Achieving flow and fulfilment through drawing.
It is a quote attributed to Confucius, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life”. But why? What are the circumstances… Read More →
A large helping of life in Lagos
In 2010, I was lucky enough to go on a business trip to Lagos, Nigeria. This was the first trip to Africa, despite having worked on numerous projects and campaigns… Read More →
Showing my work at the Secret Art Fair
It all started in early January 2019. I took the plunge, and booked a modest amount of wall space at the ‘Secret Art Fair’ to be held over a weekend… Read More →
£20 for a logo? 6 good reasons why going cheap with design is a bad idea
It’s a compelling question. You need a logo for your fledgeling business. Why should you pay hundreds of pounds for this when you can get something designed on the internet… Read More →
Are pictures more important than words?
The famous saying goes ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’. The origins of this can be found in the early days of advertising at the turn of the last… Read More →
Does creativity come from nature or nurture?
Is it possible to learn to be creative, or is great creativity a natural gift possessed by a lucky few which the rest of us can only admire? In recent… Read More →
Pen versus pixel.
When I started out on the design industry everything was created by hand. We drew with pencils and used pens, rulers and compasses to create artwork suitable for mass reproduction.… Read More →
The Fonts I have known and loved (or hated).
Knowledge of fonts used to be purely the preserve of designers and artists, but with the ubiquity of computers most people brush with font choice regularly. To the average person… Read More →
Some interesting facts about colour
There are in fact two sets of primary colours, additive and subtractive. Additive primaries (Red, Green and Blue) are those obtained by emitted light. These three colours combine to produce… Read More →