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Last post: 3 years, 3 months ago | Thread started: Jan 24, 09, 12:42 p.m.

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  • Tyler

    After 23 years, The Designers Republic closed their doors last Tuesday. Ian Anderson explains...

    Jan 24, 09, 12:42 p.m. – Permalink
  • abettertomorrow

    :-(

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    Dog-earJan 24, 09, 1:11 p.m. – Permalink
  • utopian

    A shame, from the article it semed they ran their business into the ground!

    • business is a careful balance between survival and personal ethics.– itsmitch
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    Dog-earJan 24, 09, 1:13 p.m. – Permalink
  • bjm

    ^^ That's not the impression I got for the article.

    Ian put a positive spin on the closing, but it's still sad news. I discovered graphic design in high school and was so inspired by everything tDR did.

    • when you lose business & pitches and can not collect your money, called running into the ground– utopian
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    Dog-earJan 24, 09, 1:19 p.m. – Permalink
  • Melanie

    I wish I was there to help him chuck out all those paper samples. DR was an inspiration to me.

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    Dog-earJan 24, 09, 2:39 p.m. – Permalink
  • invo

    Wow, I´ve got a limit edition TDR poster lying around. Wonder if it will be worth somethin ;)

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    Dog-earJan 24, 09, 4:42 p.m. – Permalink
  • gramme

    Sad news, I was once quite enamored with their work. Now it seems a bit quaint and ecstasy-fueled when I look back on it, but it did spawn Build, for whom I have quite a lot of respect.

    I wonder if Ian became less hands-on involved as time went on, thus leading to the creative downslide. Less than perfect clients are not an excuse for poor design.

    • 'Its spawned Build'
      Sounds like he is some kind of devil brood ;)      – tank02
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    Dog-earJan 24, 09, 7:50 p.m. – Permalink
  • dibec

    bummer. they have some tres rad work.

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    Dog-earJan 24, 09, 10:03 p.m. – Permalink
  • Anders

    work, buy, consume, die..

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    Dog-earJan 24, 09, 10:33 p.m. – Permalink
  • forcetwelve

    RIP indeed tDR. thanks for the lift — it was a hell of a ride!

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    Dog-earJan 24, 09, 10:36 p.m. – Permalink
  • combustion

    Man, so sad. TDR is one of the companies that inspired me to really get into the business long time ago.

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    Dog-earJan 25, 09, 2:15 a.m. – Permalink
  • kalkal

    Great, now Sheffield is shit again.

    • There's always the cutlery.– Horp1/2
      wooooo– kalkal2/2
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    Dog-earJan 25, 09, 2:17 a.m. – Permalink
  • WeLoveNoise

    was a dark day for design

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    Dog-earJan 25, 09, 8:36 a.m. – Permalink
  • Stylus

    Was there just 9 designers working at tdr or nine employees all up ? I don't understand how a company that small with such big clients could go under unless it's a engineered out on the founders part

    • I thught the same thing.– ItalianStallion1/5
      they got a lot bigger recently– trooperbill2/5
      Lose a client, Have a client not pay, loomimg recession, huge overheads, designers’ wages. boom!
      – MrOneHundred3/5
      It is a lot easier than you think– gradiate4/5
      a salary for talent is no small thing.– itsmitch5/5
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    Dog-earJan 25, 09, 9:03 a.m. – Permalink
  • Ranger

    We'll always have wipeout.

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    Dog-earJan 25, 09, 5:06 p.m. – Permalink
  • kodap

    I'd like to see a new tDR just like they were at the beginning...
    Demands became big, expectations big, account depts grew...
    working methods and graphics became standard and common as in a big design company / agency...
    (as far as i could notice from reading and checking their work)

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    Dog-earJan 25, 09, 6:04 p.m. – Permalink
  • typist

    http://www.typeisbeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/designers_republic.jpg

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    Dog-earJan 26, 09, 12:43 a.m. – Permalink
  • 23kon

    ive got a 1 of 50 tDR tshirt up for sale now

    :P

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    Dog-earJan 26, 09, 1:54 a.m. – Permalink
  • 23kon

    that is sad news likes.
    they were a big influence on me too as they were just emerging when i was doing my HND then Degree at Art College.
    :(

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    Dog-earJan 26, 09, 1:54 a.m. – Permalink
  • jimzyk

    awwwww shucks!

    ironically, it looks like working for big clients in order to keep the studio going, ended up killing tDR... hopefully they'll bounce back with a smaller team, smaller clients and the same old great work.

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    Dog-earJan 26, 09, 2:03 a.m. – Permalink
  • neue75_bold

    I wonder if the written letter of rejection I got from them years ago will be worth anything more than knowing that if they had hired me back then, maybe this never would have happened...

    • ;)– neue75_bold1/9
      Hahahahaha!– uncle_helv2/9
      Mwhanahahahaahaha
      frame it, sell it on ebay.
      give the proceeds to them, it'll get them going again.      – jimzyk3/9
      *Waits for The Partners, Pentagram, Turner Duckworth, Lewis Moberly to go under– Dancer4/9
      Ha ha ha , I have one and was thinking the same thing!– DaveO5/9
      you must be REALLY good to get a rejection letter, I usually just get cold air.– zarkonite6/9
      i got one of them years ago too! now if i can find it...– forcetwelve7/9
      dnt think theres a designer on this planet who didnt apply for that job– WeLoveNoise8/9
      I friggin' dodn't. Why? Because my design is no way near that of tDR. Plus my style is nothing– Dancer9/9
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    Dog-earJan 26, 09, 2:06 a.m. – Permalink

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