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Exploded diagram of a tree Illustration for a T-Shirt. Blue variation makes it feel like a blueprint.

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Commission to make 7 x (2ft & 3ft) Origami Peacocks These are being used in window displays at Duo (Women's boot store in Bath, London & Edinburgh). The paper was from 1.5x1.5m to 2.25x2.25m. Took up my whole living room! Around 3/4 hours to make each.

Peacock model invented by Jun Maekawa.

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Working on a mock up origami Peacock for commission! Its 2ft in height and the paper was 1.5 x 1.5m. Got to make 7 more in purple and green. 

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The Typography Workshop

Identity created for a Typography Workshop, a place where new and experienced designers can come and practice type among a communal atmosphere.

The design uses 6 popular letter press type faces layered on top of each other letting the differences of letter shapes show through one another.

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Feel Good Packaging Re-brand

Feel Good wanted to let their customers know that they are a 100% all natural fruit juice drink and had no added sugar. They liked their previous design but wanted to evolve.

The ring pattern has small illustrations which change for each flavour, these illustrations are based on the ingredients. 

The concept was to use a clear label design so the beautiful colours of the juice could shine through. The juice fills up the empty circular space which the type sits in, to evoke a sense of being 100% full of natural juice. The use of a clear label design also reflects their honest attitude to the production of the product. 

Here is the previous design:

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Anatomy of Type

I decided to illustrate what the bone structure of type may look like if it was alive.

This book is an A-Z of some popular type faces and their anatomy.

The bone structure was illustrated with thought on how that letter may move if it was alive, i also considered how it would shift into an italic position.

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How to be an Urban Bee Keeper

A short overview on how to be an Urban Bee Keeper. Titled, "To Bee or not to Bee".

The cover is made from real bee's wax!

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Promotional poster that folds down into an origami toy.

  This is a promotional piece for Moby's song Porcelain, which would be included inside the CD package. The 8 segments that create the poster are teared along the perforated edges and then fold down using the instructions to create the origami star toy.

The idea is that the poster mimics the concept of a kaleidoscope, which means "to constantly change and shift” as mentioned in the song lyrics here: 

In my dreams I'm dying all the time  As I wake it's kaleidoscopic mind 

  The lyrics are printed onto the poster, and when the star toy is being used the lyrics visually come together.

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Origami Road Kill Book cover

Can't decide which font to use, left is DIN (used on german road signs), right is Transport (used on UK road signs). The book is about animals in the UK.. so i suppose Transport the most relivant, but DIN is looking pretty fine too.

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Sneaky peak of current project Origami Road Kill

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Origami Road Kill Owl

Folding time: 2h

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Origami Road Kill Rabbit

Folding time: 1h

Here is a life size Origami Rabbit! Going to be part of a series of life size animals for my book Origami Road Kill.

  Heres what should be coming next:  Hedgehog, squirrel, fox (f**king hard to make), badger, deer, toad, owl, pigeon and adder (easy peasy to make).

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Origami Road Kill Adder

Folding time: 2h

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Origami Road Kill Fox

Folding time: 3h

My favorite animal. 

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Origami Road Kill Squirell

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Origami Road Kill Badger

I think i should re-make this one, it keeps falling on its face, and its half the size.. oops.