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24.11.19 That Was The Week That Was — 24th November 2019
On Thursday I travelled to Glasgow to speak at the inaugural Silicon Swalley — an event organised by Filament PD, who I haven't seen for a …
17.11.19 That Was The Week That Was — 17th November 2019
My latest client work was delivered at the beginning of the week. I decided to re-render one of the images as when looking at it later that …
10.11.19 That Was The Week That Was — 10th November 2019
I started the week commissioning a new screen print from Harvey Lloyd Screens, based on my process sketch — something that is often the …
20.10.19 That Was The Week That Was — 20th October 2019
This latest work is almost done, except now I'm trying to wrestle with these new colours that need to be incorporated somehow. My initial …
13.10.19 That Was The Week That Was — 13th October 2019
Much of this week saw me doing final work for the next Produced for Use release, scheduled for the end of October. I invested in a nice …
07.10.19 That Was The Week That Was — 6th October 2019
I iterated from the Voronoi fracture stuff I was doing the week before and decided to try it out with some typography, using the Crayonette …
29.09.19 That Was The Week That Was — 29th September 2019
More learnings this week in Houdini, as I dive deeper into Vellum, Houdini's soft body simulation stuff. For a while I had a series of …
17.09.19 That Was The Week That Was — 15th September 2019
At the start of the week I found myself firing up Fusion 360 to create a better case for my Git Deploy Notifier which I had built the …
16.09.19 Please be Seated by Paul Cocksedge
Please be Seated by Paul Cocksedge Beautiful work from Paul Cocksedge for the London Design Festival.
18.08.19 That Was The Week That Was — August 18th 2019
As Getz / Gilberto dominated the turntable this week, I continued to send out the Manifesto for Myself prints, only now the print arrives …
11.08.19 That Was The Week That Was — August 11th 2019
My new print — Manifesto for Myself — arrived on the Tuesday from Harvey Lloyd Screens and looked fantastic. It's an A5 two colour screen …
28.07.19 That Was The Week That Was — 28th July 2019
At the beginning of the week I put together the first round of images for this latest client work. These were very much work in progress — …
14.07.19 That Was The Week That Was — 14th July 2019
This week saw Lisa and myself take an impromptu break to the city of Copenhagen. We're both fans of Danish design so we were both looking …
09.06.19 That Was The Week That Was — 9th June 2019
Headed to Heidelberg on the Tuesday as I was speaking at a Trend Micro Partner Talk event the next morning. I was giving the keynote as …
29.05.19 That Was The Week That Was — 29th May 2019
This week I was focussed on getting a piece of work completed for an upcoming talk in Germany for Trend Micro. I had been given the …
20.05.19 That Was The Week That Was — 19th May 2019
A week of travel. Firstly Dusseldorf for Beyond Tellerrand for a few days then back for less than 24 hours before heading to Moscow for …
13.05.19 That Was The Week That Was — 12th May 2019
After the bank holiday on the Monday I travelled up to Edinburgh to apply for my Russian Visa so I could make my trip to OFFF Moscow the …
28.04.19 That Was The Week That Was — 28th April 2019
The week started out on a sad note when John Davey announced he was ending the Reasons festival which happens in Brighton each year. I …
24.04.19 That Was The Week That Was — 21st April 2019
This week saw me travel to San Francisco for Smashing Conference. I couldn't let anyone know I was travelling there as I was the so called …
22.04.19 Memories of Flash on the Beach
I received news today that John Davey has decided to end the Reasons.to conferences which happened in Brighton (and London). It's sad to …
19.04.19 My Conference Code of Conduct
Many conferences now have a codes of conduct. So in this same spirit I thought I would write the code of conduct for ME that I can pass to …
10.04.19 That Was The Week That Was — 7th April 2019
Whilst waiting in a car park I was checking Instagram when I saw that little red dot appear in the top right corner — the one that says you …
26.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 24th March 2019
Monday saw me travel to Manchester to give a little talk at PrintCity, based at MMU. It's been a while since I took the early morning train …
17.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 17th March 2019
There seemed to be a big German theme this week. I had an email from an agency in Germany asking if I would be available to speak at an …
10.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 10th March 2019
Much of the week was spent finally getting round to doing a much needed update to Kennedy, my app for capturing the now. Since iOS 12 came …
02.03.19 That Was The Week That Was — 3rd March 2019
Monday I started in earnest on a title sequence for an upcoming conference — another project I'm creating in Houdini. It's based on the …
27.02.19 Seeking alternative rectangles
My career has largely been predicated by things emanating from glowing rectangles. Whilst I'm incredibly grateful for everything that …
24.02.19 That Was The Week That Was — 24th February 2019
Monday saw me deliver work for a wonderful new client that will be rolled out during an event starting on the 4th March in California. The …
02.01.19 A Visual Review of 2018
I posted this story on Instagram, mostly for myself to jog my memory of what I got up to workwise in 2018, and decided to post it here for …
02.01.19 Forming my talk for New Adventures
Scribbling, doodling and making marks that will eventually form my talk at New Adventures in Nottingham in a few weeks. My notes for a talk …