Word Cloud, (Yin) Obama Morning after

Bringing word clouds to print - 'Guardian morning after Obama'

YCN '09 Competition Skype Idea #1

This is a quick idea - I haven't done much stop frame animation outside of a computer screen for quite some time. This is an idea for why Skype is better than a phone - I like the idea of an old 70s phone as the style icon and showing how more can be done by interacting with it by animation. YCN competition '09

Drawing of Bowlers

Drawing I did in '06 of a Bowls competition ont' Green. There's something fascinating about the game, lots of rules and heated exchanges when things are up for dispute.

Sculpture, London Bridge

I like the contrast of this organic sculpture and the steel behind it.

MGMT album 'Oracular Spectacular' Design (YIN)

Now I would say that this is good design in terms of the music going with the 'zine feel' of the fold out package. I like the handwritten lyrics, the red theme and the 60s style mini poster. This is New rave in a consumable way. The one thing I really do like about this as a product is the 'Columbia' red CD, this makes it look like an old vinyl.

Illustration / Drawings

Sketchbook work for Shebang! magazine

Work in progress for Shebang! magazine illustrating an article on Wild Beasts.

http://www.shebang-mag.co.uk/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2008/artists/wildbeasts/

Information Graphics - Dot Dot Dot Magazine (Yin)

Graphic Design that conveys quantity and information is a chief function of good graphic design. They say a picture says a thousand words - Graphic Design can represent our lives, full stop. I remember owning an old oxford atlas. It still had the USSR listed as a big red mass. This illustrative Graphic Design in DOT DOT DOT magazine 13, shows economic output and time focusing in on the 1930s. I especially like the Automobile production graph. Considering the time and ethos this picture gives an overall view of important economies. This would also result in conflict of some kind. This makes this image especially valuable when looking back.

MONIAC (as featured below) - DOT DOT DOT magazine

Moniac Economy Modeling Hydro Analogue Computer (Yin)

A photo at the Science Museum London of the MONIAC. This Machine has been the subject of several radio documentaries, a book and has kept several governments ahead in economics. Built in 1947 out of old lancaster bomber parts in a garage. This machine can show the true scale of economic modelling by using water as an analogy. This seems pretty relevant in todays turbulent economic times. We have always tried to predict the free markets, but understanding them with a visual aid such as this could show our spending better and more effective than say a red line on a graph. I attended a lecture at Leeds University by Chris Bisell. Apparantly two can be linked to simulate UK / US economy and operates similiar to a human heart in terms of fluid flow. I read up alot on fluid dynamics in a fleeting chance I could replicate this machine in a different way but engineering isnt my forte. A newer link for more information :

http://airminded.org/2008/06/04/moniac-and-the-warfare-state/

Experiment#8 (Submission Idea for Mute Magazine - Women's inequality in the workplace)

Illustrative Book (looking at the world), MA work 2008 (Text Section)

Below are Images of part of my MA work posted as a record of it 'existing'. It basically is produced to comment on the world between Feb 07 and Sep 07. The credit crunch is a theme that filtered into my work at this time I also enjoyed playing around with information design. This book was really a mish mash of all of my studies.

Illustrative Book (looking at the world), MA work 2008 (Very First Section)

Illustrative Book (looking at the world), MA work 2008 (First Section)

Illustrative Book (looking at the world), MA work 2008 (Middle Section)

Illustrative Book (looking at the world), MA work 2008 (Last Section)

New Year Graphic Design Idea (2009)

How would you signify the passing of an old year and the beginning of a new? I like the idea of showing the earth in one position in 2008 and another in 2009, a split second between years and almost an exact position of the earth at this pivotal change. After all the calendar is pretty much based on the orbit of the earth and the moon.