I think it started with an album of Paraguayan music my parents had when I was a small child. It had a photograph of a market on the sleeve. I loved its colours and patterns and I’ve had a thing about markets ever since. So when we made a Studio Snack … Read More
This is not our final piece for London Bridge, part of 26 Bridges, a project by writers’ organisation 26… My creative collaboration with writer Jonathan Holt has been so rich in ideas that for a while, we had two lines of enquiry running in parallel. This one came from the … Read More
This wasn’t the plan. For the Summer episode of Studio Snack, a food podcast about design that I make with former studio-mate Narcis Sauleda, our experiment has been to create a half-time snack for an obscure sport. I started by redesigning the brief, to make an imaginary edible finish line … Read More
I enjoy the paraphernalia of printers’ proofs. Outside the test of the thing we’re producing are colour bars, information meaningful only to people who know how to get the best out of the job. They’re lovely things in their own right and so are strike offs – textile proofs. I’ve … Read More
I’m curious. So I like to understand what I’m designing and the visual language it should be in. I read the copy. I delve into the subject matter. In many ways, it’s the most interesting bit of a project. For me, it’s important to do some of that away from … Read More
For a creative collaboration (about which, more to come), I had signed up for a workshop at Hausprint with master lithographer Simon Burder, having picked the brains of two printmakers I know. There is so much value in learning in person from people who know their stuff; in experiencing the … Read More
Given an opportunity to be the latest artist on show at The Trampery on the Gantry, a creative workspace in London’s Olympic Park, I’ve had an exhibition to pull together from existing work for its Village Hall and shared studio. I know the space well – I was one of … Read More
My long-range personal project The Colour Trip involves visiting places which have associations with colour. I do some advance nerdery, I explore and I’m open to diversions. It will become a thing. What type of thing will be revealed in due course. But meanwhile, I give you the latest leg … Read More
One of the reasons why we make Studio Snack, a food podcast about design, is the opportunity to do a creative experiment each month. For this month’s Pride special, I’ve indulged my love of drag and a good bagel in watercolour illustration, iPad illustration and typography. But there’s more than … Read More
It was like playing a harp… On a big sketch on canvas, I’d decided to show the way reeds glitter in the light by way of gold embroidery. Cody Dock is a favourite spot for a screen break tea break – so, tea bags for a colour wash. I had … Read More