'Remain' Bright

Brexit inspired graphics / posters

Political protest poster designs - Graphic "Shouts"

When I open my internet browser, everyday I am greeted by a barrage of bleak news, each article screaming injustice. Sometimes these make me feel angry or upset about the state of the world, but what worries me more is not seeing anyone else expressing these emotions. Why are today's current issues not being addressed at the forefront of our culture? Where are the new bands damning these times with subversive lyrics? Which wall holds the latest artwork bleeding in paint and conveying outrage at the greed and deceit that plagues the present?!

And if these expressions are no longer relevant in today's society, then where are the hostile tweets or the raging status updates condemning the latest reports of greed, injustice and inequality? Or are these vessels of communication to blame for this stagnant silence? Is society just sitting on the fence?

These posters are a result of these thoughts.

Star Wars Parody Posters: Global Financial Crisis

Here are some politically motivated posters, parodying the iconic Star Wars scrolling intro text.

I decided to write three short statements based on the events unfolding around the financial crisis, but narrate the situation as if it was the preface to a Star Wars saga.

The statements remain scathing and cynical yet bare a slightly comical attitude towards the recession, and it doesn't take too much of an imagination to see the similarities between this real life event and George Lucas' s fictional universe of scum and villainy!

It often feels like our political leaders are living on a different planet to us anyway… sometimes light-years away!

Font Aid V: Made For Japan

'Font Aid V: Made For Japan' is a collaborative design community project which aims to help raise funds for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck on 11th March 2011.

My first glyph design is a representation of the scale 9 Earthquake that devastated Japan, fracturing the country and leaving it to be pieced back together through aid and support.

While the second glyph hints at the Tsunami and the dramatic effect it had inland, while also communicating hope as the Eastern Sun rises once again over the waves and horizon.

Combined together these two glyph designs form "9.0" (the magnitude of the event), portraying both the severity and aftermath of the situation, yet also expressing optimism and hope for Japan in the future.

Please donate here: Red Cross

Patterns of Power ident #1

A brief ident animation for the "Patterns of Power" logo I designed. The logo and graphic symbols felt like they would translate well into motion graphics, so I thought I'd have a bit of an experiment in Flash and then finished it off by composing 'a little something' in GarageBand. Enjoy!

Patterns of Power logo - further developed / final

After long deliberation I decided to take another stab at the identity for 'Patterns of Power'. I felt the last design attempt was a little flawed i.e. a bit rushed, not very modern, 2 dimensional in terms of how it worked as a stand alone logo, plus it almost reads 'poop' at a quick glance (which is never good)! So with a bit more focus and some further understanding of what I actually wanted to achieve, I present the above identity.

The aim of the website it will predominantly feature on, is to showcase both colourful patterns and illustrative shapes, and to also communicate facts and information through stylised infographics and visual data, which I feel this logo is far more representative of. Maybe I can sleep at night now!

'In Light of Space' slipcase and hardback book

Below are photos of an imagery based project that was started many moons ago (excuse the pun), and I have finally found the time to complete. The result is a handmade 50 page book full of photographic imagery of light and colour paired up with expressive copy, all designed, written and made by myself.

The project was born out of a mass collection of photos I had taken over the years that had begun to pool on my computer, blurry shots of stage lights, fireworks and various other illuminations found at festivals and music gigs. These amateurish snaps begun to get me thinking about the theme of space and how my mishap pics didn’t look too dissimilar from ‘real’ photos taken from the likes of the Hubble Telescope. The copy was the product of some pondering on the subject, a list of possible descriptive words to express the scale of space, some light H.P. Lovecraft reading, a bit of David Bowie listening and a portion of ‘Powers of Ten’ watching.

The book was made using a few different processes, including binding the pages together by hand stitching, creating a hardback cover and spine and finally fixing and securing the pages and cover together using double sided tape and paper engineering to ensure that the book had a robustness to it but would still open fully without breaking or falling apart. Then there was the slip case that would hold the book conformably within, this was created using a net of tight measurements taken from the final dimensions of the book. Once I had these I began to build a more durable structure using card and paper, much to the same thickness as the hardback cover, before finally folding and gluing it into it’s finished box-like shape. The moment of truth was actually seeing if the book would fit within, which was an exact fit thankfully. Very pleased with the final result.