James Victore is a man of action. He believes that knowing about jazz and wine and auto-racing can make you a better designer. That graphic design is about experiences and stories and using your hands. That the best designs punch you in the gut – or, at the very least, stop you in your tracks.

It should come as no surprise that some of the best designed and looking websites are those of design studios themselves. Untrammeled by meddlesome clients making design-threatening requests and free to divert the necessary time and budgets into things, studios are able to focus their designers’ collaborative energies into producing —often— groundbreaking sites. We’ve generated video clips of each design studio website I thought really distinctive, both from the masses and each other. Happy perusing!

JUMP is an Australian national mentoring program for artists aged 18-30, who are in the first five years of their professional practice.

David Airey, super blogger and notorious designer has released a book called Logo Love Design. He offers a free to download chapter of his book, that illustrates perfectly a graphic design process that endorses the wonderful process of design, from Pencil to PDF. A recommended read and investment for all design students.

If you haven’t heard of Veerle Pieters… Where have you been?

Veerle is one the design industry’s most savvy and branded designers. Her candid interview with The Graphic Design School, reveals a charm and savoir faire that has seen her (deservedly) shoot to the top of her game. Based in Belgium Veerle studied graphic design and print, before moving into web design.

We interviewed one of the most talented French Designers. This is what he had to say about himself…

I am Fabien Barral. I am a graphic designer. I am passionate about images and graphic design. I am a husband and I love my wife. I am a father and I love my daughter. I am not the clients I work with, I am the art I create with them. I am what I create. I create what I am.

It has been said that Luke Feldman is to digital art what Tim Burton is to cinema, or Dr. Seuss is to children’s books, his distinctive unmistakable design style, has landed him jobs with Coca Cola, Apple and Disney to name but a few. This is Luke Feldman Interview with The Graphic Design School.