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Telling people’s stories by letting them tell it themselves.

Telling people’s stories by letting them tell it themselves.

Posted on 31 August 201531 August 2015

So much of work within a communications team is about telling a story – using it to show or reinforce a connection between a person and and someone or something else. […]

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Posted in Communications, London, PhotographyTagged artist, camera, crowdsourced, disposable, homeless, storiesLeave a Comment on Telling people’s stories by letting them tell it themselves.
Telling a story over time.

Telling a story over time.

Posted on 22 September 201429 September 2014

Firstly, lets get this out the way: I don’t condone grafitti, but do enjoy street art, and think there can be a happy medium. In London’s E1, a street artist […]

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Posted in Communications, LondonTagged e1, grafitti, storyLeave a Comment on Telling a story over time.

I went to the Olympics

Posted on 13 August 201220 August 2012

I was fortunate enough to have tickets to see the athletics at the Olympic Stadium on Friday 10 August. I saw the USA women win the 4×100 relay […]

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Posted in London, PhotographyTagged athletics, olympic stadium, olympics, stadiumLeave a Comment on I went to the Olympics

Bending the corporate control of the games.

Posted on 19 July 2012

I get regular emails from the London 2012 Olympic organisers about travel and ticket information but mostly trying to convince me to buy some official merchandise. It’s a […]

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Posted in Design, LondonTagged brand, campaign, olympicsLeave a Comment on Bending the corporate control of the games.

Live data visuals – fashion and cities

Posted on 27 April 201211 December 2012

I’ve seen two examples of impressive live data visuals today, from two very different systems for very different projects from The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) and French […]

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Posted in Communications, From the internet, London, WebsitesTagged colour, data, fashion, visualLeave a Comment on Live data visuals – fashion and cities

Tube pub guide

Posted on 20 February 201229 August 2013

I’m building a tube map of pubs. I have often been in the situation where I’m meeting someone for a drink at a tube station but don’t know […]

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£206 taken by the Olympics

Posted on 31 May 201123 June 2011

I bid for four tickets and it looks like got all four – Session AT014 at the Olympic stadium on 10 August. ***** UPDATE ***** I’m getting a lot […]

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Old closed tube stations to become bars & more

Posted on 31 March 2011

Annie Mole’s Going Underground Blog reports that a consortium of finance, engineering, marketing and health & safety companies have been brought together byAjit Chambers fromThe Old London Underground Company to put […]

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Olympic Stadium compared to Leyton Orient

Posted on 11 February 2011

Just out of interest I thought I’d take a look at the Olympic website and compare the size of the Olympic Stadium to Brisbane Road, the home of […]

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Posted in LondonTagged Leyton Orient, olympics, west hamLeave a Comment on Olympic Stadium compared to Leyton Orient

London typographic maps

Posted on 11 February 2011

I’ve recently put up a new shower curtain, which isn’t usually something to blog about but I’m really pleased with it as it appeases my love of typography […]

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Posted in Design, LondonTagged map, poster, typographyLeave a Comment on London typographic maps

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