Update 3rd November

I was quite busy this last month working on branding for a new organic haircare product range. Below is one of my early concepts, there were a few directions I felt this concept could of gone but the more modern concepts were preferred. When the brand is fully finalised I will post on this blog.




I have been working on my own personal identity (below) for over three years now, it is a play on my own name and the term dicky bird used to describe small birds. I am planning on using this to brand my illustrations in the future.


You can now follow and comment on my work via Facebook, all opinions are appreciated.

Thanks for reading.

Update 6th October

My packaging work 'Hotcan' is featured in the new book 'Packaging Identity' by Pedro Guitton. You can read more here

5th October

Further to my previous post here is another photograph of the bakery I branded Bakerino.



Above is the finished packaging and branding for Big Softy I designed in collaboration with Sellers & Rogers. This will be the first sub roll product available in UK supermarkets.

I was lucky enough to have a few more pieces of my work selected for book entries. You will be able to see these in the following books:

My Own Business Card - Marc Praquin (November)
Design & Design Of The Year - Marc Praquin (December)
Logo Basics - Index Books (2010)
Packaging Identity - Pedro Guitton (2010)



Event poster for the second Liquifi night in Nottingham.

I will also have some new packaging released within the next couple of months which I will post as soon as the photo's are available. Thanks for reading!

27th August 2009

Over the last few months I have been busy working on a variety of commercial and personal projects. Below is an overview of this work, if you have any questions or thoughts please feel free to e-mail me.

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As I have mentioned in earlier blogs I have been working with the online radio station LiquiFi Radio whom I help run, DJ on and do the design work for. We have now expanded into the club scene and recently launched our first night in Nottingham showcasing our resident radio DJ's.

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As part of this new venture I designed a flyer and poster campaign to promote the night. This gave me a great opportunity to extend the brand and build on the logo. I have had to adjust the Q in the logo as people felt it was illegible when printed on small stickers.

This month I managed to secure a new client who was looking for a freelance designer that could help brand their products and design labels. I always find it really interesting when I start work with a new client as you often have to adapt to their work flow and expectations. Once the first project is complete then both parties understand what is required and how to improve future work flow. Below are images from this first project, a set of slimming products under two brands. The first is a modified font while the second was created from scratch.

With a background in 3D design I was able to offer a visualisation service as part of the project. This particular client wanted to get the products up onto their website as soon as possible so a 3d visualisation provided a stop gap before the actual products were delivered.

Below is packaging and branding project I worked on in July, which was fantastic as the client is quite high profile in Europe (my Czech girlfriend Zany was surprised as she had a pair of their scissors!). Below are two of the concepts that I delivered to the client.



I really hope you have enjoyed this months blog. Thanks for reading!

Update - 13.08.09

I now have a Facebook page where you can see and comment on my past work. Click HERE to visit the site.

Update - 16.7.9

Bakerino

Below is a photo of Bakerino a new bakery in the centre of Nottingham. As posted previously I designed the brand and developed the shop front. The concept is a low cost bakery selling good quality food.



Let me know what you think.

Update 9.7.9

The last few months I have been really busy working on a wide variety of projects, below is a summary of a few of these projects. If you have any questions regarding freelancing or any of my work please feel free to email me.

June

I continued working on some new packaging for a cosmetic cream, this has been a long process but its looking like a September release. I also have been working on OSD's (On Screen Display) for two new computer games. I have designed a couple in the past so this was a great opportunity to continue to develop this skill. I never expected to be working on these kind of projects when I began but find it a very challenging and rewarding experience.

I worked with S&R branding a new hygiene division for Imperial called 'Solutions For Hygiene' The design was slightly amended by my client to include the Imperial logo below the flower but the rest is my work.



I continued to work with Bakerino on promoting their new business through promotional flyer's. I kept the design very simple and single coloured to express the budget element of the bakery. Although I am not a web designer (I can only do HTML so do single pages as a favour to my clients) I created the front page for the Bakerino website based on the design below, it can be viewed at http://www.bakerino.co.uk/



One of the best projects I have had to date came in the last week of June. I client of mine is developing a new racing computer game, as they cannot use real manufacturer logos to adorn the cars I was asked to come up with 30 individual logos across a variety of industries. Although I wasn't to spend too much time on each one they still needed a sense of relevance and to look good. It took me 3 days and both the client and myself were very happy with the results. This was the most challenging but the most enjoyable project I have worked on yet.

July

My friend finally launched his online radio station LiquiFi Radio. To increase listeners I was asked to design a flyer which will be going out to record shops and bars in the local area. I really like working for this guy as he really appreciates my style and is often happy to let me get on with it.



Thanks for reading!