Creative workspaces mailer
I designed this mailer containing the results of an in-depth investigation into workspaces within the design industry, done as part of my Masters degree. I chose to look at this because I was interested in the relationships between working environment and creativity. The mailers were sent out to the respondents who had helped by completing questionnaires for the study. Printed on A0 trace to represent the space and light which the investigation showed designers value in a workspace, the large sheet was folded to A4.
The sea level is rising
Constantly in the news today, climate change is (or should be) at the front of everyone’s mind. These are still images from a 10 second animation highlighting the problem of rising sea levels. In the animation the letters gently rise to the surface and bob around on the water before forming the sentence ‘the sea level is rising’. The letters then move out of sync and disperse.
Welcome to Manchester poster
Ian Brown said "Manchester's got everything except a beach", but a beach would be of little use on the 140 days a year that it rains. This A1 poster was designed on a particularly soggy day as a response to the Mancunian weather. The type was ink-jet printed, subjected to 5 minutes of (controlled, indoor) rain and then scanned once dry. The finished posters were positioned at several sites around the city centre.
Seagulls letterpress print
This is my first attempt at letterpress printing following my purchase of a set of wooden block letters from eBay. The text is from Eric Cantona's famous speech to the world’s media (he’s a little more philosophical than Rooney). The letters were printed using differing pressures and ink amounts onto an absorbent grey board, which added to the distressed look of the text.
Screen prints
When the opportunity to use a screen-printing press arose, I took it with both (inky) hands. These A3 posters are hand printed on Colourplan stock. The first design details the 2008 Formula One season, showing date, track layout, number of laps etc. The second design is a simple typographic list of shape names, listed in order of number-of-sides.
Manchester by night photography
I have always been fascinated by the sunset (it beats train spotting I suppose!). Each one is unique, the colours and cloud configurations always different, which is why people regularly take photos of them. When travelling home from work I like to see the juxtaposition of the natural, beautiful sunset and man made roads, buildings and traffic. This series of images was taken from various locations in and around Manchester.
