Another year of creative collaborations and late nights over the (pre-computer era) drawing boards.

The smell of Cow Gum and lighter fuel lingers...Stylorouge design sleeves and campaigns for Orange Juice, Brian Eno and the Robin Of Sherwood TV soundtrack album which found a comfortably fitting home for the music of the increasingly popular Clannad. They also continued the long standing relationship with the Creatures, who had spent some time esconced in a Hawaii studio recording their first album. The cover for Feast featured shots of Siouxsie and Budgie looking primeval, moody and magnificent amidst the verdent undergrowth. The sleeve for the highlight single from the album, Miss The Girl, used another Stylorouge transparency sandwich – (someone really needed to invent the Apple Mac and Photoshop pretty damn quick).
Claustrophobia and too many less than nutritious meals in a Kilburn High Road all-night-cafe indicated that it was time to move on. Stylorouge re-located to converted garages in Brook Mews North close to Paddington Station, and the freelance cohort was boosted by the arrival of three more talented individuals; one typographer, one illustrator, one photographer. Still awaiting the invention of the Apple Mac, much attention was paid to the location of the archaic looking repro camera and the fitting out of a proper darkroom.
This creative community of pooled resources and shared overheads prospered as commissions for all parties came in freely. New clients for Stylorouge were Virgin Films and Island Pictures, both of whom set the company on the road to film poster design. Meanwhile, CBS Records became regular and loyal clients with a variety of projects.
Another exponent of the politally motivated new wave made something of a comeback in 1983; Tom Robinson, formerly of The Tom Robinson Band (TRB to their friends – 2,4,6,8 Motorway and all that) commissioned Mick Lowe at Stylorouge to put together a sleeve for his solo return War Baby, which became an unexpected hit and paved the way for a new album deal with RCA.

The label that would be Sony, CBS, poured forth the compilation albums in numbers, and among the projects that fell towards Stylorouge were various disco anthologies - the only one worth a listen being Love Train; The Best Of Philadelphia, just for it's inclusion of its two classic O'Jays singles. Music For Pleasure had made two or three fine singles (Time and Light) in support of their eponymous debut album, but despite their live appeal and their musical potency and credibility they failed to dent the charts enough for the major label, and soon they would be back to operating as a cottage industry.

The Creatures
Feast

Album cover
The Creatures
Miss The Girl

Single cover

Music For Pleasure

Into The Rain

Album cover

In the year that wheel clamps invaded London's streets and Neil Kinnock was elected leader of the (then socialist) Labour Party, the music industry welcomed The Smiths and the movie world bade farewell to David Niven, the archetypical charming man.

Stylorouge is an independent creative consultancy with 25 years experience in commercial media. We work in the areas of graphic design and art direction, advertising, film and television, photography and multimedia. Our priority is effective creative communication.We produce work which has personality, originality and integrity for a variety of industries, although our speciality has always been the music business.Our website provides an up-to-date portfolio and showreel of our work. Please make yourself at home.

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Stylorouge design -Our Philosophy
Look At Me- by Jim Davies
Stylorouge and Blur - by Andrew Collins
Trainspotting - by Claire Allfree
State of Flux - by Rob O'Connor
You Are Here - by Jim Davies
Come Together - by Rob O'Connor
Better by Design - Heat Magazine - Review on Delicious, by Sarah Cohen
Album - Nick DeVille - by Mitchell Beazley
G-spot - Blur by Stylorouge
Profile: Stylorouge - Computer Arts
Profile: Stylorouge - Computer Arts
S Book 2 - Edited by Nick Long - Art Books Int.
Mondo, Attitude, Newdesign, Esquire, Q
Influences - Excerpt featuring the influences of Rob O'Connor, Stylorouge.

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Stylorouge Team
Anthony Lui - Designer
Daniele Massaiu - Web Developer
Fran Lima - Production Assistant
Jamie Gibson - Print and Multimedia Designer/Production
Mark Higenbottam - Senior Designer/Art Director
Michele Rossi - Interactive Media Designer
Mikkel Lundsager Hansen - Designer
Rob O’Connor - Founder and Creative Director
Sharon Chai - Print Designer
Viv Dykes - Accounts Manager

Video Commercial Stylorouge Graphic Design

Video Commercial - David Gilmour - On An Island TVC
Video Commercial - Enya - A Day Without Rain
Video Commercial - Joseph McManners
Video Commercial - Kula Shaker - K
Video Commercial - Madonna - American Life
Video Commercial - Platinum R B Collection
Video Commercial - The Corrs - Home
Video Commercial -Vangelis
Video Commercial - Wild Ocean
Video Commercial - Your Generation

Video Documentary / EPK Stylorouge Graphic Design

Video Epk - Amy Kelly
Video Epk - Enya Life In Music
Video Epk - Lord of the rings
Video Epk - Feeder Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Video Epk - Kevin Mark Trail
Video Epk - Kula Shaker Cowboys & Indians
Video Epk - Manic Street Preachers -Making of Everything Must Go
Video Epk - Melaton Falling Star
Video Epk - Remasterpiece
Video Epk - Show Of Hands Stairway To Devon
Video Epk - The Corrs All The Way Home (Excerpt)
Video Epk - Toploader Mini Documentary
Video Epk - Undercut EPK
Video Epk - Xanda Howe

Video Live Stylorouge Graphic Design

Video Live Chris Difford Live At The Albany
Video Live David Gilmour at the Royal Festival Hall
Video Live The Corrs Live in Geneva
Video Live Xanda Howe Live At Ronnie Scotts

Video Music Promo Stylorouge Graphic Design

video Promo - The Corrs Goodbye
video Promo - Amy Kelly Take Me With You
video Promo - Crowded House Everything Is Good For You
video Promo - Halo Never Ending
video Promo - Halo Still Here
video Promo - Kirsty MacColl Mambo Di La Luna
video Promo - Kula Shaker Sound Of Drums
video Promo - Melaton Falling Star
video Promo - Remasterpiece Maresias
video Promo -
video Promo - Summer Mal Di Luna
video Promo - Summer Nella Fantasie
video Promo - Tara Blaise Fool For Love
video Promo - Tara Blaise Paperback Cliché
video Promo - Tara Blaise The Three Degrees
video Promo - The Corrs Angel
video Promo - The Corrs Long Night
video Promo - The Corrs Goodbye
video Promo - Undercut Soul Food Mother
video Promo - Vangelis 1492
video Promo - Wild Ocean Dancing In The Wind
video Promo - Wild Ocean Deo

Video Title Sequence Stylorouge Graphic Design

Feeder Title Sequence
Muzik Awards Titles
NME Awards Titles
REM A Stirling Performance
Sanctuary DVD Title Sequence
Peter Wafa-Abela Title Sequence

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