The blog of digital & graphic designer Adam Robbins.
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Great insightful piece from Fast Magazine co-founder Bill Taylor on why trying to innovate isn’t innovative and why having fun is key. Bill cite’s this quote from Wired contributor Tim O’Reilly, taken from this months edition of Wired:
“The myth of innovation is that it starts with entrepreneurs, but it really starts with people having fun. The Wright brothers weren’t trying to build an airline, they were saying, ‘Holy shit, do you think we could fly?’ The first kids who made snowboards, they just glued skis together and said, ‘Let’s try this!’ With the web, none of us thought there was money in it. People said, ‘This document came from halfway around the world. How awesome is that!”
A logo I produced for a client that I just found out won’t be getting used.
Intriguing, beautiful and most of all; simple — Guardian Food Magazine cover from former Guardian CD Mark Porter. The guy also behind the iPad edition of The Guardian.
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Velocity extract —
‘Do and Learn, don’t Wait and See. Get started and be prepared to improve as you go on. Being ‘beta’ doesn’t mean dropping your responsibilities onto users, or that it’s ever okay to put out something sub-par. It means first making sure you truly ‘have a product’ and then making it better. Pick a clear target. Reassess. Now go again.’
Preview here.
I’m currently reading Velocity — The Seven New Laws For A World Gone Digital, the expanded email conversations of Ajax Ahmed (AKQA Founder) and Stefan Oldander (Vice President of Digital Sport at Nike). A publication birthed by two figure heads from the digital industry with the aim of educating the every-day man in the street about a world ‘dominated by rapid change and digital technology’.
At present I’m fifty pages deep, and so far so good, (If you ignore the preface penned by disgustingly wealthy tosspot, ‘Sir’ Richard Branson, which I read hours prior to being tightly packed onto one of his over-subscribed, over-priced, piss-scented, Virgin train services).
Thus far It’s been a series of (not so in-depth) case studies. Many of these highlight the downfalls of mainstream brands, whom during the last 20 years, have failed to embrace the digital advancements that have shaped consumer behaviour. This occasionally interspersed with motivational words of wisdom stockpiled by the co-authors during their careers.
At £6 from Amazon (conveniently a featured case study in the book) it’s worth a look for those use the internet for more than bragging about their sad fucking lives on social media sites.
A stunning pitch document put together by Graphical House for Channel 4’s Formula 1 TV rights pitch. Beautiful typography elegantly meats beautiful photography.
An example amongst many of Martin Nicolaussons illustrative typography with it’s unique beautiful black and white grainy quality. More here—
Andy Gilmore ranks among some of my favourite designers. A prime example of someone who blurs the lines between Illustration, Graphic Design & Modern Art.
Vinyl sleeve artwork for @lastjapan. A work in progress.
Designed & photography by myself.
Vinyl sleeve artwork for @lastjapan. A work in progress.
Designed & photography by myself.
Vintage peanut m&m packaging.
N55 shoot. Photographed by myself.
N55 shoot.
Photographed by myself.
