The most important thing I learnt from being a designer
Oen of the primary theories within design that became clearer to me as I progressed through my career was that visual rhetoric is personal to the reader, and is based on their previous experiences — with the medium, their culture, always a combination of the two and more than often includes other influences too. [...]
25 years of cyberpunk
It began with a fascination with the Commodore 64, an interface in to virtual worlds, that lead to my passion for cyberpunk culture — literature, games, art and music. Over the years the interface evolved, a lot more rapidly as I got older and had money to spend on hardware. I developed a strong [...]
Visions of hell
Hell has always be a source of fascination — it exists in most cultures and religions. Many artists, designers and writers take inspiration from Dante’s Divine Comedy when referencing hell in their work — in fact it’s surprising how much influence the Italian poem has had on modern culture. I’ve been exploring visual executions of [...]
Digital art, design and music
A selection of work that I’ve recently discovered that has impressed.
Surreal digital art of Japanese artist Ryohei Hase:
Typographic work from Hort:
Mare Street video by
Light and texture