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Adweek is a weekly American advertising trade publication and a leading source of news for marketing, media and advertising professionals, being the second biggest advertising publication in the US. Their annual Talent 100 is not so much a contest but a collection of exceptional work, and the best portfolios of designers, photographers, filmmakers and other creatives were determined by visitors to Adweek.com's Talent Gallery and their own editors and creative team.
This year, I'm honoured to have been chosen to be a part of this year's 100, having had my body of work chosen from thousands of international portfolios. I actually had no idea I'd been included so thanks to the guys at Vault 49 in New York (also in the 100) for letting me know!
My collaboration with .net magazine continues this month with another feature opening illustration on prototyping, based on the phrase 'Show, don't tell'.
I'm honoured to have been asked to speak at Blab #16 in Manchester this September. Previous invited speakers include guys like Si Scott, Mr. Bingo, Ian Anderson, and some bloke called Peter Saville, so it's nice company to be in.
I'll be there on Monday the 9th along with the legendary John McFaul, giving my thoughts and opinions on a subject I haven't decided on yet, but I promise I'll try to make it reasonably interesting! If you're coming along, please feel free to say Hi.
I was recently involved in Philips' new campaign for their urban headphone range, and was fortunate enough to collaborate with the incredibly talented Alison Carmichael on a laser etched table encouraging pub-goers to plug their headphones (kindly supplied by Philips from behind the bar) into a socket neatly built into it.
We were tasked with creating the Hackney table. Alison took care of the script lettering, while I drew other lettering parts and the more illustrative elements, then it was lovingly crafted along with two others and placed in bars in Hackney (naturally), Shoreditch, and Brixton.
The campaign, created by Ogilvy & Mather London, has a nice little video about the project here.
I'm pleased to announce that I've been listed as one of the winners in the advertising category at the 2013 3x3 Illustration Professional Awards.
The 3x3 Awards are one of the few truly international shows and both entrants and judges come from all over the world. All work is put in front of the judges with no identifying names so that they can judge purely on each entry's merit which makes it really pleasing to have been chosen as one of the winners this year.
I was honoured to give a talk in Glasgow's Citizen M hotel on Wednesday 15th May, after being invited to speak by the organisers of Gab.
The guys at Jam Hot are running a great morning talk setup over there and it was great to speak in Glasgow again where there were a few familiar faces in the audience.
The talk was based around the route I have taken over the past four years, and how I developed my methods and techniques, as well as mixing in some of my ideas on how to conduct a career in the creative industries – especially if you're an independent or freelancer. Gab looks set to become a regular event throughout the year on the Scottish calendar, and it'll be a great one to keep an eye out for as it inevitably grows.
Thanks to Graeme and Craig for inviting me.
Tamdhu was originally born on the banks of the River Spey in 1897, and ran well for over one hundred years, until outside influences forced it's closure. In 2012, the distillery was reopened, and the brand reborn – launching on May 3rd. I worked closely with Darren Adams, design director at Good Creative, to produce the brand's signature monogram and custom script lettering for the new packaging. I was also tasked with creating a repeating pattern for the neck closure and peripheral applications, using historical references from Speyside, including the famous river, and the train station that uniquely gives a direct line to the distillery itself.
This was a real pleasure to work on, and the chance to be a part of the relaunch of this historic brand was one not to be missed. Thanks to Good for bringing me on board for it. More pics will appear in the main work section soon.
I'm pleased to say that the winners in the Communication Arts Illustration Awards 2013 have been announced, and I'm lucky enough to be counted among them in the Advertising category.
The Communication Arts competitions are among the most prestigious in the visual arts industries, publishing the best work from around the world since 1959, so it's a little bit of a big deal for me. I won an Award of Excellence for my work on the Audi Quattro campaign for Kempertrautmann, and I'm honoured to be among some truly great work this year. I've already been sent this year's annual and it's an amazing collection of some of the best work from last year across a whole range of categories. Well worth a look if you can get your hands on one.
Mike Brennan from .net magazine kindly asked me to illustrate the opening spread of a feature on designing web forms for their latest issue. It was a difficult one to conceptualise but my thoughts turned to making sense from chaos with typography. I wanted to visualise the type gradually coming into focus, like a tv tuning into a station so I emulated an old technique of dragging a printed sheet across a photocopier to give a wave-like distortion. It was a little experimental, but good fun, and I think it worked well, looking great across the spread.
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