Made In Earnest

This just in…

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:02:11 +0000

At the recent (and inaugural) Jazz Meet Record Fair I brought some of the printed A3 posters along to sell and today I received this lovely photo from one satisfied customer. It’s nice seeing them framed and in what looks like an impressive record room.

All the posters will be for sale to all via the Made In Earnest Etsy shop once I get them photographed…

A new venue means a new look

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:08:26 +0000

After many, many years at the same venue The Fickle Formula is moving this month so we decided this was reason enough to update the look. So, a new look to go with a new venue but, you will notice, ‘same fickle format’.

The Jazz Meet meets John Peter Raven

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:37:53 +0000

April 1st would have been Gil Scott-Heron’s birthday and to celebrate his life and mourn his passing The Jazz Meet are doing a special birthday tribute to the great man on March 31st. I’ve collaborated with illustrator John Peter Raven for the poster.

SPILL: On Contact

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:47:52 +0000

The 2013 edition of SPILL Festival of Performance is in April and has been ‘curated around notions of contact and explores issues of connection, exchange and advocacy. In the mix are uncompromising performances, radical live events, participatory interventions, installation, film and discussions’.

The Festival is taking place at a range of venues across London including the Barbican, National Theatre Studio, Soho Theatre, Toynbee Studios and the Whitechapel Gallery.

This year the brochure is 165mm x 120mm and the image above shows the front and back cover including the spine, however you can get to see the brochure, in full, online this year here. Once I have the printed brochure back from the printers I will get it photographed properly and up online.

Illusions

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:14:49 +0000

Love and death, loyalty and betrayal, truth and fiction: do we ever really know whether we are truly loved? Well, do we? Actors Touring Company might just have an answer with their presentation of Illusions by Ivan Viripaev. The Guardian review said ‘It’s like a bedtime story gone awry’.

The show is on now (‘the perfect Valentine’s exploration of the nature of true love’) and if you go you might just see these posters I designed in and around the venues.

Kingdom Kickboxing

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:18:08 +0000

New identity and logotype for Kent-based Kingdom Kickboxing. It is a new company so hopefully the identity will help it grow and develop.

Take the stage

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:09:40 +0000

I have started to do the occasional piece of work for The Stage and I thought I would post up the latest flyer for The Stage Castings which has recently gone to print. It is a quite straightforward two-sided DL leaflet (both sides shown below), but what made it straightforward was the excellent Brand Guidelines that exist. I’m not sure who created it originally, but the 89 page pdf is clear, concise (despite it’s size) and easy to follow, while still giving enough leeway so as not to stifle creativity. If only all brand guidelines were the same…

A fickle half century

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:55:01 +0000

Here it is – the 50th poster I’ve done for the musical institution that is The Fickle Formula.

To celebrate this milestone I thought I would put up my five favourite designs out of the fifty. I’ve put them up in date order (newest to oldest) as I couldn’t decide which was my actual favourite of the fifty and that seemed like a good cop out.

Hope you like them as much as I do.

Made In Earnest meets Twitter

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:27:27 +0000

A new year and and new social media platform! Some might say about time too, but I’ve taken the ‘fashionably late’ approach. Feel free to follow, tweet or ignore at https://twitter.com/MadeInEarnest

Girl with robot and flowers

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:51:43 +0000

Just had the sign-off on a poster and flyer for The Greg Foat Group album launch. It takes place at Floripa in January and is a combined Wah Wah 45s and Jazzman Records night. The album itself is very good and is out now – and available on vinyl.