Christmas time, stuck at uni with wine

I was supposed to go home for Christmas today, which I was very excited about. But due to the snow at home no one can get out to even get me from the train station, let alone come and pick me up from uni. So I'm stuck in the (snowless) grey midlands for another night. Wine to the rescue. I chose this Piat d'or Merlot, simply because I like the label. 

(Image: www.everywine.co.uk)

I'm not sure who designed it but it really jumped out at me on the shelf. I love the thick and thin strokes of the typeface and the ligatures, and the swirl of the wine in the glass forming the 'o' in d'or. They use a similar design for their white and rosé wine, but the label is the most striking on their red wines, as it contrasts with the colour of the wine and bottle. Hope it tastes good!

Exciting writing

Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo.


Another stunning concept from Dentsu London, this time using an ipad to paint with light. I love seeing how new technology can be used in new and creative ways. Maybe now we can move away from the TalkTalk style sparkler writing/drawing which seems to be everywhere at the moment (or maybe I've just been watching too much X-Factor). This is much more exciting!

All I want for Christmas...

is this Lost in Sofa by Daisuke Motogi which uses the cracks in the sofa as storage for anything from books to coffee to phones. More here.

Welcome to the ball...

New advert for GHD hair straighteners by agency RKCR/Y&R, directed by Floria Sigismondi.


I love the theme, styling, clothes, make-up and shoes and wish I had directed it. The ad also doubles as a music video for Le Rev, RKCR/Y&R's first signing for their new record label, Two Black Cats.  


This is a similar concept to the Tommy Hilfiger Denim Loud fragrance campaign, which mixes music by the Ting-Tings with advertising for the new music-inspired fragrance. I don't like this ad so much but I love the packaging design, which draws inspiration from vinyl records, although it made me think more of speakers. It's refreshing to see a more original approach to fragrance packaging and advertising.

Ballet Font

I'm doing a project at the moment to try and promote dance to men.  I came across this Ligne typeface created by Wieden + Kennedy.  They used the movements of ballet dancers to create a true-type font by recording the movements using infra-red LEDs attached to the dancers. The result is really quite beautiful! See more here http://www.balletfont.com

Your airline's either got it or it hasn't...

TV ad campaign for Virgin Atlantic by RKCR/Y&R (quite like their website design too). This makes me want to fly with Virgin Atlantic, RKCR/Y&R have made it look really glamourous and they've had a lot of fun with it, I especially like the fork dancing! 

Type inspiration from Alison Carmichael

Currently doing a project designing a typographic tattoo, and found Alison Carmichael's work while doing my research, see her website here. I particularly like her Lloyd Grossman poster ads and the illustrative quality she brings to type.

Moving in...

Hello. I already have a blog with tumblr, but it doesn't show up in searches so I decided to switch to blogger. So here I am. 


First up, I came across this advert today for Canon Pixma, I think it's the most beautiful advert I have ever seen.


Canon | Pixma from Keith Kenniff on Vimeo.


It's directed by Christopher Hewitt for the agency Dentsu London, with photography by Linden Gledhill. You can see the making of it here. I think they really have managed to bring colour, and sound, to life. Stunning.