Creations and contemplations

ss tshirt

2010-02-03T11:40:00.003Z

Second Skins - UK custom drum wrap

2010-01-27T19:29:00.001Z

The edited version of the second skins wesite is up and running after the christmas makeover. After a few updates and some handy SEO optimising the site is doing well.

Louis Fernio - Hoover Manuever

2010-01-27T19:09:00.003Z

I've just completed a track sleeve for a new release under a newly formed sawbit recordings. The track will be relased soon so looking forward to getting this out there. More stuff to come soon.

Nu Motion - Indetity

2010-01-07T11:15:00.003Z

I have been working on a logo design and identity for a new motion media company based here in bristol. Here is a peak and some of the concepts for the logo designs that are currently in development.

I will also be producing the company website so that should be up and running in the near future.

Smith & Davies Wedding Photography

2009-12-17T10:34:00.007Z

A good friend of mine is just about to set up a new venture in wedding photography so I have been lending a hand in creating an identity and website for them. Here is the logo design and the website should be going live soon.~~A sneak peak of what's to come on the website.~~ The Website is now live and you can cehck it out by clicking here.

New Website - Second Skin - Custom Drum Company

2009-12-16T19:02:00.007Z

I don't really call myself a web designer but I can still sculpt with some code when it is needed. I have just finished a site for an online custom drum company and really got into the project. It was in collaboration with a friend Luke. It was a chance to take on a new task of merging a website with a payment system. You can check out the website by clicking the image below.

Dont worry the christmas theme is only for the festive season and will be putting up a sparkley new site in the new year.

Sawbit Recordings

2009-12-09T17:02:00.002Z

I was asked to produce a new label and identity for the new recording / production studio SawBit Recordings. Check it out:

Bloods Art Monger

2009-11-05T13:46:00.004Z

Just swung round to Bath to drop of my work for the show. Here is a sneak of what is up for display. It is part of a project I began working on during the final few months of my degree and has carried on since then.

Somewhere Nowhere

2009-11-04T12:17:00.003Z

Finally got around to updating the somewhere nowhere website, to allow the public to post their thoughts / ideas in relation to the project. I have had some interesting comments so far. Feel free to visit the website and post your own opinions - Thanks. [ click here ]

Ellie Kealey - Photography Website

2009-11-04T11:49:00.002Z

It's been a busy past few months and a while since I last updated some work. This is a website I have just completed for a photographer based in London. The idea was to create a simple, well presented layout and design that gave created emphasis on the photographs. You can check out the website here.

Exhibition: Bloods Art Monger

2009-10-27T13:14:00.002Z

As I noted in a previous post I will be participating in a show in Bath from the 7th - 19th of November. Some of my work will be on show and also up for grabs so head on over and check it out.

Bath Exhibition - Nov 2009

2009-08-24T22:12:00.002+01:00

Some of my work has been chosen for display in an exhibition by Bloods Art Monger in November. The event is to be held in Bath and awaiting further details in relation to dates and location. The group is a combination of artist and designers from a range of different backgrounds and I cant wait to get involved.

Typeface

2009-08-24T12:30:00.004+01:00

A quick sneak of a typeface I have been working on lately. Not sure on a name for it yet?

Teepay t'shirt

2009-08-19T15:27:00.004+01:00

Just launched a design on the new teepay website ran by howies, head over to check it out and get hold of a new T.

Womad - Festival spirit

2009-08-10T14:26:00.000+01:00

Yet again went to Womad festival in Charlton park, Malmesbury. I love this place. Full of happy festival goers and a nice mixture of unpredictable Bristish weather.

D&AD New Blood

2009-07-24T13:18:00.001+01:00

Forgot to mention a recent trip up to London in June for the D&AD New blood exhibition where I was privileged to get some of my work shown. It was a manic day but was exciting to see what was going on with all the many graduates that have finished this year. Here is a few pics of my posters dotted around our stand. Here's a link to the event D&AD.

UWE Degree Show 09

2009-07-10T13:28:00.002+01:00

Another fantastic compilation of all graphic design students from our year. Converting a grubby studio space into a white haven to hang all the work. It was great to get involved in hanging the show and getting the publication ready to be handed out to the public. Here are a few snaps of the show before it was opened and during the week.

The Mediocre Press

2009-06-09T18:13:00.007+01:00

This newspaper was part of an edition of 50 with the intention of being handed out to the public as they go about their everyday routine. It was created to question the repetition of the media headlines suggesting that today will be like any other. Each edition has been hand screen printed onto 100gsm woodland wove and can be available upon request.

The stage is set

2009-06-03T20:36:00.008+01:00

The publication launch is all set and ready to go. The shelves are hung, the floors are swept and the publication is ready to go. There is a private launch tomorrow night at the howies store, Bristol between 6-9pm so head down and pick up a copy and have a refreshing beer.

Howies launch

2009-05-17T15:19:00.008+01:00

To celebrate the completion of the publication and the launch of typenowhere blog site, we have been given the opportunity to have a launch night in the howies store, Bristol. Copies of the publication will be handed out as well as a showcase of some of the students work from a range of year groups. Come along for a beer and pick up a copy...

Somewhere Nowhere

2009-05-07T18:53:00.006+01:00

Somewhere nowhere is a recent project I have been working on for the past month. It aims to study and document the attachment and engagement of the places we inhabit when on transit between two points. For more information go to: somewhere-nowhere.co.uk.

3rd year Publication

2009-05-02T12:32:00.007+01:00

3rd year Publication, originally uploaded by DanAlford.
A sneaky peak of the publication I have been working on with a group of student from uni. In total there are 2000 printed with over half screen printed already. The publication was focusing on the awareness of process throughout a student's time at university, so each cover was given a unique touch by screen printing across a series of books, with a variety of different colours. Some were looking really crisp, some a little faded and there's the occasional finger print thrown in for good luck. There is talk of a launch night at howies, Bristol so it would be great for all to come and see what we are all about and get your hand on a copy. More news soon...

YCN awards

2009-03-26T11:15:00.004Z

Tommorow is the closing date for the submissions into the competition and here sits my poster tube in the YCN office. I'm glad it got there in one piece. If your wondering what I entered it was this series of poster design's for Ctrl+Alt+Shift. I hope it does ok...

A to B

2009-03-13T17:13:00.006Z

Here are a few pics of the latest work I've been producing for uni. The self directed module, which is what I will be working on right up until the degree show is taking shape but needs to step it up a gear ready for June.
"Tickets Please" is a small catalogue of all the tickets that I have collected over the past few months whilst working on the project. The next series of booklets A To B were in conjunction with the recent Berlin trip where I got fellow classmates to document their own responses to this new city. A focused on Bristol and their recollections of home, To focused on the journey and B focused on the final destination being Berlin.
From the responses that were collected from the trip I am now currently compiling the information into a series of booklets and posters to represent peoples unique perceptions of the journey between the two places. I wanted to use other peoples opinions rather than my own to create a more engaging and in depth result. Here are some rough spread design's for the booklet focusing on the journey.

Berlin

2009-03-13T16:35:00.004Z

Its been a busy month with a recent trip to Berlin. Second time around due to the weather conditions of febuary and the flight getting cancelled after 7hrs in Bristol airport. As soon as we arrived we seemed to be leaving and the city is crammed with a mass of visual excitement.The wall at the East Side Gallery
The stone pillars at the Holocaust memorial
The instalation at the Jewish museum by Menashe Kadishman - A must see
The trip to Meta Design with a talk by Bernard Stien
There were also two other designs studios that we visited which was a great source of inspiration:
Image-shift - who are dedicated to cultural, social and political graphic design
Doppelpunkt - who work with communication design within print and digital media.
The Reichstag building

Its was a great experience to visit a new city and take a break from the hustle and bustle of Bristol.

The Arts Group

2009-03-13T16:19:00.005Z

My logo design that was submitted to The Arts Group was picked as the winner to represent the student unions of creative faculties across the U.K. Should hope to see the work in use soon. A big thanks you to the people at The Arts Group who picked my design.

Publication

2009-03-13T15:44:00.006Z

Sorry its been a while since the last post. Its been a busy month and the publication is in full swing. We have been working on the concept of process so throught the book it has drawn material from workshops and design outcomes from the whole year group which is being compiled into a 60 page publication. Not long left to go...

The Arts Group - Logo design

2009-02-15T16:56:00.008Z

These are some recent logo proposals to a design brief for The Arts Group, a creative representive for student unions. The first two are intended to make a bold statement about the group, and the third was to show the joining of creative institutions and individuals.

Dont Panic poster - Standing Strong

2009-02-03T12:36:00.007Z

My entry into the Dont panic poster comeptition titled structure. The poster focuses on the creation of structure by the united formation of an interlocking grid.

United We Stand

2009-01-31T23:36:00.004Z

Part of the recent poster campaign. This is a version prior to the 3D renders but I still feel this creates a statement of motivation and although created in illustrator, still gives a nice, simple 3D effect.

The Experimental Issue

2009-01-31T23:16:00.004Z

A recent submission for a university competition, to design the front cover for the student westworld magazine. The issue was based on experimental so using my own square typeface, I created a 3d concept suggesting the abstract, unpredictable randomness that occurs when approaching the unknown.

All the little things

2009-01-31T23:06:00.005Z

An illustration from a past project. It was created to motivate and encourage people that by making the smallest difference can cause big change.

Degree Show Publication

2009-01-31T16:26:00.008Z

I am currently working as part of a group of four, third year students and a degree fellow to produce a publication for UWE's graphic design degree show 2009. The content of the publication consists of information collated from the results of workshops and will be ready for the degree show in june. Here is a pic of the publication from last years design, by students at UWE. Photo courtesy of Chris Clarke.

Design of the week

2009-01-31T02:32:00.006Z

I'm proud to announce that I have just been awarded designer of the week from the ilovedesign team for one of my latest projects. I look forward to receiving the new software, and will also be submitting the design into the coming YCN competition. If your reading this please join in at ctrl alt shift and make a difference.

The Designer...............

2009-01-24T12:50:00.007Z

"The Designer..." is an interpretation of what the designer can be / represent. Using the staggered page layout it suggests the multiple applications of the designer and reveals each statement one at a time.

The logic of meeting on the street

2009-01-24T12:45:00.003Z

A small booklet exploring the though process of meeting on the street. As part of the current module focused on A-B, I have been looking at the thought process when undertaking a journey.

Ctrl Alt Shift

2009-01-18T14:30:00.004Z

These are a series of typographic posters used to encourage people to look at charity in a new way. Each poster uses a custom 3D typeface representing the joining of people together, to work as a group to cause social change. The posters have already won an award at ilovedesign.com but the designs have been created for the YCN brief for the charity ctrl alt shift.

start / finish

2008-12-17T17:04:00.005Z

Start / finish is part of a project looking at journeys. So looking at dot to dot patterns, I created a custom typeface made up completely of dots and number’s all linking together. If someone was to follow the numbers from 1 to 396 they would create their own journey - and their own typeface.

A valid opinion

2008-12-11T21:14:00.006Z

This illustration is from a recent booklet I created to encourage people to listen before speaking. If their opinion is to be acknowledged, it must first be educated.

Social design workshop winner!

2008-12-01T20:36:00.004Z

I am proud to announce that me, along with 27 other design student's from Bristol, UWE, Have been chosen to progress our idea into a strategic plan for The Real Work Experience ‘Design for Social Change’.

Shout

2008-11-27T17:14:00.002Z

"If you shout people will hear you"
"If you shout louder they will shout with you"

The Cover of a Book is the Beginning of a Journey

2008-11-26T17:29:00.004Z

For a latest project, I have been looking at creative exampes of making lists. And just my luck there is currently an exhibition on in the Arnolfini, Bristol. There is a range of around 40 books that all impliment some form of list making and creative writing. It is a must see....

Design for Social Change: Bristol

2008-11-25T09:31:00.002Z

Design for Social Change: Bristol, originally uploaded by Kate_A.

Here's a photo of me on the day. Hard at work eating biscuits...

Design for Social Change: The Bristol TEAM

2008-11-25T09:18:00.007Z

I took part in the bristol 'The real work experience' team at the University of the West of England. I was a brilliant chance to collaborate ideas and social understanding, to create an strategy to help cause social change.It was a workshop run in 6 different universities at exactly the same time on friday 21st nov, in collaboration with ThinkPublic.

Going up

2008-11-19T18:13:00.006Z

Hong kong, originally uploaded by DanAlford.

An interesting shot between the concrete jungle of building's in Hong Kong, courtesy of my fish eye camera.

Concrete City

2008-11-19T01:32:00.004Z

Concrete City, originally uploaded by DanAlford.

For a recent brief, I addressed thje issue of silence focusing on the dull, motionless concrete that extends up above the city.

2008-11-18T21:23:00.001Z

Found

Check out these old stencils I found....

2008-11-18T21:17:00.003Z

Observation

A recent observation of the city
"The city is a busy place but if you take time to look up higher than street level then the city becomes quiet - almost silent. The glint of the shiny canopy of Glass, Steel, Concrete and walkways above stand over casting a shadow onto the canopy floor of hustle and bustle below"

2008-11-18T21:13:00.001Z

Best student design 2008
Having entered my work on the design site I love design. I am very happy to have recieved the award for Best Student Design 2008 for my book design titled "An outsider's guide, To and insider's world". The prize is a brand spanking new Ipod Touch and the latest Quark express which I cant wait to recieve.

2008-11-18T21:07:00.003Z

Parked Parking Ticket Machines

Click on the image above for better quality

I managed to get a photo up on the Daniel Eatock's site, aimed at hidden language within imagery. The photo was from a car park in bristol where there was a cage with rows and rows of parking meter's. I found it appealing and I'm glad he thought the same.
Check it out Daniel eactock's site