Music review of Blues Pills’ debut album Marijke Koger-Dunham’s cover design for Blues Pills It must be around thirty years since I last purchased a newly released album, filed under the Heavy Metal section in HMV. Sure, I have replaced my old Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath recordings with the shiny new re-mastered …Read More
I am reviewing these two albums now because I have noticed that they have both recently dropped in price: this re-mastered version of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars can be found for just £7.26: while the similar version of Aladdin Sane (released just last year) is a little higher at £10.26. Purchased together, …Read More
Equipment Review Reference colour guides are essential for designers. Standard gear for graphic designers are a CMYK chart and Pantone swatches or fan-decks: I will go into more depth about these colour systems in a later Colour Systems blog. However anyone involved with design or commercial art, beyond the world of print, need charts or …Read More
Software Review After over 20 years of being a Windows user; Microsoft decides to bring out an operating system that is unusable for me. The reason for this, apparently, is so that my experience of it would match my experience of using Windows touchscreen devices; if I ever used them that is, which of course …Read More
Book Review Along with Bible stories and Aesop’s Fables, Greek myths form part of the cultural “primary colours” of Western Civilisation and for this reason I believe that every child in Britain should be given the opportunity to enjoy these fascinating stories. Its content quite suitably tailored to suit young children; Usborne Greek Myths For …Read More
Hardware Review The Kingston 64GB USB DataTraveler SE9H Flash Drive with Metal Casing has dropped in price, from £42.00 to £20.71. I suspect that this is because Kingston is about to put out 128GB flash drives in the very near future, if the usual price dropping pattern is being followed. I have been carrying around the …Read More
Book Review Penguin books set out to revolutionise the British public’s reading habits by publishing quality literature, at prices well within the reach of ordinary working people. It was not just the books’ affordability that ensured their continuing success throughout the rest of the 20th Century and beyond. Soon it was obvious, that to maximise …Read More
Book Review “How to think like a creative, act like a businessman and design like a God” – Although I can’t claim to have acquired a resulting godlike design prowess, I have to give this beautifully designed and bound publication an unreserved thumbs up. I figured that given its bold claims, great reviews, Drew de …Read More