PROJECTS
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Sometimes you encounter exciting competitions or come up with creative ideas you want to share. I work on briefs for copywriters, particularly focusing on One Minute Briefs, but my main focus is on projects that are open to artists and illustrators. Additionally, I have launched my own projects, such as editing best-selling punk fanzines over the years.
POSTER
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Alexander McQueen for the NHS
#mcqueencreators
Illustrations for posters
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During the Covid 19 lockdown, Alexander McQueen asked their Instagram community #McQueenCreators to sketch a dress from their A/W 2019 collection. I participated in the project with an illustration (see left) and they shared some of our creations to be featured on billboards in London Piccadilly Circus, Milan, and New York to thank the NHS and frontline workers around the world. ​​
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Elles font l'art
Fun MOOC - Centre Pompidou, Paris
Illustration for poster
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The FUN MOOC platform launched a programme about women artists with Le Centre Pompidou in Paris. Its aim was to promote women artists and teach about their historical involvement in the world of art. In the first module, participants were asked to create a poster for an imaginary art museum for women and an exhibition. They were asked to invent a name for the museum and the event. I have used a Jenny Holzer piece as a background for my own creation. The name of the museum and copy are plays on words replacing "fameux" with femmeux" and "lard" with "l'art" in a French idiomatic expression. they are inspired by the place of art in women's everyday life, often centered around the kitchen. ​​
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Comment: "Génial l'auto-dérision ! J'adore l'idée, bravo !" - Anonymous
The Ocean Agency
UN Ocean Decade 2000 - 2030
Illustration for poster
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​​The Ocean Agency launched a poster competition to promote careers in ocean exploration for young people. They found that young people get far more excited by space exploration than by the ocean.
This competition aimed to address the issue by designing a poster about what ocean exploration entails and how it could save the planet as well as what can be discovered from antiquities to new sources of energy and much more.
The brief stipulated creating posters with a retro design. I chose the 80s centered around video games with a mission and matching typography.
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FANZINE
Open Up and Bleed
Sniffin' Glue
Punk Fanzines
​Various
CD Booklet notes
Book contributions
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I wrote, edited, and published a best-selling punk fanzine Open Up And Bleed, deposited in the British Library and the University of Arts and Communication. It is also referenced in the fanzine anthology Fanzines published by Thames & Hudson.
I also edited special issues of the legendary Punk fanzine Sniffin' Glue and contributed to the accompanying book and CD booklet.
I collaborated with various bands on their books, CD booklets, and promotional material.
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ONE MINUTE BRIEFS
One Rule. One Minute. Create an ad.
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One Minute Briefs have been set up by The Bank of Creativity's founder Nick Entwistle. It posts a daily brief on Twitter and as the rule says, you create an ad as quickly as you can and post it on their account. It's a daily exercise that keeps you excited about advertising and encourages creativity.​
Sfriso Prosecco
#the6000project
Illustration for label
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Because letting Covid win wasn’t an option, a family-owned micro-winery in Northeast Italy, with a cancelled order of 6000 unlabeled bottles of Prosecco decided to launch a competition with One Minute Brief #The6000Project.
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Creatives, designers, illustrators, or anybody else for that matter had to dress these bottles and design a label to help pre-order bottles via a scheme ensuring these bottles were going to be sold.
I designed a label with a modern twist on the Baroque style with neon pink details and gold lettering.​​
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Various
Print
#BritishBiscuits
#MissingPeople
#NutsAndBolts
Nuts and Bolts for car manufacturers
#OMBMovieNameChallenge
Replace the name of a brand by a film title
#TinnedFood
#SeeweedSachets @KeepItMACK
#Sofas