I’ve had a few days where instead of preparing for my degree show (daunting or what!) I have been making cards for friends and family for various occasions! Above Jess’s card for the birt...
Previously I had mentioned that I had a really small cameo part in a Youtube video, shot by my friend Ciaran and starring Khyan! Ciaran was so kind to invite me to hang out doing some more Youtube st...
As part of my ‘fear’ project, promoting the idea of fear being good for you, I decided to look at the idea of ‘fear of failure’ – very common on our highly competitive g...
Ever heard of a sale of design work where instead of knowing ‘who’ it has been made by, you buy it purely on the merit that you actually like the work!? This is the idea behind the the &#...
Just a quick post! My friend JT asked me to help out with some work for his, Shiho, Duarte and Franek’s collaborative work with the Criticism, Communication and Curation Degree course! They are...
I love when you go to a lecture, and you come away laughing! That is exactly how I felt after the D & AD president’s lecture at Logan Hall. Who was in the hot seat, none other than Mr David...
We have around 28 days left till our final hand-in for our degree, so what do I do – end up working on a typography stencil project! (When I really should be finishing a whole heap of other thi...
By joining the typography special interest group (TSI) at uni, its really made me consider and appreciate the type and lettering around me, a lot more than I ever did before! I’m hoping this ca...
So Hockney… I remember seeing glimpses of his work, the famous photo montage ‘Pearblossom Highway’ (1986) in particular and his very vivid use of colour. The Royal Academy exhibitio...
I’ve reached a point (ironically, coming to the end of my degree) that I feel I ‘learn’ all of the ‘proper’ graphic design basics. (A little late being in third year, bu...
1987 – TAYLOR DAYNE Tell it to my heart Its strange, I was only just born in the 80′s, yet seem to remember quite a lot about it— the music and style in particular. (It might be due...
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In my previous post I had mentioned that I did some photography at ...
What can you do in London in a day…. I started off the day with a visit to the Imperial War Museum in South East London. I had never been there before (despite studying both World Wars in GCSE ...
It was my housemate Dave’s birthday, so after a lecture on colour I decided to go a bit all out with the design (above!). Colour within graphic design is an interesting aspect that I have never...
Its strange, despite the fact design is a very user lead practice, I often find myself thinking of ideas on my own and implementing by myself. A conversation with my contextual studies practice tutor...
A few months ago I heard on the news that the National Gallery’s headlining exhibition ‘Leonardo Da Vinci- Painter at the court of Milan’ was sold out for the proceeding months. I i...
(Get it- a lemon flavoured jelly baby!) One of the privileges of being at my university is the wednesday afternoon lectures. Our guest speaker this Wednesday, Fred Deakin, founding director of design...
This probably sounds really bad in my third year of a graphic design degree, not to have already tried out the essential craft of screen printing! So I decided to duck in for an induction with some M...
Ahhhhhhhh its done… third year dissertation handed in, hurrah! My topic was on (as it states below) use of self and self expressionism within design. I often find that I use myself in my work, ...
On my course, I had the opportunity to design some work for the upcoming event at Nokia World 2011 —- http://events.nokia.c om/nokiaworld/index.html THE BRIEF – to work alongside establish...
In the process of delaying thoughts of a dissertation matter, I decided to spend a little time finishing off this image of my old flat mate Caspar. Never got around to looking at this when I did my H...
Cheesy title I know, but fitting the least! I know I usually discuss my own work (a bit of a bore sometimes!), but when researching for my dissertation I came across the work of Rosemarie Fiore and t...
Its a time of change… back to university and ‘Hello’ to third year… Questions have appeared- will I ever become a true graphic designer- or simply stay ‘graphically chal...
My friend Ciaran (http://ciaranobrien.blogspot. com/), I had not spoken to in a while.. we had a chat the other day- when he inquired if we had a pram he could borrow? A little strange indeed… u...
Its strange where work turns up…. One of my friends works at a local army barracks, and up popped the opportunity to take a few photographs of something called the ‘Pace Taking’ com...
(Taken on Hasselblad 500c) Its my sister- in-law’s birthday this coming weekend, and with uni cooling off (despite an photography project to start and a dissertation to complete)– I decid...
I had heard of the designer ‘Wim Crouwel‘, but to be perfectly honest, I had never seen any of his work. My dad had never visited the design museum before, so his impending visit provided...
Postcards- cut to shape found in the National History Museum gift shop….. just something pretty really…
As a part of the TSI (Typography Special Interest) group (the same group on the trip to Barcelonaaa), we were given the chance to visit the studio of renowned lettering and sculpture expert Richard K...
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