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This section contains personal and public sector projects, plus a few publicised projects from current and past studios I've worked with. Enjoy!

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weareyourfriends

identity for a night in Soho, London

Weareyourfriends is a dj night based in Soho, central London. The client came up with the Mr Scruff-esque character, and wanted it to be refined and turned into a series of web and print artworks that emphasised the inclusive atmosphere of the night.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

UN Year of the Family

Live project in Jordan with a social agenda

The British Council selected five students to travel to Amman, Jordan to collaborate with Jordanian students and academics to exchange ideas about the role of design in society and to produce a campaign promoting the United Nations Year of the Family, requiring cultural understanding and sensitivity... Read More

Posted on 10/12

RED Democracy

how to engage the public with local and national government

I joined the RED team at the Design Council as an assistant designer and produced a wide range of collateral, from workshop items, booklets, presentations, an exhibition for the London Design Festival, and the RED blog... Read More

Posted on 10/12

PlusYou

visual identity for the proposition behind my final degree exhibition

PlusYou was an umbrella concept developed to guide a number of pieces produced for my final degree show at Goldsmiths, which embodies the principles of this 'proposition'... Read More

Posted on 10/12

mixturise

how doing a gig flyer for a mate has lasted 5 years…

Doing flyers for your mates is a staple of any designer's time at university and Mixturise was, and still is, an ongoing activity of the past 5 years, requiring various bits of collateral, brand tweaking, and generally having a bit of no-pressure fun.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

Goldsmiths degree show 2006

an inter-disciplinary approach to publicise an inter-disciplinary show

Getting 35 creative and opinionated people to move in the same direction when you're considering how to represent the group for their degree show may be difficult, but a participatory process was the only one that would do in order to develop a brand and visual identity for the show. I was in charge of 'special projects'... Read More

Posted on 10/12

CRS engineering

special offer flyer and £200 voucher

CRS Engineering are a recruitment agency specialising in supplying engineering firms with workers, and workers with jobs. As part of their push to get more engineering staff on their books, they required a simple, clean voucher worth £200 of their services which had to be diplomatically designed, as the branding and visual identity was still being developed by another firm.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

what is knitting? book

rapid production of Carolyn Runcie’s RCA MA thesis book

I was commissioned by Carolyn Runcie, a textiles student at the RCA, to produce a book from her research on the cultures and social benefits associated with knitting and it's place as a craft in the modern world... Read More

Posted on 10/12

saucy christmas cards

celebrating the British love of the double-entendre

A one hour project and more than a nod to the cheeky RCA posters that had been appearing around Goldsmiths College. These cards celebrate that most British of institutions; the Christmas double-entendre. It sorted my christmas cards out for everyone but my more sensitive relatives.... Read More

Posted on 10/12

Design Council FTSE 100

letting the numbers speak for themselves

During my different stints at the Design Council, being an interdisciplinary designer (a bit of everything) proved quite handy for a few projects and pieces in other teams and for the design council itself... Read More

Posted on 10/12

Axon identity

establishing a technology startup from scratch

Axon (formerly Cortex) were one of the technology startups myself, Nick Marsh and Alex Holmes spent the most time working on as a design 'task force' for the Design Council's Technology Campaign. Besides product ideas for their new technology and processes, they also required a refined offering and business plan, branding and a visual identity from scratch, a website, exhibition...... Read More

Posted on 10/12