Tuesday 23 August 2011

Luck Will Come


Red Cross ran a design competition back in March to raise money for their relief efforts in Japan after the devastating earthquake. The brief was to design a poster that reflected or expressed your feelings towards Japan, it's people and it's creative community, and be tasteful enough that people would want to have it on their wall. My design is based around the theme of rebuilding, how the shattered sphere represents a broken country yet has the potential to be put back together again. The image, along with the slogan 'Don't Give Up' can be applied to many different contexts which makes it a versatile piece that can appeal to many different people.






Tuesday 26 July 2011

Cre8

I reworked a brief originally set to one of my friends as a practice brief for an interview he had. The brief was to come up with a visual identity for a fake marketing company going by the name of 'Cre8'. My response is a clean and neat logo that can be used many ways, with the 'plus' sign adding a graphic element to the piece.





Pecha Kucha


Pecha Kucha is an international event hosted by various different organisations around the world. It's a chance to share your opinions and passions with other like-minded people, and an opportunity to network amongst your creative peers. I was asked to take part in the April event hosted by the Media Centre in Huddersfield after I used one of their creative lofts to create my FMP stop-motion animation for The Big Issue. The evening was a huge success with lots of laughs, new friends and beer. The money raised went towards the 'Architecture for Humanity' charity, which is helping with the relief work in Japan after the devastating earthquake.

Monday 4 July 2011

Munny

Vinyl toy company Kid Robot produces blank vinyl 'Munny' creatures for people to buy and customise as their imagination sees fit. I bought one when in New York and created this character recently, which is intended as a showcase of my creativity and ability to work in 3D.







Past Work.

I found these collages in the depths of my hard-drive. They're from first year when I was set a book project which was meant to be a representation of who I am as a designer, much like a diary, blog or portfolio. Here are a few of the better ones:





Photo Walk: SuperSampler

Previous to the Fisheye walk, I went on another walk around September time with another group of friends, but this time I took my Lomography SuperSampler with me. I had Lomographys own red scale film in the camera, and this time we walked along the canal which runs through Huddersfield town:









Photo Walk: Fisheye

I went on a random walk with a few of my friends across the hills in Huddersfield back in November. I took my fisheye film camera with me as I haven't put it to good use since getting it. Here are a few of the best snaps from that journey: