Building my brandWhat's the point of being a designer if you don't practice what you preach with your own brand? So I made a 40-second animation to let...
What I learned in my second month as a freelance designerA few weeks ago I wrote a blog about my first tentative steps as a freelance designer. Now I'm a couple of months further in, I thought I...
What I learned in my first month as a freelance designerI think I’m probably quite unusual among my peers in that I have never really aspired to the freelance life. I’ve always enjoyed working...
Logo or brand; what's the difference?So what is a brand? Is it just another name for your logo? A brand is never just a logo. It’s the sum of all the parts of your business....
Build the dramaStorytelling is about painting pictures. It's about being able to convey to your reader an image that transports them somewhere else....
Sprouts, Rosé and selfiesWhat did we spend our money on in 2016? At the start of last year, I wrote a blog on the retail trends of 2015 and just what is was we...
Hashtag lazyWhat’s that expression about “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn”? This morning I had cause to...
The power of collaborationSometimes the life of a designer can seem a little… well ambiguous. I can say that because it’s the career I chose. We spend a lot of our...
2016 in 77 secondsAs the year draws to a close the TV schedule and newspapers seem to be full of 2016 reviews. The highs and lows, the expected and the...