Blog Action Day 2008, a day for bloggers of the world to unite and trigger a global discussion about poverty… They also have a lovely website

It’s time to dust off that skateboard and head down to Southsea because this weekend is the skateparks 30th birthday! One of Englands first parks and still some of the best concrete in the uk.

If you can’t make it check out Bored of Southsea the local skateshop, it’s an awesome shop supported by some big names – eS, Carhart & ILD to name a few and more to the point they are driving force in keeping the park alive.

Your Invitation to the Southsea Skatepark 30th Birthday

Yesterday I attended Rise Festival 2008, an eco conscious, sustainable festival aimed at raising awareness of cultural & community diversity.

Rise has been a bit of a hot-topic this year in London. It was first pitched as London united against racism but Boris decided that the focus should be more on cultural diversity than anti-racism, implying that racism in London is the problem it once was (this view is wrong).

Boris has a shocking track record on racism and the promotors of Rise where very much involved in the Stop Borris campaign. I think it was poor show of Boris to change the name in an attempt to remove the political motive behind the festival, after all if you can’t have a political motive at a festival, when can you have one?!

All said and done though I thought the festival was a success, the weather was amazing there was a lot of good attitude (apart from the few bad eggs that make an appearance at every free event) and the music was fantastic. Jimmy Cliff was headlining and despite the fact that the festival was supposed to be non-political he didn’t seem to care, vocally putting down Blair & Bush and spurring on Rise for their sustainable policies.

Here are a few videos from the day event (the Jimmy Cliff one is great!)

I have been working on the branding and materials for a major campaign in central london celebrating 60 years of the state of Israel.

It was a pretty extensive campaign I designed over 20 adverts for newspapers, stickers, badges, banners… The full works! The event itself was held in Trafalgar Square and looked fantastic (you can even see Nelsons Column in the background!). It was very surreal to see my artwork on display at such an amazing venue.

Interested in seeing more of my design work?

• A graphic design project for Swansea Universities photography exhibition.
• My design portfolio is also here and details my approach to work.

Last week saw over a months worth of sweat & tears come to fruition as the team that I work with put on the Annual dinner for Ezer Mizion – A Celebration of Life.

I was lucky enough to brand the event & design printed / web based material. The event was a great success and although the figures haven’t been released I believe we helped to raise a considerable amount of money that will help the bone marrow cancer research charity continue with their award winning work.

Interested in seeing more of my design work? Visit my design portfolio