Walking and talking.

Yesterday was very interesting. It started off as one of those days that had the potential of disappearing to procrastination but instead lead to a lot of good ideas and interesting thoughts. I went for a walk about Romford and Dagenham and saw some interesting sights and also had a very insightful chat with a good friend and graphic designer James Lunn (Check out his work at www.memo-random.com). On the work front I haven't been able to do much as I have a delightful christmas temp job at HMV 'no one gets you closer to music, movies and games' (so why bother?). There are a few things in the works including the RSA brief that is proving to be quite difficult and a new illustration that I'll post soon. Until then enjoy the beautiful of what surrounds me.

The Sea

I have been working on an illustration for Pengineer (www.pengineer.co.uk) and their 'The Sea' themed episode.

Visual Confusion

A few interesting things I've seen lately.

The RWE workshop

Yesterday I took part in the next phase of the Real Work Experience a project run by Thinkpublic. 7 Workshops ran up and down the country and I headed the one base at the university of Brighton. It went amazingly well and I wanted to thank all the people that join up. As the RWE workshop was a competition, the idea of what the RWE will be that the group at Brighton came up with will be judges by Thinkpublic. If the idea is chosen by Thinkpublic it will be put into action.

Age Concern

I had a interesting and inspiring visit to the Barking and Dagenham offices of Age Concern today where I interviewed Shirley Rice the befriender co-ordinator. I went to research into the problem of loneliness and social isolation in older people for a RSA brief called 'Action for Age'. Shirley Rice has been the first person I have contacted for this project and has given me a lot of useful information. Thank you Shirley!

Sine//Square//Saw Update

I finally got round to re-designing the Sine//Square//Saw blog, way not head over there and check it out (www.sine-square-saw.blogspot.com).

The Real Work Experience

I had the pleasure of visiting Thinkpublic yesterday where I was trained up for my duties as the head of Brighton's workshop that is taking place on the 21st. The workshop will focus on social design and will be tackling the problems that face a design student/graduate who is interested in getting into social orientated work. It's open to any graduate or student, so if you want to get involved and live in the Brighton area please get in contact via email (adotellison@googlemail.com).