Archive for March, 2010

Was this a serious attempt to leverage the nomadic traits of the Romany people onto a holiday van or something far darker? I prefer to the former explanation which is far more convincing than the deep red, beige and rootless script.

‘Real’ in Peckham

| March 24th, 2010

A fantastic example of proud but aimless type. Real what? The cheap, machine rendered retina damaging ‘handwriting’ in red on yellow is a foul joy. Only let down by an overall coating of London filth. Well done van owner, I feel more real already.

Orangutan Breaks

| March 17th, 2010

A few weeks ago Greenpeace briefed us to come up with creative campaign ideas and designs which would help Greenpeace put pressure on Nestlé by deriding their famous KitKat brand. The objective of campaign was to encourage  Nestlé to stop using palm oil grown on Indonesian land which should be rainforest and should be home to Orangutans.

Responding to the brief we mirrored KitKat’s branding, twisting it so that the Orangutans became the ones asking for a break – a break from Nestlé’s indifference to their destruction. The thinking here was “who could resist a serious environmetal message coming from a pissed-off but rather likable orange human relative?” For added snap we methodically reworked the KitKat branding, including redrawning the KitKat logo to say ‘Killer’.

The campaign was launched, people dressed as Orangutans ran wild at the Nestlé UK HQ and Nestlé told YouTube to take down this video. They’re having a good long think about what to do next, taking a break from the harm they cause.

Find out more about the campaign on Greenpeace’s UK site and if you’d like to discuss creative things with Paul call him on 07812 038655 or email him.

Greenpeace’s Living Earth

| March 8th, 2010

A world of living things is what Greenpeace campaigns to protect so when their London office asked me to design a t-shirt to sell on to their members I designed this ‘Living Earth’ image.

The t-shirts are in production but only available to members of Greenpeace so if you want one of these t-shirts you’re going to need to get active with Greenpeace.