Steven Bonner | Illustrations, lettering and design – for clients including Audi, Penguin and The New York Times. See my latest work and archive projects.

Tamdhu Scotch Whisky
Tamdhu was originally born on the banks of the River Spey in 1897, and ran well for over one hundred years, until...
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Boston Magazine
Boston Magazine needed title lettering for their ‘The 25 most influential people in Philanthropy’ issue and...
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Ballantines Scotch Whisky
I worked with Digital Agency of the Year, Work Club, to produce an illustrated animation and typeface celebrating the...
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Langdon
Langdon is a bold compressed sans typeface, in uppercase characters only, commissioned as a free download for it’s...
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Computer Arts Collections
Computer Arts Collections is a beautifully designed and produced bi-monthly magazine devoted to covering specific...
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The New York Times
The New York Times magazine runs a regular column by Lizzie Skurnick, in which she present words she believes should be...
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The British Heart Foundation
Magpie Studio got in touch and asked me if I’d like to draw a couple of lettering pieces that would be printed up...
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Art & Graft
Studio friends and collaborators Art & Graft asked me to create an illustration that they could produce as a...
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Blackad
Blackad are a copywriting agency specialising in web copywriting, so it seemed fitting that they wanted the look of...
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CPO Magazine
CPO magazine commissioned me to create a cover illustration that would double up as a feature opener, and also two...
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Nike
Nike asked me to design some graphics for their Footlocker Europe, and Young Athletes ranges and I was lucky enough to...
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The Little Shadows
Commissioned by Random House, the brief for the cover for Marina Endicott’s ‘The Little Shadows’ was...
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Time Out London
Time Out commissioned me to create a cover celebrating London, so taking inspiration from the famous red, white and blue...
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Movejob.com
The guys behind Movejob.com are well aware of the reputation employment agencies have traditionally had, and are...
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Milltag
The guys at Milltag asked me if I’d like to design a cycling jersey with them, and being a keen rider myself I...
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The Little Paris Kitchen
Penguin commissioned me to create the title lettering for celebrity chef Rachel Khoo’s debut book of recipes....
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Tennents
A redesign of the Tennents ‘Red T’ created specifically for use with Tennents Original Export since the...
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Absolute Radio
Custom Victorian circus lettering for Absolute Radio’s ‘Faces for Radio’ campaign featuring some of...
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Audi
Kempertrautmann asked me to help them illustrate how the Audi Quattro grips the road. The resulting image won a Silver...
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Granimator
Granimator is a digital wallpaper creation app for the iPad, made by ustwo. I was asked to design an artist pack for...
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Muirside
Muirside is my first commercial typeface in the Opentype format and is for sale exclusively at Hype for Type as part of...
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Grossmont
Two x Four asked me to create a set of three images to advertise Grossmont Shopping Mall in San Diego, famed for...
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New Ways
‘New Ways to Kill Your Mother’ is a collection of essays part written and curated by literary heavyweight...
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William Hill
I was asked by Art & Graft to create some custom typography for a spot they were producing for William Hill’s...
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Zeit
A double cover and inside double page spread for German weekly magazine Zeit to illustrate their main feature on the...
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Various Logos
Various logos created for a selection of clients from 2009 onwards. Presented in mono....
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Appleberg
A cover and spread illustrations for Sweden’s Appelberg Magazine. Based on the tagline ‘Hej Framtid!’...
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Book Covers
A selection of both published and unpublished book covers and cover lettering commissioned by Penguin, Vintage, Random...
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Computer Arts
I have been a regular contributor to best selling design magazine Computer Arts and it’s sister publications for a...
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Self Promotional
A selection of self promotional images....
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Diesel
Diesel Fragrance Factory asked me to give them my take on their iconic ‘Only The Brave’ fist-shaped...
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Esquire
Custom lettering headline created for Esquire magazine. Designed to look like beauty pageant typography....
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Penguin
This is probably my signature image. It was first created as part of The Art Book’s annual competition, which it...
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Quotes
A series of mainly custom lettered prints based on quotes supplied by the client, a US tshirt independent....
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Ride Journal
The Ride Journal is a cycling periodical produced in the UK as a non-profit. They asked me if I’d create an image...
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Various Editorial
A selection of recent editorial illustrations....
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Wired
Editorial work for Wired magazine. ‘Open Source’ is a bespoke display handset typeface based on wireframes...
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Wallpapers
A selection of Star Wars inspired iPhone and iPad wallpapers. The drippy, liquid style contains several...
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