El Lissitzky was someone I heard about early on back at University who was a Russian Artist and Designer. He worked on a range of materials but the thing that stands out for me is his work in print, namely due to the unique style which draws on design schools like constructivism quite heavily. The..

Just stumbled on this video about a guy called Alf Randell who shunned cities in favour of climbing and living life out in the Utah Desert. His perspective is one that seems in real sharp contrast to what we seems common fare in the day to day lives for most of us. Watching the video..

I’ve recently felt challenged to start a series of posts on Christians who have served as both inspiration and as signposts to a deeper, simpler and raw form of faith. People who have never really earned major publicity but have quietly and consistently tried to mold their lives on the character of Christ and his..

For those who don’t know Jeffrey Zeldman he’s quite possibly one of, if not the most influential character when it comes to the way we see the web today. Awhile back I read something on his blog about what he believed made a person successful, you can read the full post here. You just look at..

I recently just started reading ‘Geometry of Design‘ by Kimberly Elam. The book itself talks about the natural proportioning system that exists in nature that  has served as inspiration to what some might argue all artists and designers. I’ll confess that my background is more in the hands on aspect of design formally rather than..