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February 2013
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RHA Blog - Hearing What Your Headphones Have to... →
An article I worked on with one of our sound engineers about showcasing the capabilities of headphones or earphones using a diverse mixture of music.
Pretty happy with the end result, though the list was originally 12 tracks long, but that’s the editing process.
Glad you give a shout out to CHVRCHES in this piece, too, not that they need it. Genuinely one of the most exciting bands to...
January 2013
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WatchHaving previously done an Annual Report for Glasgow University SRC, I knew there were things that could be improved upon, given a second chance.
This year’s report is a lot subtler in its use of colour, less bloated with single-page articles and filler and general tighter in both design and copy edit.
My role in producing this was layout and design, statistical analysis and data analysing, copy...
October 2012
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June 2012
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May 2012
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"Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo... →
is a grammatically valid sentence in the English language, used as an example of how homonyms and homophones can be used to create complicated linguistic constructs.”
This is giving me wonderful flashbacks to the Grammars of English module I studied four years ago.
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April 2012
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Thoughts: Scottish Album of the Year Award →
Every description I’ve read thus far is calling this Scotland’s answer to the Mercury Music Prize, and whilst I think it’s fantastic for Scottish music to be given the opportunity to be honoured in a similar way, I wish the parallels were a little more subtle and that this didn’t seem as much to be emanating from the shadow of something massive - but rather as something...
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March 2012
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WatchGlasgow University SRC Annual Report 2010-11 GUSRC oddly produces it’s annual reports in the second term of the following academic year, meaning I was putting together this document using information about my predecessors. Timescale was tight (four weeks compared to ten for the 2009/10 edition) but it’s a pretty sweet layout and I was able to make some considered style choices despite...
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WatchThis time last year I was frantically planning a campaign whilst carrying out my Presidential duties at the QM. This year I’m sitting back and watching it unfold… That’s not true. Following the resignation of our President, I’m now the SRC election rep and am involved with it every step of the way. I did have time, however, to knock this up (using the publicity of my design...
February 2012
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WatchGlasgow University Media Week 2012 Lineup of over twenty events I spent the first few weeks of January frantically organising, featuring some of Scotland’s media heavy-hitters. All design work by me, inspired and partial extension of 2011 branding by Luke Winter/Joe Crogan. Over 700 attendees across the week, highest on record. Probably the biggest thing I’ve done/will do this year.
January 2012
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December 2011
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WatchGlasgow University SRC Strategic Plan 2011-2015
My first major piece of design work for a couple of years. Came out pretty well, though the gloss laminate cover kills the colours of the photo. Unfortunately, the cover design by Mr Samson, my collaborator on a few bits of artwork so far this year, didn’t make the final cut as I was overruled. It may yet see the light of day, we’ll see.
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October 2011
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November 2010
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“Taxi for Maicon.”
– -Thousands of Tottenham Hotspur fans in White Hart Lane, 2/11/2010.
A pretty terrible day made a hell of a lot better by a simple sport. Tottenham win 3-1 against the European Champions. My only regret is not being anywhere near another Spurs fan, or even in the company of anyone else. 