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Aged 23, I’m a graduate, with a degree in media and advertising and a passion for design. I’m currently as Account Executive at The Hub.

GOOD—Motion Graphics.

Taking the lead from the post below, GOOD have created some rather nice motion graphics that seek to create transparency in the way that the developed world uses water.

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Alfred Hitchcock

One of Britain’s truly legendary cinematic exports and fellow gin-martini aficionado, Alfred Hitchcock, is responsible for some of the most visceral scenes of the 1960s. The now iconic and much emulated “shower scene” has become a strong visual marker for a generation of film makers and film lovers.
Put to great use by GOOD, their pastiche [...]

Variety Show: Blackpool and Flyde Graduate Exhibition 2009

The BA (hons) Graphic Design programme is a current and innovative vocational course, structured to respond to the continuously changing demands of the creative industries. It is considered to be one of the most distinguished and striking in the North West by both students and professionals nationwide.
Director of the show and final year Graphic Design student, [...]

Font Characters

Taking a lead from Cooper Black (below) here’s my effort for an edgy little typeface with a name fit for the circus. RNS Bobo Dylan.

Keep Us Busy

Two students, one shop front and a week crammed full of collaborations.
Trawling the blogs this week I happened across these two fellas sitting in a rather unassuming shop window in Lincoln. Tom and Shaun spent all last week, literally, showing their wares to the general public—and through their blog, the design community. The boys dreamt up the [...]

Room 107

Ever the romantic, I’ve always thought that hotel rooms hold a certain mystery. The way that they weave people’s lives together so inextricably by giving us a shared experience, makes me think of them as strangely endearing. The contrived luxury of crisp white sheets and a pristine toilet bowl tries (in vain) to mask the [...]

God Bless the B Movie

 
I’ve always been a massive fan of the horror genre. My DVD collection is packed full of horrendous horror flicks from the 80s and early 90’s. John Carpenter and Wes Craven both make an appearance in what has to be one of the most tragic collections this side of Accrington.
There’s something about really trashy B [...]

Clever Signage in Preston? ‘On your bike!’

    
A great solution for an ‘invisible’ destination.
‘If u r reading this you’re not looking up at John Kay’s Fish ‘n’ Chip restaurant’.

Say no to Shopping.

‘Can we go shopping in Preston on Saturday?’ – six words that make my heart sink. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a shopper, I buy design books that I can’t afford, curious trainers that no one appears to like, but me. And somehow – I’m still not sure how – I even managed to convince [...]

50 Amazing Gig Posters: Sure to Inspire

Music is always a big topic of conversation in the hub-creative studio, whether we’re listening to slow jazz or the latest and greatest in indie electro, we’ve always got one ear on the iTunes.
A conversation yesterday about the first LP we ever bought got us thinking about how important music has been in shaping our [...]