One of my regular clients, Acland Burghley School, has an annual Dance Show for which I do the invite and the poster. This year’s title is Burghley In Motion and the show takes place at the end of January at the Bloomsbury Theatre.
Thankfully, the studio is open once again and the design work can continue. Thanks for all the support and good wishes.
Unfortunately, since the 17th of November the studio has effectively been closed due to illness. This has meant no design done, no emails replied to and no phone messages responded to. Apologies for any and all inconvenience caused.
We are not sure how long the situation will last, obviously, but will open again fully as soon as we can. Thanks for your patience in the meantime.
This year I have joined Movember! Please feel free to donate here.
During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in the UK and around the world. The aim of which is to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.
On Movember 1st, guys register at Movember.com with a clean-shaven face and then for the rest of the month, these selfless and generous men, known as Mo Bros, groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery. Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their Mo-growing efforts.
Mo Bros effectively become walking, talking billboards for the 30 days of November and through their actions and words raise awareness by prompting private and public conversation around the often ignored issue of men’s health. At the end of the month, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas celebrate their gallantry and valor by either throwing their own Movember party or attending one of the infamous Gala Partés held around the world by Movember, for Movember. For more information, or to register, visit movember.com
It’s been a while since I updated the site with some of the work I do for the record label Wah Wah 45s, but as they are having the big annual bash at The Scala next week this seems like an ideal time to do it. So, here are three recent flyers (three different venues and three different types of night therefore three different designs) from the last few months…
Following on from the recent Paul White post, it seems right to mention the design and release of the new Remix EP. The artwork has the same basic design and look as the album, but it has been ‘remixed’. Simple, but hopefully effective.
It is always nice to see your work out and about – not just on a computer screen or in the studio. Unfortunately, that happens less and less these days, so it was nice to see the recent advertisements I did for The Golden Dragon appear on the Guardian website. Obviously, I knew they were going to appear on it, but still it is nice to actually see them in situ – and working. Print ads will appear in the next few days and weeks in places such as Time Out and the Guardian Guide.
The play (‘a theatrical fable of globalization set in your local takeaway’) runs from 1-24 September at the Arcola Theatre.
Some time ago I was asked to do a one-off job for the V&A Museum and this was the result; a 16pp brochure for a Members trip to Istanbul to celebrate the opening of Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art within the V&A Collection.
I must say it was a joy to work for the V&A, even if it was just a one-off. The visual identity is so strong and so well done, but they give outside designers like myself leeway safe in the knowledge that the brand guidelines are good enough that the finished job will look right. And, thankfully, it did.
The new album from Paul White is all set to be released, which means the artwork is finished and I must say I am proud of it and can’t wait to see it printed. Once I get my copies I’ll get this and the other recent One-Handed releases properly photographed and up into the portfolio proper. The illustrations for this project are by Penny Davenport and they definitely have a distinct feel to them. Spooky, otherworldly and kinda creepy, they recall some of the illustrations you often see on Polish book covers.
Predating the album release is the first single, entitled Trust, which features Guilty Simpson as the guest rapper. The album itself features a cast of Paul White’s favourite MCs: including the aformentioned Guilty Simpson as well as Danny Brown, Marv Won, Homeboy Sandman, Jehst, Tranqill and Moe Pope. There’s a folk singer too, Nancy Elizabeth, reading a peculiar poem. More information on the release can be found on the One-Handed site.
When I last posted about The Jazz Meet I mentioned that the venture might becoming a weekly one – this has now happened and as such the look for the event has had to change accordingly. May and June’s flyers are shown below, along with the new reverse for the generic flyer which you may just see out and about.
