JONATHAN HARPER

This silk scarf measuring 80x80cm is now for sale. Let me know if you’d like one.

The Power of Chōwa is a book about the Japanese philosophy of finding balance even when things seem to go wrong. Author Akemi Tanaka wanted to create a cover that visualises this in a way that’s quintessentially Japanese and embraces traditional simplicity while still feeling modern.

A limited edition of The Power of Chōwa designed to do exactly what it teaches, with a special cover that keeps the book in a constant state of balance. This is done through a simple cut in one of the book’s corners, reflecting the Japanese style of achieving balance through natural simplicity and imperfection*.

*Wabi-sabi & Shiguchi.

This was created in collaboration with Robin Gordon, Ella Monti and Akemi Tanaka and was awarded a wooden pencil by D&AD 2021.

A collaboration with Paulo Martins and the team at Uncommon London for British Airways Christmas 2023

Brand work and merchandise produced at Uncommon London.

Also coming soon…

Blah, updating a site takes a while.

Icon family and Illustrations developed for Transport For London. 

COMING SOON

Brand campaign for Out of Home, social and display. Produced in collaboration with W+K London, Dario Lofish, Duncan Strachan and Brogan Aspland.

Design direction for the new Nurofen brand world.

The identity, menus and art installations for Santa Maria’s new restaurant, A Slice of Blue, Clapton, London. Created in collaboration with Rudy Melo.

I have literally always wanted to design a pizza box. This isn’t quite finished yet. More stuff will be uploaded soon.

A collaboration with the brilliant Matt Searle, Olly Wood and Matt Crabtree.

Air pollution has been declared a public health emergency in The UK. The British Lung Foundation wanted to highlight the issue and lobby government to improve air pollution regulations.

We printed the The Clean Air Act in glue and placed these posters around London, pollution particles in the air clung to it, making its text legible, demonstrating how ineffective and outdated that law has become, showing passers-by and MPs why a new law is desperately needed.

Produced in collaboration with Crosby & Cottam at McCann London. This project won a D&AD graphite pencil in 2019.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. Portrait photography by Mario Testino and still life by Richard Maxted

Brand world, assets and illustrative textures created for Philips OneBlade. Made in collaboration with Nicky Bullard.

Design and art direction for the London launch event for the Range Rover Evoque.

Collaboration with Oreoluwa Ayoade

2020 was a complete disaster. During that time we captured 200 pages of ramblings, thinking, ideas and collections into a book from the McCann Worldwide network. Here’s a few of the pages.

Identity and graphic system based on research conducted by NASA, rating and identifying plants to combat chemicals within the home. The app helps you identify which elements in your home may be problematic - recommending the perfect plants to combat toxins.

Illustrations of architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright. Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, 1935, illustrated in Autumn. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in the evening and The Bachman Wilson House illustrated early in the morning.

Design identity for Huntsmen music, film and tv composers.

The design is based on a sound wave from one of their audio files.

Brand assets created for TSB to be used in-house and by all external agencies for marketing and web.

Secret 7" 2015. Diana Ross & The Supremes, Reflections.

Secret 7" 2016. Tame Impala, The less I know the better.

Secret 7" 2018. Jimi Hendrix, Castles made of sand.

Secret 7” 2014. Massive Attack, Karmacoma.

7 tracks by 7 amazing musicians. Each one is pressed 100 times to 7" vinyl. Creatives from around the world are then invited to interpret the tracks in their own style, resulting in a one-of-a-kind sleeve for every 7”. They're then exhibited and sold to raise money for charity.

A laser cut skate board deck, inspired by a week in NYC.

Can designs for officially London's best pizzeria's release of their blood orange IPA brewed by Bianca Road. Produced in collaboration with Rudy Melo and Pasquale Chionchio at M&H.  

Alternative cover for Seth Abramson’s New York Times Best seller.

Design support for my friends Lee and Psembi who created this clever bit of tech.

Donation Icons is an innovative new piece of technology that allows you the user to raise money for Oxfam, without costing you a single penny. The application transforms your desktop icons into a smart and ingenious media spaces that brands can advertise in. Users donate their icons and brands donate the money. The program launched globally in February 2016. Visit www.donationicons.com to sign up and start donating your desktop icons. I did the voiceover while struggling with a bad cold. The sound engineer did not appreciate jokes about Clem Fandango. It won a shameful bronze at Cannes.

Brand development and bespoke typeface for the launch of the new signature L’eau.

Rudy Melo and myself designed the packaging for Flamberge. The collaboration between Brooklyn Brewery Brasserie BapBap and Brasserie De Létre in Paris. Work produced at M&H.

Icon and posters developed for The Home Office in collaboration with Psembi Kinstan.

Identity created for digital content and merchandise Made by TfL. Inspired by their colour palette, the tube lines and typeface Johnston. Made in collaboration with Ali Augur.

A gold foil-blocked Christmas card from the dealerships.

Promotional material for Cream. The annual exhibition held by The Talent Business promoting the best junior talent in Advertising from around the world. This was the tenth anniversary of the event.

50x50cm 1 colour screen print. Edition of 50. Email me at jonathanianharper@gmail.com for availability. 

Special edition bottle for Jack Daniel's. 200000 were produced and out of home Birthday campaign.

A collaboration with model maker Tim Weare for Danone.

Long copy 48 sheet promoting Jack and Cola in a can. Copy written by Selina Heathcote.