Steven Bonner

The Kinsale Sharks Awards are Ireland's most enduring international creative awards event, having been in existence for over fifty years, and held in the beautiful fishing town of Kinsale. I was ...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/kinsale-sharks/

In June, I learned that a project I worked on while at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners on the Bay Area Council's 'Talk, Read, Sing' project, won a D&AD graphite pencil. The project was amazing fun...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/dad-pencil-2015/

I was lucky enough to be honoured once again this year with a mention in the 2015 Drum Designerati list of the top 100 creatives across all disciplines in the UK. Thanks to whoever nominated me, ...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/designerati-2015/

I've indulged myself a bit over the past year. First off, I moved over to California and worked for GS&P, then shifted a few blocks down the street to Stranger and Stranger. It was fun and I've e...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/d8/

Since moving to California back in March, I've been working with renowned advertising agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners, working for great clients with even greater people. It's been a lot of ...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/hello-stranger/

I was recently honoured to be named in the inaugural Designerati list, organised by industry magazine The Drum. The list is a collection of the top 100 UK designers working across all disciplines...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/designerati/

I've been working on my own for a long time now and while I love what I do, and who I do it for, I love working directly with other people too. Work is the most fun when I can collaborate with ot...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/moving/

I'm very pleased to announce that I'm the proud recipient of The Certificate of Excellence from the Type Director's Club in New York. I was awarded for my work on 'All that is solid melts into ai...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/type-directors-club-award/

It's been a while since I had a chance to post some updates but I was really pleased recently to have the pleasure of working with the incredibly talented animator Johnny Kelly on a series of spo...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/december_update/

I'm proud to announce that my work for Ballantines has seen me placed as a Winner in the Creative Quarterly 33 Awards in the Professional Illustration category. The Ballantines work has been well...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/cq33-awards-win/

I was recently tapped by Broken Antler to produce some glossy custom lettering for a new TV ad they were directing for Matalan in the UK. Unfortunately the lettering ended up cut from the final s...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/glossy-lettering-for-matalan/

Adweek is a weekly American advertising trade publication and a leading source of news for marketing, media and advertising professionals, being the second biggest advertising publication in the ...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/adweek-talent-100/

My collaboration with .net magazine continues this month with another feature opening illustration on prototyping, based on the phrase 'Show, don't tell'.

https://www.stevenbonner.com/new-editorial-illustration-for-net-magazine-2/

I'm honoured to have been asked to speak at Blab #16 in Manchester this September. Previous invited speakers include guys like Si Scott, Mr. Bingo, Ian Anderson, and some bloke called Peter Savil...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/speaking-at-blab-16/

I was recently involved in Philips' new campaign for their urban headphone range, and was fortunate enough to collaborate with the incredibly talented Alison Carmichael on a laser etched table en...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/you-need-to-hear-this/

I'm pleased to announce that I've been listed as one of the winners in the advertising category at the 2013 3x3 Illustration Professional Awards. The 3x3 Awards are one of the few truly internati...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/3x3-award-win/

I was honoured to give a talk in Glasgow's Citizen M hotel on Wednesday 15th May, after being invited to speak by the organisers of Gab. The guys at Jam Hot are running a great morning talk setup...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/gab-talk-in-glasgow/

Tamdhu was originally born on the banks of the River Spey in 1897, and ran well for over one hundred years, until outside influences forced it's closure. In 2012, the distillery was reopened, and...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/tamdhu-single-malt-whisky/

I'm pleased to say that the winners in the Communication Arts Illustration Awards 2013 have been announced, and I'm lucky enough to be counted among them in the Advertising category. The Communic...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/communication-arts-illustration-award-win/

Mike Brennan from .net magazine kindly asked me to illustrate the opening spread of a feature on designing web forms for their latest issue. It was a difficult one to conceptualise but my thought...

https://www.stevenbonner.com/new-typography-commission-for-net-magazine/