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ooh- just there, more more.

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:10:26 +0000

Became a bit distracted while exploring routes for a new branding project. It must have been the dry corporate nature of the client which led me here. Thought it was quite sweet so decided it was worthy of a post.. Hand lettering is so much more fun!

Angles

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:28:48 +0000

More interesting Parisian angles. This time from the drawing board of Architect Christian de Portzamparc. Situated in The Parc de la Villette, La Cité de la Musique-One of Francois Mitterand’s Grand Projets- helped give new life to the area that was previously home to the national abattoir and slaughterhouse. With Bernard Tschumi, the architect responsible for the abstract, programless structures, dubbed ‘follies’ this former industrial wasteland now hosts childrens’ play space and touring events in Le Grande Halle.

It’s all in the detail

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:48:47 +0000

A short distance from Gare de Marseille Saint-Charles. It was hot damp n dirty. Massive embouteillages right through Marseile, desparately trying to get the car (cheap Quiksilver branded Renault Twingo with no balls) back to the hire Co and not miss the TGV to Paris. This kinda summed up the mood and it was as if someone had already made the decision . We were not in control.

Form

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:49:05 +0000

From the Parc de la Villette a Paris. Today it exists by itself with no need for an explanation. Tomorrow I may add my pennies worth.

Hrvatskua Preporoda

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:00:43 +0000

The little Croatian village of Bol on the western coast of the island of Brac is a wonderous place. The beach of Zlatni rat and a monastry that snuggles against the aquaramine waters are two outstanding features of this beautiful Croatian island. It was far from the fighting of the Serb-Croat conflict but this signpost points at some of the tensions in the area in the aftermath of the war. I found this on a pile of rubble that peppered the landscape as the re-building of Croatia started to take shape. (This was 2001) Someone had clearly taken a dislike to the sentiments and decided to pepper the enamel with some shotgun bursts. My Croatian squeeze at the time told me that ‘Hrvatskua Preporoda’ means ‘Croatia’s rennaisance’. That sentance, while looking across the Dalmation coastline to Italy, gave me an attack of the goosebumps…

Electric Kool Aid

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:32:35 +0000

Absolutely stunned by this adshell in Pigalle Metro. It was meant to be delivering some sales pitch for some useful, but ultimately pointless item - probably electronic but is clearly not doing anything of the sort. So much more satisfying than the intended ad i’m sure. “Look Mummy what is that strange man doing taking pictures of the lights?”. I blame Tom Woolfe.

The contents

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:37:49 +0000

The cards that appeared in the envelope because I know you were wondering. No post production but just shot in macro with spot focus hence the small area of texture visible in the middle while everything else is out of focus. Not unlike tilt-shift which uses depth of field to simulate toy-like situations from real-life.

Johnstone Sans

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:44:17 +0000

The typeface will be recognisable to anybody who has ever entered the London Underground system as being Johnston Sans- the precursor to todays Gill Sans and designed by Edward Johnston. When they say ‘coloured’ they mean hand tinted, and the set comprises various period images of London; A steam ship going under Tower Bridge, changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace and trolley buses on Westminster Bridge which probably dates it to around the mid to late 1920’s. But for me the real joy is the combination of typography and the colours from where it lay discarded on the table. Funnily enough I found this in the weekend flea market in Lille and was intending to look after it but failed miserably hence the torn edges and the crease. I just can’t be trusted with anything!

Comté

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 10:25:34 +0000

Here’s some wrapping that niftily manages to combine three of my favourite things: Lovely colour palette, repeating geometric shapes and cheese. ……………. lots and lots of cheese.

Relax without Max

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:20:24 +0000

Really starting to have fun in a 3D world now….and no, that’s not the ‘Avatar’ kind. This is a cropped frame of an animated sequence that i’m working on at the moment. In it we see the the camera fly-by the word ‘relax’- translated here in Katakana -as it mutates and decomposes. Oh, and I didn’t use 3D Studio Max!