Using Space

The use of space is of great consideration for all kinds of designers in our daily work but do we always remember to apply this to our workspaces?

Do you lean over books, magazines and papers with sketches and notes and marked chapters supporting your thinking. Do you only have a tiny area in which to move your mouse or get frustrated because your hand always catches on some piece of desk detritus.

Maybe you have told yourself that you'll tidy your work space right after the next pitch goes well, your latest deadline is met or maybe after next Thursday's de-brief meeting... excuses, excuses.

Take up the challenge now! Put as much considered space into your work area as you would into your work.

This blog post Decluttering as Zen Meditation can give you some motivation if the task seems more than a little overwhelming.

Before and after photos welcome!

Implication of simplicity

A good article on using the emotive power of implication and the start of the #clienttweaks trend on twitter. Enjoy :)

Read the full article here.

Bumped into a great thing

Did everyone else enjoy the Mr Men and Little Miss themed Google headers today?
Couldn't resist a copy of my favourite sporting Mr Bump and a very wobbly set of letters!

Fire!

Freelance is great; today I spent some time artworking this fire engulfed phoenix for one client and then worked on a new venture brand identity and web design for another. Exciting times!

Peas in pods!

For those of you keenly awaiting an update on the peas, I can say Yes! flowers and now pods have appeared. I potted up the plants a while back so they had room to grow and strings to which they could aspire. They have shot up and are fully functioning pea plants.