A quick scout around my local area results in the discovery of a wonderful array of christmas themed property. Hopefully I will have more examples on the way - the more OTT the better I say.
Monday, 13 December 2010
Museum of Everything
ROLL UP, ROLL UP! Get down to the Museum of Everything in Primrose Hill before it finishes at Christmas!
"Marvel at our assemblies of Punch and Judy and little people! Bedazzle yourself with side-show banners from the Americas! Ride the miniature fairgrounds of retired Norfolk farmer Arthur Windley! Stuff yourself at Walter Potter's Museum of Curiosity, a masterwork of Victorian animalia!"
Personally though, my favorite exhibit of all displayed artifacts from Carters Royal Berkshire Steam Fair, which I attended many a time in my younger years, but in those days failed to appreciate the sheer BEAUTY of the 'Rock and Roll Dodgems', 'Chairoplanes', 'Victory Dive Bomber' and the like. Next time it's in town, I'm there.
You can also join he carters Steam Fair online facebook group!
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
PUB.
Keeping busy again, I've volunteered to do some marketing material for my local pub, The Cricketers in Littlewick Green where I work part-time. Here's a poster and flyer for their upcoming new years eve party. I feel very strongly about supporting pubs because, like many other people, I feel that they are a huge part of British culture and identity. It is saddening to know how many are struggling to survive and closing down. With this in mind, I will be beginning my own 'save our pubs' campaign in my local area within the next couple of weeks.
Monday, 29 November 2010
More work in progress
I'm currently in the process of expanding my portfolio so that it is geared more towards advertising and promotion. So as well as a Coca Cola project, I am also beginning to create ideas for campaigns for products I have designed myself. The top image is an initial idea for and editorial and internet campaign for my 'HitBAG' which I would like to design in-keeping with a self-directed photograph (above) that I took in the summer.
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
One from the archive
Just re-discovered this photo of what had become a great 'three dimensonal poster' in Algecirus, Spain in 2007.
Saturday, 20 November 2010
Coca Cola Scratch Cans - Go For Gold! [work in progress]
Following on from my 'Cuppa Luck' tea set where I began exploring the application of a scratch off coating to three dimensional objects, I have begun a self-initiated project which uses this concept hypothetically for promotional cans of Coca Cola, in accordance with their sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympics. The limited edition gold cans celebrate each Olympic sport with 26 different hidden designs to uncover and collect. The discovery of a rare bronze, silver or gold medal, however, indicates the winner of a prize - to be retrieved via the Coca Cola website.
Below are some of my designs for the cans, to be uncovered once the gold coating is scratched away.
Thursday, 11 November 2010
4977 miles - LA to NYC in 21 days
I have just completed an incredible coast to coast trip of the United States where I was able to visit places I have always dreamed of exploring. Armed with my Nikon I was able to capture my love of American visual culture - a feast for my eyes at least. Here is a selection from a much wider library of photographs of what proved to be a fascinating country.
Hollywood Boulevard
An ingenious cocktail bar concept at Wet Willies in San Diego
Oh God, it's Vegas...
Inside The Venetian where it is daylight 24 hours a day
I'm willing to believe that this, probably is, the largest gift shop in the world
And then to a natural wonder
An eatery with a difference on Route 66
The Mardi Gras warehouse on the Mississippi River, New Orleans where the beautiful carnival floats are made and stored
Beale Street, Memphis, for the most exceptional live music
Someone called Elvis Presley was discovered here...
No need to tell you where this is
Coney Island, NYC
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Homes & Antiques
Find Cuppa Luck on page 19 of the October issue of BBC Homes & Antiques magazine. With thanks to Penny Britain.
Monday, 23 August 2010
Cuppa Luck causes a stir
Design Milk have kindly featured my Cuppa Luck tea set on their blog. It can also be found at AT CASA.it , Designtaxi.com and Cookdays.com
Monday, 26 July 2010
England's Vegas
Last summer, my short trip to a handful of English towns and cities including Hull, Beaconsfield, Stockton-on-Tees, Kensington and Chelsea, Middlesborough and Henley-on-Thames looked to uncover the diversity of the aesthetics and materials that can be found here and their connections to affluence and deprivation. The collection of images that I accumulated formed the foundations for which much of my degree work was built, encouraging a consideration of the role that chance plays in dictating the lifestyles we are born in to and the objects and aesthetics we surround ourselves with. My favourite of all the places I visited was Blackpool which, as expected boasts a treasure trove of visual stimulation and mass culture with cheap and cheerful aesthetics, garish colours and patterns and a total disregard for trends or taste WHICH I LOVE! Here are a few of my best Blackpool photos.
Sunday, 18 July 2010
es.homesandproperty.co.uk
See Barbara Chandler's rave review of the Furniture Fruit Machine at the Evening Standard's Homes and Properties site HERE!
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