I have still got to edit and upload my photos from our trip to California, but this one is one of my favourites - so it couldn't wait.
The San Francisco skyline taken through the Argoflex TLR camera that I purchased from a second hand camera shop, hidden somewhere in the business district.

Instagram + block colour paper = good way to document my camera collection. Come find me on instagram @websitesarelovely and webstagram

More photos from my Manchester walk last week.

I took a walk around Manchester with my camera this weekend. I've intended to take photos of Manchester typography, in case the Letterpool project runs another regional book, and I finally got a chance to make a start. I'll upload more photos to Flickr in the next few days.

I have sent off my design for the .net magazine 'Build Off' feature, and here is a sneaky look at a section of the design.
I can't wait to see it in print.

For the last few months, I have been working with my best friend Neil McLean, on the branding of his Freelance Digital Development and Photography company, Ayelike Ltd.

"Freelance digital developer and photographer based in Manchester, UK. I specialise in front-end web development with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript as well as back-end development with ASP.NET C# and SQL Server. I also offer services as a photographer on a wide range of assignments."

It's been a great project to work on, and I thought I would show some of the logo development process, from the original painted sketch - through to the final vector logo.

We will be working on the full website very soon, but until then visit the holding site at www.ayelike.co.uk.

Back at the beginning of Summer, I started a project called 'jetpackage'. I was sat in my office one day and I was severely lacking in inspiration, so I looked around me at all the objects I have collected over the years and it got me thinking about how I am inspired. My office is full of collectable items that I have gleaned from car boot sales, flea markets and charity shops, whenever I am feeling uninspired I look at them and it spurs me on.

So I thought "What if a package came through the post, containing these things?" - what would they inspire me to create.
I have got a LONG list of designers, illustrators, artists, creatives that I would like to work with, and who inspire me with my work, so I decided to see how they would react to one of these packages.

I designed an email, sent them out into the universe to see what would come back.
The concept was simple:
1. I send a package of inspirational things.
2. The recipient gets inspired, creates something and sends it back to me.
3. I get inspired by their package, and design a poster to send back to them.

So far I have got the likes of these awesome people involved:
Mr Bingo
Ben Javens
Ross Phillips
Hilda Grahnat
Mark Howe
Matt Roeser
Oliver Jeffers
Rexbox
Mei-Lin Rawlinson
Melanie Jane Hamlet

Once I have got all the replies and sent mine, I will be recruiting for phase II, so if you are interested in the project, please do get in touch.

**Replies from top to bottom: Ben Javens, Rexbox, Hilda Grahnat and Ross Phillips

I designed this Quantum of Solace poster for Adam Buxton, which contains one of the greatest lyrics of all time "I'd like a quantum of solace, but no more than a quantum, I know they do big bags of solace, but I don't want 'em".

This a one-off poster for the jetpackage project (blog post to follow!)

Step 1: Got to a car boot sale, buy a terrible clock for £2 and a cool ornament for 50p.
Step 2: Remove the clock and cut a felt circle to line the bottom with.
Step 3: Put felt lining in, and add the cool ornament.
Step 4: Feel smug and awesome.