Studio Solo is the creative freelance business of James Oliver.

After graduating in 2004 with a BA Hons in Typography & Graphic Communication, James has been working full-time as a Graphic Designer in various industries. This includes Tesco (Blue Chip Retail), Penguin (Publishing), EMI (Music) and Jack Wills (Fashion). In addition James has gained broad & successful experience as a part time freelance designer. This success has enabled James to pursue a freelance business under his design company Studio Solo.

With the rapidly developing market towards a more digital future coupled with a background in print design and an ever-growing experience in the interactive, the focus of Studio Solo is to offer a high standard of work across multiple platforms of modern communication.


Studio Solo deals with all aspects of the creative industry from conception to
production in the following areas:

• Brain-storming & mood boards
• Pitching & planning ideas
• Art Direction
• Print Layout
• Print Production
• Print Quality sign-off
• Photography
• Illustration
• Packaging
• HTML & CSS web-coding
• Flash Animation
• Javascript & Actionscripting
• Promotion


To date work has been completed for the following industries:

Publishing:
Magazine layout & publication
Book Layout jacket cover design

Music:
Art direction + identity
Artwork for CD, DVD & Vinyl packaging
Live Music Tour Posters & flyers
Promotional items

Fashion:
Research for cutting edge new trends in the arts
Flash animation for web
Hand-drawn illustration

Corporate:
Corporate presentational material
Branding

Advertising/Marketing:
Company leaflets & flyers
Restaurant flyers & menus
Newspaper/Magazine adverts
Billboard advertising
Flash-animated/static web banners

Identity:
Company Logos & house style
Business cards + headed paper
Business leaflets

Web design:
Full company website
HTML email newsletter
Flash animation

Fine Art:
Paintings & artworks for private or corporate & business display
Various themes & subjects
Pre-existing for sale or created from scratch for clients


If you would like to find out more, or discuss a potential project,
then please drop James a line at the email below.

Contact: james@studiosolo.co.uk