Contact
- Farrow
- 23–24
- Great James Street
- Bloomsbury
- London WC1N 3ES
- Map
- +44 020 7404 4225
- studio@farrowdesign.com
Selected Clients
- 2CV Research
- Another Department Hong Kong
- Atlantic Bar and Grill, London
- Atlantic Records
- BBC
- Booth-Clibborn Editions
- British Museum
- Camper
- Case Furniture Ltd
- Chandris Group
- Channel Five
- Cream (Nightclub)
- Cream Records
- D&AD (British Design & Art Direction)
- David Gill Galleries
- Deconstruction Records
- Design Council
- DNA Films
- Domino Records
- Elizabeth Peyton
- Emperor Group Hong Kong
- EMI Records
- Epic Records
- Faber and Faber
- Fiell Publishing
- Fine Art Society London
- Gatecrasher
- Harvey Nichols
- Haymarket Publishers
- HMV
- Jasper Morrison
- Jimmy Choo
- John Lewis
- Jonathan Glazer
- KEF
- Kew Gardens
- Lasvit
- Levi Strauss Europe
- London Records
- Marc Newson Ltd
- Mash, London
- Mercury Records
- Milojo Productions New York
- Molton Brown
- Moore (Printers)
- MTV Europe
- Munkenbeck + Marshall Architects
- Museum für Gegenwartskunst
- (Museum of Modern Art, Basel)
- The National Gallery
- Oliver Peyton
- Palm Pictures
- Parlophone Records
- Polydor
- Random House
- Rankin
- Rizzoli Inc.
- Mark Romanek
- Ross Lovegrove
- Royal Academy of Arts
- Saatchi and Saatchi
- Sadie Coles HQ
- Sanctuary
- Science Museum
- SCP (Furniture)
- Sony Music
- Surrey County Cricket Club
- Tate Modern
- Terence Woodgate
- Uniqlo
- Virgin Records
- Vision on Publishing
- WEA Records
- Wilkinson Eyre Architects Ltd
Selected Artists
- Burt Bacharach
- David Gray
- Kylie Minogue
- Manic Street Preachers
- Orbital
- Pet Shop Boys
- Snow Patrol
- Spiritualized
- Texas
- William Ørbit
Selected Exhibitions
- The work of Farrow has been exhibited in many exhibitions and museums including:
- Design Museum (London)
various dates - Global Techno exhibition,
1996 (France) - Jam style, music and media exhibition, 1996 Barbican (London)
- Powerhouse : UK exhibition,
1998 (London) - Sonar exhibition, 1998 (Spain)
- Sublime exhibition (UK)
- Twin Peaks Creative Excellence in graphic design, exhibition (Singapore) 1996
- V&A Museum (London)
various dates - Work from London, exhibition (World) 1996
- Experimentadesign99 Lisbon 1999
- Sound Design 2000 – British Council global touring exhibition
- Rewind 40 Years of the best of D&AD (V&A London)
- Communicate: Independent
graphic design since the Sixties 2004 (Barbican London) - Haçienda exhibition
- Manchester 2007
- Farrow also have work in the permanent collection at the V&A
Selected Lectures
- American Institute of Graphic Arts conference, 1997 (New Orleans)
- D&AD Presidents Lecture, 1997
- D&AD Student awards presentation and brief, 1997
- In the City, 2001
- Design Indaba, 2002 (South Africa)
- D&AD Presidents lecture, 2003
- Design Council, 2005
- TCDC (Bangkok) 2008
- Offset (Dublin) 2010
Selected Press
- Eye Magazine, 24, Knowing by
Rick Poyner, 1997 - Idea, 236 (Japan), 1997
- Nikkei Design (Japan), 1998
- Ray Gun, 43 (USA), 1997
- +81 (Japan), 1999
- Creative Review, July 1999
- Idea, 277 (Japan), 1999
- Graphics International,
September 2001 - Domus (Italy), May 2003
- Grafik, August 2003
- Creative Review, August 2003
- Brutus (Japan), September 2003
- Creative Review, October 2004
- Creative Review, January 2005
- Creative Review, February 2006
- Creative Review, December 2006
- Creative Review, January 2007
- Creative Review, May 2008
- +81 (Japan) 2008
- Grafik, December 2008
- Wallpaper.com
- Design Week cover November 2009
- Elephant 2010
Selected Books
- The work of Farrow has appeared in many books including:
- Art Directors Club of Europe
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002 - British Design and Art Direction annuals 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
- Typography Now
Rick Poyner, 1991 Booth-Clibborn Editions - Graphic Edge
Rick Poyner, 1993 Booth-Clibborn Editions - Experience
Sean Perkins, 1995 Booth-Clibborn Editions - G1
Lewis Blackwell, 1996 Laurence King - Wear Me
Liz Farrelly, 1996 Booth-Clibborn Editions - D&AD the Graphics Book
2002 Rotovision - This End Up, 2002 Rotovision
- Creative Island
John Sorrell, 2002 Lawrence King - Rewind 40 years of the best of D&AD 2002 Phaidon
- 21st Century Graphics
2002 Taschen - Dictionary of Graphic Design
2003 Thames & Hudson - Mapping
Rotovision 2002 - Homage to Helvetica
2002 Lars Muller Publishers - IdN
10th Anniversary Annual 2003 Sel - Factory Records
The Complete Graphic Album
2006 Thames and Hudson - CR Content
2006 Centaur Publishing - Introducing
Designs for making first impression
2006 Die Gestalten Verlag - Catalogue Pet Shop Boys
2006 Thames and Hudson - Graphic Design Now
2007 Taschen - Materials, Process, Print
2007 Laurence King - Tokyo Type Directors Club
Annnual 2008 - RGB: Reviewing British Graphics
Marc Valli and Richard Brereton, 2010 Actar - Masterpieces of British Design
2012 Fiell - Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design
2012
Selected Awards
- D&AD Silver Award
for the most outstanding record sleeve 1987 - D&AD Silver Award
for the most outstanding record sleeve 1995 - D&AD Silver Award
for the most outstanding poster 1995 - Art Directors Club of Europe
Gold 1995 - D&AD Silver Award
for the most outstanding music packaging 1996 - D&AD Silver Award
award for the most outstanding music packaging 1997 - D&AD Silver Award
for the most outstanding music packaging 1998 - D&AD Silver Award
for the most outstanding consumer website 2001 - D&AD Silver Award
for the most outstanding music packaging design 2002 - Art Directors Club of Europe
Gold 2002 - D&AD Silver Award
for the most outstanding music packaging design 2004 - D&AD nomination
for the most outstanding identity 1995 - D&AD nomination
for the most outstanding book design 1995 - D&AD nomination
for the most outstanding music packaging design 2004 - D&AD annuals 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010
- Grammy Award nomination 1993
- Grammy Award nomination 1995
- 10 Music Week CAD awards for:
Best design company
Most innovative packaging
Best single design x3
Best poster
Best advertising campaign - Creative Review Peer Poll 2004
voted most important graphic designer working today - Art Directors Club of Europe
nomination 2004 - AOP Zeitgeist Award 2004
- AOP Zeitgeist Award 2005
- Creative Review Annual
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Tokyo Type Directors Club
Annnual 2008, in book x3 - 2009 Mark Farrow is made a
Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) - 2010 Brit Insurance Designs of the
Year Awards Nomination - 2010 Creative Review Annual
Best in Book - 2012 D&AD Top ten most awarded Design Company list
Selected Juries
- 1988 D&AD Record Sleeve Jury
- 1989 D&AD Typography Jury
- 1991 D&AD Graphic Design Jury
- 1995 D&AD Graphic Design Jury
- 1997 D&AD Graphic Design Jury
- 1998 D&AD Music Packaging and Print Promotion Jury
- 1999 D&AD Graphic Design Jury
- 1999 Art Directors Club of Europe Jury
- 2001 D&AD Editorial and Books Jury
- 2002 New York Art Directors Club, Graphic Design
- 2003 D&AD Graphic Design,
Jury Foreman - 2004 Creative Review Annual Jury
- 2005 D&AD Editorial and Books Jury
- 2005 Laus Awards (Spain) Jury
- 2007 Creative Review Annual Jury
- 2007 D&AD Graphic Design Jury
- 2011 D&AD Graphic Design Jury
- Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011 Design Museum
Recruitment
There are currently no positions at Farrow and we are not offering any work placements or internships but if you wish to send in a CV and samples of your work for consideration please send them to the link below.
We cannot promise a response but if we like your work it will be kept on file and you may be contacted should an opportunity arise.
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