Work in Progress*

Lucius Young mailed me over the ‘An Oddinary Exhibition‘ eBook earlier today. It was a pleasure to be apart of this project, here is one of the spreads which featured my ‘BOX’ concept.

For more information on the project please see the ‘An Oddinary Exhibition post.’

Special thanks to Lucius Young and to the rest of the ‘Oddinary’ Team!

Download the PDF: An ‘Oddinary’ Book

Is a small publication by James West of Create/Reject.

The book is just fascinating, giving an insight into the minds of some of the top names in design. The concept itself is very original yet very personal from the designers perspective: its like a woman asking another woman what perfume she wears, it seems quite a polite question and you should be flattered, but you don’t want to answer as they may just go out and buy it for themselves!

James came up with a great solution, just to display the statement adding the designers name in front of “…current favourite typefaces.” - changing the font of each word corresponding with the choices - so you would have to do some research if you did not recognise the font.

The book is pocket size and only £3, which is donated to UNICEF.
BUY HERE.

I decided to reveal my current favourite typefaces.

I am intrigued by modern day Architecture, especially when it comes to complex physical structures such as bridges. Being a Graphic Designer I have come to appreciate not only the anatomy of these completed constructions but the planning, design and the organisation required; which is echoed throughout creativity.

Carlisle Train Station, Cumbria.

Bridge on Quayside, Newcastle.

More images from this set can be found here. (more uploads to come)

I spent a couple of hours today mocking up an idea for a docking station using dimensional typography.

The next step is to ensure theres enough room to incorporate the speakers and the iPod/MP3 itself. Could the player be tucked within one of the letter forms…? Still only a rough concept, but i feel there is so much scope.

Within this design - to correct the design from the product point of view, i could make the ‘es’ join and lower the ’s’ giving adequate room for the second speaker.

Post will be updated as the design progresses.

X marks the position of the speakers.

Possible MP3 storage solution:

Post Update: 2nd August ‘08

Having done some research on speakers, i came across this design by Nokia for the XpressMusic Phone. I can see that creating the actualt letter forms as the speakers would work - imagine the shape here could be an ‘A’ or a ‘V.’

Very pleased with this find, still researching further and looking at other possibilities with the actual wording:

The children up at Hensingham Primary School worked really hard today, certainly all winners…

Kelsey, Kia & Owen

For more images of the event, Hensingham Schools Sports Day 2008.

The Creative Cumbria local exchange project is really taking shape.

My second entry for the collaboration:

By the end of next month i hope to be approaching local exhibitors..

Dancing their way around the town, this years carnival was very energetic, the children taking part put on a wonderful show. Proud parents, i think so:

Prints only available to parents and relatives (free).

For more images of the festive celebrations: Whitehaven Town’s Carnival

Visiting my old village earlier today, i couldn’t help but take a few snaps of a Goat at the old Milk Stand:

A graphical approach:

Love to Post, have received my postcard and it is now up on the website.
A project by Martin Rimmer.

With such great interest in the T-Shirt designs i created a couple of months ago, i went ahead with a test print to see if the designs would actually be successful. Sending a visual presentation pack including full vector .eps outlines off to print, i did not expect the size of the text on the T-Shirts to be so small, so currently placing a new order.

Visual Presentation

When i have the full images up to advertise the range and more orders made i would love to sell or exchange the designs.

If anyone is interested please do get in touch and i’ll contact you directly.

For now, the current trial order i am looking to sell (full images coming soon):

Typography: 2x Medium (f)
Body Text: 2x Medium (f)
Kern: 2x Medium (f)

NEW Designs* for men like Andi! (refer to post comments)