HO HO HO

My ipad/iphone background for the Just us collective, counting down to Noel Noel!

Work in progress

Berlin!

Back from Berlin, fully prepared for winter after 5 days of many layers but lots of exploring (the weather over there was a bit more classic October). Such a great city! Lots of amaaaaazing house / interior / furniture gems to buy for very cheap at the flee markets. It made me quite sad that I didn't have a large van with me and was limited to squashing any purchases into Ryanair size restricted hand luggage. Saw a great exhibition by Berlin street photographer Friedrich Seidenstücker (1882-1966) at the Berlinische Galerie in Kreuzberg - see here. Here's a tiny selection of Berlin highlights.

Hello Berlin

I'm going to Berlin. Auf wiedersehen!

CHI & Partners

Instagram piccys: taken part way through the making of some recent work I did for CHI & Partners and a few of their clients.





And here's two of the final sets, later installed throughout the agency.

Lamp love

Created by NZ based design team Workroom Design

The Times+ making of.

The Times+ Campaign is now alive and kicking so thought I'd post up this 'making of' time lapse from the setup.



It's also up on Campaign with full credits.

Playgroup festy

A couple of pics of Playgroup festival from the beginning of the month. This years theme was 'British Woodland Animals' so lots of woodlandy shenanigans and tents full to the brim with good music, installations, tasty food and the best of the british countryside. I made a giant owl who took up residence in the "Howlin' owl" bar for the weekend.

Latest: The Times+ campaign

Here's a little snippet of some of the pieces I made for the latest ad campaign that I worked on for The Times; the brain child of creative team Rob Ferrara and Liz Oakley (CHI & Partners).

Four artists were commissioned to produce largescale artworks for the project (Su Blackwell, Simon Spilsbury, Brian Grimwood and me) which was shot by Photographer Hamish Brown. A mass of fishing wire, many a laddder, a sneaky bit of Wimbledon and a very tasty Thai chicken Curry all featured in the 2 day setup and shoot (thanks to everyone who helped me hoist, tie and cut down 8ft of artwork).

Tatty Devine part deux

Here's the final window displays I made for Tatty Devine's Brick Lane boutique. Each window is themed, taking inspiration from the current SS11 and Best Of collections to showcase the jewellery. Click here for more photos.






Thanks to the Tatty team! and the super Louby Clarke, who was a much needed extra pair of hanging hands. Was a lot of fun and great to work with their amazing art jewelry. These were my two fav pieces from their current collection:



(Jewelry photo's from Tatty Devine)

Tatty Devine

A sneaky peak of the window setup from the weekend. Photos of the final windows to follow soon (or just wander down brick lane!)

Don't Panic

Big thanks to everyone who voted! My design made it into the top 10 and was chosen as the winning entry by the judging panel, represented by Peepshow Collective.



http://www.dontpaniconline.com/

Don't Panic

My entry into this years Don't Panic design competition:



Have a looky and vote here: http://www.dontpaniconline.com/design/entry/1761

New projects

I've some exciting new projects in the pipeline with Tatty Devine and advertising agency Chi & Partners. Updates to come as spring rolls on!

Delayed post of my project for Computer Arts Projects Magazine Issue 147, The trend-spotter's guide to design. My tutorial is also now online at the Computer Arts website.

Computer Arts: The trend-spotters guide to design

I created an Illustration and 12 step tutorial for the current issue of Computer Arts Projects Magazine, The trend-spotter's guide to design. Now on shop shelves for your viewing pleasure! Images to follow soon...

Computer Arts

I've just finished doing a project for the next issue of Computer Arts : Projects magazine. Keep your eyes peeled at the end of Feb! Updates to follow once it's published.

Rob Ryan assisting

I'm spending a bit of time working with Rob Ryan and his lovely team at his studio at the moment. Its a treat to be surrounded by lots of beautiful work and the chance to get back to a screen printing bed! Warning - don't challenge him to a board game, he WILL win!

(image © Rob Ryan)

Burried treasure

I found this little gem this weekend at the grandparents house - they've had it since they got married so its an oldy!



A couple creations from the festive season