Now this set of vintage commemorative stamps has done the rounds already (chiefly on Grainedit), but I couldn’t resist bagging a set and doing a little post about them. Peter Murdoch was the hand behind the design and perhaps he has achieved more notoriety for his famous chair and classic freestanding kiosk designs from the [...]

On returning from my trip oversees I received an e-mail from a friend telling me of the sad news that one of my illustration heroes had died in December 2009. I thought it would be discourteous not to post anything, especially seen as I completely overlooked the passing on of a chap that has brought [...]

I’ve not added a post for over a week becasue I have been visiting a friend in South Korea and have just arrived home with some seriously hardcore  jet-leg and a suitcase full of madness. It seems so different here – muted and ordered. There’s none of the chaos of a modern Asian city and [...]

I’m not really in the habit of applauding TV spots. I find that television can be so disposable these days and through a general disconnection with it, I have seemed to develop an unreasonable and ungrounded distrust of TV spots – Most of which are often highly imaginative and incredibly well polished. But a couple [...]

“The music is different here.  The vibrations are different, not like planet Earth”. This little snippet has had me flummoxed for years. I’ve heard the distinctive stoned-out, deep-South drawl uttering these words on countless music tracks as a sample and although I had a rough idea who it was that said it, i didn’t know [...]

A couple of years ago I was given an umbrella for my birthday by my good lady. Without being brashly materialistic, it was probably the one of the finest things I have ever owned. It was  termed as being ‘walking length’ – perfect for leaning  upon in a dandy Dorian Gray style . The grip [...]

Over the weekend I’ve been enjoying the work of American graphic artist, Ryan Abegglen. I don’t much at all about this fellow as his website is a touch sparse on the old details. However, I do know that his expert blend of twisted humour and lo-fi iconography is both refreshing and simple. There is something [...]