Business Cards
May 27, 2010 Andrew, Graphic, Visual Art
This is the first batch of Made Madd business cards!
Old Skool
May 15, 2010 Henry, Illustration, Visual Art
Here are two pieces from my old portfolio. I think I did these around 3 or 4 years ago of my mate Seb who I used to share a space in the studio with. Those were the days when there seemed to be an unlimited supply of paints and no one would really wouldn’t care [...]
The Brindle
May 14, 2010 Henry, Illustration, Visual Art
So I don’t know which way it happened, maybe Nicola asked for a painting or I offered to do one for her birthday which was a good month or so ago. Anyways, the idea was to do a portrait and after a some vigorous browsing on Facebook I found the photo below. But I didn’t really [...]
Nostalgia; going forward?
May 13, 2010 Inspiration, Lydia
I have noticed… perhaps due to my dissertation being centered around tracing childhood memories and adult introspection… that ‘nostalgia’ has become a massive part of our visual future. Carol Mavor, in her stunning theoretical study ‘Reading Boyishly’, rescues nostalgia from an idealised cliche, and postulates that is it really about the notion of home, comfort [...]
Peckham Palais Lighting
May 11, 2010 Design, Dom, Johnny
Our first “official” commission was for the re-opened Peckham Palais, previously an old R’n B night club. The interior is… eclectic, to say the least. Think the inside of a 70’s British holiday caravan abandoned by the road-side, mixed with the interior of an old slot machine/amusements hall and you have a pretty accurate picture [...]
21st Birthday Card
May 11, 2010 Andrew, Illustration, Visual Art
It’s amazing what a lick of paint, a few strips of tape, pencil, pen and gloss lustre can do to a piece of cardboard.
Wolf & Badger Graduate Design Awards
Unique lifestyle store Wolf & Badger is launching its inaugural Graduate Design Awards this month, in a move that furthers the team’s commitment to the support of up-and-coming designers.
Wishbone Burner
> Anything can become something else: One evening while eating my dinner of roast chicken I found a wish bone. Just before breaking it in the traditional manner I noticed a small hole at the apex of the joint. Upon further inspection I found that an incense stick slotted perfectly into this hole, so with [...]
CSM: Mini-Me Photo Submission Instructions
At the request of Jane, here are the instructions for the submission of mini-me images for inclusion in the planned mini-me booklet.
The Genius of Design
May 8, 2010 Andrew, Inspiration
Just a quick post to say watch ‘The Genius of Design’ on BBC iPlayer. Quite a comprehensive little documentary, and it is nice to see the details of the industrial design world being brought to the attention of the public eye. Hopefully this sort of education will breed a more responsible consumer and together we [...]