Battleskips

If you're going to have a skip outside your house why not have a cool one?

Discarded design

The design tastes better than the contents ever did. Cast aside design in Whitley Bay.

Design Responsibly (1)

Not one to jump on too many band wagons, especially those touting the ‘green’ card, many of which may not have any real impact whatsoever, I have just seen this on FontFont and it felt good, in a non tree-huggy way, it felt that it was an easy step in the right direction. Sign up, buy/download it and save a tree, or at least a twig. Or maybe just use condensed fonts from now on.

"FSI FontShop International proudly announces FF Mt, Erik Spiekermann's most economical typeface ever. Employing obscure but powerful techniques like vwl mmssn and cap reduction, FF Mt uses up to 50% less paper, screen, and wall space than other text faces without a single condensed letter."

1st Base

Much like all 1st bases this one is just as exciting. After a few months disguised as a full-time freelancer I have joined forces with the notable Base One Group. Commuting has its moments although I intend to put a stop to that with a bike before too long. 2 hours training every day will soon offer me other firsts no doubt.

Quiksilver, original thinking

Quiksilver used to have this reputation for pushing the boundaries. David Carson certainly had a lot to do with it, but recently they haven't been up to much that extreme. Until now. Or have they...

News just in: Vormator

I have just heard that my submission will sit alongside those of a very notable bunch of designers in Vormator's The Elements of Design book, to be published later this year. More details as and when I know them. Suffice to say I am chuffed to bits.

Dolk

Another tit-bit from my recent trip to Bergen: the work of Dolk Lundgren first-hand. Other bits and pieces can be seen here There is always going to be a debate about art/strencil/graffiti here. I am not going to go into that but instead say that all the pieces I saw in Bergen were on street furniture, or modern structures which, as Bergen is a World Heritage centre goes to show that the two can co-exist without it being historical destructive.
There were a couple of other interesting pieces that look familiar, and then there is the ear…

Self

The author. It shouldn't look unhappy, but somehow ended up melancholic. I thought it might also seem like I was wearing makeup, in a way I am glad that didn't happen…

News just in: Branded

News just in; Smoothfluid has been selected to join 130 other designers in a showcase of branding, published by Début later this year. Details on the release date will follow.
I went to hear and see Matt Pyke from Universal Everything show off some eyekandy at the Apple Store last night. Witnessing their work is like injecting E-numbers straight into your eyeballs; a giddying assault of sound and vision, with some gloriously rich tapestries of weirdness. Big fan. Very.

Bergen; a fact

There has been over 80 consecutive days of precipitation in Bergen, Norway, to date (left). It's a small wonder that the place doesn't smell of damp socks. More to follow.