Click here| In memory of my nan

My nan suffered from Alzheimer's disease . At a fairly young age i watched my nan become a stranger. Eventually she died alone in her care home from a stroke. Its sad that in the years prior to that, her dementia meant that she wasn't with us anyway. Despite this, she always had a smile on her face and a giggle for us when we visited.

Im doing a poster for an exhibition in aid of Alzheimer's/Dementia.

This will be a community project and will involve members of the public giving copies of photographs of a happy time e.g holidays or special event that they enjoyed with their family member who has been diagnosed with dementia.
The photographs will also be accompanied by recordings of memories of happy times.
The purpose of this exhibition is to remember the happy times and get through the difficult ones as well as to raise awareness.
This exhibition will have a log book to write memories or thoughts about the exhibition and will also have a Auction later on in the opening night.

Coincidently, i'm Glad that i'm so aptly playing a part. Just a small token But still.

This is the exhibitions page: http://remembranceday2011.weebly.com/

Initial for the kitchen website

Simple left navigation with two categories - one for the cafe and one for the catering, with options within this. Navigation and the secondary left extras menu is always visible as is the logo and top bar with the shop opening times and contact details. Going to add email addresses somewhere near the logo, once i get more information about the business set up and the contact detail links between the cafe and catering.

the other left menu is more about attention to detail and getting the consumer interactive and involved. A photo gallery allows the potential customer to see the evidence and progression of the business and the quality. The same goes for the customer or collaborators feedback. Always useful tool to get a second opinion. Shows confidence in the business. The news part can include wither Facebook or twitter feeds - and local news, wether relevant to food, catering, etc. could have recipes and other relevant tips and advice on there. That demonstrates that the business is going the extra mile for the customers and takes interest in the local community. honest and trustworthy.

Colour scheme is in line with the logo - simple, clean, but with some fun characteristics such as the subtle illustrations and chalk like typeface.

The 'MORE' part of the previous post ...

Movie Posters | True Grit | Black Swan| MORE...

Im glad that the movie industry is really taking on these old school design techniques for the promotional artwork for their films. Its definitely becoming a trend. How beautiful are these though .. really! So after looking these up i searched for more alternative movie poster designs. They will follow..

Great source of inspiration and technique idea.

more than.. freeman.com

Brilliant. And thats just about as much as i can say on that.

The play on the iconic trustworthy voice of Morgan Freeman and the similar sounding name of the company led someone to think they could put the two together and not get done for copying! Yet, not only is it humorous but you trust it just that little bit more...

The music, the storytelling, means not only do you listen but "His familiar, mellifluous voice takes you to a calmer peaceful world where even the most stressful problems, such as your car breaking down, or a visit to the vets, are nothing but a drop in the ocean of life." He’s there to sweeten life’s bitter morning coffee, he’s MORE TH>N FREEMAN, thank you for listening."

Click on the title of the post for ''The making of..moreth>n freeman''.. its great

For the advert copy thins link: http://www.youtube.com/morethan

the kitchen branding

New live brief from a neighbour of mine. On the brink of opening a cafe' / promoting her catering business, i am going to be designing posters, leaflets, menus, a website and other bits to advertise the company. this is a good live brief as i'm working directly with a client and responding to their needs, i have plenty of work to explore and have an indefinite deadline. This is a realistic brief that i would encounter i industry also, therefore it answers my project aim to source and do more of this kind of work. I have already started work on the website design, menu and in store designs such as the specials boards, window design etc

The name and logo have already been created so i have real limitations to consider and the like.

based in Durham, The catering business is up and running. Both directors are experts in the field and provide all manner of event catering from birthdays to business lunches.

Anther cool thing i should plug on their behalf is that they provide cooking parties/ lessons including parent and child cooking sessions and, quite appropriately, student cooking lessons. They arrange everything and it all happens in the comfort of your home.

if interested, would like further information or a quote please call : 07843 920 399

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Bruno Mars | Perfect in every way

Not only am i a fan of the singer songwriter but he fails to disappoint even in his marketing and self promo. From his CD covers to videos to website, they are all highly creative and well executed. The style has so much personality and it looks like it has as been given as much time if not more care and detailing then the music side of it has.

It just reflects the true meaning of the word artist - in every way. I instantly give him more credibility for the attention to detail to everything that his name touches. From photography to screen printing to digital complexities, they've all been attempted, with eye catching results. Theres something quite durable, classic and old school about these techniques, which relates to the idea of increasing credibility and the honesty of them. Back to basics but highly skilled and clever.