Work in Progress*

My entries for the competition.

Hair of the Goat:

Ink Landscape:

For more information and to be involved please visit MiniSpace.com.

“Dazed and Confused Magazine is always on the lookout for new talent.”

To get spotted by the editors all you need to do is post your images to their flickr group: Dazed and Confused - New Photographer Search.

Screen snap-shot:

Good luck and get posting!

Following my visit to the South Lakes Wild Animal Park, i had the difficult task of scanning through 455 images i had taken. I have uploaded a small selection for now. For those who are considering visiting the park - it was a wonderful day and well worth the long drive - so much to do and see.

Colombian Spider Monkey:

Please visit the set - South Lakes Wild Animal Park ‘08 - other photographs include the Andean Bear, Amur Tiger in action, Young Hamadryas Baboon plus many more…and more uploads to come.

Just a came across a ‘mini’ design competition:

To design the roof of the MINI Clubman Shuttle for the MINI Rooftop NYC Party.

“Design the roof of a MINI Clubman shuttle for the MINI Rooftop NYC event.
The three winning designs will be seen by VIPs, press, media and all the guests at the Rooftop! PLUS the winners will be featured in MINIInternational Magazine and on MINI Space. Don’t miss your chance, impress the jury!”

8 days left to participate

Great opportunity! To see more information click [HERE]

My entry:
HERE

A reader suggested creating the logo as a pure bold logo type. Here I re-worked my existing design, even changing some letter forms to make the composition feel more comfortable. I am pleased with the final outcome, as an identity it does stand out - bold is beautiful. The diagonal vectors worked well, but as an identity it appeared a little washed out. It may even be worth trying to combining both styles just to cancel that option out too.

The typeface was based on the font used by ‘Self-Service‘ Mag.

“Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type.

Helvetica encompasses the worlds of design, advertising, psychology, and communication, and invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day.

Interviewees in Helvetica include some of the most illustrious and innovative names in the design world, including Erik Spiekermann, Matthew Carter, Massimo Vignelli, Wim Crouwel, Hermann Zapf, Neville Brody, Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Bierut, David Carson, Paula Scher, Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Experimental Jetset, Michael C. Place, Norm, Alfred Hoffmann, Mike Parker, Bruno Steinert, Otmar Hoefer, Leslie Savan, Rick Poynor, Lars Muller, and many more.”
PlexiFilm.com

To view clips please CLICK HERE

Neville Brody / Rick Poynor clip (1:52, QuickTime)

Experimental Jetset clip (1:48, QuickTime)

Berlin Montage/Erik Spiekermann clip (2:23, QuickTime)

For those of you who are living in the States - all i can say is lucky you!

I have been working on my website for a some time, creating the graphics ready to upload. I have been using the database Indexhibit.org as i have read many positive reviews. Indexhibit is a popular database for creatives as it allows so much ease for showcasing works.

I’m finding the functions quite fluid, there are many ways to improve the template and downloaded extras, but as a novice i’ll be just pleased to get the website up and live and tweak it at a later date.

I love the format of indexhibit, works pretty much like a blog, you add text and upload images then turn on publish. I have learned a great deal from only playing about with the functions, not only that, the developers, Daniel Eatock & Jeffery Vaska are quick to respond to any queries in the forum. Plus a good friend of mine and co-design enthusiast Andi Farr has been giving me some great help and advice.

I hope to have the website up and running come September, after that i will be tweaking as my confidence grows - just like my blog design.

Rather than having just a static graphic of my canvases, i decided to place them in a scene to display on my website. I feel these photographs will give a sense of realness, rather than a vector like graphic.

The graphics can be blown up to 3408 x 2316 pixels so i will display this separately.

I want to share a really inspirational link with my readers. I came across this blog earlier today whilst hunting for the name of a typeface used by the french magazine ‘Self Service.’

A blog by Ryan G. Nelson’s called Making Known.
“This is a sometimes daily blog about graphic design, typography, books, film and some other randomness.”

The posts themselves explore work which other design blogs may not broach on such a deep level; makes for good reading.

Here is just one examples of how Ryan G. Nelson has incorporated his love of, what appears to be, classical films into his own design works:

Trisha Brown — Exhibition catalogue for the Walker Art Center, April 2008

To see more of Ryan’s original works please CLICK HERE.

If you have not guessed it already, i adore black/white/red and diagonal lines! I created these to give a fresh look to my existing identity, adding a twist.

Out in the Rain
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