Manchester Craft Mafia
08.06.10 —

Currently working with the lovely ladies at the Manchester Craft Mafia on a rebrand and lots of other fun stuff. Plenty more to come for this project so keep checking back.

Live Now
08.06.10 —

I was kindly asked by Eric Smith to submit a piece for his Live Now book. It's a brilliant project which I was very grateful to be part of and can't wait to see the rest of the finished pieces!

Tilt
06.06.10 —

Branding teaser for 'space designers' Oli and Dermot also known as Tilt. This is an ongoing one with some really exciting stuff on the move, more to come soon.

New BS Abode
01.06.10 —

So if you hadn't heard already I've recently relocated to a newer, lovelier space. Nothing changes address wise but I now have lots more space for welcoming you lovely folk in for a brew and a chat so feel free to pop in!

Nike78
27.05.10 —

I've been lucky enough to have taken part in this fun project, I'm afraid my submission is a little tame when compared to W+K's shoe fishbowl though!

Nice To Meet You Too
29.04.10 —

The Low Winter Sun branding has been featured in a new publication by Victionary called Nice To Meet You Too and it's available to purchase now with your hard earned money. How Spiffing.

Adaptavist
21.04.10 —

Here's a sneak peek of the recently designed logo marque for the lovely folk at Adaptavist. The rebrand is only the first step with lots more to be exciting stuff already on the move.

Carbon Co-op Manual
21.04.10 —

Small work update with the recently completed Carbon Co-op Manual uploaded to the site. Complete with some lovely photography by Dave Gee.

March Madness
23.03.10 —

Finding Zion branding, The Carbon Co-op Manual, Canopy branding & website design, meeting lots of fun people, exciting new clients with exciting new work to be done. That has been March, and I can't believe it's the 23rd already.

Finding Zion
11.02.10 —

A sneak peek of an ongoing project for Single Cell Collective and the Hulme based Zion Arts Centre. Some more images on the BS flickr page and more to come over the next month or so.

Hello World
21.01.10 —

So here is the reason for the period of inactivity on the old site. Tweaks, Tightenings and Updates have been made that hopefully are an improvement on the old site. Well I reckon they are at least!

Vagabond Princess
08.01.10 —

I'm currently working with the very talented Sam Hasthorpe aka Vagabond Princess who is a professional tribal fusion belly dancer! Above is a teaser of the new identity we've developed with more to come soon.

2010
08.01.10 —

Happy New Year/Decade to you all. Here's to it being full of productiveness, exciting new challenges and lots of cherry coke. Lot's of exciting opportunities on the horizon some of which will appear here soon hopefully!

Merry Christmas
22.12.09 —

Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night. Hope you all have a good festive period and we'll see you in on the other side.

Carbon Co-op
18.12.09 —

One of the latest projects to have been uploaded to the site is the branding work I've been doing for the Carbon Co-op. There's also plenty more exciting stuff being produced for this project so that will all appear in good time.

What's Gwanaan
09.12.09 —

December already! Apologies for lack of activity but the past month was a hectic one with some really exciting projects being started and completed. An update/site tweak is planned for early January so keep checking back folks!

Shiny Blog
09.11.09 —

You may have noticed there's been some tinkering afoot with the blog over the last month courtesy of my good friend Rob Birchall, who made it look all new and shiny. So now all it needs is to be filled with my nonsensical ramblings.

The Bigger Picture 2009
27.10.09 —

A hectic but massively enjoyable few months of work came to fruition down on the southbank on saturday with massive queues to get in throughout the day its safe to say it was a huge success. More to come soon.

Moving, Moving, Moved
29.09.09 —

Feels like it's taken an age but i'm finally set up and rolling in the new studio, I can now be found at The Watermark, 9—15 Ribbleton Lane, Preston, PR1 5EZ. Feel free to pop in for a brew if your in the area.

All Gone
21.09.09 —

So they're all gone (apart from a few odd pessimisms which ill stick back online soon). For those who ordered last week, your orders will be shipped in the next couple of days so expect them by the end of the week.

Optimism/Pessimism
02.09.09 —

The first new addition to the online shop is this limited edition screen printed poster series that is either half full or half empty depending on your outlook. See more here and go get them here, while they're hot!

Open for Business
02.09.09 —

Welcome to the world of online commerce Because Studio style. The shop's still young so bare with me if there are bugs and changes along the way, otherwise get over and have a browse, lots more arriving over the coming months!

Communities for Change
31.08.09 —

This coming weekend see's the Communities for Change event, branded by BS taking place at MMU's Didsbury Campus, get along to it if you get chance and enjoy films, food, art and music amongst other things.

Because & Heart & Soul
04.08.09 —

So over the last few weeks I've been working on some exciting branding & print projects with the lovely folks over at Heart & Soul alongside some rather juicey projects of my own, more on those over the coming weeks/months.

Happy Birthday To Me
16.07.09 —

So as of the first of this month Because Studio is officially one year old, If I was a hamster I'd be officially classed as 'Past my Prime'. Fortunately i'm not, so long may it all continue.

Picnic—Single Cell
06.07.09 —

Branding and Print for Single Cell's latest event for Manchester's Not Part Of Festival taking place later this month. Couple of images to be seen on the BS Flickr page.

Update—Low Winter Sun
01.06.09 —

A new project added to the recent column. Branding work for Manchester based consultancy Low Winter Sun, if you hadn't noticed already... It's Orange! Thanks to Ian at IST for your foilblocking expertise!

Change of Direction
07.06.09 —

A few minor tweaks have been made to the structure of the site, the vertical scrolling news menu from the old site was missed so much it's been brought back with more vengeance than Bruce Willis in a wifebeater.

Guerrilla Busking
20.05.09 —

Another update for a recently completed branding project for the Guerrilla Busking event that took place in manchester last week as part of Futuresonic.

Music Beats Mines
20.05.09 —

Small update for recently completed branding work for the Mines Advisory Group for a project they're setting up called Music Beats Mines which will be going live later this year.

IdN v16n2
19.05.09 —

There's a cheeky little feature on all things Because Studio in the latest issue of IdN, turn left at the illustration special section and then keep on going until you hit Pick of the Month.

Blog Fever
06.05.09 —

Apologies for the technical issues we seem to be having with the blog currently. It is a little poorly sick but will hopefully be fixed soon enough.

The Happy Haps
06.05.09 —

There's been work a plenty since arriving back from New York, above is a bit of a teaser image for a project i'm working on with the lovely folks over at Single Cell Collective, watch this space for updates over the coming weeks.

NYC
18.04.09 to 24.04.09 —

Just a heads up, communications will be down for a week while i'm in New York City. I'll attempt to check emails while i'm over there but can't promsise responses until everything is back up and running.

FormFiftyFive
03.04.09 —

So as of last week I was made a contributor at FormFiftyFive which was just lovely! It may mean activity on my own blog slows down ever more, guess only time will tell.

Internet Explorer = Kryptonite
27.03.09 —

Apologies to all you internet explorer users out there, since going live it has come to my attention that IE does not like the BS site very much. The solution has been found (thanks Luke) and is being sorted as I write this.

New Webshite
26.03.09 —

So the new shiny Because Studio. site is finally up and running, with a few new projects to boot. While it's still all fresh, tinkering with the site is a very real possibility so check back for new fun things.

The Bizzzness
23.03.09 —

I've just got all the new stationery and business cards back from the printers/foilblockers looking all shiny and fresh, until I start scrawling all over them that is.

What's The World Coming To?
20.03.09 —

Last friday saw the launch of an exciting project i've been working on down in Okehampton, Devon with Artist Beth Hamer. Whats the World Coming To? is a guidebook for anyone that fancies partaking a bit of world changing activity.