Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Hand font



















I'm hand-drawing type more and more these days so thought I'd make my own font - will post a link to a download once I've done all the tricky characters...

Strick!





































The artist and illustrator Rebecca Strickson has a new site (designed by me) - it's almost finished but here are a couple of screen shots to keep you going...

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Operation


















So that's what my laptop look like inside...

Friday, April 24, 2009

Techniques of Typography


Amazing book by Cal Swann (both author and designer) published in the 60s. A great reference book as well as being beautifully designed.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Unfinished work


Inspired by the amazing 'Leaping Letters' game I played as a child, I planned to create a whole pack of these cards as an idea to get kids interested in type. Only managed to design 3 but you never know what the future holds...

Tango

This happened a while ago but I've just found the photo. I came downstairs one morning and my cat ('Quietly') was trying to communicate with me using a ball of wool. Maybe she's just getting bored with water...