Made In Earnest

Let’s start the new year the way we plan to go on – with good design in mind and in sight. Saw this fantastic calendar by This Studio at the ever-excellent Blanka and although its big (A1) at only £20 it should be bought I think…

The excellent London Design Festival recently ran a one hour typography challenge based on the poster campaign Pentagram did for them in 2009. The premise was simple; choose one of 80 design quotes and within an hour design an A4 poster. They we’re offering no prizes – it was meant to be just a bit […]

The latest flyer-come-poster in the series for the monthly shindig that is The Fickle Formula.

Another day another post and another blast from the past (or rather another ‘classic’). This time it is the ChildHope Annual Review from 2001. ChildHope is a children’s charity supporting and helping to protect vulnerable children internationally by providing healthcare, education and protection and I was more than happy to be involved with them. This […]

I’ve channelled the brilliance of Wim Crouwel for the invite for my own fortieth birthday party. The XL of the title obviously is doubling up as Roman numerals for 40 and for what I expect to be an extra large event, both on the day and in my life.

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 […]

New flyer for The Fickle Formula, this one aimed at all the hip dancers out there. Hope you like it.

I am lucky enough to count the independent record label Wah Wah 45s as a client. They have recently celebrated their tenth anniversary as a record label (something of which they should be immensely proud) and despite the untimely death of their founder Simon Goss earlier this year, they are still going strong, having just […]

Another example of a recent flyer design, this time for The Fickle Formula which is held monthly at Three Blind Mice, a fabulous basement bar in Shoreditch. It’s an oasis of calm (and dub and jazz and whatever else) in the eye of the storm that Shoreditch has fast become. The night itself is the […]