October 28, 2015 • 9:16 am 0
Simple way of using a lead image for promotion/branding on Twitter and on their website by Solid Steel Radio. (Website however is really tricky to navigate around on a laptop – presume it is designed for touch screens?) – For those wanting to hear the sounds of Avalon Emerson check out her Soundcloud page.
Filed under: Advertising, Design, Graphic, Social Media, avalon emerson, solid steel radio
October 28, 2015 • 8:33 am 0
A few twitter ads for @RoughTrade and @SolidSteelRadio twitter promotion posts over the last bit of time – a little bit of transparent colour overlay – simple, styled…
Filed under: Advertising, Design, Social Media, design, ninja tune, rough trade, solid steel radio, twitter ads
October 24, 2015 • 9:06 pm 0
Although these are a little low quality – Ordnance Survey maps always beautiful. Have to admit I know absolutely nothing about the process of how these are created…hmmm..
Filed under: Illustration, illustration, Maps, Ordnance Survey
August 9, 2015 • 9:59 pm 0
Some images that have appeared over twitter over the last month or so.
1 – from i-D magazine, Folk Collective shoot by Jo Duck; 2 Nike, Find Your Fast; 3 – Women’s World Cup…
Filed under: Design, Photography, folk collective, i-D, Nike, photography
June 14, 2015 • 1:33 pm 0
Took this photo on my travels when walking through the badlands of Bedminister (Bristol) on a Sunday morning a few months back… proper street-artistry from Dan Kitchener…there is something to be said for street-art – it can surprise and blow you away whilst you are doing something mundane like going to the shops…
Filed under: Graphic, Illustration, bristol, dan kitchener, graffiti, street art
June 3, 2015 • 9:53 pm 0
I am spotting a theme here – i-D is 35 so every post of theirs has 35 things – best of etc..
Getting past that – here are 3 awesome front covers from 93-94. I have looked but I cannot work out who the art-director/creative director was for these covers – but they really are amazing – 20 years old but far more interesting than the 35 model concept they have chosen to run with for the current edition.
Sonic, Jan 93 – Naomi, Sept 93 – Amber, Mar 94
Filed under: Design, Magazine, Photography, amber valletta, design, i-D, magazine, naomi campbell, photography, sonic
June 3, 2015 • 9:18 pm 0
i-D is 35 years old! I can’t remember how long it took me to realise the connection of the front cover feature image and the masthead – too long. Here are a few of portraits from i-D’s 35 feature of profiles of actors, models before they were famous (although not really strictly true). Some of the portraits are a little meh – but these are the best. Keanu back in April 93 – photography Stephen Hamel – Orlando, Jan 02 – photography Alex Hoerner and Garrett (not too sure who he is) – pre-fall 12 – photography Matthew Brookes (Just as an aside i-D has one of the most interesting editorial twitter feeds I reckon…) 
Filed under: Design, Photography, Alex Hoerner, i-D, Matthew Brookes, photography, portrait, Stephen Hamel
May 31, 2015 • 10:05 pm 0
As a break to UX based posts – here is some work from Robert Clayton (via i-D magazine) – photographs from 1991 of the Lion Farm estate. Nice article by Nathalie Olah (on their site) to support these photographs. A book of this work Estate: Robert Clayton with essays from Jonathan Meades (surely worth the price alone for his writing!) and Laura Noble. 
Filed under: Design, Photography, Shop, Estate, i-D, Nathalie Olah, Robert Clayton
May 31, 2015 • 9:38 pm 0
A little more reference on the purpose, approach and execution of this tool. From the BBC Internet Blog – Refreshing BBC Sport User Personas (by Christine Charnock) – from Christof Zurn a persona poster template (licensed under CreativeCommons) – and from a link from the BBC a couple of posts from Smashing Magazine (by Shlomo Goltz) – part 1 and part 2. Additionally on these posts are a great range of further resources and reference. Lots to read!
Filed under: Reference, UX design, BBC Internet, Christine Charnock, Christof Zurn, Personas, Shlomo Goltz, Smashing Magazine, user personas, user research
May 31, 2015 • 8:05 pm 0
Nice diagram showing the stages of user research through discovery, alpha and beta – (via Leisa Reichelt (gov.uk) – always insightful, and like the BBC happy to share ideas, approaches and best practice.
Filed under: Blogs, Reference, UX design, discovery, leisa reichelt, user research
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