Three speeches, an 18,000 mile round trip and a T-Pain concert thrown in to boot. What a whirlwind.

This project with Postsharp Technologies gets a little more recognition, with maybe the *chunkiest* award I’ve won.

Boy I was nervous for this one…

I was lucky enough to be invited to Adobe MAX London 2024, and while I was there I ran a 30-minute live session with Michael Fugoso.

My interview with Branders Magazine, plus read my article about why I think logo design is the purest form of design.

The lovely Tom Ross from Design Cuts interviewed me live on his channel. If you’re into logo design, case studies and how to win clients, then this interview is for you.

After I was booked as a headline speaker at Adobe MAX 2023, read about how it all eventually went down.

Last night, I won an award for my logo design work. But as the results came in, I found myself struggling to celebrate.

On a weekday in June 2023 I cleared my desk of all clutter, unplugged my monitors, left my phone in another room and sat an exam in my office under full test conditions.

Last week I found out that I'm going to be a headline speaker at this year's Adobe MAX in LA.

In January 2023, I was lucky enough to win a logo design award for my project with Uncle Jessy.

I'm so thrilled to have been asked to run a two-part live stream with Adobe, and I'm even more thrilled that it went off without a hitch! Check out the replay now and watch me bring a Jack Sparrow quote to life in the form of a t-shirt design!

Now that the dust has settled on this whirlwind fortnight, let’s pick apart what happened.

If your aim is to go viral on a social media platform, then make sure you have your ducks in a row.

And you should budget more than you think for yours, right now. If you don’t, your business is doomed.

Over the last few months I’ve been stepping out of my comfort zone and running live design sessions on Instagram. Each session lasts about an hour, in which I attempt to design something (a logo, sticker or badge) live on camera.

It’s been exactly two months since I published a pricing guide on my website. The aim was to weed out people either wanting a logo for free (exposure) or those whose budget unfortunately didn’t match someone with my experience.

Let the client ask for my fees? Or risk losing a potential lead by being too transparent? Decisions, decisions.

Ahead of England’s football final against Italy in the 2020 Euros (and a long way from home in Australia) I set about making my own England supporters t-shirts.

Could you recreate your company logo, exactly, from scratch?

Designing a fully-developed corporate identity, only without a product.

During my stint in self isolation, I made some videos recording how I work up logo designs. It’s been a really fun experiment, and as it turns out, extremely popular on Reddit.

I’m currently having to self-isolate after receiving an alert from the NHS Track & Trace app that I’ve been in contact with someone who has Coronavirus. I’m fine, and no symptoms, but I’ve been housebound for only 2 out of the 10 days and I’m already going crazy.

As I transition slowly into specialising in logo design, it’s time to redo my 5 year old logo.

This year marks my 10th year as a full-time designer. I’ve come a long way since my first graphic design job at Runner’s World magazine.

This month I followed the advice I’ve been giving to my clients for the past year and moved my portfolio (this website) onto Squarespace.

With the coronavirus spreading to all corners of the world, the United Nations and Talenthouse enlisted the help of creatives around the world.

Two years ago, I digitised our family crest as part of a Christmas present project for my Dad. My dad is massively into genealogy, so I made him an A2 family tree, using his extensive research of our family lineage.

Last summer, my wife Laura and I received the most incredible news that we were expecting a baby girl. We quickly panic-bought a house with enough room for a baby, and once her room was ready we would need to fill it with pictures.Ever since she was little, Laura has been doodling this creature she calls Barnabus.

This is a wrap up of a screen printing course I took with The Print Club London. It’s mainly so I can remember what to do next time I give it a go, but I hope you find it helpful too!