Continuing on the Typography theme... here is my recommended read for all you type geeks, Just My Type by Simon Garfield.  It is a carefully crafted series of stories about fonts, superbly entertaining and very engaging.  I have only a chapter to go and I have loved every minute of it.

You can get it on amazon, as an iPhone/iPad App or if you live in Bristol get it in the last bookshop on Park Street for £2...a bargain.

This morning I have been playing around with Adobe Ideas on the iPad. It is essentially a painting app, however what is really nice about it is that it converts each brush stoke into vectors. This means your canvas has no set resolution and when you email your finished artwork to yourself as a PDF, you can then open it in adobe illustrator and continue editing.

Another other great feature is that it smooths out your brush stokes, making it look like you have the steady hand of the most accomplished graphic novel artist!

See all the images on my BEHANCE portfolio

I had a lovely long weekend in Oslo recently and as always took hundreds of photographs to document my trip. Bored of the hours I usually spend collating and short listing the images for a Flickr, I instead created this simple brand ID for the city.

The word Oslo is sat within a larger letter 'O' which  forms a portal to a variety of graphic bold images representing the cities culture and environment.

TEDxBristol from Infectious on Vimeo.

On the 8th of September 2011 TEDx an independently organized TED event is coming to bristol. TEDxBristol's organiser Karl Belizaire challenged our new Brand Infectious to create a short promotional film for the event.

The events theme is ‘the world around us’ with a particular focus on creativity, innovation & sustainability. 

The event will take place on the 8th September, 2011 at the newly opened M-Shed, Bristol. 

More info:

http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2246

http://tedxbristol.com/

The event will feature a showcase of the region’s leading thinkers, innovators, artists, philosophers and social business leaders representing such diverse fields as social enterprise, sustainable food, green energy, engineering, education, visual and digital art and game design among others.

TED was founded in 1984; the acronym stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. The annual TED conference brings together some of the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED created a program called TEDx where x = independently organized.

”The event is as much about the attendees as it is the speakers,” says UWE graduate Karl Hakeem Belizaire who applied and received the TEDx license. “TEDxBristol is a platform for sharing inspiration and is all about a passion for ideas. We believe in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world around us”

One hundred participants will be selected to experience the TEDx revolution. The event will also be live-streamed via screening events around the world. Tickets for TEDxBristol are £35 for the full day. Anyone interested in attending the event can register their interest by the 28th July on the TEDxBristol website: www.tedxbristol.com

Moody sundet in Bristol last night.

I was recently asked to contribute to an article for AEC Magazine, a free industry journal on "Design, Management & Collaboration in the Built Environment".  My article addresses how to craft effective briefs and realise the true potential of visualisation as powerful marketing tool.  It includes a couple of recent case studies from Preconstruct.

If you are in the industry I would love you to hear your thoughts on the article, an online version is available here: 'Commissioning Design Viz, AEC Magazine'.  You can also get a pdf download here.

Just thought I would share this shot taken from my balcony of a Bristol Cityscape.  

I was testing out my newest lens: SP AF28-75mm F/2.8 XR Di on my Nikon D5000.

It was taken at 9pm 27th April - f14 6secs 75mm, on a tripod.

See the a larger image on flickr.

Set on Flickr

Oops... I meant to upload this photo on Easter weekend but missed the opportunity.  Nevermind here he is my little easter bunny friend.