Published on: 19th May 2010
The Joy of Cycling, Five Essential Tips To Get You Riding
During my time at Airside I’ve pitched a great number of ideas to many different clients, but as with all pitching, some of the ideas that you’re just convinced will go through inevitably fall by the wayside. Most of the time they fall for a very good reason, infact most ideas reveal themselves to be quite half-baked with the luxury of time. However some ideas, a very select few, become fondly remembered like an old eccentric uncle you can’t quite forget. The Joy of Cycling is one of these projects.
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Published on: 5th May 2010
Margo the narrowboat, she's doing her best
Following Bertha the tram, here’s Margo the narrowboat, another machine with a stoic name and a heart of iron.
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Published on: 27th April 2010
Bertha by name, Bertha by nature
All aboard Bertha, a tram with a big heart. Hot on the heels of An Occurrence on Godiva Road I’ve once again limited myself to three colours as I work on my next screenprint series. This is the first of three screens, more to come.
Published on: 2nd April 2010
The previous attempt, now a wrinkled, smelly reminder of failure
With the first potato printing experiment having gone slightly awry, I decided to return to the medium with a slightly more focused process.
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Published on: 1st April 2010
Kitchen cupboard postcards
Returning from a holiday I’ve come to appreciate the simplicity of the postcard. There’s something about the resemblance of the medium to a very slow text message (you can fit too much into an email) that fascinates me: simultaneously throw-away and intensely personal.
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Published on: 31st March 2010
49 Objects Found Lurking in the Kitchen Drawer, limited edition Giclée print
To the horror of my mother, this illustration was the result of rummaging through the household ‘junk’ draw.
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Published on: 30th March 2010
The Stuff Music is Made From, limited edition Giclée print
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.
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Published on: 29th March 2010
An Occurrence on Godiva Road, limited edition silkscreen print, and my submission for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010
I’ve attempted to submit a print to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition for over 10 years now, but each and every March I’ve experienced the same regretful pang as I realise I’ve missed the deadline. As I’m sure you’ve experienced, something always seems to get in the way.
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Published on: 26th March 2010
Danté's Tea Break, limited edition Giclée print
This print charted Danté’s descent into hell (as featured in the epic poem Danté’s Inferno) through the representational power of biscuits.
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Published on: 26th March 2010
Carol, a flamingo with an identity crisis
Another illustration from the archive, Carol was a picture of a plucky flamingo with an identity crisis. Nothing too serious though, it’s nothing a bottle of dye won’t solve…
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Published on: 26th March 2010
49 Objects Found Lurking in the Kitchen Drawer
To the horror of my mother, this illustration was the result of rummaging through the household ‘junk’ draw.
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Published on: 26th March 2010
American Gothic I
Another illustration from the archive, American Gothic was a homage to the work of Edward Hopper and Grant Wood.
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Published on: 26th March 2010
The Alter Egos of Aisle 46
From the archive, this was an illustration of just a handful of Londoners as seen through the eyes of a very bored shopper. The title refers to a game I used to play where on picking a stranger at random, say in a restaurant or at the supermarket, I would assign a movie role to them. A first-impression alter ego so to speak.
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Published on: 16th March 2010
The raw material
I’ll freely admit I’m not the cleanest person in the world, but during an odd spell of spring-cleaning I stumbled across a couple of green potatoes that my girlfriend assured me would lead to a world of trouble if I attempted to cook it. Not a big fan of wasting food, I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to have a go at potato printing, an activity I’ve been hankering to do for a while now.
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Published on: 16th January 2010
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.
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Published on: 16th January 2010
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.
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Published on: 11th January 2010
'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.
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Published on: 11th January 2010
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.
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Published on: 10th January 2010
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.
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Published on: 4th January 2010
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.
Published on: 3rd January 2010
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.
Published on: 30th December 2009
If there's only one free poster with a national newspaper that will prepare you for a wondrous world of work - it's this one
Recently the Guardian newspaper got in touch requesting a poster to highlight just some of the exciting objects a new employee could expect to find throughout the wondrous world of work.
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Published on: 29th December 2009
I could make a pun here about this illustration being a tad flat, but I won't
A long time ago (though not in a galaxy far far away) I had the pleasure of doing this little illustration for the organic clothing company Howies to be featured in their 2007 Summer catalogue.
Published on: 1st December 2009
Danté's Tea Break, mind those bowges!
This illustration charted Danté’s descent into hell (as featured in the epic poem Danté’s Inferno) through the representational power of biscuits.
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