End of an era

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Well, I have been honoured and privileged to have had the opportunity to feast on this wall of creativity pretty much every day for the last year. Ever changing and morphing into different forms, Rue des Pyrenées has been a vast canvas for urban essays issuing from the cans of some of the finest street artists in Paris. [...]

Published on Feb 05, 2012 at 2:40 am.
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You’re my heat…

A random project experiment found skulking on my Mac’s hard drive in a dusty folder of unfinished work. A colour halftone based on a sonogram from DJ Gunshot’s Wheel ‘N’ Deal sample of [...]

Published on Dec 19, 2011 at 8:44 pm.
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Street Knowledge

In between designing a wicked London-based iOS/Android app for a not so mysterious Russian Billionaire (details to follow soon) and knocking out some designs for France 3 [...]

Published on Dec 10, 2011 at 1:31 am.
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Karamell Kungen

Bloody lovely Swedish liquorice from a shop in Stockholm called Karamell Kungen… probably.

Published on Sep 30, 2011 at 2:06 am.
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Libuše Niklová

A fascinating retrospective of  the Czech toy Designer Libuše Niklová who designed ground breaking flexible toys from the 50’s to the 1980’s. [...]

Published on Sep 18, 2011 at 10:08 pm.
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Centre Quatre

This is so lovely it makes me want to shout from the rooftops about it!
CentQuatre on rue d’abervilliers in the 18eme arr continually puts out stunningly designed advertising. This is no exception. [...]



Curves

Just check out those curves-that’s no Ford Mondeo!
Visited Les Arts Décoratifs last night to see the exhibition L’art de l’auto mobile. [...]

Published on Aug 19, 2011 at 1:11 pm.
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Bien

Well, it has been a while. When I  started this blog it was my intention to write at least a blog a week. [...]

Published on Aug 16, 2011 at 11:04 am.
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Norwegian loveliness

It’s a bit of a mouthful- the name of the airport 45 minutes outside of Oslo. ‘Moss Airport Rygge’. Thankfully those in charge of the airport branding didn’t try and cram it all into the logo. [...]

Published on Jul 12, 2011 at 6:17 pm.
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Flåm

Beautiful type, harmonised colours and some pleasing symmetry announcing the fact that one is about to embark on a wonderous train journey up a mountain from Flåm to Myrdal in the heart of Fjord country. Gotta love the simplicity!

Published on Jul 01, 2011 at 12:07 pm.
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expériences en couleur

Some experiments in form and colour for a new logo project. [...]

Published on Jun 06, 2011 at 1:43 pm.
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Mornington Crescent

The BIG day is arriving on the 11th. Just finished the the table name illustrations- all 18 of them. It seemed like a good idea at the time to illustrate the invitation and all the table cards. [...]

Published on May 30, 2011 at 9:32 pm.
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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records is in the process of updating their branding. I was part of a 3 person team assigned the task of injecting some much needed vibrancy into a rather jaded identity that didn’t really encapsulate what GWR is all about. [...]

Published on May 25, 2011 at 12:11 pm.
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Blinded by the light

This is what happens when sunlight bounces around a very small room with green walls and chrome. [...]

Published on May 24, 2011 at 11:01 am.
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I miss him

Some quite beautiful works of art in the 20th arr in Paris. The site of an old bus depot which is currently embroiled in political machinations regarding planning permission is currently a canvas for Parisian based taggers of all styles and persuasions. [...]

Published on Apr 29, 2011 at 11:21 am.
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Unsimplify

It’s that time of year again. Spring cleaning the Mac and its hard drive to find out what can be thrown out / archived / resurrected etc etc. [...]

Published on Apr 13, 2011 at 6:34 pm.
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Creative Book

The joy of networking: Part 23b.

Sign up to be one of the early adopters of the http://www.thecreativebook.com A portfolio/networking site aimed at fashionistas the world over. [...]

Published on Apr 07, 2011 at 6:34 pm.
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Non Disclosure

Recently been working on the branding refresh of a Global company and due to those pesky little Non Disclosure Agreements this is all I can show you at the moment. [...]

Published on Mar 31, 2011 at 5:52 pm.
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I wanna be sedated

Well actually, that is a bit of a misnomer. I was suddenly distracted by the title and drifted into Ramones revere. Cerebral rockers if ever there were any. So no sedation and no lobotomy…. for now. [...]

Published on Mar 22, 2011 at 6:45 pm.
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Backwards, inside out or reversed

I can’t quite decide which of the above apply in this instance, but I like it a lot. It may be the combination of everything; [...]

Published on Mar 16, 2011 at 1:28 am.
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