Moving Away From Blogger

I know I haven't had this blog running that long, however I am moving the blog away from blogger.
I yesterday I managed to get my own website up and running. Its not prefect, but with a bit more work it will become better.
the blog will be moved to the site with its own section

check it out @
www.palindrome-design.co.uk

Disney

Im sure as we have all grown up, we will all have loved Disney at some point during our days,
however as we have become older most of us have lernt what Walter Disney as a person was like, and have also lernt what the Disney corp is like. I will now stop at this point to avoid sander, but I think we all know
D is for Disney:

Evil enterprise attempting to control the minds of the next generation and have the intention to take over every business on earth.

Bluetool's

Another addition to the A-Z book.
Everyone knows this one and we all hate them.
I am talking about the infamous bluetool:
A person who wears a bluetooth wireless earpiece everywhere they go to seem trendy and important. Places to spot bluetools include movie theaters, malls, restaurants, gyms, grocery stores and cars.

More Freelance

Yesterday I was working on a re-design of the Something Blu menu, however i don;t intend t post this as its the same as the first design, just a new menu.
I was however asked to design a poster to promote the "meal deal's" that they are now doing
So here is what i came up with. There isn't much to explain here. I have tried to include the Something Blu menu as much as possible, but felt it best to only use part of it.
As for the illustration, well it's obvious. One of the big sellers will be burgers, plus, coudn't think how to illustrate a steak sandwich.

Wallace & Grommit bare all !!!

I found out about this new ad campaign from npower yesterday, and felt it was worth letting you know as it airs for the first time on sunday

The ad, by incumbent agency Beattie McGuinness Bungay (BMB), shows Wallace taking a shower when the boiler breaks down, blasting him with cold water.

As viewers see Wallace ‘naked' for the first time, Gromit fails to fix the boiler, and the duo are forced to call in npower's ‘Home Team Bob' to make the repairs.

The campaign launches on the evening of Saturday 28 March, just ahead of ‘Switch off for Earth Hour 2009' at 8:30pm, when charitable body WWF is encouraging consumers and businesses to switch off lights for an hour.

Npower signed up the characters as brand ambassadors on a two-year deal last December, ahead of the launch of the latest Wallace and Gromit 30-minute film, A Matter of Loaf and Death.

The characters have appeared in tactical press ads around this winter's poor weather conditions, and this campaign marks the first in a series of TV ads, each with a new theme around energy efficiency.

Npower became the latest utilities provider to lower prices this week, announcing an 8% cut in electricity prices on Monday. It follows similar pricing changes from British Gas, E.ON, EDF, Scottish Power and Scottish and Southern Energy.

Honda Ad

Just seen this ad on tv for the first time in over a year.
In my opinion on of the best ads eve made and well worth a look

Released: December, 2005
This humorous commercial just about sums up Honda's approach to impossible dreams: By aiming for the impossible, Honda makes impossible dreams happen.

IKEA

Another one for the A-Z book,

The theory here was that I could re-create the ikea logo, but as a flat pack since the only thing you buy there comes as a flat pack product.

I IS FOR......... IKEA

A large furniture store that sells everything in a million pieces.

GGGGGRRRRRR ANGRY PIRATE

So this is the first of the current work.
this image will be featured in the A-Z urban dictionary


A IS FOR......... ANGRY PIRATE

when a woman is giving a man head, he pulls out, and nuts in her eye. Upon doing this, she will let out some sort of grunt of disapproval, and at this point he kicks her in the shin. This poor girl, being pissed and hurt, will hobble after your laughing ass.

Comic Relief Ad

Just came across this during my random wander round the net, felt it was worth sharing with the people. Enjoy

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1600158118?bctid=15228848001

New Website

Its pretty basic for now, but I have a new website up and running, mainly for business use. So I will still update here most of the time

Feel free to have a look:
http://palindromedesign.webs.com/

Work for today

So, iv still not managed to get the camera working yet....... might need to borrow one from uni (or use the icam for now )

I managed to start sketching ideas for the A-Z book yesterday, and plan to continue with that today.

As for this morning, well I have managed to registration of the name palindrome design =) + have sent business cards off to be printed, its about time giving people have already been asking about previous work.

anyway, back to it

This poster was the last piece created for Something Blu.
This poster was designed to promote the bar's weekend brunch offer. The main idea behind this poster was to emulate the old greasy spoon cafe look. (think cheap, cheerful)

Using the same deign as the poster this was the design for the valentine menu.

With valentine's day coming up I was asked to create a promotion poster to be placed in the window of the bar.
The poster gives a classy feel, whilst still getting the information across clearly

Following the work for th leaflets, I was then asked to re-design the bar's food menu. The menu's were placed in a leather bound folder.

As I mentioned earlier, here are some examples of my recent work.

This first piece is a simple A5 spot color job. It was created for a bar (Something Blu) in Fallowfield, Manchester.
The client had requested a leaflet to promote an new promotion for their pancake tuesdays.

Welcome !!

So, here it is

a new blog started for Palindromedesign.

not really sure how to being this so lets see how things go.

at the moment I am working on a A-Z book, with a twist. The book will be based around the urban dictionary ( http://www.urbandictionary.com/ )
The idea is that it should have a child like feel to it, but will have adult themes/content.

I also have some freelance projects on the go at the moment. One is a book cover design (sifi, looking forward to starting this) and I have also just finished doing work for Something blu in fallowield.

Currently looking to try and get more freelance work (friend has just started a new business, so here's hoping)

Anyway better get back to it. If i can get my camera working I will upload ome of the urrent work, will upload some past work soon