Sawdust is the award-winning creative partnership of Rob Gonzalez and Jonathan Quainton. They are an independent graphic design duo based in London, United Kingdom.

Their specific disciplines include custom type development, identity creation, art direction, image-making / illustration and design for digital across music, art, culture, fashion, corporate and advertising sectors.

Their approach has earned them a worldwide reputation for creating visually striking work that is thoughtful, innovative and meticulously crafted.

Sawdust’s work has been featured in internationally recognised publications including; D&AD, Novum, Lürzer’s Archive, IdN, Gallery, Computer Arts, Print and Los Logos: Compass.

 

Clients include

Agencies / Design Groups

  • Airside
  • Bell Pottinger Group
  • Blue Marlin
  • The Communications Agency
  • Creature
  • Dare
  • Dave
  • Dutch Uncle
  • Futurefabric
  • GBH
  • Interbrand
  • Leagas Delaney
  • Leo Burnett
  • McKinney
  • Mindlab
  • Ogilvy
  • Rizon
  • Saatchi
  • Tesch
  • ustwo
  • VCCP
  • WCRS
  • yumyumcreative

Arts & Culture

  • The Alamo Drafthouse
  • Art Mosh
  • Brasilia Prima
  • Beautiful/Decay
  • Dakus Films
  • DixonBaxi
  • HypeForType
  • Norwegian Ink
  • Mondo

Corporate

  • BMW
  • British Gas
  • Camden Council
  • CloserStill
  • Holiday Express
  • iPulse
  • John Lewis
  • Learning & Skills Group
  • MediaPro
  • Microsoft
  • Minttulip
  • Monsoon
  • Orange
  • RBS
  • SpinVox
  • Vodafone
  • Virgin

Fashion & Retail

  • AKA
  • Ftpbtf
  • Graniph
  • Monsoon
  • Nike
  • Nixon
  • Puma
  • Worn By

Music & Events

  • Be Events
  • Boom Boom
  • Exposure
  • Fine Art Recordings
  • Hi Pitch
  • Higher Heights Records
  • The Last Days of Decadence
  • Mercury Records
  • The Mill
  • MVSICA
  • No Cure Records
  • Proud Galleries
  • Sony Music
  • Syco Records
  • Universal Music

Non-profit

  • British Heart Foundation
  • NGO Security Program (NSP)
  • Open Rights Group
  • Hoxton Hall

Publishing / Editorial

  • Computer Arts
  • Computer Arts Collection
  • Contagious
  • Faber & Faber
  • Feld 100
  • Fixed & What
  • Middle Boop
  • Nude
  • Novum
  • Print
 

Press & Publications

Books

  • Annual of Int. Design (GDMDX)
  • Beautiful/Decay BK 4
  • Brand Comm. (Design Week)
  • Brand Identity Now (Taschen)
  • D&AD Annual 2007
  • Design & Design, Vol 1
  • Design & Design, Vol 3
  • Designers Universe (Sandu)
  • Graphic Beats (Monsa)
  • Los Logos: Compass (Gestalten)
  • Minimal Graphic Design (MaoMao)
  • Painting in Wall Design (LS&T)
  • Selected B (Index Book)
  • Handmade Type Workshop (T&H)
  • WOLDA Annual 2008

Magazines

  • Campaign
  • Computer Arts
  • Computer Arts Collection
  • Computer Arts Projects
  • Daydream Network
  • Digit
  • Digital Arts
  • Design Week
  • Don’t Panic
  • Eight:48
  • Chois Gallery
  • Grafik
  • IdN
  • KAK
  • Lürzer’s Archive
  • Middle Boop
  • Novum
  • Print

Recent Interviews

Online Select

  • AisleOne
  • Baubauhaus
  • Bitique
  • Collate
  • Collected Visuals
  • Creative Review
  • Designspiration
  • Dirty Mouse
  • FormFiftyFive
  • ffffound
  • Grafik
  • Human Resources
  • September Industry
  • siteInspire
  • Slanted
  • This is Duty
  • TypoJungle
  • Visuelle
 

Awards & Recognition

Exhibitions & Shows

2010

Print (New York)
Carry Hope winner

Creative Review
Record sleeve select

2008

World of Logo Design Awards
(WOLDA) Best of Nation

MIXX Awards, gold

2007

D&AD Annual 2007
Nomination

2006

Interactive Marketing and
Advertising Awards (IMA)

2011

Art Mosh
Oslo, Norway

Art Mosh
Munich, Germany

2010

Art Mosh
London, UK

Brasilia Prima, Tramando
Buenos Aires, Argentina

2006

Daydream Network
Saatchi & Saatchi, London, UK