The site and the navigation seems to be a little ill after an upgrade of the software. So there’s not an awful lot to see right now. I’m working at it to get it right again.

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Brief: Client Brief.

Description: Design three exhibition stands for the UK’s largest fine paper merchant.

Outcome: Three bold exhibition stands using the PaperCo corporate colours and introducing a third colour, PaperCo green. The stands feature a new tagline for PaperCo; Use, Reuse, Recycle which promotes PaperCo’s products and services, reducing paper waste by reusing and PaperCo’s recycling collection service.

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Brief: Personal Design Project, 2008 (Year 2).

Description: Design material to promote the seaside town of Southsea, Hampshire.

Outcome: Promotional pack which includes a postcard book set, a window sticker and regular sticker and an A2 poster depicting an idyllic scene on Southsea’s beach. Please click on the above images to see enlarged versions.

Because of the detailed nature of this project the portfolio section of the site will be getting a new look.

It’s a year since I returned from my fantastic journey to Hong Kong and one can only dream of going on such an extravagant indulgent spending holiday again.

Personally a lot has changed for me in the past year and I think overall it has made me stronger and increased my hunger to succeed. That’s why although the sun is out, I’m going to be focussing on improving, my portfolio, this web site and other projects I have going on.

Including the development of my previous post titled ‘Southsea’. I will be able to let you know more about the project very shortly. In the mean time. STW business cards and Southsea Leisure Island stickers are available for order. Drop me an email and I’ll get one out in the post for you. That’s elio[at]stillthewhizz.com.

The mess of a working man.

My revitalised Takashi 2’s. I’ve worn the living daylights out of these trainers and they were starting to look a bit tired before I put some Aqua laces in from my High Hair’s.

Preview of ‘poster’.

I’m trying to give it a chance but it’s utter rubbish.

A big thank you to those who took part in the project. In no particular order…The boys from Bored, Rick & Tim from head hairdressing, Mr King, Dario, my boy Mike and Lord Sonic of Southsea.

Disney should have been a world leader.

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Brief: Design Identities II

Description: Experimenting with film photography.

Outcome: The three dimensional lomo wall is an ode to the vast walls of photographs pasted on walls by Lomographers all over the world. The digital application brings the art of Lomography and lomo walls to the masses.

When did the state of Hip Hop get so bad? For those of you who aren’t fans of the genre I can understand your dislike as the music we’re exposed to now is of such poor quality it’s embarrassing. Yes, I am embarrassed to say I like Hip Hop and I have to reword it by saying - “oh I like concious Hip Hop, not that gangsta rap you hear now…” And doesn’t that sound pretentious?

Was there a better year for Hip Hop than 1999? The year of release of the mighty, Mos Def’s, first solo album Black On Both Sides. Mos is yet to eclipse the heights of that album. This is the year we also saw the release of Q-Tip’s first solo effort following the split of A Tribe Called Quest. Many wondered whether he could recapture the sound of Tribe and he didn’t let his fans down. Also in 99, Common was in the studio adding the finishing touches to his finest ever album, Like Water for Chocolate. Who could forget ‘The Light’ released just a year later? The Roots also join the class of ‘99 with arguably their greatest album to date, Things Fall Apart.

You can blame the mainstream for destroying Hip Hop and whilst I continue to enjoy the work of the artists listed above, you can’t help to yearn that they would return with albums not just to equal their 1999 work but to eclipse it. With The Roots, Mos Def and Q-Tip all set to release albums this year, 2008 could be the year that Hip Hop was saved. Some nine years after it was in it’s glory.

Raphael Saadiq feat. Q-Tip - Get Involved

Check them out in the gallery under Canon 350d.

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