I’ve been to Lille for the day, to see La Piscine, a museum of art and industry in an art deco swimming pool. It’s thrillingly good, using its setting as a fresh way to think about the objects in it. I saw much else besides; this, after two weeks in … Read More
I have several strands of work. And sometimes they overlap, bringing things from one area of work to a project or activity in another. Here are just a few examples from 2025: I’ve brought my experience in breaking down information to a plant labelling workshop at art, heritage and ecology … Read More
Well, 2025 – you’ve been quite the year creatively… Here are four projects where I’ve been able to get involved from the very beginning: My work on Vianne’s Confession for independent perfumer Sarah McCartney of 4160 Tuesdays started before the perfume existed, smelling its ingredients at Sarah’s studio. Designing a … Read More
In November 2025, I met writer and artist Joni Brown for her new ‘Artists in conversation’ series of newsletter articles for writers’ organisation 26. Perched at a British Library café with sketchbook (me), notebook (Joni) and tea, we chatted about the meanderings of creative careers, our practice and the pull … Read More
Studio Snack, a food podcast about design in collaboration with Narcis Sauleda, started with conversations in lockdown between two friends and former studio-mates, perched with coffees and snacks on one of the Here East campus benches. We kept saying that we wished we’d recorded our conversations. So we did, in … Read More
It’s just a label for an ingredients bottle; a simple, utilitarian thing. Except that this label is for independent perfumer Sarah McCartney’s Scenthusiasm perfume workshops. Sarah likes good stationery, fountain pens and ink – her formula books are things of wonder. So there’s no ‘just’ about it… Working with Amberley Labels … Read More
Bridges have been writ large in my year, thanks to writers’ organisation 26. I’ve been artist partner to writer Jonathan Holt for 26 Bridges and invited to take part in 26 Twinned Bridges, a different kind of project pairing writers in the UK and New Zealand, each writing a centena … Read More
Well, it’s been quite a year for variety… In a thrilling project for independent perfumer Sarah McCartney of 4160 Tuesdays, I got to illustrate Vianne’s Confession, Sarah’s collaboration with author Joanne Harris for the back-story to Chocolat. It’s been wildlife central for London heritage, art and ecology site Cody Dock, … Read More
It’s the time of year for a momentary diversion from projects to products… cosy things, reusable things, things for the wall, upcycled things, and things that don’t even exist yet: In my Teemill shop, there’s a collection of seasonal sketches on organic cotton jumpers and gift sack/tote bags printed to … Read More
Pie. Appropriately for Autumn, it’s the topic of the latest episode of Studio Snack, a podcast in collaboration with Narcis Sauleda. Which brings me to pie charts, this month’s creative experiment. As a designer, I’ve done a lot of these. There are all sorts of ways to make them look … Read More