About me
I consider myself to be extremely fortunate, because my ‘job’, such as it is, simply entails doing what I love. I call myself a designer as it’s a nice umbrella term for the web design / print design / illustration / branding work that I do, although I spend a great deal of time talking about design at numerous conferences around the globe and writing about design for online and offline publications. I wrote a book with a very silly title, but let’s not dwell too much on that.
More recently, I’m the founder and editor of 8 Faces, a bi-annual printed magazine dedicated to typographic design. Occasionally I dabble with the idea of being a musician, but by and large my focus is on design and all of its connected parts. At the end of 2011 I formed Viewport Industries with my friend Keir Whitaker and we have some big things in store for this year, including the highly-anticipated Insites: The Book.
Lots of nice people have been kind enough to interview me and showcase my work over the years, including Creative Review, Computer Arts, The Independent, .Net, Design Week, and numerous blogs, podcasts, and online magazines.
Notable clients include Microsoft, Virgin Group, MailChimp, EMI, Founders Fund, Campaign Monitor, Brooklyn Beta, Smashing Magazine, Carsonified, WooThemes, and Fusion Ads… which is nice, but I’ve given up client work for the foreseeable future.
About the site
A designer without a portfolio? What’s the world coming to? I know, I know. It’s on its way. Really, it is. For now I’m focusing my efforts on refining this redesign, which (for all blog posts dated May 2012 onwards) uses custom heading typography, backgrounds, and colours. ‘Art directed’ posts, if you will, but almost exclusively with the purpose of experimenting with what’s possible for today’s web typography.
Unless otherwise noted, the type is set in David Březina’s Skolar, served via Fontdeck. I’m indebted to Dave Rupert for his excellent lettering.js and fittext.js scripts. Many of the background textures are from Subtle Patterns. The photo of me on this page was taken by Andreas Dantz.
If you’d like me to work on your project, speak at your event, write for your publication, or just say hello, please feel free to get in touch via email. Please note, however, that I’m not currently accepting client work.