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Design

Carshalton Artists

As joint founder of this Community Group of 100+ artists I was in the fortunate position to be able to create the branding for the group and its events.

These designs extend across a range of media including social media graphics, event banners, posters, flyers and website. The most complex design being the annual open studios 'CAOS' folding trail map for visitors, including details of all the participating artists.

Indigo was used as an update from the original purple branding. The lime brush stroke accent creates the CA signature.

Visit www.carshaltonartists.com to view the website.

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Eclectic Fair

These graphics were designed as part of a rebrand for the event.

Organisers wanted to convey a clear message to visitors about what the event was so I created a range of squares to represent the range of music, art and fashion stalls, to show the eclectic mix.

The graphics extended across a range of social media graphics, posters and wayfinding signage.

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Carshalton Map

The Friends of Honeywood and Rotary Club commissioned this map to stand beside the ponds, in the heart of Carshalton.

The history of the village is mapped out alongside images from the council archives.

Feedback from the public has been fantastic. The map has been really well received as locals have been happy to see their local history on show to visitors, hopefully for many years to come.

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Summer in Sutton

London Borough of Sutton's Cultural Services team commissioned me to produce this map to highlight summer activities across the borough. 

'Resilient Futures' is the idea behind the map, to promote wellbeing through a wide range of activities. 

 

The map is a guide for activities in children's centres, leisure centres and libraries, park runs, walking and cycling routes and park facilities including playgrounds, tennis courts, football pitches and outdoor gyms. 

Building on my experience of producing the CAOS map and others, this borough wide map was a challenge to work on a much larger scale map. 

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Successful Sutton

This commission was for 3 lamp post banners to be displayed along Sutton High Street as part of the 'Enjoy Sutton' campaign.

 

The idea came from adapting my Sutton poster, then working on 2 further images to work as a set, Trinity Square and Trinity Church.

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Yellow Beacon

These are logo variations for a new mindfulness service.

The brief was to design a clean and simple logo that incorporated the idea of a shining light. The font was designed to look friendly and the Y resembles a figure with welcoming, outstretched arms.

The colour pallet was then continued through the website, social media and other materials.

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Visualisations

This garden design was generated from a plan by a designer that wanted to present an idea of the landscaping and planting scheme to her client.

She was very keen to express how the space would flow, how different materials would be used well as the variation in foliage.

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When I undertook a house renovation I created imagery to communicate my design ideas to the various trades. My kitchen design helped to ensure that fittings were supplied and installed correctly.

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Fidelio Orchestra

Beethoven's 'Fidelio' opera was re-imagined, taking the story from a Spanish prison to a corporate city prison.

I designed a series of backdrops that depicted the corporate locations, projected on a screen above the stage.

The designs used simple colour pallets and panoramic views with subtle variations that helped to move the story along. 

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Southbank Centre

London Literary Festival 2018

I designed a series of images for a children's version of 'The Odyssey' to be projected on the screen at the rear of the stage, behind the performers.

I performed 5 live shows alongside storytellers Wendy Shearer and Andy Copps to audiences of school children and the public. Audience participation included live drawing following suggestions from the audience during the performance.

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