oday was a good day for exhibitions in London. Firstly, we took our students to see the Association of Illustrators’ exhibition at Somerset house of which I’ll discuss in another post. After this, my colleague and I headed over to the St. Bride Library, just off Fleet Street, to see an exhibition of calligraphy and […]
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Olde Tayles Newlye Relayted (Crawhall, Tuer & Field)
ome while ago I was fortunate to purchase an original copy of an intriguing book illustratrated by Joseph Crawhall II of Newcastle. The book is called ‘Olde Tayles Newlye Relayted: Enryched with all ye ancyente embellyshmentes’ and it was published by Field & Tuer of the Leadenhall Press in London in 1883. The book comprises of a series of folk ballads from […]
Type:Rider
ype:Rider is a new piece of typographic edutainment that’s recently been released by Cosmografik. I thought I’d give it a go to see if it any good. I’m not much of a games player, however, as a graphic design educator I’m always keen to see if something like this could be of use to my […]
Hypergraphia—confessions of a compulsive writer.
should perhaps be writing this post by hand, as hypergraphia is the overwhelming desire to write, and it’s something I’m pleased to say I have.* I’m something of an obsessive when it comes to handwriting. I have been for as long as I can remember. It’s not that my hand is perfect by any means, but I […]
A wee grain of truth?
Here’s a thought. Reflecting upon his career as a design director, the humourist David Thorne points out that after 15 years of dealing with clients he notes that the “only difference between sitting in front of a computer facilitating clients’ requests and kneeling on the urine soaked floor of a truck stop bathroom giving five […]
Tintin at the Château de Cheverny
s with many people, Tintin and his associates are some of those cartoon characters from my childhood that I recall finding intriguing. The appeal was largely Hergé’s bright and lively drawings as much as the unpredictable plots of adventure. I hadn’t given Tintin’s simple and upbeat character much thought in recent years, but an exhibition that I […]
New Logo (Art Fair)
Logo developed for an Art Fair in London.
Graphic Design at K College (University of Kent) Summer Show 2013
nce again the HND and BA (Hons) Graphic Design students of K College (University of Kent) have done themselves proud by putting together yet another great show. The show was well received by those in industry as well as the general public. Students were being approached by industry representatives, and positions look to be gained […]
CS6 Screencasts
I’m a big fan of screencasting as a means of reusable instruction. This is a link to recent screencasts that I have made for Adobe’s CS6 Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. They are largely generic software instruction movies but were made with modules in mind for The Interactive Design Institute‘s BA (Hons) Graphic Design. There are more to be […]