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This tactile, hand-finished invite was created for the COS pop-up concept store created by French design duo Bonsoir Paris in the Milan Salone del Mobile furniture fair 2013 on behalf of our client INT Works. The invite itself was manufactured from cork sourced from Portugal to reflect the warm tone of the wood used in the interior [...]

The BaySixty6 Skate park in West London has recently re opened after being refitted and taken over by Nike. Wieden and Kennedy were the driving force behind this new venture. The park is the only all weather skate park in the UK as it is under the West Way which gives it shelter all year round from the [...]

Nirvana produced the Adidas Stella McCartney Spring/ Summer 2013 Lookbook and DVD. This Lookbook showcases ‘graphics on any surface’ with four different surfaces in the book alone. We printed on various materials from coated/uncoated paper to dvd’s using a mixture of processes such as lithographic printing and foil blocking, which in the end provided a [...]

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 [...]

Diesel has a beautifully sized window just off New Bond Street that was not being used to full effect. Even though the window is clearly visible from New Bond Street, it was generally assumed applying graphics would be prohibitively expensive due to the window’s size.  We worked closely with Diesel to develop a cost-effective option, [...]

For an in-house project for agency Anomaly, we created a limited-edition screen print poster that was distributed to staff for Christmas. Printed on Cairn Board, the poster combined beautiful illustration and text, in two colours, with the Anomaly logo embossed.

Ben Sherman’s Autumn/Winter 2012 collection is fabulously entitled Mod Meets Rocker. This season will see a combination of both iconic movements in youth culture, resulting in a clash of styles. The idea has worked considerably well throughout the collection with the use of classic Mod garments such as the parka combined with rocker style leather detail. [...]

For Christmas 2012 Crew Clothing Co. wanted to offer their customers something special. The brief was to create a bag with twinkling stars in different colours. Nirvana had to find a way to make the stars twinkle. After exploring many possible solutions we created a string of LED lights connected to a micro processor small [...]

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 [...]

When London-based Crooked Tongues collaborated with New Balance on their new range of sneakers, we were approached by Crooked Tongues to create the shoe box for the limited edition 575, 577, 991 and 1500 range. Each box is linked to the shoe by use of an eye catching highlight colour – red, yellow, blue and [...]

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 [...]

Creative Director Peter Hughes selected Nirvana to speed up the production on the 4th edition of this beautiful bound magazine. Printed using fluorescent inks to enhance the front cover and main feature on the Sugar Babes. Featuring contributing writers such as Kim Jones and Princess Julia. Photography and images from the likes of Juergen Teller, [...]

To support the millionaire property portfolio of Knight Frank in Milan, we were briefed by YCN to produce a presentation case that oozed luxury and premium quality. This prestigious piece aided the sale of Gucci Groups Milan HQ. With this in mind the case also held a Gold thimble to symbolise the groups sartorial elegance. This [...]

The brief was to design and install Ben Sherman’s Christmas windows. We introduced them to the idea of ‘Festive Gifting’ and worked with them to create a window to attract and increase footfall beyond their normal customer base. With limited daylight shopping hours, we provided lit plinths and mannequins as a subtle way for these products [...]

Paul Smith’s latest gift with purchase was inspired by a sentimental story of a hand crafted domino set passed down through generation to generation of a family. Building from this story we created a travel domino set in pocket size form and housed in a stylish box. On exclusive Paul Smith materials we laser cut [...]

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 [...]

Designer Shaz Madani asked us to help with her specially commissioned installation displayed in the windows of the Wellcome Trust on London’s Euston Road. We produced custom frames to display 62 images that showcased Henry Wellcome’s collection of intriguing artefacts. The frames had to be of varying size and displayed at different depths within the [...]

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 [...]

The Laureus World Sports Awards Ceremony is a world renowned event that recognises the achievements of the year’s greatest sporting talent. Nirvana was very excited to be involved in this high profile event and were involved from the outset, collaborating with Laureus and their design partners to explore a wide range of materials and processes. The [...]

The packaging for the new ‘Nike Green Speed’ was designed by London-based creative agency Accept and Proceed with whom we collaborated to produce this extraordinary box. Made using MDF and painted in both matt paint and a gloss lacquer, the box emulates a venus flytrap in its shape, part of nike’s branding concept behind the soccer boots. [...]

Future Contemporaries was founded by The Serpentine Gallery in 2007. It is an exclusive members club for a new generation of philanthropists, aged 39 and under who support the Gallery. This years annual party was presented by leading fashion and lifestyle brand Diesel in association with Silencio, David Lynch’s Parisian nightclub, during London Fashion Week [...]

Creative agency Guided approached Nirvana to produce a unique ‘bloggers box’ as part of the Chloé.Alphabet campaign. Each box is made from a variation of materials used from our Explore area at Nirvana, with a gloss white foil typography on top of the lid. Within the box is a laser engraved USB stick containing uploaded [...]

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 [...]

We produced Christopher Kane’s lookbook for Autumn/Winter 2013. Using high quality stock such as Peregrina Classics Ruby Red for the cover – chosen as it was a close match to the lead colour from the season’s collection – and blind debossing the logo created a tactile, high impact look book for this prestigious fashion brand.     [...]

With the team having worked on the TONI&GUY Salon main window campaign over the last two years, it was time we utilised the latest technology to bring the production and delivery process up to date and just in time for TONI&GUY’s 50th anniversary. Nirvana have built an online tool specifically designed to streamline the process, [...]

LN-CC are one of the World’s leading independent high fashion retailers. Their brandlist includes fashion heavyweights Balenciaga, Commes Des Garcons and Lanvin through to the forward thinking Rick Owens, Damir Doma and Sasquatchfabrix to name a few. These guys are raising the bar on every level, challenging conventional retail and etail at every turn. The [...]

Nirvanacph were approached for a second year running to create and deliver the Footlocker Christmas windows. We designed branded Christmas trees incorporating the Footlocker stripes. The main focus this year is a free standing, 2 metre high, clear acrylic Christmas tree. We used 2-way gold vinyl on the reverse to give the tree its golden [...]

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 [...]

For the launch of Nike’s #MakeItCount  campaign, Adam Hinton was commissioned  by Wieden and Kennedy to travel around and shoot some of Nike’s top athletes. They needed to be shot within the first 6 seconds of finishing a gruelling training session before their bodies had a chance to recover in order to capture how hard [...]

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 [...]