Perception & Deception booklets
A series of bite size, user-friendly booklets that present the results of indepth research about perception and how the mind can be tricked. Both covers reflect a colour spectrum but use a monochrome palette to create a striking image designed to draw the eye in. The first volume on visual anomalies covers the four 'blindnesses'; choice, change, inattentional and repetition illustrating how what the eye sees and what the brain decides this is, can be very different. This booklet contains a range of interactive elements designed to engage the reader, giving them a practical opportunity to find out more about the subject. The second volume on concealed images covers examples of optical illusions. These examples either contain hidden messages that cannot be seen all of the time, or incorporate more than one aspect at the same time. The reader learns about lenticular images, lines within lines, pointillism and hybrid images.
Richard Goodall Gallery rebrand
This project started with me redrawing the Richard Goodall logo, reshaping the letters R and G as well as changing the proportions and colour of the box, this retained some consistency with the previous identity but gave the logo a fresh feel. The text is rendered in a modern rounded but condensed typeface, which is used throughout the identity. Each sub-brand is differentiated by colour.
Richard Goodall Gallery website
The website has been designed to be clean, functional and easy to navigate. The home page is simple, acting as an eye-catching gateway to the rest of the site.The online store is defined by a light blue background and regular image format based on the underlying grid system. Once a piece of art is selected the user is taken to a product detail page where they can see the full image, particulars about the art and other products which may be of interest.The main challenge with the site was to separate the online store from the physical galleries - one of which doesn’t sell art over the internet. This was done by differentiating the three areas of the site with colour and by using clear navigational aids between the sections. The physical galleries are shown on green pages. There are two sub sites for the Thomas St. and High St. galleries which contain information about past, current and future exhibitions and how to contact the galleries. Finally the pink RGG blog keeps readers up to date with what’s going on in the gallery.
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.
