hello.
this is my cv/portfolio.
'my' is a lovely young man who works creatively in print and on the web. i recently (10/2007) took a full-time position at beef, one of bristol's finest digital agency's. long live beef! wearebeef.co.uk
cv.
profile:
i'm often found using the word nice/
my eyes are always open/
i'm like a kid at christmas when i'm working on or involved with design/
excited people excite me/
i get really frustrated by slow moving pedestrian traffic/
i want to experiment with style, media and method/
i work well to music, recently i have been enjoying: dubstep/
good composition and typography puts the willies up me/
there's nothing better than getting it right/
i'm currently a big fan of: ale/
i'm happier now than ever/
experience:
i have worked for, with and around a number of professional / creative bods:
- + 10/2006 - present
- beef
- wearebeef.co.uk
- in november of 2006 i made some new friends over at beef. i have been lead by these very talented chaps in building a number of interactive websites. here i'm being inspired by beef's ability to marry design, function and accessibility. i really hope i have other opportunities to work with these gents again.
[ update: now working full-time at beef - hooray! ]
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- + 10/2006 - 06/2007
- sub sub skills
- subsubskills.co.uk
- i was honoured and awfully excited after signing up with sub sub skills. honoured to be working alongside some of the best bristol talent today and excited at the prospect of things to come.
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- + 02/2006 - present
- coordinate new media
- coordinatenewmedia.co.uk
- myself and a very clever young man called greg set up coordinate, a dynamic partnership that has taken on a range of local, national and international clients. with cheerful readiness i’ve creatively directed a range of functional and accessible solutions, all the while keeping a very trendy business hat firmly on my egg-like head.
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- + 02/2006 - 08/2007
- enable interactive
- enableinteractive.co.uk
- throughout 2006 i worked within the team at enable. taking me on as a design infant and developing my sense of wrong and right. i admire the ethics that enable work under and the environment they work in, it’s an exciting and engaging experience in which i learnt new skills on a daily basis from a team i respect on many levels.
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- + 09/2005
- ordnance survey
- ordnancesurvey.co.uk
- i spent a week in the design dept at the ordnance survey working within strict corporate guidelines. my time at the os pushed me into new software and developed my confidence working in a professional environment.
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skills:
transferrable;
+ listening, constructive criticism, verbal and written expression, dynamic ideas, team leadership and membership, complete involvement, unmatched enthusiasm, and a good hand shake.
+ use of typography and layout, usability and navigation, strong sense of composition, space, style and use of colour.
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technical;
+ print/ indesign, photoshop, illustrator, the corel suite, ms office, bookbinding, embossing, photography.
+ web/ dreamweaver, basic html, ftp.
+ motion/ flash, video, sound studio.
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[ mac osx and windows ]
education:
- + 09/2004 - 05/2007
- ba (hons) graphic design @ bristol school of art, media and design, uwe.
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- + 09/2003 - 06/2004
- art foundation degree @ winchester school of art, southampton university.
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- + 09/2001 - 06/2003
- a-levels in art, ict and business @ peter symonds college, winchester.
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- + 09/1996 - 06/2001
- 11 gcse's @ the mountbatten school, romsey.
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referee's:
- + professional
- darius pocha
creative director, enable interactive.
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- + personal
- prof eric thomas
vice chancellor, bristol uni.
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[ details available upon request ]
download my cv [ pdf ]
portfolio.
seasoned beefings:
a photo mash up by order of beef for their christmas greetings.
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electric december:
after providing content in previous years for electric december in 2007 beef were asked to build the brand / website and promote it. we came up with 'electric turkeys'. here's how it turned out...
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prone:
here i refreshed prone's identity very briefly to sit within their new blog.
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sugarhill festival 2007:
our second year working on the sugarhill brand. greg and i decided it was time for a bit of sparkle.
sugarhillfestival.co.uk
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the big multisensory series:
a series of large format worksheets: "the big multisensory series are a range of graphic tools that help document a range of sensory activity through colour. their purpose is to enable users to compare and explore their senses while having a little fun along the way.
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thinkplace:
myself and greg were more than happy to meet and work with ginkgo projects. they are commissioning a wayfinding network for the developing bower ashton campus at bristol school of art media and design through a competition. They asked us to be responsible for the brand, promo and website.
thinkplace.org.uk
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coordinate:
when we come to create the website for coordinate, this first round development of the coordinate brand may evolve and mature. this can be considered as the foundations of the personality of the brand.
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voices uk:
my second issue of dream theater's uk fanzine - new voice.
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light up bristol:
i was asked to produce 1 of 6 slides to be featured alongside the likes of aardman and e3, a chance not only to work with a handful of bristol's finest but also to see my work 400ft wide.
video footage of the big night
light up bristol: flickr group
thanks to james burniston for kindly letting me use his photography.
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wimap:
identity and interface development lead by the lads over at beef. this handy piece of kit is part of bristol's bid for the uk's digital challenge.
wi-map.co.uk
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seven:
uni provided title: seven. a chance for me to be playful with style and composition on the run up to our final self initiated study. i've included a sprinkle of pages from a 24 sided document.
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voices uk:
here i completely re-worked a fanzine. dream theater play to massive audiences around the world and subsequently the new look went out to over 1,500 people in over 10 different countries.
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iconography:
a set of ever so shiny icons created for use on a interactive resource website.
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moda:
two variations on club flyer solutions for an electro night up in not so sunny lincoln.
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sugarhill blues festival:
a full brand/identity for my second blues festival, created alongside promotional material and a microsite.
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bristol blues 06:
an identity and brand image that was implimented across the entire design output of 2006's bristol blues festival.
bristolblues.co.uk
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percol:
a set of stills taken from an 'adventure in coffee' built in flash. i had an awful lot of fun working with the guys down at enable.
percol.co.uk
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bs20yy:
a piece that demonstrates the qualities of a postcode in bristol that i spent 5 solid hours observing [in the wet and cold!].
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aries:
a proposed identity for a local paramedic/emergency response unit based in bristol.
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talking heads:
promotional material produced for a series of design talks held at uwe for second year graphic design students including myself.
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you were here:
a conceptual piece based on public landscapes.
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two of five things i'd save from a fire:
two postcards taken from a set of five displayed within a book. they represent memories i would save, in the form of photos, from a fire. they were faked using a range of methods to ensure they looked used and posted.
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the clockwork orange:
a cover created in my first year @uwe for the book "the clockwork orange" by anthony burgess.
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self portrait:
an introduction to richard. these joined me on my first day @uwe and sat alongside 69 other excitable young freshers.
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luckyduck:
a series of cheeky chicks (alive & dead) produced for a chuckle.
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ooze/ the non-alcoholic bar:
an identity created for a fictional non-alcoholic bar in southampton, promoting this unique niche as refreshing and credible as an alternative to alcoholic venues.
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