ISU Man Illustrations

ISU strive to improve the care sector in Denmark, this includes the sub-sectors of elderly care, child care, handicapped, asylum seekers and the unemployed. To achieve their goals the give alot of talks, lectures and seminars around the country. We all have been sat in such events and felt ourselves nodding off. Not to belittle whichever seminar you are attending, its simply being sat in one spot having to focus on a human voice at the other end of the room for hours on end - its this that sends us into a trance.

The director of ISU approached me to discuss ideas on how to keep people awake! A fireworks show was out of the question so we came to the conclusion that amusing illustrations would help the cause. I would come up with a set of cartoon characters which could be illustrated into various amusing scenarios - which would be used to illustrate points that the speakers were trying to convey. These drawings became known as the ISU Man Illustrations.

They were very simple, as you will see. They were also fun to create. The idea is for more of these drawings to be made over time. The style will be developed also, while maintaining ISU's branding

A2 Posters

Previously I had designed 12 page and 8 page brochures promoting the welfare of the elderly in Denmark. The client (ISU) wanted me to convert the covers of each of the brochures into A2 posters. The posters were to be printed at put up across Denmark to promote the availability of the brochures.

This was a very quick job indeed, very easy. It was also my first job completed in a different country. I was in the United States at the time, proving to myself that I really can work for anyone, from anywhere!

America photography trip

It's been a long time dream of mine to publish a book of photographs depicting various parts of American culture. I figure these photographs taken with an English eye would create some interesting results. We all know that American culture is full of absurdities and uniqueness, or maybe that is just me - because I'm English. Either way, I've thought about it a lot.

This month, I traveled to the States and spent twenty five days driving around, meeting people and taking photographs. I had a whale of a time. You can see some of the photographs in the portfolio section on my website.

I started the trip in Kansas City, Kansas. I ventured East through Missouri, Ohio, and stopped for a while in Michigan. I then continued on to Pittsburg, PA for a few days which was an eye opener. I stayed in the ghetto. My last stop was Virginia, before turning back to Kansas City for my flight home.

All in all, I had driven 5500 miles and taken over 2000 photographs. I learned alot and it was ALOT of fun, I will be doing it again for sure.