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Trojan Records

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:52:00 +0000

A large-format 60"x40" poster for the forthcoming Soundcrash show at Koko featuring the Trojan Soundsytem.

Cologne

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:36:00 +0000

Custom-type logo for the DJ who calls himself Cologne. His latest mix for Matters of The Heart is rather good too. He describes it himself as 'low slung disco' and it's well worth a listen!

I think I might burst with happiness

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:09:00 +0000

A personal project this time. This was something my sister said a long time ago and it always stayed with me because it was (and still is) such a joyous expression. I decided I wanted to create it in physical form, so here are some shots of the canvas in development.
The canvas is 70cm square and I'm using acrylics. The lettering was stenciled on then roughly blocked in using silver leaf, the idea being that the lettering changes throughout the day as the silver leaf reflects the changing light. And as you walk past it, there's a 'joyous' shimmer across its surface. I'll post the finished piece very soon. I will be giving it to my sister as a present.

Easter Poster

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:26:00 +0000

A poster designed for Soundcrash. The line-up changed about six times and then eventually turned into something completely different, so this didn't get used.

Before and After

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:33:00 +0000

I always find other people's before-and-after images interesting, so thought I'd post one of my own.

This was a press-shot of the singer Andreya Triana that I turned into something a little more illustrative for a Soundcrash gig poster.

Clients and Designers

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:52:00 +0000

2010/01 Michael Bierut from CreativeMornings on Vimeo.
If you're a designer, or even someone who may use the services of a designer in the near future, this is essential viewing. Designer/client relationships are a subject that gets talked about a lot—unfortunately, mainly negatively by designers—but Michael Bierut talks in an easy, down-to-earth way about the best and worst ways clients interact with designers and vice versa. Amazingly informative.

The perception of beauty is a moral test.

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:21:00 +0000

A recently-found quote questioning how individuals may or may not perceive beauty. As a designer, this got me thinking about the necessary balance of subjective and objective decisions in producing something hopefully pleasing to the eye.
I had this photo I'd taken in Norway and I thought they'd go well together as, for me there's something rather beautiful about it.
What are your thoughts, beauty or nay?

Teddy Bear Skeletons

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:03:00 +0000

I saw recently these small sculptural pieces online by Stephanie Metz and I find them fascinating. There's something about anthropamorphising a bear into a teddy and then exploring its anatomy in this very tactile way that blows my mind. Freakish and cute all rolled into one.

Barrio North Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:54:00 +0000

Two designs for the forthcoming festive period over at Barrio North in Islington N1.

Peanut Butter Wolf

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:52:00 +0000

Poster designed for Stonesthrow head honcho Peanut Butter Wolf. He decided on the name because a girlfriends younger brother feared the 'peanut butter wolf monster' more than death itself.

A+R

noreply@blogger.com (MAKE) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:13:00 +0000

Playful type design/illustration for a new night aiming to bring artists over from the US and showcase them here in London.