Image borrowed from Jess I have been reading lots of inspirational stories that other bloggers (long long list of them below!) have been writing about something they’re scared to tell the world and wanted to write my own, so here goes, I’m quite anxious about posting this, at one point I wasn’t going to but of...
I have two confessions to make, firstly, I’m an advertisers dream, If I love the advert or packaging, it makes me want to buy into that product. It all started with a certain bank, when they started putting cute animations into their advertising and literature, I was hooked, I just HAD to transfer bank accounts...
Meet Isa, She is the founder and owner of Noisette Marketing, a full service creative agency and consulting firm specialising in marketing, PR, and branding for creative businesses. Isa is also the founder of Noisette Academy an extention of the blog offering e-courses and mentoring (…in her words). 17th April 2012 saw the launch of the empowerment project. How it...
*Apologies for the ambiguous image, I’m not sure how much of this ad I can show because I didn’t officially design it, I just artworked it ready for press. I probably can’t tell you who it was for either as I’m not sure what the rules are for this kind of thing. I am wondering...
I’ve been meaning to write about these for a while now, everyday they puzzle me and I think, maybe I’m missing something, but still I fail to realise what I’m missing. They are the Renew bins: Renew is a dedicated network of 200 street-side screen within the Square Mile, with the first phase activated on...
I wrote a post just over a year ago about my love for pinterest, I started using it quite early on when it was in beta stages of development. It seems to have taken the world by storm now and there have been a lot of people commenting on how it is good for business,...
My Philosophy is best summed up by the phrase, ‘plain, simple and useful’, Such things may not win many design prizes, but neither do they go out of fashion. – Terence Conran I’m a bit late with this one but a few weekends ago, I saw the Terence Conran exhibition at the Design Museum. I...
[Pocket Planner by Jessica Hische, writter of the blog post featured in this post and inspirational typographer and designer, I have this planner and carry it with me everywhere, wouldn't be without it!] Recently, I have been trying and trying to draw more, write more, sketch more, read more, lots of things…more and better. I’ve...
Poster by Ed Hall, inspired by this list. I’m not sure I agree with all of these and it isn’t an exhaustive list either but it is a starting point and a fun poster.
The London Olympics 2012 are only 191 days away! That sounds like a very short time, considering how long we have all been looking forward to it for. I may be slightly behind with this but I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now and I was reminded of it this morning...
Where does the creative process begin? You could argue that the creative process begins with the decision to become a designer. From that moment on, everything you see and do feeds your visual intelligence, and contributes to the making of a designer. It’s one of the best things about being a designer: seeing design everywhere,...
…It would be Bernard Condensed. Alix asked on Twitter a while ago ‘If 2011 was a typeface, which one would it be for you?’ and yesterday seemed to be the perfect day to think about this kind of thing (but I’m a bit late). So, this is what I think, generally speaking 2011 was a...
