My Philosophy is best summed up by the phrase, ‘plain, simple and useful’, Such things may not win many design prizes, but neither do they go out of fashion. – Terence Conran I̵...
[Pocket Planner by Jessica Hische, writter of the blog post featured in this post and inspirational typographer and designer, I have this planner and carry it with me everywhere, wouldnt be without i...
Poster by Ed Hall, inspired by this list. I’m not sure I agree with all of these and it isn’t an exhaustive list either but it is a starting point and a fun poster.
The London Olympics 2012 are only 191 days away! That sounds like a very short time, considering how long we have all been looking forward to it for. I may be slightly behind with this but I’ve...
Where does the creative process begin? You could argue that the creative process begins with the decision to become a designer. From that moment on, everything you see and do feeds your visual intell...
…It would be Bernard Condensed. Alix asked on Twitter a while ago ‘If 2011 was a typeface, which one would it be for you?’ and yesterday seemed to be the perfect day to think about ...
I was searching istock for some sort of healthcare images and these images appeared next to each other in the results, made me feel a bit queasy…
A couple of days ago, I discovered Feedly. It seems it is the solution to all of my problems, as I mentioned earlier in October that I felt that I wasn’t reading my blog posts and just leaving ...
So, I wrote a quick post at the beginning of this year about the fact that I’d joined Pinterest. I haven’t had too much time to browse the internet and find things that are cool. But I ha...
I’m a bit late with this one but a couple of weeks ago, everyone across the internet was trying their hand at a bit of kerning. It was made by a company called Method of Action which is a peer-...
I can’t believe I whizzed passed 3 years and 300 posts without even realising! Thank you to everyone who has supported, commented, read this blog and just been generally awesome over the last 3...
I’ve been creating my own hand drawn typographical project, to keep me drawing in my free time and also to see what I come up with. I loved studying typography at University and I don’t r...
I use Google reader to keep track of blogs which are being updated, just to keep up with current design news and hear about what others are up to. The thing is, I follow 274 different blogs and they ...
“Motivated to achieve” by Menachem Krinsky. “A creative man is Motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others” – Ayn Rand
So, it has been a while since I’ve posted properly on here. I would just like to do a little update on what I’ve been up to over the last few months. A few days ago, it was exactly a year...
I think the concept of this World Oven packaging is great. It’s fun, clever and yet I think to myself, I wish I’d thought of that. Designed by Cowan, New Zealand. The brief was to move W...
My first experience of a Mac was when I worked for a Graphic Design company for a week in 2003 as work experience. Later, my secondary school bought 5 old macs for the graphics department and I learn...
The Power of Making is an exhibition being held at the V&A between 6th September 2011 and 2 January 2012. I haven’t been to the V&A in a while and I think this would be a good excuse to...
This is a project very similar to my previous post ‘Parklife’. Equally as clever, equally as mini, I do love mini worlds and the intricate detail that is usually involved. I thought I had...
I came across the following project a couple of weeks ago on Collosal, one of the new blogs that I follow and really enjoy. This branding, by Briton Smith and James Kape, is for the Parklife 2011 Mus...
These are by Kyle Tezak, a visual designer working for Swink. I spotted these a while back whilst looking for graphic icons for a project I was working on. I think that other than looking really cool...
So, I’ve finally done it, I’ve added a few portfolio pages to the top of this blog. If you look on the top bar you’ll see titles like: Book Design, Typography etc. You’ll find...
Found via SwissMiss Fischli & Weiss »How to Work Better« Mural on office building in Zurich-Oerlikon. Tweet
“What’s unique about these people whether they are designers, entrepreneurs, leaders of movements or strategists is that they started out with nothing but their talent and determination. Withou...
I saw this a while ago and it’s only just popped up again amongst the designy goodness that I’ve been looking at. Following the principles of Helvetica are a set of icons for various thin...
Inspired by Sandy Suffield’s Things&People. I’ve created one of my own: This is my notebook. I’ve got an amalgamation of notebooks: big ones, small ones, squared ones, plain one...
Creative mornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. Each event is free of charge, and includes a 20 minute talk, plus coffee! You can currently join us in New York, Zurich, Lo...
Three of my absolute favourite things: 1. Pantone – since when was it cool? 2. Stationery – not quite sure why I love it but anything I can write or draw on, I’m there! 3. Colour &#...
David McCandless, writer of one of my new favourite blogs, Information is Beautiful, has designed this Hierarachy of Digital Distraction infographic based on the many things that distract him (all of...
On the subject of the Olympics, earlier this week the medals were revealed to the world. Designed by David Watkins, I like the purple ribbons (for the Queen’s diamond jubilee) and I like the fa...
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