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It's been a hectic year so far. I've now realised why there are so many abandoned blogs. Here are a few of the things that have been keeping me busy...

Wayfinding, signage and posters for Borough Market. More here


Ongoing work on the SPOV identity

I've designed a suitably nostalgic identity for Croyde Post Office and Bookshop in Devon...

...started working with an old English soap manufacturer...

...a famous London brewer...

and a London museum.

And I've moved studio - top floor, lots of light with a view of the country's largest erection.

More posts soon(ish).

Milky milky

Arla have recently launched these rebranded packs that I designed for Lactofree at Path last year. I reworked the identity and packs to extend Lactofree from a single milk product into a range of yoghurts and cheeses. The product is real milk with the lactose removed (rather than a milk alternative) and the identity, packaging and back of pack information were all designed to reinforce this.

Market day

I bobbed into Roast this morning for the launch of this 68 page book that I've designed for Borough Market. The content includes the fascinating history of London's oldest food market, interviews with traders and retailers and a look at what the future holds for Borough. The lovely landscape illustration of the market by Karen Neale, great portrait photography by Dominik Gigler and the reassuring print expertise of Tom at Square all helped make for a very happy client.

Wrington Greens, an organic market garden in Somerset briefed me a while back to create the identity and packaging for their new 'Wrington Press' hand pressed drinks range. I've just received these test prints in time for the launch this weekend at Bristol Organic Festival.

The aim was to express their handcrafted, traditional approach by screen printing a two-colour design onto kraft paper. Printing opaque inks onto kraft labels proved tricky but in the end Anglia Labels solved it using their digital(!) Indigo press and achieved a great result.

Just received these discs and sleeves that I designed for Borough Market a few months back. Inspired by the flexo printed boxes knocking around at the end of market day, the branded sleeve is printed single colour onto unsealed board with six different disc designs to help hint at the variety of produce on offer at Borough Market. I originally winced when asked to add a white-out block to the discs to allow for the contents to be written, but thankfully managed to turn it into a positive addition...

New ID for SPOV

Multi-talented motion graphics company SPOV have just updated their online showreel with the new identity that I designed for them last year...

Type hero

I've recently had the pleasure of working with letterpress printmaker extraordinaire and thoroughly nice chap, Alan Kitching. I was lucky enough to visit Alan's workshop, where racks of lovely wood and metal letterpress type surround working presses, and see his studio full of original prints. We've been working on some 48 sheet posters for Borough Market - results above.

LogoLounge Volume 4

The latest LogoLounge book has just been published by Rotovision and, hurrah, I've had a couple of logos chosen for inclusion by a star-studded panel of judges:

"The judging for LogoLounge Volume 4, has been completed. We are excited with the exceptional quality level of work selected for this fourth volume.

We are also very pleased to inform you that your work has been chosen for inclusion in the new book by an international panel of judges, including Louis Lygo of Wolff Olins, Jerry Kuyper of Jerry Kuyper Partners, Jason Schulte of Jason Schulte Design, Gaby de Abreu of Switch Branding & Design, Haley Johnson of Haley Johnson Design, Neville Brody of Research Studios, Janet Martin of Communication Arts, Inc., and Chris Campbell of Interbrand."

Autographed copies available on request.

Check out www.logolounge.com for an ever-growing collection of identities from around the globe.

Hot off the press

Just received this test print of a die-cut tie pack. The pack is part of an ongoing re-branding project for corporate clothing and workwear specialists Mathias.

New address

A quick moving card for my 'landlords' Redjacket. From 10th October my studio address is as above...