Tuesday
February 9th 2010
12:41 am
Jack Richardson
Another plug for a friend from university. Jack Richardson has put up a website with his portfolio of outstanding work at http://standinginafield.com/.
Some examples are below:
Monday
February 8th 2010
6:48 pm
Minimalist Film Posters
A quick plug for my friend Jamie Bolton who’s made a great series of ultra cut-down film posters that seem to be almost going viral at the moment (consultation commission fee please!).
Prints available from www.shoottheglass.bigcartel.com.
Monday
February 8th 2010
6:40 pm
Monday
February 8th 2010
6:29 pm
Kululua Air Livery
On a kind of an infographics theme, I saw this today which made me laugh. I think it could be classed as infographics as it does try to explain parts of the plane to an outsider, and its humourous to boot. Unfortunately they’ve only painted one plane this way, which they’ve named “Flying 101″.
Found from here.
Saturday
January 2nd 2010
12:52 am
Monday
November 30th 2009
4:16 am
BBC Appreciation Station pt.2
There has been a documentary on BBC4 over the last month called Berlin and it is about the history of the city and its dual identities. It’s surprisingly fascinating viewing and helped along by the usual BBC high production standards and a beautiful soundtrack scored specifically for the series. The show is part of the Open University and at the end of each episode prompts you to apply for a copy of the written accompanying guide. I wasn’t too bothered but curiously made me go back in my browser and click the link and it just gave me a simple page to put my name and address. I didn’t have to create an account or verify anything, and less than a week later I got my free guide through the post.
Monday
November 30th 2009
4:00 am
BBC Appreciation Station
I love the BBC – in fact I’d go as far as saying it’s one of the increasingly fewer things we can be proud about in this country. I have no problem at all paying the license fee for the extreme wealth of content they provide. The iPlayer service is brilliant in it’s simplicity. No extra charges, you can stream straight off the page, you don’t have to sign up or download a DRM laden player. It seems to be extremely popular too, based on the statistics they’ve released.
Wednesday
October 21st 2009
7:24 pm
The Forgotten Defenders
This was done for a little zine project that Jack Richardson is working on. The rules were it had to be on the themes of British, 50+(age) and three. Other limits were black and white only and had to fit on A5.
As I had already done the Vulcan stuff I’ve posted earlier, I immediatly knew I wanted to do the V Bombers. I started work on a kind of mash-up infographics poster but I got bogged down with it and felt really limited by the lack of colour. So in the end I played to my strengths and did a layout composition. Once I got going it was a lot of fun to make, although I spent most of my weekend on it – it definately was a change from making websites for clients.
I tried to recreate the style of some of those military adverts from the 50s, and if there’s one part I particularly like, it’s the mix of spaced out caps, then tighter italics underneith under the weapons.
Sunday
October 18th 2009
3:56 pm
Sunday
October 18th 2009
12:00 am
Another Cold War design
One page of a design I’m working on for a friend’s zine. The themes are Britain, Three and 50+ Years Old, so I’m going for all three. I’m working on a second page.
