Another project my girlfriend was roped into...
Another old project that’s become a firm favourite are my ‘carrier’ bags. Inspired by a transparent bag I was using to collect my rubbish, I created a pair of carrier bags to quite literally carry the shopping.
How can a business card stay on a client's desk, and not in their pocket?
Of all the older projects from the archive, my growing business card has definitely remained the most popular. For a quick project, designed to get my foot in the door, I’m amazed at how far the Another Bloomin’ Designer project has spread across the design press and the internet. A friend mentioned that even a Google Image search (at time of posting) for business card will bring the project up, crazy.
Les Demoiselles de Nike
Following the exhibit of Robot Feitsh Party at Free Range 2005 I was asked by Nike to create a piece of artwork to decorate their new ID store in Marylebone. The result was a piece that converted their Nike colour chart into a swarm of over-helpful nymphets, all attempting to influence the colour choice of one lucky customer.
Hello lawsuit
When attending Central Saint Martins I had the privilege of being able to work on a lot of gig and event posters. Graciously the organisers used to give me the freedom to interpret the events as I saw fit, and with event titles like this – well, it was a gift.
You know, there's a reward for the 5th missing cloud
A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of exhibiting a few projects for my Central Saint Martins work-in-progress show at Westbourne Studios, a cavernous space found beneath the Westway bypass. Designed to take full advantage of the vaulted ceilings unique to the building, ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’ was an installation that bought a light touch to a ceiling of motorway concrete.
'Long live the Queen!'
Something unique to the British culture is the annual sit down after Christmas lunch to watch the Queen deliver her seasonal message on TV. As a nation we need this before we watch somebody die/get married/get-married-then-die on Eastenders.
Goodbye Petunia, you'll be sorely missed...
The other day I happened to stumble across the last picture I ever took of Petunia before she met a fate one can only guess of. The poor girl was just one part of Airside’s sprawling contribution to Designer’s Block, a street-wide exhibition that was part of the 2007 London Design Festival.
Missing Links, book jacket, headache
Missing Links was my D&AD Student Awards submission from yesteryear, and looking back through the haze of time I realise it was an idea that nearly didn’t make it.
A couple of years ago I created The Stuff Music is Made From to bring to light the forgotten influences of great music. Some believe it’s sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll that makes a great album, but I beg to differ, they’ve obviously never heard a great kazoo solo.
For external use only
Here’s an illustration from the vault: Something for the Weekend. The details escape me right now, but from what I can remember, this was a quick illustration done sometime around 2007 for an agency somewhere in London.
The wedding mark de-bossed onto the invitation's cover
This year one of my oldest and dearest friends will be getting married and I was honoured to design their wedding invitation.
Space and graphic design, the final terrifying frontier (Background image: NASA)
Seeing how planetary exploration rarely graces the pages of Creative Review, it’s easy to picture the expressions worn by an audience comprised mainly of creatives, as I wheeled out the first slide of my talk: ‘A Graphic Designer’s Guide to: The Pioneer 10 Plaque’.
The Design Museum (Image: The Design Museum)
Last summer, as part of the Design Museum’s Super Contemporary season, I joined fellow Airsiders Nat Hunter, Fred Deakin and Malika Favre to talk about every (yes, every) single job that had passed through the studio in the past 6 months.
