Just came across some awesome blackboard typography/design by Dana Tanamachi. Anyone who’s ever tried doing anything remotely creative can attest to the challenge of writing on vertical surfaces as apposed to conventional illustration and design which makes this all the more awesome. It’s one thing to crank this out on a computer, its something else..
Made this as part of a playlist I put together for my Dad this last Christmas. The cover was just something I put together using Faith’s photography from a shoot she did in the New Forest with my friend Chris and his band. I’m trying to experiment more with type and print more these days..
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..
If you work in the creative industries or anything associated to that your probably no stranger to late nights. Whether its purely out of passion or something a little more formal you’ve had times when you’ve been well over your eyeballs when it comes to work. The trap exists that in being busy you end..
Responsive design is something that is appearing a lot at the moment and has been something a long time coming. We’re currently at a time when the web design community is moving away from seeing the web built for specific devices, such as desktops, to a web with a much more fluid identity. A responsive web…
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..
I’ve been meaning to update this site for awhile and I’m so glad it’s finally finished. In addition to updating my portfolio I’ve built this blog to keep it company and give myself a avenue to write about inspiration, work and anything else that takes my fancy. I’m hoping this will become something of a..
What follows is the introduction to my 2009 final year dissertation. Over the coming weeks I’ll be putting online edited chapters of it and where I have the energy making it more accessible for reading online. I learnt a lot writing it as it looks at oppression in the world and ultimately, is it wrong?..
image credits: props to cabin porn I don’t have a cabin, I don’t even really live near anywhere remotely wild. But I know I’m not alone when I say I find something fascinating about the outdoors. More and more of us today spend increasing amounts of time surrounded by the electronic trappings that feature in..
Responsive design is something that is appearing a lot at the moment and has been something a long time coming. We’re currently at a time when the web design community is moving away from seeing the web built for specific devices, such as desktops, to a web with a much more fluid identity. A responsive web…
If you work in the creative industries or anything associated to that your probably no stranger to late nights. Whether its purely out of passion or something a little more formal you’ve had times when you’ve been well over your eyeballs when it comes to work. The trap exists that in being busy you end..