Essential reading

My latest project is a rebrand for a UK-based retailer which I'm very excited about. It's always good to get out those tried and tested books and I'd forgotten just how good 'Don't mess with the logo' by John Edge and Any Milligan is. Easy to read, easy to digest, it's a bit of a bible that brings to life all the stages in the branding process with good humour and good case studies too. Highly recommended.

Trip North

Had a few days out of the south east a couple of weeks back (been catching up with projects ever since!) where we took the megabus heading north. Stayed with my good friend Amy and had some fantastic days out, exploring the latest additions to the Manchester skyline (been ten years since I lived there), a sunny day in Liverpool and a snowy day in Buxton in the hills. Highlights were an obligatory visit to This'n'That cafe, Soap St – the essential rice and three veg cafe; visiting the Victorian toilets in the John Rylands Library; checking out the pompous and awe inspiring municipal architecture (past and present) of Liverpool and a visit to Stockport's Plaza cinema, where no visit would be complete without a lady organist playing 50s medleys, a Laurel and Hardy b-movie and a near fisticuffs in the audience. A great trip!!