I was pondering over the disasterous Greggs Christmas campaign where they replaced Jesus in a nativity scene with a sausage roll. I was quite taken with the range of outrage to what was at worse a poor call of judgment. On one hand right wing groups are calling for a boycott because they are, of ... Read More
It’s a little fun folks. Graphic designers know full well the pig that is Microsoft Publisher. It’s an awful con job. It makes people think that they are designers because they can poke their way around the software. Sadly the same ethos is ever present for MS Word users. The shocking thing is the amount ... Read More
I was pondering about contextual branding today. Looking at Pinterest, I note a range of exciting design solutions that are artistically vibrant and visually engaging, but there is a ‘but’. These designs, from all over the World, are crafted for their given marketplace. Each marketplace allows for different levels of accepted style based upon a ... Read More
Hmm, less said the better. This is what I mean when I talked about design illiteracy. When you don’t know what your doing it’s as obvious as a pimple on your nose. Most of the time it’s not what you can do with DIY design – it’s what you shouldn’t do. I had a client ... Read More
