Here’s a sneak preview of the artwork for the forthcoming Mo Kolours EP on One-Handed Music. It’s the first of a scheduled series of three EPs, all of which will feature the paintings of Swedish artist Etka. The artwork has been signed-off and the vinyl itself will be out soon but you can hear snippets [...]
Last summer I was involved in a very interesting design project for the AMOS album ‘Showtime’. It was billed as an ’unique and international music and art project’ where the new album was released on vinyl with blank white covers. These were then sent to more than 400 visual artists from all over the world who created [...]
Who said jazz was dead? Another day, another post, another jazz flyer! This is for the inaugural ‘meet’ of a new live venture celebrating the diversity of London’s jazz scene featuring some of the city’s finest session musicians, vocalists and DJs at the rather excellently named The Last Days of Decadence. The event is hosted by sax man Jake [...]
A new night and therefore a new flyer to end the year. This one is for a night entitled Jazz Maniac at Favela Chic in Shoreditch. I won’t be able to make the opening night, but as the are promising a night of live jazz, afro-funk and Latin grooves it should be good. Thanks to [...]
As the December flyer has been approved and signed-off I thought this was an appropriate time to post up a little pictorial review of The Fickle Formula flyers for the year. Not only do I like doing things like this visually, but this sort of exercise helps give a clear overview of where the identity [...]
The latest flyer-come-poster in the series for the monthly shindig that is The Fickle Formula.
Sometimes, designs just don’t work for clients. It’s nobody’s fault, it just happens. Design and/or fonts you think will be right for the task at hand are not liked at the other end. It’s a shame, you can explain why you think it is right, why you think it will work for them, but in the [...]
I have had a little redesign to the look of the flyer for the monthly live jazz jam Favourite Things, which I am lucky enough to design for. This new look coincides with a new phase for the night as it now has a new regular home at Favela Chic. Not too sure if we [...]
The new One-Handed single has just been released and until I have a chance to get the 12″ photographed properly I thought I would point you in the direction of The Fader and the interview the man they call Pinglewood did with Ahu. It’s an insight into her world and shows the amazing official video. [...]
It’s a rock album. It is an art project. It is also a collaboration between Made in Earnest and Stephen Kenny of a two pipe problem using old wooden type to give an unpredictable edge to the printing process. I love the way the wood type takes on a life of its own, each surface [...]