You would think that a blogpost on sketches in an exhibition has no place here. But here’s a thing: one is on glassine paper made for packaging; the other takes a technique I use in short pose life drawing and applies it to something else. Both are unpredictable – and … Read More
This has been long in the planning… The sharp-eyed will have noticed a broadening-out of the work. I’ve been looking at the array of skills and knowledge I bring together from decades of design practice, constant creative exploring and unstoppable nosiness. My most adventurous clients and collaborators are already using … Read More
A pinch of this and just enough of that… In the Mother’s Day episode of Studio Snack, a food podcast about design, collaborator Narcis and I have been chatting about the language of family recipes. So for this month’s experiment, we’ve been cooking with words. I’ve started with my Pyrex … Read More
Translation. That’s an odd word to use for visual communications. But one of the most interesting parts of my work is spotting a connection between two apparently-unrelated things and using it to invite people in to the words, or to an idea. Some of that work is subtle. Some of … Read More
In the Valentine’s month episode of Studio Snack, a food podcast about design with creative collaborator Narcis Sauleda, we’ve delved into the story of a local heart-shaped sweet, looked at some symbol history, chatted with Leticia Credidio in Barcelona about being taught by the designer who created the iconic ‘I … Read More
I bring my design head to my live sketching gigs. So booked for live sketching a members’ breakfast at the Gantry, one of innovative social enterprise The Trampery’s workspaces, at Here East in London’s Olympic Park, I did two things: I asked for some waste materials to turn into sketchbooks … Read More
I’ve run masterclasses on getting over a creative block. One of my top tips is going for a walk. Somehow, sprung from my desk, my view long, the ideas come to me that are not going to pop out of my screen, however long I stare at it. But I … Read More
A drawing board. As gym equipment goes, it’s a bit unorthodox. But in this, the season of squeaky-clean trainers and good intentions, I’m reminded why I draw when I’m not working on projects: skills need exercise too. I go to life drawing as a dancer does class. It’s difficult. I … Read More
“Should we have a Studio Snack jingle?”, we asked ourselves as we discussed the new season of our Studio Snack podcast. Thus started a year-long visual sound experiment. And because I have an unusual skillset and an unstoppably-curious mind, I’m on a voyage of discovery… here, me experimenting on Soundbow, … Read More
January has been a month of resolutions – so in this month’s Studio Snack podcast episode, we look at less. In snacks, and in design, where minimalism has made careers. Our creative experiment has been to simplify an image of a Winter snack. I talk about sketching some fruit and … Read More