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My mobile studio
3rd July 2009 1:07am

300 new followers in a day - TOTALLY FREE - NO SALE - - RIDE THE TWITTER TRAIN
2nd July 2009 9:42pm

I'm on my way to Norwich to spend 2 days filming for a realistic driving game personalised video viral piece
2nd July 2009 6:00pm

300 new followers in a day - TOTALLY FREE - NO SALE - - RIDE THE TWITTER TRAIN
1st July 2009 10:12pm

Check out the twitter tribute to Michael Jackson at Awesome Twitter/YouTube mash-up.
30th June 2009 12:53pm

Red bull...#fb
27th June 2009 9:43pm

Thai restaurant this evening. Deep fried ice cream anyone? #fb
25th June 2009 8:55pm

RT - Choo Choo, All Aboard the Twitter Train -
22nd June 2009 2:13pm

Wow! Product design FAIL!
19th June 2009 3:28pm

BLOG: More awards: The ghd global website won the award in the best e-business category last night at the ..
19th June 2009 2:04pm

More awards

big chip award best e-business project 2009 ghd

The ghd global website won the award in the best e-business category last night at the 2009 Roses Awards ceremony with my citing as Art Director. as I said in my earlier post when the site won the Roses award in the best website category, my entire team have worked amazingly hard to create and maintain this massive site.

It’s really great to get more excellent recognition coming through, and with two won we are keeping our fingers crossed for the remaining entries we have in the IPA Effectiveness awards and the Cannes Lions awards.


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BLOG: RSC: Chemspider Application Design: The Royal Society of Chemistry announced on May 11th that it has..
19th June 2009 12:26am

BLOG: ghd Original Homepage Concepts: I have been working on ghd as a brand for a long time now it seems. ..
19th June 2009 12:26am

The ghd global website has won the best e-business project at this year's Big Chip awards tonight. #fb
19th June 2009 12:15am

BLOG: ghd RARE motion graphics: ghd’s Latest Quarterly campaign/promotion is centred around a limite..
15th June 2009 6:15am

BLOG: Original Source Sponsors Mountain Mayhem: The PZ Cussons brand Original Source has been involved wit..
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BLOG: TBWA\ Manchester Creative Showcase: A large agency like TBWA\ Manchester has many ways of displaying..
15th June 2009 6:15am

BLOG: Manchester United: Memories: My family might well get very shirty with me for it (staunch Liverpool ..
15th June 2009 6:15am

Crying inside. Need more sleep. #fb
13th June 2009 6:54am

Butter wouldn't melt
7th June 2009 9:07pm

Little ninjas
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Giant Rhys
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On the way up to the big slide
7th June 2009 9:07pm

"No, let me push"
7th June 2009 9:06pm

Lilly in her auntie's
7th June 2009 9:06pm

Acers in the back garden
7th June 2009 9:06pm

Playing with uncle Adam
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Watching TV with Taidy
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Chilling with Taidy
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I've got a helluva day ahead! Gonna need my old pals Red Bull and Mr. Myagi.
4th June 2009 7:11am

Pete + sun = the hardest gay in the village.
2nd June 2009 2:10pm

I watched the film Awake tonight. Man, there is a seriously stressful 15 minutes in that film during an operation. Shivers.
1st June 2009 11:56pm

Finally got round to watching The Elephant Man. Jesus, I haven't been so constantly close to tears since I saw E.T. when I was 5! #fb
31st May 2009 11:07pm

Great vinyl dwsimgner toys. #fb
31st May 2009 7:52am

Unfortunately I'm watching Britain's Got Talent and little Holly has broken my wife. #fb
29th May 2009 9:04pm

ghd Original Homepage Concepts

ghd original homepage concepts

I have been working on ghd as a brand for a long time now it seems. The day-to-day of the global website keeps the team quite busy to say the least.

As I was idly browsing through our creative server the other day, I cam across archive folders for the conceptual stage of design development for the original site. It brought back lots of memories of grafting and diagrams here, there and everywhere. However some of the visuals were quite nice in there own right, so I thought it would be nice to post them so they get some appreciation.


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I'm at a kids party and decided to make something with the leftover baloons. ;-) #fb
16th May 2009 2:53pm

I'm getting ready for Mr. Eric Clapton to come on stage. #fb
14th May 2009 8:24pm

Award alert

roses award best website 2009 ghd

The ghd global website won an award in the best website category last night at the 2009 Roses Awards ceremony with my citing as Art Director. It goes without saying that my entire team has worked extremely hard and put a lot of themselves into this massive ongoing project.

It’s really great to see some recognition coming through and just galvanises self esteem and gusto to create more work worthy of similar acclaim.


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Yay! Picked up a Silver award at the Roses for the ghd global website as Art Director! Awesome. ;-)
30th April 2009 10:55pm

I'm at the Roses awards having been nominated as Art Director on the global ghd site. Fingers crossed. #fb
30th April 2009 9:19pm

I am suffering from post-traumatic stress after this. Laugh or Cry?
24th April 2009 11:02am

I am suffering from post-traumatic stress after this. Laugh or Cry?
24th April 2009 11:02am

Now THIS is how to do ambient, PR and viral all in one. Class.
22nd April 2009 8:11pm

A well written article about easthetic impact in the interactive arena. Mature and accurate comment in all respects.
22nd April 2009 2:04pm

Absolutely awaeome book covers.
22nd April 2009 9:12am

Good principles for application-level inteaction, but a little too simplistic a write-up. Worth reading though.
21st April 2009 5:33pm

ghd RARE motion graphics

ghd RARE Campaign motion graphics

ghd’s Latest Quarterly campaign/promotion is centred around a limited edition styler with accessory pack and is called RARE. The pack is styled in line with couture fashion for the coming season emblazoned with leopard print and looks quite fun.

The brief from the client for the on-site representation is to ‘take it to the next level’ with specific regards to the main homepage. This naturally led me to the use of video as the production value can be much higher, but, there is no TV being made as part of the comm’s spend.

This gave me the opportunity to create a promotional ident using motion graphics which was warmly received by the client. It went up almost unchanged and has been re-used across many formats now including outdoor video screens at Cannes this year.

I love projects like these, as they are a welcome breath of fresh air in terms of the type of brief it is. Keep ‘em coming!

  • ghd RARE Campaign motion graphics


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Well, a little while in and I seem to be handling it all pretty well and taking it in my stride.
16th April 2009 7:17pm

Is being subjected to the football.
14th April 2009 8:17pm

Is in the park and bewildered watching my two two-year-olds climbing cargo nets!
13th April 2009 1:09pm

Is having a pub night. It feels good. Feels like Im a person and not just a dad
10th April 2009 9:37pm

Brother UK internal personnel presentation

Brother UK internal personel presentation

This was commissioned as a introduction to an internal personnel motivational speech for brother employees. Inspiration was taken from the simple, but beautiful, typographic graphics by Why Not Associates for those First Direct TV ads.

A nice piece to work on. It might have had a bit more finesse created as a movie using After Effects, but we couldn’t rely on the target computer to be able to handle a full screen video.

Nice nevertheless.

  • Brother UK internal personnel presentation


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Question: I am looking for typefaces with beautiful examples of ligature design.
12th March 2009 9:00pm

Has just been hit pretty hard in the eye by a renegade ping pong ball. If you play with fire, expect to get burned.
10th March 2009 1:25pm

Saw Watchmen last night. Speaking as a veteran fan of the novel, I thought it was absolutely awesome on many levels.
9th March 2009 8:22am

my fairy princess
8th March 2009 4:39pm

Renew North Staffs website

Renew North Staffs website design

The North Staffordshire regeneration project called Renew came to the agency asking for a completely fresh look at how they use their website. In response, we completely re-structured their Information Architecture, collaborated with the client and PR agency on content structure and strategy and wrapped it all up in a fresh, simple and extremely clear, user-friendly design.

The logo, which was already in place, was the only aesthetic lead and photography was extremely limited. The budget was also modest which left little else from which to draw inspiration. However, the typeface used was good, robust and versatile. And the colour scheme was usable.

The audience was justifiably diverse and as such, simplicity, clarity and usability were paramount. I opted for a chunky, typography-led design lifted by large areas of colour subtly textured to emulate recycled stock.

The design was bold, simple, effective and a real progressive leap in the arena of local governmemt regeneration. I enjoyed the challenge and am quite proud of the work.


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Is totally ready for Friday.
6th March 2009 8:47am

IPhone band - Really cool.
5th March 2009 11:34am

wood-cut letter forms
5th March 2009 8:19am

Thinks it is far better to wake up to the sound of kids laughing and playing than a silly alarm clock.
5th March 2009 7:48am

It's just started snowing and hail stoning???
4th March 2009 1:38pm

has been sucked back into the world of Tower Defense in the form of 'Fieldrunners' on the iPhone.
4th March 2009 11:51am

Is shopping, watching 24, writing about typography, eating Chinese food and tweeting. And they say men can't multi-task!
3rd March 2009 9:47pm

needs 200 signatures on a petition for family issues:
26th February 2009 5:20pm

today I will be mostly eating pancakes!
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Original Source Sponsors Mountain Mayhem

Original Source Sponsors Mountain Mayhem

The PZ Cussons brand Original Source has been involved with sponsoring extreme sports for a year or two now, which is proving very successful. Original Source are proud to be sponsoring this year’s Mountain Mayhem event for the second year running, but this year they are headline sponsor.

We pitched for the online work surrounding this sponsorship. However, knowing the brand as we do, we opened out the brief to Original Sources entire sponsorship calendar and attacked the brief as a extensible, versatile platform which can speak as an enthusiast, to an enthusiast and aim for long-term consumer recognition of the validity of the sponsorship. Basically to make people really believe the truth that Original source are really passionate fans of the sports they are involved with.

We pitched an online periodical-style magazine, which has the editorial feel of the quarterlies and the ethos of quality throughout. No hard sell. Just content delivered enthusiastically by the brand.

This platform, attack and ethos would then be extensible to the other activities and sports and the marketing and link strategy would be that the magazines would be discreet in terms of marketing but contained in an umbrella brand-related URL.


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The evening should be set after the lingeriee I have bought the wife ;-P
13th February 2009 9:14pm

Is going to the races at Haydock tomorrow day and then going for a meal at the Savina restaurant in Liverpool city centre.
13th February 2009 9:12pm

TBWA\ Manchester Creative Showcase

TBWA\ Manchester Creative Showcase

A large agency like TBWA\ Manchester has many ways of displaying their capabilities and creativity in order to win new business. Some involve 3rd parties which have galleries and tools whereby potential clients or agents can view our wares.

I was asked to create something for one of these entities, and I wanted to try and go that extra mile within the boundaries and limitations (of which there were many) of the platform I had to work in.

The truth is that this is an ongoing project, but one of the concepts is still quite nice. The idea was to focus on the typography which is our main visual collateral and bring it to life in 3 dimensions.

  • TBWA\ Manchester Creative Showcase


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seriously need a MUCH FASTER work computer... dammit!
12th February 2009 4:25pm

Is looking forward to a nice cafe lunch. Mmmm
11th February 2009 1:13pm

is in a 3D wormhole and needs some focus to make it out in tact. I am a worm on a C4D hook.
10th February 2009 10:06pm

Is completely tranquilized from strong pain killers while working at home.
8th February 2009 8:16pm

Is looking forward to a lamb roast followed by Manchester tart. Mmmmm
8th February 2009 12:21pm

Is truly scarred!
7th February 2009 4:01pm

Manchester United: Memories

Manchester United Memories

My family might well get very shirty with me for it (staunch Liverpool FC fans), but The job I have been working on lately is for Manchester United.

It is a video editing job for a digital reminder to be sent to corporate customers who have a hospitality account/box etc. The idea is to get them to renew their product with the club at this time of year. The video peice is the end product. The first contact being a HTML email which will precis the message and drive them to the content itself.

A small but enjoyable job. I always say this, but sometimes working on video/motion graphics jobs is a nice change of pace. Less rules and technicalities to my staple digital work.

  • Manchester United Memories


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loves you
6th February 2009 5:06pm

Is really in dire need of a wee
5th February 2009 6:18pm

is wearing nothing but a pair of Calvin Kleins and the wife's grey long-fur gilet
3rd February 2009 8:28pm

Is finally up to date with 24 and is making a start on the latest series of Prison Break.
1st February 2009 10:28pm

BLOG: Typography 101 - Formats: We almost always choose our fonts based on some aesthetic level, whether th..
31st January 2009 8:54am

Serco regional leisure centres

Serco Regional Leisure Centres design

Serco operate a vast amount of local community leisure centres around the country and have disparate online presences for each of them. We were approached to consolidate the branding of these sites and yet maintain a semi-autonomous flexibility to tailor each site to it’s individual facilities, promotions and content.

We were asked to provide a number of design options based upon tactical and hierarchical recommendations. One option was to challenge the aesthetic conventions of the competition which I undertook.

I decided to take a fun approach, trying not to portray the content too seriously. I also wanted to steer well clear of the typical activity and facility photography, which naturally lead me to a more typographic and design-led route. The combination of this and the fun approach led me to the use of bold colours. A definite point of difference in the market is to move toward a darker overall look, rather than the light, airy spa look, so… It was almost done for me!


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Is shocked at how much I spent at Yo Sushi!
28th January 2009 12:17am

Is off out to Liverpool One for food and a film tonight!
27th January 2009 6:30pm

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is being pulled in many directions
26th January 2009 12:05pm

is planning on winning a lot of money tonight at the poker game
23rd January 2009 12:25pm

is spanking his wife... in his head
19th January 2009 4:11pm

is looking at the left side of Stephen's face... mmmmm
19th January 2009 11:26am

is torn between Seies 6 of 24, Guitar Hero IV and Little Big Planet
16th January 2009 12:13pm

Is starting series 6 of 24 tonight... At last!
14th January 2009 8:34pm

Really wanted to go along for a pint with.the office gang after work today.
14th January 2009 6:05pm

has only just realised how immense 'Sorry' on Chinese Democracy really is!
14th January 2009 9:43am

Is stuck in traffic on the M62
14th January 2009 8:56am