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Vaughan Oliver, the visual master of 4AD passes away https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ciao-prodshot-01.jpg 1200 800 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 29th December 2019 3rd January 2020

Vaughan Oliver, the visual master of 4AD passes away

The visual inspiration behind some of my favorite bands, such as Lush & the Cocteau Twins

Joy Division: 40 years on from ‘Unknown Pleasures’, astronomers revisit the pulsar from the iconic album cover https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1920_pulsar-872752.jpg 1920 1060 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10th December 2019 10th December 2019

Joy Division: 40 years on from ‘Unknown Pleasures’, astronomers revisit the pulsar from the iconic album cover

Manchester University re-create the famous album sleeve from 40 years ago

Beautiful and captivating photographs of life on the London Underground back in the 1970s https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20615740-7649833-image-a-4_1572942290868.jpg 962 801 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 5th November 2019 5th November 2019

Beautiful and captivating photographs of life on the London Underground back in the 1970s

Photographer Mike Goldwater spent many years documenting chance moments of intimacy and characters of the London Underground in the 1970s

Shopfronts of London: Artist Eleanor Crow’s view https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/109140841_752ec6f1-9524-43a9-9c6e-34e236769262-1.jpg 976 549 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 8th October 2019 8th October 2019

Shopfronts of London: Artist Eleanor Crow’s view

Artist Eleanor Crow’s watercolours celebrating the beauty of London’s classic shopfronts are going on display in the capital.

Branding a movement: Extinction Rebellion https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/42833283535_2dfc81e740_o.jpg 593 596 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 10th September 2019 10th September 2019

Branding a movement: Extinction Rebellion

How open-source design created striking anti-corporate branding, that led to a vibrant & unifying global campaign

Battle of the Bogside photographer Clive Limpkin recalls defining moment of his career https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/180222103-c8ef5e52-1769-4197-ba9f-450ce61e64a1.jpg 550 728 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th August 2019 29th August 2019

Battle of the Bogside photographer Clive Limpkin recalls defining moment of his career

Having taken nine hours of pictures with little happening, the photographer – fell asleep on a settee in the foyer of Derry’s City Hotel and nearly missed the shot that defined his career…

50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/16208720-0-Panorama_view_of_Station_8_and_Mons_Hadley_taken_during_the_thir-a-12_1563459216060.jpg 1920 748 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th July 2019 20th July 2019

50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing

NASA has released some incredible panoramas pieced together from images of the Apollo moon landings to celebrate their 50th anniversary of man walking on the moon. Armstrong’s first step onto the lunar surface, on July 20th 1969, was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide audience. He described the event as “one small step for [a] man, one giant leap…

Community Festival 2019 https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CommunityFest2019_DSC_0132_bw.jpg 2048 1366 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 1st July 2019 18th July 2019

Community Festival 2019

Great fun at the Community Fest, Finsbury Park, London – got a few decent shots.

The Little People Project https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/trump1-blog.jpg 1000 667 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th April 2018 19th July 2019

The Little People Project

Love some of the work on the The Little People Project, the best examples are those with a slight twist, making use of our urban landscapes. His work embodies elements of street art, sculpture, installation art and photography and are filled with political comment and the scourge of consumerism. https://slinkachu.com/worka

PSB https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/PSB-Suburbia2.jpg 540 532 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 9th May 2016 19th July 2019

PSB

“…an image I felt was so good that I refused to put type over it” – Mark Farrow

Farrow https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 9th May 2016 20th June 2019

Farrow

Design hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTfSKr00qVU

Old concept for Greenfisher https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/specs.png 1200 900 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 26th April 2016 8th October 2019

Old concept for Greenfisher

Quite a fun idea, before we settled on a simpler typographic solution.

Now Anyone Can own NASA’s Fabled 1970s Graphics Manual https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-25-at-17.38.36.png 782 518 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 25th April 2016 20th June 2019

Now Anyone Can own NASA’s Fabled 1970s Graphics Manual

Would love to get hold of this, apparently you can now buy the brand manual for NASA Buy here

FS Aldrin https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/3ca25034-7af2-405f-b06b-ecf2dae16909.jpg 1200 800 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st April 2016 20th June 2019

FS Aldrin

Font Shop have produced a new font inspired by Buzz Aldrin: FS Aldrin is a pure, modern rounded font available in 6 weights. Every curve and transition has been crafted by hand, giving a distinctive look and feel. They contacted the great man himself and were pretty excited with this reply: ‘Buzz and his team love the fonts and have been using…

Instagram https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th April 2016 20th June 2019

Instagram

Still quite fun…

Mountain biking https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/InstagramCapture_e9f9f80f-addf-4b37-91f8-d1b4cf4baf20.jpg 1024 1024 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th April 2016 20th June 2019

Mountain biking

My hobby and time to think…

It’s just a meter https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/DSC_0261-b.jpg 1326 2048 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th April 2016 20th June 2019

It’s just a meter

Rather lovely typography https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pix53-1024x681.jpg 1024 681 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 15th April 2016 20th June 2019

Rather lovely typography

View project

Creating, thinking… https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/WP_20160412_16_09_32_Pro.jpg 1549 920 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 11th April 2016 20th June 2019

Creating, thinking…

The current state of my desk….

Selfie guys https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/12920519_10154066453036796_4107540217970156970_n.jpg 960 640 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 31st March 2016 10th November 2019

Selfie guys

Quite like this one

Creative juices https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/12671736_10154066452576796_6630173996350738447_o.jpg 768 1152 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 30th March 2016 20th June 2019

Creative juices

Obscured https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-12.jpeg 788 768 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 4th March 2016 20th June 2019

Obscured

Looking through my photos for something different…..

Steve Jobs – Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Steve Jobs – Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 1st March 2016 20th June 2019

Still one of my favorite photos https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DSC_0123_3.jpg 2048 1365 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 29th December 2014 15th August 2019

Still one of my favorite photos

RealGroove https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/PGD-Logos_RealG.png 801 801 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 23rd February 2014 20th June 2019

RealGroove

Logo design for RealGroove record label

Flying https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 19th November 2013 19th July 2019

Flying

Splashdown https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/themes/fildisi/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 22nd July 2013 19th July 2019

Splashdown

Had fun capturing these images in the sunshine today

Bridges Hull website https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Picture-8-800x776.png 783 489 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st November 2011 10th November 2019

Bridges Hull website

Website designed for a small charity based in Hull.

Snow https://puregraphic.design/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_1689.jpg 1024 768 martin martin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7038edce09f6c4104a2cff5bc0e00c00?s=96&d=mm&r=g 19th February 2011 19th July 2019

Snow