Handy book
Hot off the press is this colourful handbook of art and art related terms. Written by the well known and much respected author, Peter McEwan, illustrated by Alison Ewan and designed by moi...
On the Menu
As 2011 drew to a close, the world's 4th oldest golfing society, Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society, completed its 250th Anniversary celebrations with a Dinner at Prestonfield House Hotel. I...
In search of the Madonna …
Well, it's that time again, which means designing the annual Christmas card. Trying to come up with something different every year for the last 30-odd years hasn't been easy. Admittedly...
Pisa Nonsense!
We've all seen the iconic photographs of the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, London Bridge, etc. then, when you actually see them in real life, they fail to amaze. The leaning tower of Pisa is...
Worth a Lucca
We're just back from an excellent week in Lucca, a beautiful town in Tuscany, just north of Pisa, birthplace of Puccini. As usual, Elaine found us an excellent apartment in the middle of the...
Ciao amicos
I had the great pleasure to be invited by Past Captain David Bateman to play for his New Club team against a team of his Italian friends from the Sherwood Golf Club on the Jubilee Course last...
New old pics
Stored safely in our attic for years, I rediscovered an old file of negatives, mostly black and white 35mm, but also many sheets of two-and-a-quarter-inch-square negatives, shot on a waist-held...
Rebranding a world leader
The synonymous red tartan of Walkers was already well known around the world by the time we started working with them in May 1991, but their branding was being inconsistently handled across...
The eagle has landed
A long time ago, last century, on 21 November 1989 to be exact, I received a 7-page brief for the ‘development of corporate identity for Highlands and Islands Enterprise and for a unified...
To market, to market …
… Borough Market, to be exact. On our visit to London in February, Simon introduced us to the wonders of this outdoor food extravaganza, located just south of London Bridge. Available...