ROTA//

So, after many a kitchen-hygiene-related argument, my housemates and I decided that we would develop a rota so that, in addition to the general everyday cleaning, we would FUCK SHIT UP on a weekly basis.

I found my church board and letters, then simultaneously filed them for future use and created the rota.

NORMANDY//

On Monday Hugh and I returned from my family holiday in Normandy, North France. The ferry from Newhaven (where the most frequent sight was various middle-aged men dressed like youth workers picking up dog ends from sewage puddles) took four hours and I managed to spend a tenth of my budget on the gammiest "Full English" breakfast I have ever ingested. We touched down in Dieppe and drove for three hours (with toilet breaks) to Lonlay L'Abbeye, a cute valley village an hour south of Caen. It has a beautiful cathedral, a biscuit factory and a bi-weekly market. The cobbled lanes smelt of wine and cheese, the houses of fine oak and history.

But we weren't staying in Lonlay L'Abbeye. Another five kilometre drive, this time back on ourselves, brought us to La Mare, a settlement of about five farmhouses tucked away atop a hill, surrounded by fields and cows and fields. Despite the remoteness, the gite was beautiful and we kept ourselves amused with long aimless walks and copius units of alcohol (usually in reverse order).

I will divulge further into what we did when i get my photos back and inevitably have my memory jogged, but for now why don't you have a cheeky listen to our podcast-y type things we did. One sober, one drunk, and one tired, all jokes.

10 THINGS TO DO WITH SHIT PHOTOS //

This was a little self-initiated project I did a while ago. After receiving a whole bunch of photos back from being developed, I found that a significant percentage were grey and shit. I literally had about 30 prints that were utterly obsolete.

Being the hoarder that I am, I devised this plan so that I could justify not throwing them away.

Number 3 - Make a slimy towery thing



Number 2 - Make a spiky slot-together thing






Number 4 - Make a geometric rainbow thing



Number 7 - Make a drippy mask thing



Number 10 - Make blobby photoframe things

PHARAOHS//

Did some shots on film for a friend's band a while back now during their gig at the Old Blue Last. Unfortunately the flash that came with my gammy Nokina bargain is pretty shit, but the lads were on top form, so it doesn't even matter.

Catch some of their new material HERE

SCUM SCOUTS.

http://strangelyattractivechavs.blogspot.com/

Click that. Click it.
My new side project with Josh Kirk, delving into the world of hot chavs.
A comprehensive library of tracksuited and uggbooted fitties.
I apologise for the crimes I am about to commit.

DON'T JUDGE ME.

LOGOGOGO // UPDATE

Progression on the logo for Dusko's recording studio.

The strokes on top of the red dot have been made more dense, to make the characters more noticeable. Now they're far too Rough Trade-y. I have also moved the text to the right of the symbol to create more of a relationship between the two. The text still needs a bit of work, but I am stuck on the idea of a block of text to contrast the organic nature of the dot.

Nearly there.

http://www.myspace.com/coachroadstudios

THUG LYF //

Tels Hill Ims Bank

WANKSOPS

8 FILMS SENT OFF FOR DEVELOPING
2 FILMS RETURNED
13 PHOTOS IN TOTAL

FUCK YOU JESSOPS

DOODY//

A real gem from the depths of Youtube.

Dedicated to Justin.

LOGOGOGO//

Currently working on a logo for Dusko's recording studio with Justine.



We looked at it from a perspective that considers the principles of design, colour, shape and scale.
The red symbol mimics the recording button, and we have carefully considered the main typographic elements of the logo.

As a starting point, using the initials each word (CRS), we have created a logo with regards to using a grid and creating geometric shapes which interact with the shapes already given to us (CRS).

http://www.myspace.com/coachroadstudios

More to follow //

NIGHT CAP //

Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe is genius. I've been trawling his back catalogue every night, slugging through all six series of the cynic's reviews. Him being so blunt, to the point of cringing at the accuracy of his strip-downs, means that I can somewhat relate to his showers of abuse aimed at the shallow world of crap television.

Acutely topical and disturbingly angry, Brooker interrupts his sofa onslaught with hilariously scathing caricatures of some of the biggest c**ts on the box. (See above.)

I strongly recommend you also watch his new chatshow/gameshow/pre-recorded butchering You Have Been Watching. Catch it on 4OD HERE

Here's a snippet//
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvst&v=2sckkrxYSNk

CATCH //

My flyer for the DEKHEADS is on Catch's new website.

HERE //

EXHIB//

The other week at the CLINIC night at Amersham Arms, photographer Benjamin Thomas and I had a mini exhibition upstairs in the Take Courage Gallery. It was a great evening, headlined by Naseby Fox and Jamie N Commons. We had a good turn out and got everyone upstairs for the poetry readings.

This is a little taster photo taken by Sam BW of Clinic of my setup. More to come, chumps.