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Creative problem solving is probably one of the things I love most about working on a project. This one was especially i...
16/08/2026

Creative problem solving is probably one of the things I love most about working on a project.

This one was especially interesting because one of the main constraints was that the illustration had to include 250+ names.

My first thought was honestly “how the hell is that even possible?” Especially while still making something visually strong enough to do justice to Andrew’s legacy.

But then I started thinking about what people leave behind when they pass.

Records. CDs. Notes. Personal belongings. Objects. Artefacts. All these things become part of a person. They hold memories, stories and traces of who they were.

When I was sent some really rare photographs of Andrew’s studio, it almost felt like I was there. Looking at the things he had surrounded himself with was like being invited into his creative world.

I wanted to recreate that feeling in the illustration and find a way for the 250+ names to become part of that world too. Not just names placed onto a family tree, but names embodied by the objects and artefacts that represented Andrew and his legacy.

This was the journey, and I’m really happy with how it turned out.

Huge thanks to the whole team at Disco Pogo. Absolutely loved working on this one.

Funny how the thing that scares you most about a brief can sometimes be the entire solution in disguise.

You just have to think differently enough to see it.

I’ve explored Alice in Wonderland in my work a lot over the years and recently I’ve been thinking about what keeps bring...
09/08/2026

I’ve explored Alice in Wonderland in my work a lot over the years and recently I’ve been thinking about what keeps bringing me back to it.

I think I’ve always been drawn to the absurdity of it. She falls into a world where nothing makes sense, the rules keep changing and nobody seems particularly interested in explaining them.

There’s something really funny about that, because it sometimes feels like real life.

You think you’ve figured out how things work, and then it all changes again. You move somewhere new. You change career. You become a parent. You become someone you didn’t expect to become.

All of a sudden, the rules you were using to make sense of the world don’t apply anymore.

Going back to this story makes me think I maybe got it all wrong.

Maybe Alice isn’t really trying to find her way out of Wonderland, but she’s trying to work out where she fits inside it.

The world doesn’t necessarily become less absurd.
You just get better at finding your place in it.

It’s strange how much the creative landscape has changed.When I was studying illustration nearly 20 years ago, I thought...
02/08/2026

It’s strange how much the creative landscape has changed.

When I was studying illustration nearly 20 years ago, I thought making great work was enough. If someone had told me that one day I’d have to think about algorithms and social media just to give my work a chance of being seen, I probably wouldn’t have believed them.

I’ve always struggled with that side of being an artist. Not because I don’t understand its importance, but because I’d rather be making the work than promoting it.

But eventually I realised something…

What’s the point in creating work you’re proud of if nobody ever gets to see it?

That question sent me down a proper rabbit hole.

Over the years i’ve filled notebooks with ideas, experiments and thoughts about sharing creative work online without feeling fake or being a slave to some stupid algorithm.

Those notes eventually became my first field guide: “Build an Audience Without Selling Your Soul”.

If you liked this, you’ll probably get something from it too.

Link’s in my bio link🔗

One of the things I find most fascinating is how the meaning of stories changes as we grow older.As kids, most of us rem...
12/07/2026

One of the things I find most fascinating is how the meaning of stories changes as we grow older.

As kids, most of us remember ‘The Three Little Pigs’ as the story of the Big Bad Wolf.

But when you read it again as an adult, you realise the wolf is barely even in it.

The real story is actually about three different choices and ways of building a life.

That’s why stories like this survive for hundreds of years. They’re never just about the characters on the page, they’re about us. Beneath the fairy tale are human truths that remain just as relevant today as they were hundreds of years ago.

The Three Little Pigs was never really about a wolf. It’s about the cost of taking shortcuts and that’s a lesson that feels more relevant than ever.

We live in a world obsessed with faster results, instant success and overnight transformations, but the things that really last such as our craft, our relationships, our businesses and our health are almost always built one brick at a time.

There’s a reason stories like this are still around almost 200 years later.When you go back and read them as an adult, i...
02/07/2026

There’s a reason stories like this are still around almost 200 years later.

When you go back and read them as an adult, it’s really interesting how a lot of the emotions and struggles still feel relevant to us today. The world might have changed, but the feeling of not fitting in, questioning ourselves, and searching for where you belong definitely hasn’t.

This story was Hans Christian Andersen’s most autobiographical work. He grew up poor, felt like an outsider, and was desperate to be accepted into literary and social circles. Many scholars believe The Ugly Duckling reflected these personal experiences of his.

Sometimes the reason we feel different isn’t because there’s something wrong with us, it’s just because we haven’t found our flock yet.

I’ve been really enjoying revisiting these old stories recently. They stick around for a reason.Not because they’re old,...
17/06/2026

I’ve been really enjoying revisiting these old stories recently.

They stick around for a reason.

Not because they’re old, but because the best stories contain something true about being human.

Most people remember Pinocchio as a story about lying.

But it isn’t really about that at all.

At its heart, it’s actually a story about wanting to become real.

And that’s what I find interesting.

There’s a lot of talk these days about authenticity and being real.

But Pinocchio reminds us that becoming real isn’t something you just unlock overnight.

It comes through messing things up, failing at things and most importantly through experience and through living.

That’s the journey Pinocchio goes on.

And maybe that’s why the story has lasted for over a hundred years.

Because underneath the wooden puppet and the growing nose, it’s really a story about something all of us are trying to do.

Become ourselves.

I used to be a big procrastinator. I was always convinced I’d get around to that personal project or that other bunch of...
12/06/2026

I used to be a big procrastinator. I was always convinced I’d get around to that personal project or that other bunch of things on my list eventually.

Then our son was born.

And it turns out that when you’re looking after a tiny human, there’s not much room left to watch funny videos on YouTube.

In a weird way, having less time has made me more productive because I value it more.

Even though I’ve taken almost a year off of commercial projects, I haven’t stopped creating at all, far from it.

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking, writing, developing ideas and working on stories inspired by my own experiences and life in Berlin.

In the coming months our son will start Kita, which means I’ll be greasing up the creative engine once again and getting stuck into some new projects.

Something that I’m honestly really buzzing about.

If you’d like to work on something together get in touch 🔥✍🏻

You’re at dinner with someone you love and you catch yourself rewriting the caption in your head before you’ve even take...
07/06/2026

You’re at dinner with someone you love and you catch yourself rewriting the caption in your head before you’ve even taken the photo.
You travel somewhere beautiful and spend half the time thinking about how to frame it.
You feel something real — joy, grief, wonder — and before you’ve finished feeling it, you’re already deciding whether to share it.

Somewhere along the way, we started documenting experiences before we’d even finished having them.

The problem isn’t our phones.
It’s us.

The solution is uncomfortable, which is exactly why we resist it.

One of the reasons fairytales survive is because the details change, but the stories don’t.Most people who move to Berli...
06/06/2026

One of the reasons fairytales survive is because the details change, but the stories don’t.

Most people who move to Berlin arrive carrying their own version of a magic bean. Maybe it’s an idea, a project or a plan. The belief that something bigger might grow from it.

That’s what always reminded me of Jack and the Beanstalk.

In the original story, Jack takes a chance because he doesn’t have anything to lose. A lot of people come to Berlin for similar reasons. They take a chance on themselves.

Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t.

But somewhere along the way, it felt like Berlin planted a few magic beans of its own.

The cranes appeared. The city grew, the rents grew and of course the expectations grew.

The question isn’t whether the beanstalk worked.

It’s who gets to keep the golden eggs?

Berlin isn’t a fairytale.But sometimes it can feel like one written by the Brothers Grimm after a three day bender at Be...
11/05/2026

Berlin isn’t a fairytale.
But sometimes it can feel like one written by the Brothers Grimm after a three day bender at Berghain.

I’ve always loved fairytales. The dark ones especially. The ones about temptation, transformation, getting lost, becoming someone else.

Living in Berlin can feel a bit like that sometimes. A city full of mirrors, masks, fantasy and escapism.

A place where people come to reinvent themselves, lose themselves or disappear into the version of themselves they always wanted to be.

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