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Tuesday
November 9th 2010
2:06 am
Portfolio Update
Wow it’s been a long time since I updated this but I’ve been so busy. So here’s a couple of images of some recent portfolio additions.
And I’ve just picked up the keys to my new office, photos to come later!
Monday
April 5th 2010
2:20 am
Some new pics
Posted on my portfolio some pics up of the work I’ve done for Wired and Wired Italy. Taken in RAW with a 500D, allows to play with the white balance and exposure post shooting. Also tweaked up the saturation a bit which you can get away with with infographics, although the Italian designs used lovely spot vibrant colours so little tweaking was needed.
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
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.
Thursday
October 1st 2009
11:20 pm
Hardware Packaging
Had to pull the graphics card out of someone’s computer today and it got me thinking about the trend of hardware manufacturers going completely over the top when packaging or marketing these products. I say trend but I can’t remember a time when this wasn’t the case. It’s only fairly recently that graphics cards have evolved from a plain circuit board to being wrapped in a protective case which has given manufacturers the chance to splash about even more of their horrendous creations. Now I think I might have spotted a hole in the market, as there doesn’t seem to be any graphics card companies that don’t feature dragons, elf princesses or giant evil robot dogs on the packaging or device itself. Last time I bought a graphics card, I spent ages shopping around just to get a card with no external decoration at all. My computer is out of sight under my desk, there isn’t a window in the case or anything, so no one would see that I had a graphics card with laser dinosaurs on the front, but I wouldn’t be able to live with the guilt of knowing. Although it still came in a box with some kind of wizard man on the front.
Monday
September 28th 2009
8:23 pm
Branding and Nuclear Deterrence
These are two things that really began to take effect in Britain in the 1950s. With the ending of rationing and the beginning of consumerism, companies began to take increasing care about their public image. At the same time, Europe was descending into the Cold War with Britain being caught in the middle between America and Soviet Russia. Due to America at first not wanting to hand over its new nuclear toys, Britain was forced to come up with its own nuclear deterrent. The answer became branded as the “V-Force” – three remarkable looking strategic nuclear bombers, deployed to protect our little island from the communist threat.
The fact they they still look amazingly futuristic today gives some idea how they must have seemed when they first appeared in the 1950s. To many people at the time, this was the iconic image of what a bomber looked like:
Now imagine how people must have felt when this came screaming over their heads:
Thursday
September 17th 2009
11:21 pm
Mazda Rotary Engine
A little bit of vector tracing I did of an unusual bit of technology. This might develop further into something else.
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