Smart Playground

My design for a collaborative art project inspired by Smart.

Watch this space!

People I've never met, conversations I've never had...

This was my submission for an up-coming book from Nowbrow, on the theme "People I've never met, conversations I've never had". Artists/illustrators were invited to submit 2 images - 1 of a person you've never met and another of a conversation you've never had.

Amongst other things, I've never met a South American birdman (or any other nationality for that matter) and i've never spoken spanish to a houseplant.

Not surprisingly, from the masses of entries my work wasn't selected. It was still fun trying though, maybe next time....

All the other submissions can be seen here on flickr

Rosie's Armoire - Phase One

Trading as Rosie's Armoire, designer/maker Helen Ashworth has created a collection of contemporary textiles inspired by the contents of a vintage armoire -  assembled artwork and handmade items using a mix of stitch and print techniques. She has been exhibiting at trade shows and selling through various retail outlets but is soon to launch a new e-commerce site.

I was asked to design a new logo and business cards initially, and then carry this through to stickers which would be used for packaging, before moving on to design the website.

The business card uses the chosen logo, from a number of designs I created. The button icons are derived from a page of sketches i did initially, shown below.