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I walk to work each morning under the shadow of the very imposing structure of Guys Hospital. A building that looks too aggressive and hostile for its use as a hospital but fascinating as an example of 70’s architecture.

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Posted in Architecture
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A few weeks ago I embarked on a motorbike tour of Scotland, armed with only the bare essentials and my motorbike. The trip would take me around the beautiful Scottish coastline covering 1,200 miles in 6 days.

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Posted in Transport
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A growing number of people now look to the World Wide Web for their daily fill of news, style tips, gossip and daily design inspiration. Newspapers and magazines are facing profound challenges with the explosion of news and rich content. (more…)

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Posted in Design Economy, Magazine Design, Print, Social responsibility
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2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. It was on January 1st, 1959 that the dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown by a young revolutionary called Fidel Castro. Along with lieutenant Che Guevara and a small band of guerrilla fighters, Castro marched into the Cuban capital of Havana and seized the city.

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Posted in Branding
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Recently I was fortunate enough to spend an afternoon with a select group of renowned designers at an award schemes’ judging day, which gave me a great insight into what excited or disappointed them as they discussed and debated the entries. (more…)

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Posted in Type Design, Typography
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This month the Government put a new law in place in a bid to reduce the 87,000 people prematurely killed in England each year by the effects of smoking. Cigarette packaging must now display shocking images including cancerous tumours, rotting lungs and clogged arteries, all in an attempt to encourage people to ‘kick the habit’. (more…)

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Posted in Advertising, Packaging Design
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Being a regular commuter on the London Underground I’m regularly exposed to a varying standard of ad campaigns – few memorable, the majority disposable. Recently a series of interesting, ambiguous images have captured my attention. (more…)

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Posted in Advertising
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