From ten years of working in communication design (specialising in digital and interactive) and thousands of dollars spent on universities, books and conferences I think one of the main things I’ve learnt and now base my work on is that visual meaning is personal to the reader, based on their previous experiences — whether that […]
the wanderlust.net by Anthony Stonehouse
Jun 2008
Design power in London
One of the things that inspires me is design being used to improve a situation, rather than sell — just don’t ask me why I work for one of the world’s largest advertising agencies! IDEO has always served as a nice example, and I’ve linked to a few of them previously. The Design Council has […]
Jun 2008
Photoshop CS4 user interface
Last month Adobe released beta versions of Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth CS4. Registered CS3 users could try this software without any time limit. I downloaded Dreamweaver CS4 in the first week it was available but because computer security is so tight at Ogilvy I’ve been unable to install it. That hasn’t stopped me from exploring […]
Jun 2008
Ten best type tshirt shops
My name is Anthony and I like to collect typographic tshirts, I own about six and I’m always hovering over that little ‘add to cart’ button to add to my collection. I think it started when I bought a tshirt from a designer I met in Melbourne who devotes his professional life to protesting the […]
Jun 2008
Experimental Jetset
Experimental Jetset spoke at the D&AD lecture I attended last night to a sold out theatre. They chose to present work they had done for French clients, simply as a theme for their talk. At first they seemed nervous speaking to such a large audience in a foreign language but it didn’t take long before […]
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