reed.co.uk
UI designs for reed.co.uk
Frank Fonts
UI design and front-end development for Frank Fonts independent type design studio.
FR Kraken Slab
FR Kraken Slab is a mild-mannered monster of a typeface with a sturdy skeleton, characteristic features and a powerful personality. It was awarded by the judges of the 2018 22th Typeface Design Competition of the Type Directors Club.
J’Adore—Style
Branding and layout designs for J’adore, the US-based fashion magazine.
Smaragdina typeface
FR Smaragdina is layer-able type design in four chic styles.
J’Adore—Black Progression
J’adore is a US-based fashion magazine. The Black Progression issue was a black and white-only edition—save the colour coding for the different parts.
reed.co.uk
Outdoor campaign visual design for reed.co.uk (an in-house design project) based on strong messaging, simple typography, and an empowering colour scheme. This was the first printed ad campaign of the UK’s #1 job site after years of media and digital-only advertisement and proved to be highly successful.
Selected logos
Maria Elek
Logotype, sticker, stamp and postcard layout designs for painter Maria Elek.
Images
ABOUT BÉLA FRANK
Béla Frank is a Senior Designer with more than 15 years of experience in graphic, web and type design. The starting point and main engine of his practice is type and image and the relationship between these two fundamental elements of every act of communication. Béla always aspires to create straight-forward design solutions that emphasise conceptual robustness and contextual awareness. This mostly results in the production of visual identities, websites and typefaces. He currently runs his type design studio, Frank Fonts from his home studio in Budapest, Hungary.
SERVICES
- Art direction
- Graphic design
- UI design
- Branding
- Typography
- Type design
- Front-end development
- Font production
Employment history
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Founder and Art Director at Frank Fonts
June 2018—May 2018, Budapest, Hungary -
In-house Graphic and UI Designer at reed.co.uk
November 2015—May 2018, London, UK -
Type Production Designer at Fontsmith
November 2015—May 2018, London, UK -
Freelance Designer
January 2010—January 2012, UK and Hungary -
Graphic Designer at Sweetchili
January 2009—June 2011, Budapest, Hungary -
In-house Designer at Karabuka
January 1999—January 2009, Budapest, Hungary