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August 8, 2024 - No Comments!

Sweet Dreams are made of… chicken

A few weeks ago I took the Serotonin creative team on a little trip out of the office for an afternoon of culture, creativity and fried chicken with visit to the surreal world of a fading fast-food empire and an interactive adventure that mixes cinema and animation...

Sweet Dreams is an immersive adventure that transports you into the world of the Real Good Chicken Company, created by award-winning artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast and illustrated by French artist mcbess (big fan).

From factory button pusher to funeral guest, the experience really touches all the senses.

All in, it was nice to get out of the studio for half-a-day and immerse ourselves in brand storytelling, pop-culture, design and cultural satire of the food & advertising industry.

Check out my photojournal from the visit

July 10, 2024 - No Comments!

Winner winner

It was an honour to have picked up two awards at The Prolific North Awards last week.
The campaign was meticulously put together, a real labour of love! Hundreds of elements coming together to create our own psychedelic world, across so many touchpoints from OOH, social and even creating our very own bus & route!

Couldn’t be happier to win for both the idea as well as the execution, for Best Advertising Campaign and Most Effective use of Design.

August 30, 2024 - No Comments!

Flying high with Serotonin Airways

I created some illustrations (which got turned into awesome little animations) for a DOOH campaign located in the terminal at Manchester airport. The four illustrations are were created to welcome home and wave-off passengers as they pass through the terminal building, as well as celebrate the agency, our offering and the fine city we call home.

The ads are running for two weeks.

STORYBOARD/STYLE FRAMES BELOW:

 

February 16, 2024 - No Comments!

Northern Digital Awards

It was great to be nominated for a couple of awards at the recent Northern Digital Awards, including best integrated campaign for my Sussex Modern campaign. Unfortunately didn't walk away this time with any gongs but it was a great evening.

 

 

The awards celebrate digital and marketing campaigns, websites, apps, software, tech and of course the incredible agencies and teams that invest innovative thinking, creativity and passion into their work and region.

November 26, 2022 - No Comments!

SPEZIAL F.C.

Last weekend i went down to the Spezial F.C. exhibition at Circlesquare. Since 2015, the premium sub-line of adidas – which is curated by Gary Aspden – has become renowned for diving into the Three Stripes’ extensive archives, and reimagining heritage styles through a modern lens for each of its collections.

The exhibition, celebrating the symbolic magnitude Adidas has had, both on and off the football pitch -  adidas SPEZIAL has been at the heart of football cultures, especially in the North of England.

Comprising both vintage and reissued styles alongside unreleased samples, working prototypes, and a selection of football boots, the exhibition showcases a deep love of the beautiful game.

Check out the rest of my photos on my photojournal

November 8, 2022 - No Comments!

Manchester Art Fair

Friday night art fair launch party action down at Manchester Central. Some great artists on display from across the country and beyond.

 

Highlights for me were the Orbis Community. A not-for-profit Community based in Gateshead. It was great chatting to one of their board members and learning about their collective. I particularly loved the work of Adam Pointer, Rock and Rose and Helen McClafferty.

 

 

A few photos from the fair are below, with some more over on my photojournal.

 

October 24, 2022 - No Comments!

Chatsworth House

 

A couple of weeks ago I visited Chatsworth House. Having not been before or for a very long time I was expecting the standard National Trust type old estate, country house experience. I was very much mistaken... The Devonshire Family and the Duke and Duchess particularly, have curated an engaging and interesting balance of their modern art collection balanced with the rich history and restoration of the original house and its features.

 

 

Highlights are a gold stripped back sculpture from Damien Hirst, Hockney's hung casually in the corridor (apparently they saw it hanging in the Whitechapel Gallery and bought it straight from the gallery wall to hang in the their living room!), as well as a walk in wardrobe type room filled works from with Picasso and Matisse.

 

Some of the other highlights are the painted optical illusions as well as the stories from the knowledgable staff throughtout the house.

The gardens are also great, and with both modern and classic artworks dotted throughout.

 

Check my photojournal for more images from the visit and weekend in the Peak District.

June 3, 2022 - No Comments!

adidas Solarglide – LDN Oxford Street

This was a fun one, creating an in-store running activation and retail experience to launch the latest adidas Solarglide running shoe, in the adidas London Flagship store on Oxford Street.

 

I created a sprint game where consumers tested themselves (and the shoe) in a race - fastest feet first! Smart phone integration allowed for campaign extensions and friendly rivalries to form across social as well as in-store.

April 18, 2022 - No Comments!

Hockney at the Fitzwilliam

I got the chance to visit the Hockneys Eye exhibition at the Fitzwilliam museum over the Easter weekend whilst down in Cambridge and it's one of the most beautifully curated exhibitions I've been to.


Hockneys work is incredible, as expected, but it's been positioned in and around the Fitzwilliam's existing works, playing on both the technical aspects of the artwork as well as juxtaposing themes. All while highlighted against vibrant green colour blocking. Totally unexpected and totally excellent.

Well worth checking out if you are in the vicinity.
Some more photos will be up soon over on my photo journal.

Head down to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 15 March-29 August.

December 17, 2021 - No Comments!

Reebok x Keith Haring

A really cool project to work and lead on... a collaboration between an iconic brand and legendary artist. Below are a couple of the social stories, followed by a couple of key visuals. Each release in the pack has its own narrative relating to each release and the artwork it is inspired by - through the creative concept which turners the consumer into artist and brings the life in front of your eyes, with the shoe becoming part of the process that inspired it.

 

 

 

 

 

December 15, 2021 - No Comments!

Reebok x Eames – Friends & Family Launch Event, Los Angeles

In the summer of this year the dream brief landed on my desk, to work on the launch campaign for the super exclusive Reebok x Eames collaboration. As part of that pitch win and campaign activation I lead the creative of an exclusive launch event, taking place at the newly renovated Eames Case Study House in the California hills.

http://https://vimeo.com/658001886

 

 

 

 

 

The full case studies for the event and also for the retail activations created for END and Footpatrol will hopefully be online soon! Below is a little snapshot...

 

 

 

 

October 3, 2021 - No Comments!

Reebok x Jelly Belly

If you need your shoes with a side of sweetness, look no further than the Reebok x Jelly Belly collaboration that’s coming your way!

The bold and brightly coloured footwear pays tribute to vibrant Jelly Belly flavours and even features scented silicone soles! Our key visual creative takes this twisted cocktail of flavours (sweet, savoury and sickening!) and bring the footwear to life with 3D characters created from the beans that inspired the shoe. The Resulting action is a visual and interactive interpretion of that cocktail through the lens of lockdown and the skillls, tricks and hobbies we've all picked up along the way!

This is includes the party mix, home DJ, the super sour cocktail and its body contorting effect on the new super flexible yogi.

February 1, 2021 - No Comments!

Reebok x Kung Fu Panda

Leveraging the graphic language of old Kung-Fu movie posters, graphic novels and the humour of the film franchise, creating the key visuals for the Reebok and KFP collab was a fun project work on.

Starting with a teaser social story campaign based around Chinese New Year before leading into the graphic poster inspired key campaign.