Following on from my Character post, here is a range of products  that again use contemporary iconography and transpose the icons onto home products. The skull is usually associated with the macabre, but here we see it used playfully as a pop icon.     Skull ...Read More

I know I've certainly been doing quite a bit of sewing lately but I'm not the only one. Sales of sewing machines have risen at a phenomenal rate over past few years; I heard a figure of +600% from John ...Read More

It must be something to do with our inability to grow up;  maybe after a childhood that has been shrunk down into just a few innocent years we're  perfectly happy with little characters dotted around the house.  I confess, I have ...Read More

"Colours are generated from the passage of light through an atmosphere that carries different degrees of dullness" -  Aristotle apparently This post has nothing to do with post holiday blues and the dullness of those long dark winter days - no really. This is an ...Read More

A trend that reminds me of an exhibition I worked on a few years ago at the Hayward Gallery called Africa Remix. It featured the work  of artists across Africa and sought to change our opinion on this vast continent and ...Read More