Author Grenville Hamlyn

The ugly truth at Ikea

As evidenced on my visit to Croydon today; Ikea have started to migrate from the beautiful Futura (top) to the downright nasty Verdana (below) for their corporate communications.
This is a shame, for me one of the small (only?) joys in shopping in Ikea has been the elegant signage* and consistent typography that seemed to neatly [...]

Instant brands for small businesses

I have been trawling through job bags to find brand concepts that were not selected by clients during the corporate identity design process. I am selecting and working-up those logos that do not rely on the company name and making them available for a one-time  sale.
This spark plug, for instance would form a great image [...]

BowieChat t-shirt concept

Concept for the BowieChat podcast t-shirts.
The quotation on the front reads:
‘Sometimes the interpretations I’ve seen on some of the songs that I’ve written are a lotmore interesting than the input that I put in.’
– David Bowie

In the mud

Captured on the mud flats of Norfolk.

Minor improvements make the difference

Before and after.
Balanced the colour, corrected minor complexion imperfections, removed the flash shadow from the background and straightened the tie.