Profile: Modern Dog

"If you showed this to a therapist they would probably say, 'Yeah, they're making fun of designers'," says Modern Dog's co-founder Robynne Raye. "The layout looks serious but there's a lot of hidden jokes in there. We act real serious about it. We don't let on."

She's referring to Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art, the Seattle design studio's long-awaited book showcasing their tangiest work from 1987 onwards. Created over the last eight months, it features hundreds of posters for bands, events, the theatre, self-promotion and more, many of them described with a withering self-deprecation.

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The Creative Bloq team is made up of a group of design fans, and has changed and evolved since Creative Bloq began back in 2012. The current website team consists of eight full-time members of staff: Editor Georgia Coggan, Deputy Editor Rosie Hilder, Ecommerce Editor Beren Neale, Senior News Editor Daniel Piper, Editor, Digital Art and 3D Ian Dean, Tech Reviews Editor Erlingur Einarsson and Ecommerce Writer Beth Nicholls and Staff Writer Natalie Fear, as well as a roster of freelancers from around the world. The 3D World and ImagineFX magazine teams also pitch in, ensuring that content from 3D World and ImagineFX is represented on Creative Bloq.