Category Archives: Design

A Wedding Invite

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

This was a lovely job to do. The client was attentive, enthusiastic and helpful. She liked the stuff I do for a Therfield village Fete and gave me a ring. It was great to help someone out on their special … Continue reading →

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Mr. Freedom book cover: 2

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

This first idea went down fairly well, but there was a feeling that it was too ‘bitty’. This led to an idea I’ll use again, I just don’t know what for, as it’s a bit scary. It solved the fact … Continue reading →

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Mr.Freedom book cover: 1

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

I’ve been working on a book cover for the great publisher Adelta see: http://www.adelita.co.uk/index.php I got involved after buying the fantastic Bowie and Barny Bubbles books from the publisher Jen, one sunny day, on the way to a pub. The … Continue reading →

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A 50th Anniversary card for my parents

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

What a lovely party they had. This was the card, subtly gold in a friendly, nostalgic but stylish typeface (Windsor). My favorite bit is the Jan&Ray&Jan&Ray bit around the edge. What a lovely couple!

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School Spring Newsletter

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Each time I do these school newsletters they get a bit more refined, by the time my kids leave, the newsletter will be a hardcover morrocco-bound tome. The coloured panels are where the pictures of the school-kids were.

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School Summer Newsletter

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

The coloured blocks are photos of ver kids in ver skool (which are not my copyright, plus the coloured blocks show of the layout and grid in a easy, graphical way). Notice some use of the Ezra Phonetic font made … Continue reading →

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TUXEDOmail

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

A nice simple email flyer for my favourite tailor. It’s nice just to let the text and images do the work, all I did was add a bit of humour and kept the design on message.

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D-I-S-C-O flyer

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

It took a while to get the refreshers ice lolly quality to the colours. The type reflects the SCREAMING that goes on at junior school disco. International finger food should be the name of a band.

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Shirts Made In Manchester

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Can you detect the Smiths cover style in this? I wanted something strong, big, straight talking, very red and concrete. Made for the very talented David Reeves, who pays me in shirts. The best shirts I have ever worn. See … Continue reading →

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Dogs & Hounds of Field & Show poster

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

Here’s a poster, the designs for the catalogue will follow shortly. The dog / words lock-up took ages to get right. I knew it would work, I just didn’t know when.

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School Newsletter V2

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

After taking down the last post because of legal issues about the use of peoples faces, I’ve blanked out the images of the kids with pretty colours, which gives it a arty, happy look.

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D&D MAKE UP

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

This is a logo and business card for some very talented make up artists I know. They are very friendly, hence the punning copyline. The logo typeface is one of mine; the colours chosen are references to make up. For … Continue reading →

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WintonChurchill18061940: the book of the painting

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

I thought that it would be a nice present for my patron to make a book of all the research, sketches and different states the painting went through. With the help of the Blurb bookmaking website here’s what I produced. … Continue reading →

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Creativity, Ageing and Psychoanalysis

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

A nice little job for a good neighbour. This is an A4 flyer that folds in thirds. There’s some colour coding to make it lighter and to try and seperate the text. The font choice is Perpetua, which is English … Continue reading →

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Street Party Signage

Posted on July 7, 2010 by

Nice and simple black and white print outs to stick up next to stuff. I thought I’d play on the obviousness of putting a sign next to a band or food. It worked. The band knew where to go. I … Continue reading →

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David Reeves Bespoke Summer promo.

Posted on June 11, 2010 by

A nice quick bit of promo, a great quote a good suit and some two colour type…

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Nice folding diagrams

Posted on May 11, 2010 by

I’ve just done these for work and I thought they looked nice. Flat colours, little versions showing how they fold; a bit like friendly technical drawing.

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Thoroughbred: State of the art.

Posted on April 26, 2010 by

A museum catalogue. Here’s some spreads from a catalogue for a show at the National Horseracing Museum & British Sporting Arts Trust. I really tried to design around the sense of speed these paintings give off. As the catalogue goes … Continue reading →

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