2. Freelance
self-employed since 2006
with a small and loyal client base
Graphic designer/editorial designer for an innovative training company
Graphic designer/artworker for Towergate Insurance Company, Europe’s largest
independently owned intermediary
Trainer/tutor of Indesign for a travel company
Graphic designer/editorial designer for Southwark News, an independent
local newspaper
Conceptual illustrator for a T-shirt company
Design and production of a series of children’s books
When not in employment I am happy to undertake unpaid voluntary design work
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4. WeAdmire T-shirt designs
Commissioned to design a T Shirt reflecting
the accomplishments of Alan Blumlein
• research Blumlein
• photograph of Blumlein re-drawn with stereo
headphones superimposed
• font chosen to reflect electrical engineering
• short biography of Blumlein
sound and vision engineer
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5. WeAdmire
Neville Brody
The name Brody on the T Shirt was
taken from the graphic on the cover
of one of his books on graphic
design. We Admire is picked out
vertically in red and also in the
horizontal lines. The font Arcadia is
blurred suggesting “read between
the lines” with Blur being
highlighted in red.
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6. WeAdmire - Mods
Mods are a romantic notion of a stylish
youth subculture inspired by Satre
and existentialism; fans of soul,
ska, r&b and beat music and
coffee bars. Colin MacInnes author
of the novel Absolute Beginners
introduces the main character as
being a young British stylish jazz fan
who dresses in sharp modern Italian
clothes, described as a 'modernist'.
Scooters were chosen as transport because
all the mechanics were hidden, therefore
ideal for riding without getting their expensive
suits dirty...as was the reason Parkas were
chosen as overcoats...to keep clothes clean.
The Mod logo of the target usually sewn on
the back of the parka was taken from the RAF
roundel. Scooters were customised with
mirrors and lights and lots of chrome.
Finding the vintage headlines of the clash
between Mods and Rockers reminded me
that memories are sometimes very selective!
However, I have since read that the press
milked this era for sensationalist journalism.
Nothing changes!
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7. WeAdmire - Primo Levi
The concept:
• The barbed wire frame is symbolic
of Auschwitz.
• The figure 174517 was Levi’s
prisoner number
• The letters over that number
represent the same in chemical
symbols; hydrogen; nitrogen;
beryllium; boron and chlorine.
• The silhouette is of Levi at his computer
• The image on the computer is alloxan
mentioned in the story Nitrogen in The
Periodic Table, which is in the background.
• The 'gas' coming out of the monitor
represents two things: alloxan turns out to
be a poison but also represents the
maelstrom in this quote:
"I am a normal man with a good memory
who fell into a maelstrom and got out of it
more by luck than by virtue, and who from
that time on has preserved a certain curiosity
about maelstroms large and small,
metaphorical and actual."
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21. First Step
New logo design for a Leicester charity (voluntary)
Help for adult male survivors of sexual abuse and their supporters
HELPLINE:
0116 254 8535
Helpline available 4.30pm to 8.00pm
Monday and Tuesday
with trained support volunteers.
24 hour answerphone
if no answer leave a message,
we WILL get back to you.
Help for adult male survivors of sexual abuse and their supporters
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22. Diversions dance & physical theatre
Promotional leaflets (voluntary)
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27. Competition entry
Random Postcard: based on a randomly generated word. Mine was “Home”.
Concept:
homing pigeons;
lofts - fashionable living space - home;
pigeon lofts
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28. Resumé In brief:
Adobe CS4, Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Professional
QuarkXpress 6, Keynote, Microsoft Office, Filemaker
Production and pre-press experience including flat plans, high resolution PDFs
liaising with repro houses and printers
Good time management skills. Working to tight schedules
Design of marketing material
Editorial design (re-designed consumer magazines)
Design and production of a series of children’s books
Conceptual illustrator
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