2008 May | Work in Progress*

Cliché/Traffic presents

May 31st, 2008.
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Cliché De-Mystifies Urban Underground Art

Cliché in association with Traffic presents “A showcase of Boxes, Prints, Posters and A zine.”

Featuring : {ths} / Aditya / Alia / Altamash / Amrit / Archan / Arezu / Arisu / Avi / Bastard Project / Bhavya / BrownMonkeys / Caio / Cima / Daniel / Dhanya / Diya / Elmaee / James / Lina / Neena / Noel / Payal / Rami / Renata / Rita / Rob / Sangeeta / Sarah / Shaxeb / Vivek (project organiser and participant)

Event: TRAFFIC
Starts: 12 Jun 2008 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

The gallery is converted into an ambient zine including one-off prints and installations – the gallery will literally be transformed into a live version of the zine. Limited edition bespoke boxes commissioned by local designers will be on sale – each containing the back copies of Cliché.

The posters Vivek and myself have been working on will be present at the exhibition.

For more information on the event please visit www.ViaTraffic.org.

Movement becomes static…

May 30th, 2008.
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The concept of movement being captured and translated as a static image is quite mind provoking and very surreal.

Although my nephew (art director of the day!) was jumping i still managed to keep the camera in focus. I am thrilled with the outcome - it is so much sharper than i anticipated.

Original:

Manipulation: desaturation/colour selection
1 of 2 entries for this months Whitehaven Snappers competition.

Self-Promo

May 29th, 2008.
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My long awaited self-promotion badges and stickers arrived today in pristine condition.

Sticker: ‘Sarah France stuck this here.’
Badge: ‘Sarah France gave me this.’

Displayed below are the badges:

OUCH

Macro

May 29th, 2008.
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I thoroughly enjoy photography, although i’m very much an amateur, i do try to use graphic design as a reference and source of inspiration when it comes to composition.

Silly Daises

Chive Flower

Water Droplets

To Update

May 28th, 2008.
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Over the past week i have been busy with freelance collaborations, which i am thoroughly enjoying!

The Creative Cumbria team, myself included, are looking forward to the first Moleskine exchange on the 31st May. Some of the first entries have already been uploaded to the blog and are really worth a look!

I have also submitted my entry for Oddinary (image in earlier post), by which the closing date was today.

I will be adding a new post of current projects very soon…

Dubai Exhibition Project II

May 20th, 2008.
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This is my second entry for the exhibition collaboration piece with Vivek.

My inspiration was drawn from gambling chips, playing games of chance for money.

Vector for A1 poster:

“If you’re broke, then you buy it.”

Select for larger image, best viewed large:

Now it is over to Vivek, to add his illustrative touch to the work.

An Oddinary Exhibition

May 19th, 2008.
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Currently creating work for a project called Oddinary.

Oddinary is about recognizing the quirky elements in each of us that define our individual creative styles.

The exhibition will celebrate the limitless possibilities of creativity, through a gallery of ordinary boxes made Oddinary, via customization by like-minded individuals.

To join the project exhibition, visit An Oddinary Exhibition on Facebook.

* To be featured in our book, the deadline for submission is 28 May 2008
* To be featured in the exhibition, the deadline for submission is 15 june 2008

You can download the box template here and exercise your creativity.

The Exhibition Details
Venue: Alliance Francaise de Singapour (Newton)
27-28th June 2008

My first entry:

Tiny boxes made from transparencies, printed, built then photographed.

Visit the FARM Website for more information on An ‘Oddinary’ Exhibition and a link to the venue itself.

"Icons of Graphic Design"

May 16th, 2008.
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Publication by Steven Heller & Mirko Ilic.

Yesterday i received confirmation from Mirko Ilic Corp. a New York-based graphic studio, to say that my work has been published in their new edition of “Icons of Graphic Design.” It is an honor to have my work selected by Steven Heller & Mirko Ilic, both whom i admire greatly. I am lost for words and amazed to be within a publication which showcases the talents of the designers, past and present, i hold in high regard, from Toulouse-Lautrec, Milton Glaser, Peter Saville to Michel Gondry.

A big thank you to all who made this possible.

“Icons of Graphic Design presents a unique history of design, documenting over a century of creative brilliance…Showcasing the most influential designs and designers from 1900 to the present, this outstanding collection illustrates how the best ideas perpetuate themselves over time, one great concept inspiring the next.”
Thames & Hudson