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“Design for designs sake does not concern us, making a difference does.” - Vince Frost, founder of Frost Design, a Sydney based studio that specializes in all the things you love doing.

Airside was founded in 1998 when three London-based freelance creatives joined forces. Since then, they’ve grown into a multi-disciplinary studio that produces fun and innovative work (including the USB dog).

The work often combines sound and animation, but they never hesitate to extend their clients product offerings to print and other media.

You can follow Airside on their blog, HERE.

PostPanic is a motion house based in Amsterdam that truly has a unique style. The team does everything from start to finish in-house, including design, directing, animation (2D & 3D) and post-production.

That’s a lot of work for one shop, but after seeing the work, you’ll agree it’s worth keeping the original creative direction intact.

“Design helps create brands that live in hearts and minds.” - JDK

This is one of those firms that once you see their work you say, “oh, I’ve seen that before… and I love it!”. JDK is amazing branding and interactive work that you simply can’t live without seeing.

If we were to tag an entry on Number 17, we might use the following: Bonnie Siegler, Emily Oberman, Partners, New York, SNL, Room 650, Step Inside Design, Clean, Fun, Very Short List

Number 17 is also hosting a design challenge: Re-design any corporate logo, whether you love it or hate it, they want to see it. It will be featured in there next comic (’Room 650′ shown on the last page of STEP magazine), and anywhere else they plan to promote it. Send your entries asap to: all@number17.com

It’s been a long time coming, but Hillman Curtis updates with a fresh new look and a list of featured films. Artist Series: Sagmeister ‘08 is shown above.

“With an increasingly eclectic output, our ethos is all about good ideas and appropriate, forward thinking responses.” - Studio Tonne. Be sure to check the “Visit a day at Studio Tonne” link in the upper-right corner for a laugh.

And yo, we know their isn’t any work dated this year, but we don’t really care. 80% of this work is better than the “newest” stuff out right now, so there!

Switch Mediaworks is a design studio from Seoul, South Korea. These guys specialize in Flash micro sites. Check them out…

Red and Grey is not only one of the most popular color schemes used in the world, but it’s also a Dublin based visual design studio specializing in printed materials that really stand out. That’s not even mentioning they also have a sup’d-up website to showcase their work, as if the goods weren’t enough, pfftt.

Me Company is a London-based design studio founded in 1985 and specialized in high-impact imagery. They don’t hold back when it comes to experimentation and exploration. This is some cool work for some cool clients by a cool company. This is Me Company.