'Patterns of Power' is a personal project I am working on at the moment, it will essentially be an online resources website showcasing artwork of repeat patterns, symbols and icon designs created by me in my spare time. Inspired by tribal art, the website will aim to raise awareness of indigenous cultures found throughout the world, highlighting current issues and problems they face. Available on the site will be free desktop, tablet and mobile phone wallpaper downloads, an online gallery and shop (of which, a portion of sale profits will be donated to survivalinternational.org). With these points in mind I wanted the identity to incorporate the repeat pattern/ancient tribal theme, but also look modern and work well across a range of digital media. The result above has been designed to take on a variety of dynamic forms, sometimes as a stand alone logo, a full on repeat pattern, or even as an app/online icon.
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.
This is my interpretation of Richard Brandson's PROJECT digital magazine cover re-design competition, click here to view my YouTube channel to see a full description and a couple of experimental development videos for the project.
This is my entry for the Don't Panic postcard design competition for upcoming film TRON: Legacy. The brief was to base the design on the theme of 'Hidden Places' and the idea here is a kind of sci-fi Google Maps for the bizarre world of TRON. Clear navigation and direction through this vast digital wilderness would make it easy to locate 'hidden places' with in, such as the elusive Master Control Program!
I thought it was about time to introduce some angsty design to this blog after watching recent political events unfolding over the last few months. Above is a protest poster / picket sign I have designed to identify with the protests over university tuition fees.
Higher education should be open and available to all walks of life, and raising the fee cap (especially during a period of financial difficulty) will make the prospect of an excellent education and promising future more of a financial gamble and costly experience, something a lot of people just wont be able to afford.
Brilliant minds and vast amounts of wealth aren't always synonymous with each other, take bankers and MPs for example... wealth, but not much going on upstairs of late!
Wow these blog posts are like buses, nothing for a month and then two come along at the same time! Anyway, pics of a little handmade booklet designed on a whim. Been a long time since I've handmade a booklet, cant blame anything on the printers or finishers here, all responsibility lies with me... the way it should be I guess!
Been a while since last posting anything, but here is development on an awareness/artwork showcase website I'm working on in my spare time (design and content is about 75% there, but I also need to actually built it as well first) so could be quite a while before anything actually goes live!
'Patterns of Power' is a personal project I am working on at the moment, it will essentially be an online resources website showcasing artwork of repeat patterns, symbols and icon designs created by me in my spare time. Inspired by tribal art, the website will aim to raise awareness of indigenous cultures found throughout the world, highlighting current issues and problems they face. Available on the site will be free desktop, tablet and mobile phone wallpaper downloads, an online gallery and shop (of which, a portion of sale profits will be donated to survivalinternational.org). With these points in mind I wanted the identity to incorporate the repeat pattern/ancient tribal theme, but also look modern and work well across a range of digital media. The result above has been designed to take on a variety of dynamic forms, sometimes as a stand alone logo, a full on repeat pattern, or even as an app/online icon.
