Ben Huxley
Creative Strategy & Design
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Versuni – Coffee Table Book
Artwork for a table book, designed as a collaboration between the French actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg and the manufacturer Versuni. A number of concepts were presented for the front cover and internal pages with a strong focus on typography and eye-catching page layouts.
The Sun – Hair Salon
https://benhuxley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sun_salon.mp4 A pop-up hair salon on behalf of The Sun newspaper, to celebrate the 2022 World Cup. Visitors were treated to an iconic footballer’s hair cup of their choice, including: The Ronaldo, The Beckham or The Grealish. We partnered with professional barbers to trim and colour supporter’s hair, in order to get them in the…
Brewdog – Pitch Perfect
https://benhuxley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/escape_1.mp4 Concept for a new “musical” beer to celebrate the 2023 Women’s World Cup. The beer, named “Pitch Perfect” has an integrated musical scale on the label, allowing the drinker to play a tune whilst enjoying a drink. A video showing off the concept was created.
Paddy Power – Chelsea sign
Artwork for a mischievous sign poking fun at Chelsea’s disastrous end to the 2022/23 Premier League campaign. The sign referred to the number of times the letter ‘L’ appeared in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (the town with longest name in Great Britain), and compared it with the number of losses – or ‘L’s – Chelsea has suffered this…
The Chap – Lifestyle Feature
A series of illustrations for The Chap Magazine. Designed for a feature about changing attitudes towards leisure activities the stylised illustrations show a series of activities being performed, including: TV, Radio, Cinema, Gym, Travel & Computer games
The Sun – Coronation Concepts
A series of concepts for The Sun newspaper for activations to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. The concepts included a giant mural on The Thames river made up of front pages of the newspaper, a specially commissioned coronation lager and a portrait of the King “painted” on to the turf at Twickenham Stadium.
Lego – Football Legends
An experimental series of images to commemorate some legends of the game of football. The series featuring some of the most iconic players from around the world was an exploration of different ways of visually representing the players using lego pieces.
Condé Nast – Stained Glass
A series of illustrations for Condé Nast Traveler Magazine. Designed for a feature about brand “superfans” whose devotion borders on religious obsession. The illustrations show a series of brand marks depicted as stained glass windows in a church. Features Tesla, Twitter, Apple, Coco-Cola, Nike & McDonalds.
The Sun – World Cup DOOH
https://benhuxley.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dooh.mp4 A live, Digital Out Of Home (DOOH) billboard campaign for The Sun newspaper. This one-month campaign around the 2022 Fifa World Cup recreated headlines from The Sun newspaper and displayed them across 400 digital sites across the UK. The sites were updated up to six times per day with new creative that reflected the…
PP – social videos
https://benhuxley.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/second_chance.mp4 Having worked for many years as part of the Paddy Power social media team, I regularly had the opportunity to help contribute to the videos for which the team are renowned. Over the years I attended numerous film shoots, helped with script writing and direction, acted in a few, and on occasion wrote and…