Islington Green Dental Practice redesign

A new logo and identity for IGDP, including stationery, leaflets and assorted items of print. I also proofread and/or re-wrote all the literature.

American Express Business Travel – Earls Court 2011

Those blue blurry lines again. But this time with no background image and the whole effect looked a lot cleaner and neater. I managed to find time to go to the show and take some photos of the finished product. Happy to say I was really pleased with the quality and finish of the graphics.

Alive creds/thanks booklet

Lud at Alive wanted a different kind of creds booklet.

He wanted something that he could give as a thank you to his existing clients which could also be used as a promotional item in the future. He wanted something conversational.

He also knew what he didn't want... he didn't want pics of events, or anything corporate, or logos, or the 'our brief was this, so we did that' approach.

All the six case studies in this A5 booklet contain stories told by Lud and feedback from each of the clients invlolved. We're rather pleased with it!

Pastiche record cover

This was a private job for a friend who wanted something special to give as a wedding present.

I created an LP-size pastiche mock-up of the cover of one of their favourite songs. It was float-mounted and framed and now hangs on their wall. Smaller versions were made for close relatives.

Amex Pacesetters 2010

Every year Amex put on a 'thank you' event for their best-performing employees, and in 2010 the theme was 'magic'.

Shown here is a very small selection of some of the items of collateral and event graphics I created which included elements for an Alice In Wonderland courtroom complete with 'wooden' walls and desk (a pic of the finished thing is shown bottom left).

KIT postcards

A series of promotional postcards for KIT who produce lightweight technical garments etc.

The images were chosen and supplied by the client so it was all about making them work as a family of five.

John Cullen Lighting product catalogue

What a job! This product brochure, showing John Cullen's full range, was a tough job to produce, what with all the images to collate, diagrams and illustrations to draw or re-size, dimensions and spec to be added on at artwork stage, etc. The pictures down the right-hand edges show off some of the products in situ. This is the second version of this catalogue I have produced; products are always changing or being added/deleted.

As I write this I am in the process of designing the 'sister' design brochure which is picture-led and inspirational.

Motorcycle magazine and press ads

If you have ever flicked through motorcycle magazines you will have noticed that most ads are loud, packed with images and over-colourful.

For MotoEvolution's diverse range of bike products we wanted to make the ads a bit classier but without looking out of place on the same page.

NPA redesign

NPA's expansion has been rapid and their promotional leaflets, brochures, website etc all need to be brought together and given a simplified identity to connect the seven sectors and make them look part of the same forward-thinking company. Following on from the success of the partial redesign for the panels at Excel 09, I came up with an idea to replace the existing mis-matched leaflets and gatefold brochures with DL-sized swatch cards that could be tailored to suit each individual client's needs. These would be fronted by and held together with die-stamped composite plastic manufactured by the company itself.

The website would also echo the same design.

Unfortunately this project is on hold for the time being.

Jack Morton brand identity guidelines

Putting together succinct guidelines can sometimes be a hard job. Less is more. Especially on those pages where one shows what cannot be done with the logo – let's face it, that could go on ad infinitum!

I worked closely with the brand designer on this one and we spent a lot of time on the naming and collating of the various master logo files, so as to (hopefully) avoid any confusion, and make these guidelines as easy as possible to follow and adhere to.

Earlier JM brand identities that I have worked on can be found here.

Brochure design for bespoke kitchen company

I designed this in close conjunction with Iain. Our client wanted the brochure to be clean, modern and use plenty of white space. From the client's large database of images we chose what we considered to be the best ones and, using these as inspiration, invented a flexible grid and a palette of earthy yet contemporary colours to complement them.

Sadly, probably due to the current financial climate, the client pulled out and the project has been shelved. Fingers crossed they change their minds as this would have been a lovely piece of print.

Postcards for the Ghostsigns Archive

In conjunction with The History of Advertisng Trust (HAT) and Rank Hovis, Sam Roberts has been busy setting up an archive of all the old painted advertising signs that were painted directly onto walls over the past century. As well as taking lots of photos of these myself, I have been helping him with design and artwork for various items in conjunction with this project. This set of 10 postcards has been created for the launch event, though we hope we may be able to sell more in the future to help fund the project.

We are also working on a book of the same.

American Express London Skyline panels

As previously mentioned, Amex has a really strong identity for Business Travel which involves a fair bit of Photoshop work. Once an image is sourced, either from Amex's database of images or from a picture library, the general layout/design has to be agreed before blurred movement lines are added in specific shades of blue. In this instance I needed to find a suitable image that would be OK to use at 8 metres wide and really lucky to find the one below on Flickr. A mobile of logos and other Amex images hung above it. I understand it was well-received.

NP Aerospace product cards

These product cards were created for use at the Excel 09 event using the same colours for the 7 sectors, but as an overall grid to denote technical design.

Initial designs for full page ads

The client, a bespoke kitchen maker, was a bit vague as to what was required; what look to achieve for their high-end advertising campaign. There was even talk of producing a new logo. Using three very different images, Iain and I came up with a few rough ideas to show them how each might be used in various different ways. One of those images is shown here.

The project has been shelved for the time being.

Stationery evolution

I have produced the artwork for the stationery for this company for over 12 years through 3 different name changes and 5 different identities. It comprises not just the usual letterhead, comp slip and business cards, but also a long list of labels, stickers and inserts for items such as CD cases, presentation documents and wallets, VHS and Beta tapes and cases, document covers, even carrier bags.
Shown here are the four early identities. Guidelines for the current one can be found here.
Please note the lovely thank you letter addressed to me which reads:

"Dear Jane... The brand launch, without doubt, was our best ever... An enormous amount of credit for the success goes to you, because without your hard work and professionalism it would not have been possible.... [we] found working with you very reassuring. Yours is certainly a job where patience and unflappability are a bonus and you have it in abundance...."

Braybrook & Britten mini catalogues 2009

Two smaller brochures for B+B ; a 12pp insert and a 48pp Christmas mailer based on the full-sized September version.

These are not just scaled-down versions of the earlier ones, but re-styled and re-jigged pages as the fonts all change for these smaller editions for ease of legibility, so everything has to be cross-checked for erroneous line breaks, mentions of 'actual size' etc.

Braybook & Britten catalogue 2009

64pp plus covers. Layouts for B+B catalogues are planned once all the products have been photographed. All jewellery has to be shown actual size and this means it is always a major jigsaw puzzle. During the rough layout stages items get moved around a lot from page to page until the client is happy that we have achieved the best spreads to sell from.

Shown here are pre-press pdfs, hence some really rough cut-outs; the extensive Photoshop work, to merge and montage some images together, is done by the repro department at the printers.

NP Aerospace event graphics and identity redesign

NP Aerospace wanted a more modern, clean, coherent identity. And they wanted this to start from the Excel 09 event where they had a large stand.

Time was of the essence, so, retaining the roundel version of the logo, I designed a template that could be adapted for use on each of the 7 sectors, giving each of the 1.5m triptychs a dirty pastel backround colour, utilising a red thread to hold together the 'story' of how their products are manufactured from start to finish.

This design was then adapted for use on the individual product cards using the colours as an overall grid background.

The same idea was also applied to the 3 panels for the IST toblerone, part of the same stand, shown here bottom right.

Nokia

Shown here is a design for a 4pp magazine insert, and some small pocket brochures. Nokia, as with most large well-established companies, already has a strong identity and strict corporate guidelines, so it's always a challenge coming up with new ideas and thinking within the box, to make each new item have an identity of its own

Jack Morton marketing

At JM they call these 'Snapshots'. Each 2-sided card is about one aspect of the company's strengths, or for one event or project.

My task when designing and artworking them, was to set up a loose template and then, depending on the images available for each one, choose the most intriguing or arresting image for the front of each card. For some of the more generic cards, a whole new image might need to be sourced or created from scratch.

On the reverse of each card a small selection images were chosen to accompany the text describing briefly the project from brief to completion.

There are 100s of these.

Royal Mail Group, print items for the Chairman's Excellence Awards

Every year The Royal Mail Group invites its staff to nominate a fellow employee for an award. The 2008 event was designed to look like a house with, for instance, themed wallpaper and carpet, a really large front door and over-sized electrical sockets.

Shown here are my initial designs for the various print items which continued the same idea – the posters featured everyday treats and rewards; the nomination form had a door on the front; the invitation had keys; the ticket had a welcome mat; the event programme featured things such as a reminder post-it on the fridge, a branded tablecloth with plates and menu, a coat stand on the prizes page, lights and lampshades for the nominees (luminaries!), and dining chairs for the judges.

Sadly, for me, a lot of these ideas were watered down by the time the job was finally artworked. The client was keen on the brown and gold stars image on the front of the programme and wanted this to be repeated wherever possible, in particular the posters, the nomination form and the ticket.

Re the internal pages of the programme, only the fridge and and the plates made it through to the final cut. I still say they could have used children's fridge magnet letters for the A-Z nominations. Ah well, what do I know?!

HP Technology@Work event guides

Three years running I have set up the templates and produced the artwork for these A5 event guides. They are full of seminar listings, company overviews and speaker biogs etc following HP's strict company style guidelines. It's "Style Sheet City". Strange as that may sound, messing about with type and forms is something I really enjoy as I find a great sense of satisfaction when it all fits in well, looks good and is easy for the user to understand and navigate.

Athens 2004 opening and closing ceremonies

Jack Morton created and produced the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens. 1000s of photographs were taken and a selection was was put into a 220pp book called 'Ceremony' which told the story of the making of these events.

I picture edited, designed and created the layouts and artwork, based on a rough template that had already been set up. I also went to the printers to do a press pass etc.

I am really pleased final printed book, and it was hard choosing just 8 spreads to show here.

I also designed an invitation for the book launch; my idea being a 6pp concertina leaflet that could be torn along perforations to make individual postcards, one being the reply paid card acceptance card. Sad to report that the printer used perforations that were too close together and thus the things just fell apart once opened. I was SO disappointed!

Other landscape format postcards were also designed.

Felt rugs

Design and artwork for various items of print for Felt.

From L-R: invitations, leaflets, ads.

American Express Invitations

Two invitations for American Express events. And,top right, mocked-up at smaller sizes than the final glossy printed item, are some of the early designs for that particular event.

IBM Bangalore invitation

I was really getting into this and then the event was cancelled. Hence, these are working designs. I wanted each of the 16 A4 pages to depict some of the sumptuous colours and textures of Banaglore.

An earlier design for an event at St Andrews is here.

MOD – Falklands 25 years commemoration ceremony handbook

A prestigious event and what a lovely job to work on.
The design had already been created and approved. I was brought in to streamline it, pull the artwork together and oversee the print, which was almost a disaster, the printer having omitted to buy in the correct cream paper stock. But in the end we got them to flood the pages with 7% yellow and the same effect was achieved.
I watched the flypast from The Mall on the day and it was great to see so many people clutching their copies as souvenirs of the day.

Amex print

Three different projects here.

In Top Gear – shown here is the A4 pocketed folder, notepad, pocket event guide and delegate badge.

Pacesetters – there were over a hundred exhibitors at this event and as well as the signage for each of their booths (not shown) there were various bits of print to produce for the delegates including an A4 pocketed folder, notepad and 'Passport' which was a marketing device for delegates to tick off every booth they visited and perhaps win a prize.

Good2G0 – The fold up leaflet was based on a patented idea already in print. The screen-printed mirror card theme, used on the fronts and backs was also echoed on the postcard-sized invite and many other items (not shown here) such as A3 posters and a box containing a range of cosmetics that were also branded with the event logo.

Braybrook & Britten catalogue spring/summer 2008

64pp plus covers. Layouts for B+B catalogues are planned once all the products have been photographed. During the rough layout stages items get moved around a lot from page to page until the client is happy. Add to the mix that all jewellery items have to be shown actual size and it becomes a sparkly puzzle. But the end result is always worth all the effort.