We worked tirelessly with automotive authority Doug Nye to do justice to the photographic legacy of Italian motor sport correspondent, Franco Lini by producing this sumptuous book for Palawan Press. As Classic and Sports Car Editor Alastair Clements observed, ‘you can tell from Julian Balme’s stylish cover that this is going to be a treat, and his design deserves special mention because the colours, themes and fonts all perfectly complement the fantastic imagery that forms the basis of the book.

This near 500 page, 200,000 word thumper – the definitive history of the metallic blue cars from Dieppe by Russell Hayes – was probably the most challenging book we have designed for Palawan Press. Retaining the visual sophistication expected of the publisher whilst incorporating a wealth of information and images, was a rewarding problem to solve. Universally praised it was singled out by Octane magazine as their book of the month.

A love of old cars and surfing brought us together with Cornwall-based, 20 year old guitar sensation, Toby Lee. For his album ‘House on Fire’, we created a vinyl, CD and cassette package all echoing the late sixties as well as creating new takes on Californian surf iconography by way of various stickers. Hats off to record company, 100% for letting us have no type on the front cover other than the sticker in the car window.

As part of the marketing for this legendary pre-war Alfa Romeo, Kidston commissioned author and marque enthusiast, Mick Walsh to write a profile on the German Grand Prix winning Italian thoroughbred and Vegas Design to put together an appropriate looking 48 page book. To reproduce a period magazine feature, the hardbound, digitally printed book had a unique half-page section printed on uncoated stock inserted.

When first-time author Paul Griffin needed his debut designing and producing, he contacted Vegas Design. Apart from putting together the critically acclaimed 420 page book, we also helped to find and liase with a printer who could not only produce it, but fulfil customer orders as well.

To celebrate their return to the Paris based Salon Retromobile after the COVID induced sabbatical, Kidston put together a stunning display of seven McLaren F1 supercars, from pre-production prototype to long-tailed Le Mans racer. As a record of the occasion, we designed a limited run, souvenir show catalogue describing each car and a brief history of its manufacture and the marques un-intended career on the race tracks.

This lavish 460 page epic is one mans appreciation of the unique silver racing cars built by the German company between 1948 and 1965. Using many unseen photos from the Porsche factory archive, Vegas designed the book using a special, fifth-colour, metallic silver throughout, reflecting the car’s distinctive liveries. On publication, it was deemed Book of the Month in Classic & Sports Car magazine, “nothing but a true masterpiece” by fortheloveofporsche.com and has since been christened Book of the Year in Germany by Motorworld Buchpreise.

With the bringing to market of the 1957 Mille Miglia winning Ferrari 315 S, Vegas Design created a limited edition, short-run, digitally printed, 40 page, casebound book detailing the car and its charismatic driver. The package featured a die-cut card slipcase with spot-varnished MM logo.

Continuing a 40-year working relationship with the multi-talented singer/songwriter, Tot Taylor, Vegas created a CD and vinyl package for his universally lauded album, Frisbee using a Polaroid photograph of his neighbour’s cat.

When the Kidston Miura book was first initiated, it had been the intention for both the story and the register to be a two volume set cased in one slipcase, but both titles grew to such an extent and complexity that it was rightly decided to produce them as two separate books. The register is a remarkable piece of work with entries on everyone of the 762 Miuras built. Again, the focus was on period photographs and 95% of the images, many from the car’s first owner’s scrapbooks, are from the sixties.

This history of the Ferrari Testa Rossa is the second book created and produced by Vegas Design for American collector Chip Connor. Packed full of wonderful, charismatic photographs, both black and white and colour, sourced from the world’s best libraries, the title, written by marque expert Keith Bluemel, tells the tale of how the TR finally won the prestigious Le Mans 24 hour endurance race in 1960. The layout and design reflect the era of the car as well as incorporating neat touches such as reproductions of the factory build sheets on contrasting paper stock.

After many successful years producing A5 brochures for Fiskens, we recently overhauled the format and design of their ‘News from the Mews’ brochure. The larger page size was Swiss bound and packaged in a bespoke mailing carton complete with tartan branding.

Designed and picture edited by Vegas Design, this book is a collection of evocative colour photographs covering the golden era of motor racing, from the 1950s to the 1970s. With images captured by arch-enthusiast and photographer Brian Joscelyne, the lavish, 400 plus page production, published by Palawan Press and written by David Tremayne is another visual treat.

Vegas Design was charged with the considerable responsibility of designing this 456 page, definitive history of the world’s first super car, the Lamborghini Miura, for arguably the cars biggest fan, Simon Kidston. He had been collating interviews and material for nearly 15 years before Balme and his team set about realising his vision. Limited to 762 copies - the same number of cars built - it was met with universal acclaim, garnering ‘book of the month’ awards in the specialist press and consequently sold out within a week of its publication.

For many years, Vegas has designed the London-based company’s show-stopping stand at this annual Parisian institution. Accommodating as many as 14 of the world’s finest classic cars as well as a working office and storage room, the layout set the bar and is now emulated by many of Fisken’s competitors. Along with the show stand, each year we also produce marketing material to attract consignments both through advertising and brochures.

Vegas founder, Julian Balme started working for the Clash in 1980, designing their last two albums along with countless singles. For more than 30 years after the band split up, he oversaw the vast majority of the re-packaging for new formats such as CD and Mini Disc along with numerous special re-issues. Due to the record company having lost all the original artwork, his archiving culminated in the singles box set whereby Vegas re-created every single sleeve and label for 7 inch vinyl and CD.