oh crikey...have not been on here in a while. sorry blog. afraid I've been too busy looking at pictures of dogs with eggs. here is one. will post more when I have time away from working my ass off for minimum wage. life as a graduate is sweet as a nut!

Evening Tweed are a collective born out of the mutual interests of 3 guys and one gal studying within the same environment on the Graphic Design course at Brighton University. Having a slight penchant for hand rendered lettering Sarah King is my particular fave out of the bunch. Integrating her own hand lettering style to every brief she tackles. How the jiggins she does this I do not know? Great to see that she has stuck to her guns and managed to find a way to apply herself regardless of the nature of her client. I have noticed that the slick development and honing of her skills has allowed for commissions to have arisen with 'the Guardian' and 'If I Could.'  Quite interested in the way that she entered into a three dimensional format by applying her lettering to fruit in her 'customise' series as featured in Graphic Magazine.

Marcus Oakley

Marcus Oakley has been one of my favourite illustrators, for quite some time and his new packaging for Grub pies is a great example as to how his illustrations can be applied to the more functional packaging design. Working for clients that reflect his interests in underground skate culture, and 1960s ephemera he has designed work for the likes of silas, howies, and human empire. His illustrations have predominantly adorned t shirts and printed clothing. Having exhibited fairly broadly and frequently across the UK he cites this as one of the main attributes of his success. I love how he integrates his interests into his illustrations, imbuing it with a real retro feel, particularly to his 'people' that frequent quite often in his work.

Today I was sold into purchasing a three pack of socks that I did not need purely because the packaging in which they were comfortably nestled was rather appealing to they eye. Featuring some rather ditty hand rendered lettering and printed in one colour on a nice grey recycled card I at least can sleep soundly in the fact that they were made from organic cotton. No nasty genetically modified crop feeding my consumerist tendencies.

Wise words from a poster I picked up from Platform 11 at the Design Products graduation exhibition at the RCA this summer. The importance of the future of consumerism is within our hands. 

A much needed weekend of disconnection in Wales allowed for a little bit of relaxing papercraft. Cutting and sticking I produced this decorative bunting which now adorn my wardrobe brightening up the rather dull corner of the room. Thanks Mr Rob Ryan for integrating delicate papercrafting techniques back into the mainstream. And thanks to the guys at the Joyful Bewilderment show for spreading a little bit of happiness. I think that these are rather happy no?

Oh boy I wish I had known about this exhibition sooner...