My friends over at HelloHikimori (HKI™) have really raised the standard with the recent update. Insanely passionate showreel with great music to match. It’s so refreshing to see something that isn’t a html based template, a design company with real passion, heart, and soul. I’ve been following HKI for a long time now, and the progression within the output of work, and overall design is something all designers can take a lot of inspiration from. It’s my complete mentality to strengthen, and become stronger, constantly evolving. HKI™ have certainly done that, congratulations Dave, and go check them out at http://www.hellohikimori.com/

I have just spent the last couple of weeks revisiting one of the popular typefaces, BAQ Rounded. This has now been fully produced in a 255 character set with all latin characters. It also includes manual kerning, and is now available in outline too, perfect for print. This will go live soon…

I’ve recently been working with Red Urban on some visuals for the new Guinness global site which will launch very soon.

Hiruko™ is a new type family I have been working on over the last 6 weeks solid. It comes in a variety of styles including Regular, Alternative, Light, Oblique, and soon Heavy, Medium, and Outline. I’ve hand drawn this typeface from scratch, and it has taken absolutely ages, and is now available online at in the flash portfolio of the site. This has also been accepted by T26 and YWFT, so will feature amongst their faces soon.

I know I probably seem a little bit self obsessed with the additions to my blog, but in complete honesty the reality is the complete opposite. I’m so hungry and passionate, that I feel this is the way I can only really connect with the client/user/viewer/student on an honest level that you don’t often see behind many closed doors. In my career, I don’t think I have ever felt so motivated, so much is happening at the moment. You’re probably asking the question, what does all of this have to do with the uniqlo shot above? Well, this is very similar to a concept I am working on in papervision for the new website which will be unveiled later this year. Alongside this, another exciting project is a study for Pepsi working with Nasko Fejza, previous Brand Manager of Rockstar Games. It’s probably time to carry on ‘doing’ rather than ’saying’ so hopefully in a few months you will be seeing something new…

One of the projects, I have been constantly working on since September last year has won an FWA Award. Volkswagen.co.uk has transformed into a literally gigantic site, and it’s great to see everyones hard work and effort rewarded on the FWA.

A lot has happened in the last six months, so much in fact sometimes it’s almost impossible to keep up to date. Sometimes I also find working an average of 18 hours a day doesn’t give me time to really stop and think, or sleep. So, with a little thought, some new clients, projects and even partnerships, I think it’s time to evolve. Working remotely with a small handful of people, the current site feels too much like a portfolio with regards to generating new clients and leads on a site ‘face value’ purpose only. So following that, hopefully this year, a new version (yes another) of Thinkdust.com will be launched with updated work, case studies and a more ’solid’ approach to showcasing the kind of work produced. Thinkdust will still retain a similar look and feel, however this will be really pushed and driven forward in a much more disciplined manor. Making sure everything from compliment slips to contact pages are as solid and developed as possible. More to come on this later in the year…

We recently featured on designcharts.com within the top 40 most visited websites on the internet according to Design Charts stats, gathered from external sites across the internet. It’s an honour to be featured here, and we hope everyone enjoys the site as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

The last two weeks have probably been the most challenging two weeks of my life. I decided to work out exactly where my time has gone, shown in the graph above. I’ve worked on average of around 18 - 19 hours a day, and also have managed 9 individual projects including 2 websites, 2 brand guidelines, 1 identity, a billboard, 1 online magazine, asset production, and art direction. I decided to total up what the last 14 days have comprised of, and the results are above. 

We’ve been working closely over the last two months with Tony Ariawan on a few exciting projects. This 28 year old designer from Indonesia is exceptionally talented and continues blow people away every time he unveils a new project. It’s a pleasure to welcome Tony as one of the new remote key members of Thinkdust, who I am sure we will continue to work with for many years. You can preview some of his incredible work on his website area105