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Danny Gosling

07814 534938

www.dannygosling.co.uk
danny@dannygosling.co.uk

Sector: Design

Membership Type: Freelancer

Key Skills

branding, Illustration, design, graphics, creative

Key Clients

Some of the biggest worldwide and UK brands have benefited from Danny’s skills: Barclays Barclaycard BMW Clarks Shoes Coca Cola Credit Suisse Imperial Tobacco Manchester United Marks and Spencer Mazda Microsoft Nissan Puma Saab Sainsburys Toshiba Universal Pictures Zurich Insurance

Danny Gosling is a talented graphic design professional based in Somerset. With his creativity, expertise and work ethic, added to 17 years experience, Danny builds strong relationships with his clients, who know they can rely on him to deliver outstanding design, illustration and artwork, on brief, on budget and on time.

Multi-skilled, with experience of a wide range of design disciplines encompassing graphic design in print and online, illustration, image manipulation/creation, and artwork, Danny also has all the necessary knowledge and software skills you would expect.

Whether you are a design agency looking for freelance support for your studio team, or a business looking for a design partner to help your brand grow, please get in touch and we'll discuss how I can help you.

Here are ten reasons that set Danny apart from the average freelancer:

One

Flexible and adaptable, ready to adapt to your own studio's exact requirements

Two

Outstanding commitment to your projects: Danny will work as hard as you do, for as long as required

Three

Resourceful, intuitive and highly experienced, reducing the amount of supervision required to a minimum

Four

Exceptional artwork skills, taking your jobs right through to print-ready files that your printer will love

Five

Attention to detail, with a passion for getting things just-so, pleasing your clients and minimising errors

Six

A calm, organised approach which helps keep everything under control when the pressure is on

Seven

Trusted by well-known brands to not just design and artwork important projects, but manage them too

Eight

A true team player, who will contribute to your studio and help keep everyone smiling

Nine

Danny operates through his own limited company, Thinkography Limited, and is fully insured

Ten

As a businessman himself, Danny understands the needs of your company

Danny graduated from Middlesex University in 1994 with BA(Hons) in Graphic Design with 3D Design. He initially worked on major brands at a number of design agencies in London and the South East. Since moving to Somerset in 2004, he has worked freelance for both design agencies and in-house studios throughout Bristol and the South West.

In 2008, Danny established his own company, Thinkography Limited, and has continued to freelance whilst developing Thinkography as a small design studio.

Danny lives on a farm to the south of Yeovil with his wife and two young children (and a few cows), mixing a love of rural living with an interest in cycling, motorsport and strumming away at his guitar.

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BMW Lifestyle brochure: Brochure designed to promote the BMW Lifestyle brand of premium men’s and women’s clothing. Light, spacious layout was used together with large close-up images to emphasise the quality of the clothes and reflect BMW brand values. Alternating spreads with dramatic architectural images added visual interest and toned well with the company’s car brochures. Rhythm was created by varying the size of the product images throughout.
Clarks Sports POS: In-store POS for the launch of Clarks’ new Sports shoe range. The launch of the Sports range was a significant moment for Clarks, venturing away from their core product ranges of traditional smart and casual shoes. Danny was asked to develop the imagery and layout for the in-store point of sale material. Rich colourisation of the images gave drama, energy and visual appeal.
Clarks brochure images: Colourisation and creation of shoe and handbag images for Clarks brochures. For both the shoe brochure and handbag brochure, only one example of each product was photographed. The brief was to create several versions of each image to accurately illustrate every available colour, including a number of metallic finishes – the white bag shown was created from a photo of a dark blue bag. The use of dramatic close ups of the shoes and bags in the brochure ensured it was vital that the work was to the highest standard.
Clarks Launching Soon: Press and billboard advertising for Clarks’ Launching Soon store opening campaign. To promote a series of new store openings, Clarks asked Danny to illustrate the concept of a shoe as the bow of a ship, with champagne being smashed against the ‘hull’ as if it were an ocean liner being launched. Here the progression from the original photograph of a red shoe through to the final image is shown, with the metallic finish created before enhanced stitching and shadows are added to complete the desired effect.
Our Place In History: Illustration and design of self-published history book, Our Place In History, for author Margaret Gosling. Historian and author Margaret Gosling asked Danny to design and illustrate the book telling the story of Wendover in Buckinghamshire. Danny created all original illustrations, maps and photographs to bring the story to life, and not only designed and artworked the book but published it through his company, Thinkography Ltd. The quality of the book has been widely admired and it has been a great sales success, having already been reprinted.
Brettenham House website, for Skonka client Draco: Website for property developer Draco, promoting Brettenham House, a luxury central London office building. Working in association with Skonka, and their client Draco Property, Danny designed the look, feel and functionality of the business property site. Promoting an important office development on the banks of the Thames in central London, the design makes maximum use of the spectacular setting to give an exciting user experience.
Soundbyte Solutions illustration: Exhibition backdrop and brochure for audiology equipment manufacturer. Soundbyte Solutions produce equipment used to test children’s hearing. Although bought and used by professional audiologists, one of the key features of the testing method is its appeal to children, and the rebrand needed to reflect this. Inspired by the Parrot and Phoenix product names, a fresh identity was developed, firstly for a brochure and then on this colourful exhibition stand.
Christmas cards: Prospective designs for greeting cards. Danny’s simple and striking illustration style lends itself to clean, elegant greetings cards. In these examples, deep, sophisticated colours evoke classic seasonal thoughts of fine food, warm fires and good company.