Create with Canva for your social media
TweetDo you struggle to design amazing graphics for your social media?Does the idea of design, colour and fonts bring you out in a cold sweat? Creating eye catching, effective social media graphics that help you get more contacts and leads, can be a challenge One solution is Canva. Canva Canva is a basic online design […]
Museum of Richmond – Case study
TweetThe Museum of Richmond asked us to create maps and activity sheets to help their visitors find the Museum more easily. They also wanted photography of some of their workshops and of visitors interacting with the Museum and it’s exhibits for them to use in their social media and promotional material. The Museum of Richmond […]
Victoria and Albert Museum – My Top Ten Heritage Sites – No 9
TweetThe Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum The world famous and world renowned Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, is the leading art and design museum in the world. It’s home to work by the some of the greatest crafts people from around the world, all under one roof. My crafts […]
Katherine Buchan Meadow interpretative panel
TweetCase Study The Katherine Buchan Meadow panel project Over the last couple of months I’ve been working with the Katherine Buchan Meadow Trust. They wanted to design an interpretative panel for a small community green space near where I live. Working with the head of the trust, we developed the idea and exactly what they […]
How to be Creative
TweetHow to be Creative “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesise new things. […]
13 lessons I’ve learnt during my creative career
TweetI’ve worked in the creative industries for over 20 years. Here are 13 lessons I’ve learnt during that time. The Weather More often than not it will rain if you’re on a location photo or film shoot. On one shoot I did in Highgate, the rain was so torrential I had to use my photographic […]
The Colour Wheel – Simple Colour fundamentals
TweetUsing colour in your design is an important factor in how effective your project is. Understanding and using the Colour Wheel can really help increase that effectiveness. Primary Colours The first range of colours to understand are the Primary Colours: red, yellow and blue. Secondary Colours If you mix the primary colours together, you get […]
In Conversation with Nicola Gaughan
TweetI was recently interviewed by Ade Oduyemi for his podcast The Whole Lot. The interview is now available on iTunes here. Ade says: I’m an inheritance planner and will writer in my day job. Someone, in an attempt at humour, once asked the connection between inheritance on the one hand and talking to artists, and business […]
Case study – Debaere Patisserie leaflet and brochure
TweetCase study – Debaere Patisserie Who are Debaere Patisserie? Debaere Patisserie is a wholesale artisan patisserie company based in Perivale. What do they do? Debaere Patisserie creates an amazing array of baked goods and patisserie products, that are hand finished. Their products range from croissants and macarons, to large cakes and vegan and gluten free […]
Treasures of Egypt – Cairo to Abu Simbel
TweetTreasures of Egypt – Cairo to Abu Simbel I’ve always loved history, especially Egyptian history. I decided I needed a holiday and popped into a travel agent. I originally planned to book a trip to Italy. In the end I came out having booked a trip to Egypt. Cairo My trip started in Cairo. We […]