting. The journal is aimed at a [...]

Nike’s advertising agency Wieden & Kennedy commissioned Nirvana to produce the graphics and other print collateral for the brand’s Grid running event. We printed six-sheet posters in six colours, which were posted all over London. An A1 poster was also printed these were distributed to universities and shops, with event participants encouraged to ‘steal’ and [...]

Paris based studio ArtWorkLove commissioned Nirvana to work on a project for Champagne brand Krug. This was to produce a bespoke, sleek USB stick for an imminent press launch. With the brief to deliver a tactile, premium device, we used our cardboard engineering department to develop a number of prototypes. We eventually decided to produce [...]

The Barbican hosts a number of high-profile events and exhibitions throughout the year, and Nirvana often collaborates with the venue to produce some of the associated invitations and print collateral. Working with some of Europe’s top design studios, such as North, Pentagram and Artwork Love, we create these projects using a number of techniques, such [...]

As part of a campaign to promote Nokia’s Own Voice navigational app, Wieden & Kennedy teamed up with electrofunk duo Chromeo to produce the world’s shortest LP, Drivetime, and turned to Nirvana for the production. We pressed the 121-seconds, 5-inch vinyl disc, which contains 55 tracks, in the Czech Republic. The record sleeves were printed [...]

Time was of the essence in this project. Creative agency Harriman Steel asked us to brand a piano donated by Elton John to the BBC Radio 2 studios on Great Portland Street. With only 12 hours until the official handover in front of the press, there was no room for error. A Nirvana team worked [...]

Design consultancy Egelnick & Webb asked us to produce a promotional item for new British Land development Regent’s Place near Warren Street tube. The brief called for a stainless steel, credit card-sized tube map that referenced the gleaming new building. After exploring a number of processes, we used chemical etching to ensure the smallest details [...]

Commissioned by design consultancy Egelnick & Webb, we produced these playful invitations for fashion brand House of Holland. Screen printed on clear polybags, the invitations contained die-cut, house-shaped confetti, reflecting the collection’s wedding theme. The design encouraged the guests to interact with the product by scattering the confetti over models passing on the runway.

This catalogue for luxury interior and furniture designer Francis Sultana shows off his first furniture collection in simple, luxurious materials. We used a cloth material for the cover, with Regency Satin paper for the text pages. The cover was debossed and foiled to the face with the back cover having the distinctive FS Monocle foil [...]

Luxury brand Hermès’s global campaign J’aime Mon Carré targeted a younger audience by showing more than 100 ways in which Hermès scarves can be worn. To support the campaign, the brand installed pop-up stores across different cities, including Paris, Tokyo and New York. For the London leg of the campaign, Nirvana was commissioned to produce [...]

Having worked on a variety of projects for McQueen over the years, Nirvana is in tune with the fashion brand’s high production values. A key element of this project was retouching and colour balancing some of the imagery, and the final books were printed and thread sewn, with a foil block front cover and silver [...]

We developed the store magazine for fashion brand COS, in partnership with Jop Van Bennekom, the man behind Fantastic Man and The Gentlewoman magazines. As part of the development, we sourced a range of materials to show off the magazine’s design and photography and prototyped issues for each material combination. Now, we produce the magazine [...]

The brief from Dunhill called for a simple, yet striking press kit to complement its SS11 fashion show at London Fashion Week. Creating the right look to mirror the prestigious event was key to this project. We produced a clam shell box to contain 33 cards, each showcasing a different one of the season’s looks. [...]

When Anthony Burrill designed a limited-edition acrylic clock exclusively for the Lollipop Shoppe, he turned to Nirvana for help with production. The product was created from 5mm acrylic, with the numbers laser cut in the clock face to reflect Burrill’s distinctive graphic style. The panel was then heat bent to create an inbuilt stand, with [...]

When NBA star LeBron came to the UK to host a nationwide basketball tournament, advertising agency Wieden & Kennedy and Nike commissioned Nirvana to produce a range of print collateral to support the event. Elements of the project included A1 posters, produced from solid white screen print and metallic gold foil on black Plike, and [...]

Studio Thomson designed a book for specialist image library Millennium to showcase its latest work, asking us to develop and produce it. The A6 book was designed to have a wood-effect cover, with foil blocking and an elastic band to hold it in place. We sourced the materials and produced a number of prototypes to [...]

For this piece of self-promotion, we worked with designer Paul Blackburn to create a set of collectable football wall charts. We wanted to combine our passion for design, print production and football to produce a gift distributed inside design magazines Creative Review, Graphic International and Grafik. Created for the European and World Cup tournaments, each [...]

As part of Nike’s Word Cup campaign Write the Future, Wieden & Kennedy created a film suggesting how Wayne Rooney’s life might unravel if he had never played football. The video showed a bearded Rooney living alone in a ramshackle caravan eating baked beans. We were commissioned to produce a press kit to generate tabloid [...]

Fashion magazine Rubbish approached Nirvana to develop and produce the packaging for its latest issue of knitted celebrity finger puppets.

This limited-edition set included puppet versions of high-profile fashion editors Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, Katie Grand, Carine Roitfeld and Suzy Menkes [...]