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..
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..
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..
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..
I recently shot my first film on my Holga. It took me too long to shoot the film but I’m glad I got it done. Some came out good, some bad but for a first try I’m pretty stoked. I’ve got a 35mm adaptor for it and now I’ve got the hang of it I..
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..
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..
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..
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?..