Exciting news!

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I submitted my Northwest Passage work to Uppercase Magazine's matchbox label submission and four images made it! I can't wait to see the real thing. 

You can buy a copy here.

Back in the habit

I'm back at uni now at it feels good.
This week I worked on a short editorial project based on The Guardian's "This column will change your life". I might try and tackle a few more of these as the psychological subjects are quite challenging. Next week I start an exciting YCN brief, which should be good fun.

Now it's time for me to listen to some gangster rap and eat a baked potato - let's face it, that's a recipe for a good Saturday. Have a happy weekend!

Making maps

For the last two months I've been working on a series of maps for a book about Art in East Anglia. It's been really good experience, and fun to meet with the nice publishers. This is one of Cambridge which was the first I worked on. I used OS maps as reference but drew all the components then edited colours on Photoshop.

I'm excited to see my work in print! It will be a lovely book for planning daytrips too, as it lists lots of public exhibitions and sculptures.

Eeeek!

This is possibly the best thing I've ever found whilst charity shopping.
It's a Czechoslovakian cognac bottle from 1928 and I guess was for a French market.
The beautiful typography on the front says "Brasserie Th. Goledzinowski  - La Reole - .

Spotting it across the shop was the most exciting feeling!

Christmas presents

This lovely book was the first of my Christmas presents from the Mr. Isn't it sweet? It's a bit sciency and very colourful! Illustrations are by Helen Borten and it was published in 1962.

The second lovely book he bought me was I Know a Lot of Things by Ann Rand, which I've been after for ages. The illustrations are by Paul Rand and this is a first edition from 1956. It's a bit scruffy and has "Discard" stamped on a few pages, but that adds to the charm I think.

Best chair ever.

I picked up this amazing little chair at Emmaus yesterday. Actually it was Nikki who spotted it but I swooped in and bagged it for a fiver. It's really like Ercol but is painted this zany colour. I like it though, it mis-matches the rest of our chairs perfectly.

Yeah.....and?

I am noticing ampersands everywhere at the moment! So I'm sorry if it's getting a bit old (and dare I say it "design bird"/moustache-esque cliche) but these brooches went down a treat at the Winter Fair in December so I've put some in my Etsy shop. They are laser cut and hand polished, and would add a typographic zing to a jumper near you.

Happy New Year / 2010 in pictures

Happy 2011 Everyone! I hope you've had a great Christmas break. 

I'm so looking forward to getting back into things this year, and I suppose, finishing things off as this is my last semester of my degree. There's so much that I want to do this year so I thought I'd have a look back at 2010 to see where I left off.

Have you any resolutions for 2011? 

Happy Holidays!

I'm getting in early with my Christmas greetings! Hope you all have a lovely Christmas break, see you in a few days when I will be significantly plumper...

PS - be careful if you're travelling, we spun the car and got a flat tyre this week, v. scary!

Retro Food

The last project of the semester had us choosing between a range of briefs - from Darwin to Sea Shanties. I chose a combination of themes: Recipes and Mistakes.

I took four Betty Crocker recipes that struck me as particularly forward-thinking (circa 1960) and thought I'd do them with a bit of an atomic look. I also used type from old American motel signs.

There are plenty of things I'd change but I also had my dissertation in this week so it wasn't plain sailing! That's all done now and I await my mark after Christmas. All I can do now is consume my weight in mulled wine and hope for the best.

Tomorrow I start a short internship which will be interesting. Wish me luck!

PS - The Winter Fair last weekend was a knockout, we made £416 for our Degree Show!

Roll Up! Roll Up!

Today my friends and I will be holding a stall at The Mill Road Winter fair in Cambridge.

As the poster suggests, we will be selling allsorts of handmade and hand-drawn goodies perfect for Christmas presents. If you're in the area the event is well worth checking out - lots of foodie stalls, Chinese dancing dragons, live music etc etc.

Wish us luck - we're raising money for our Degree Show!

Stars

I've been playing with paper again!
These cards and exercise books are very limited edition items now in my shop.

New Brooches

At uni we were taught to use the laser cutter and since then my lovely friend Nikki and I have been cutting out a few shapes. We've actually been gearing up for the Mill Road Winter Fair which is this Saturday but we had time to cut a few brooches for ourselves too.

I'll be listing some perspex shapes over the next couple of weeks too, but here are some wooden goodies to get your teeth into! These are now in the shop.