Hello, my name is Dave and I´m a graphic designer from Glasgow but recently relocated to London. I make pretty things on paper and online! I love all things print, web, video & photography, and I'm a bit of a geek!

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Shettleston Community Growing Project Logo

Client: Shettleston Community Growing Project
Media: Digital

Shettleston Community Growing Project already had a logo but it was created by admin staff using Microsoft Word clip art. When comissioning me to create other artwork, I was asked to develop a new logo for the organisation too.

The logo was designed to represent the idea that local growing can have a global impact! The group specialise in assisting residents in the east of Glasgow to learn how to grow their own produce and provides informaiton, growing space and even tools and assistance.

Shettleston Community Garden Flyer

Client: Shettleston Community Growing Project
Media: Print

Shettleston Community Growing Project approached me and asked me to create an informative flyer for their newly opened community garden.

The flyer was to be simple, colourful and attractive, printed on A4 folded to ⅓ A4 with a "Roll Fold" and was distributed to over 5000 households in the east end of Glasgow.

Garden Tools Re-use Scheme Flyer

Client: Shettleston Community Growing Project
Media: Print

Shettleston Community Growing Project approached me and asked me to create an flyer for their garden tool recycle programme.

The flyer was to have a strong recycle theme, be eye-catching and be printed on ⅓ A4. This flyer was distributed with the Community Garden Flyer to over 5000 households in the east end of Glasgow.

Cobus Consulting Logo and Brochure

Client: Cobus Consulting
Media: Print

Cobus Consulting is team of associate consultants who deliver a range of services to organisations and agencies with a social purpose.

The company required a brand and wanted a logo that was formal, modern and related to the business purpose of consultancy.

The concept of the logo in a range of pre-defined complimentary colours was developed and this styling has been used throughout all their marketing and online presence.

CRE8 Multimedia Vehicle Logo & Graphics

Client: Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency
Media: Adhesive Vinyl

Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency's youth project required a logo and graphics prior to the launch their new multimedia vehicle to engage with young people in the South West of Glasgow.

The logo was to be dynamic and represent the digital nature of the project. The project was hugely successfull and succeeded in reducing anti-social behaviour among young people by 75% in the areas in which it was deployed.

"One in Five" DVD Casing

Client: Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency, Literacy and Numeracy Service
Media: DVD Casing

The Adult Numeracy and Literacy Project for the South West of Glasgow produced a video highlighting the issues with literacy and numeracy skills and that as many as one in five adults in the UK are affected by these issues.

The cover was to be bold and clearly indicate the scale of the issue by highlighting the "one in five" title both graphically and typographically.

Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency Website

Client: Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency
Media: Web

Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency (GSWRA) required a website that could be easily maintaned by multiple employees without the burden of adding content lying with the already busy I.T. team. Wordpress provided an easy solution for this with a custom theme.

The homescreen was designed to give a quick view of all the latest vacancies, events and news stories while allowing a focus on the featured items which were required for marketing nursery spaces, meeting room locations and new projects.

Supporting Enterprises in South West Glasgow Leaflet

Client: Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency
Media: Print

The Social Enterprise team of Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency required a small leaflet promoting their support services for social enterprises which tied in with the company's previous branding developed by O Street.

Orkney Street Development Leaflet

Client: Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency
Media: Print

The former Police Station in Govan sat derelict for many years until Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency redeveloped it into an office development, however due to restrictions, the jail cells had to be maintained including the bars in their nearly original format. These cells were opened as "incubator units" for new businesses to rent and made an unexpectedly attravtive and unusual working evnironment.

Tis porperty leaflet was to show the areas availbe for rent to potential business residents and be attractive and clean with a formal and business feel to it.

Kicks 'n' Tricks Street Football Leaflets

Client: Rangers Football Club & Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency
Media: Print

Rangers Football Club and Glasgow South West Regeneration Agency worked together to run the "Kicks 'n' Tricks" street football project.

A poster in both A4 and A5 was required that could be easily updated to show the locations of the mobile pitch to young people in the area. The grungy style connects to the street element of this project and that the games are often played in carparks, or closed streets.

Clootie Gibbles Logo

Client: Clootie Gibbles
Media: Digital

Clootie: a cloth or rag. Gibbles: Wares, articles, odds and ends.

Clootie Gibbles specialises in making hand made soft furnishings and accessories from harris tweed and other vintage and modern materials. The company required a logo but had no specifications.

The logo developed represented the attention not only to the quality of the products but also of their delivery and I observed how carefully packaged they were making the opening of each item almost as special as the product itself.

Blended Learning of Construction Skills (BLoCS) Logo

Client: Blended Learning of Construction Skills
Media: Digital

The BLoCS project was an interactive online training program aimed at the construction industry and included extensive sections on health and safety.

The logo was a simple, modern logo with an inclusion of the "blocks" image to represent both the name and incorporate some aspect of "construction" to the design in the form of building blocks. The logo was to be minimal, easily identifiable and monochrome.

Govan Cross Information Board

Client: Govan Cross Townscape Heritage Initiave
Media: Large Board Print

Govan Cross Townscape Heritage Initiative (GCTHI) required an information board that was informative, bright and modern to present at public discussion forums on the redevelopment of Govan Cross.

The board used the colouring used the GCTHI logo and combined that with silhouetted images of iconic buildings in the area to give a familiar yet modern feel to the design.

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Employability Training Pack (online adaptation)

Client: Glasgow City Council
Media: Flash

Glasgow City Council uses an "Employability Training Pack" book to train staff but wanted to reduce printing costs and make the materials more easily availble to staff. After seeing some of the work I had produced for interactive learning for the construction industry, I was approached to create develop the materials from print into an online interactive presentation.

The screenshots shown here show stills of the animated main menu and the user interface for content.

Expert skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS and InDesign. Also experienced in use of PHP, ActionScript and JavaScript. Keen photographer, cyclist and urban-adventurer! Currently based in Glasgow but willing to relocate.

Things I : Lego, rollercosters, travelling and my PS3!

Former chairperson of the board of Hopscotch Theatre Company.

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