Back to school
After a lengthy absence from updating this blog, I’ve decided to return to rejuvinate the blog and reaquaint you all with what has happened. Since last years post I’ve moved back to Preston after working at some excellent design studios such as The Clearing, Honey Creative, Elmwood and Dew Gibbons. Being back at university has … Continue reading
Placement Update – Dewgibbons
Last week I started a placement at packaging design studio Dewgibbons, based just off Old Street here in London town. As mentioned Dewgibbons focus primarily on packaging design and have produced amazing work for major companies such as Vidal Sassoon, Boots, Nicotinell and Coca-Cola. Lead by owners Shaun Dew and Steve Gibbons the studio has … Continue reading
Ayn Rand Talks About Concepts
The long bus journey’s to and from placement every day can drag on and passing the time can be hard. A good book can really help turn a somewhat unproductive activity into one that has become mind expanding. I’m currently reading Russian philosopher Ayn Rand’s book “The Virtue of Selfishness”, which is a collection of … Continue reading
R.I.P MCA – Adam Yauch
Having been a big fan of the Beastie Boys for years it came with great sadness to hear about the passing of Adam Yauch a.k.a MCA. There’s not much I really want to say other than to share the great body of work that he made throughout his life along with the amazing work he … Continue reading
The Trashcam Project
A group of German binmen based out of Hamburg have created this amazing way of converting old dumpsters into pin-hole cameras and taking incredible shots. They do this by drilling a small hole into the dumpster and hanging a large sheet of photographic onto the inside, the dumpster is then left for an hour to … Continue reading
Rupert Ray Talk
Last night myself and Tim Sumner went to Brandhouse for their annual NotInhouse talk, which this time around was given by Alex Maclean from the newly formed Rupert Ray. For everyone that knows Rupert Ray is the new design and advertising agency that has been formed out of the closure of the legendary Airside, of which … Continue reading
Metamorphosis
Psychedelic, mind crumbling visuals and an imposter Hunter S. Thompson makes the ingredients for an awesome video to let your eyes drool over. Here is a quick description by the parents, Antfood We dug through the darkest recesses of our minds and studio to create original music and sound design for this Buck masterpiece. Working … Continue reading
London Is The Reason
Well it has been just over 3 months since I last graced this blog with a new post and what a crazy 3 months it has been. I moved to the bright lights of our nations fine capital in early December to the lovely area of Crouch End and ever since then have been on … Continue reading
Tony Martin
My morning blogfeed helped me stumble across these amazing light show projections by artist Tony Martin. The incredible erosion that occurs in the pictures is amazing and the show itself looks like an awesome time. I particularly love his use of colour and how they have mixed together in a very destructive style. Anyways check … Continue reading
A/V Geeks Footage
I was introduced to this website a while ago via The Disciples of Design but felt the need to share it on here as I’ve pretty much fallen in love with it. A/V Geeks Stock Footage is a website showcasing just a fraction of the archives that contain over 20,000 educational and industrial films mainly … Continue reading
Lame Design 