Save the Date Postcard

This is an image of the Save the Date postcard that I designed, just arrived from the printers.

Defence of bad graphics

As interesting article on the guardian website about the over use of infographics.

Defence of bad graphics

I have always liked good infographics, I have been immersed by the beauty of the design and then content with the new information I have gleaned from it and had taken it as a given that everyone would like well designed displays of information. BUt to read and to hear the alternate views on the use of the infographic is both insightful and a reminder to question what is presented as the norm.

In the article they posted this debate between Neville Brody and David McCandless, which again was a challenge but really insightful.

Interactive Music Video Game.

Since Arcade Fire's interactive music video The Wilderness Down there has been a number of attempts to marry music with interactive tools available online. This latest video by Adrop is a beautifully realised computer game which also works as their music video.

The game is all about getting your tweet from one end of the game to the other without getting the letters messed up (letters get messed up if you run into obstacles).

The illustrations alone are amazing but the interactive nature of this video, which also harnesses social media ticks all the right buttons.

The Green Soccer Journal

One of those little ideas I have had in the back of my mind was to make a football magazine, which would have articles that surround the the game rather than being about current events. The magazine would be well designed, with beautiful photography and informative articles.

I was at Gatwick airport flying to Gothenburg on Saturday morning, killing some time by looking through all the magazines in W H Smith, when I cam across "The Green Soccer Journal", which is a magazine that is well designed, with beautiful photography and informative articles... I should have been quicker with my idea.

This bianual journal really is a thing of beauty, with articles that look at details around the game as well as looking at the profile of players that aren't just the obvious poster boys of the premier league. Highlights included the article on whistles, the tradition of exchanging shirts, the photographic feature of Clairefontaine and profile of Mamadou Sakho.

With contributions from the likes of Peter Saville to Gabriele Marcotti, it has a broad collaborative feel.

Performance Wear from The Green Soccer Journal on Vimeo.

Senna

If you haven't seen this masterpiece of cinema. Stop what you are doing. Now. And book a ticket to see this amazing film.

The whole narrative is constructed from archive TV footage of the formula 1 racing car champion Ayrton Senna, edited together in a compelling way, that makes it so much more than just a sports documentary.

huey Crowley

Saw this amazing website with the kind of Paintings I like.

Check it out

Braun Time

It's been a few years since Braun were in the watch making business but their new range of clocks and watches makes you wonder... Where have you been Braun? Beautifully minimal it's straight from the Dieter Rams school of design, like he never retired.

Braun Time Website