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• Erskine Design at FOWD

  Once upon a time, or more specifically during the afternoon of Wednesday 16th April, members of the team that is Erskine Design started to head into the city that is London. These hairy, broad-foreheaded ogres from the north were descending upon this nation's capital for an event of medium proportions. This is their story.

  Read the rest of this entry, Erskine Design at FOWD // Posted on 18/04/08 // 4 comments

• Hell Yes

  The act of jumping on bandwagons often proves to be a frustrating and disappointing exercise, and for good reason. The fact is that if a large amount of people like something, it's generally shite in some way or another; Keane, Carlsberg, Nike, Pirates of the Caribbean, Communism. The list goes on. The bandwagon syndrome however, does have its advantages and sometimes reaffirms your faith in the oh so fickle "let's all do the same thing" mentally.

  Read the rest of this entry, Hell Yes // Posted on 15/04/08 // 2 comments

• A little more about the redesign

  Designing a website for yourself is a hard thing to do. When I started designing this site I had a hundred different ideas that I wanted to implement. I wanted to reference this era of design, a bit of that one, and maybe use these photos and this typeface, etc. Seeing as I've reached a design that I'm pretty happy with, I thought I'd talk a bit about two of the main directions I took.

  Read the rest of this entry, A little more about the redesign // Posted on 06/03/08 // 4 comments

• She will be mine, oh yes

  

  The telecaster is without doubt, the coolest guitar ever made. There's no debate surrounding this, not even at the pub; it's a fact. This morning I got very excited by a particularly nice looking specimen.

  Read the rest of this entry, She will be mine, oh yes // Posted on 05/03/08 // 1 comment

• Photoset: Penguin Books

  

  Last week, Monsieur Collison and I raided the lovely Oxfam shop in Hockley, Nottingham on the basis that the front window was full of a massive display of beautifully designed Penguin books. My credit card took a bit of a beating but these look lovely on my shelves in the lounge.

  Pics tagged with “penguin” on Flickr // Posted on 28/02/08

• Sod It, It’s Live

  A brand new website, coming in your browsers! It's been 80% finished and I've been 80% happy with it for a few months, so today I just thought fuck it, I'll 'launch' it. So here it is, the new greg-wood.co.uk, a deliciously organized foray into the abnormalities and oddities of my grey matter. Or something.

  Read the rest of this entry, Sod It, It’s Live // Posted on 28/02/08 // 12 comments

• Is Colly’s Stew really ‘all that’?

  The man known only to some as 'Colly' remains a mysterious presence in most stew circles. People only know that he uses a 'fuck off big pan' and ugly Sneinton veg, but somehow, his stew reached almost national fame. The question is, is it the product of a spinster who works too much and has 31 cats? Or will Michelin chefs bow down to this anonymous figure, kissing his feet in return for his recipes? Intrepid reporter Greg Wood investigates...

  Read the rest of this entry, Is Colly’s Stew really ‘all that’? // Posted on 20/11/07 // 0 comments

• Spring Cleaning

  Seeing as I'm averaging one post a month, I thought I'd better apologize to you, the expectant reader, and explain why. The truth is, Colly's cracking the whip pretty hard, and Glen and I, as new recruits, are being forced to perform a number of hideous tasks as part of our 'initiation'.

  Read the rest of this entry, Spring Cleaning // Posted on 31/10/07 // 0 comments

• Things to do and things to come

  This post is mostly for my use, but I would love some feedback on the current state of this site, to help its evolution. I'm not changing anything radical, just adding, tweaking, maintaining. What follows is a to do list for me, basically.

  Read the rest of this entry, Things to do and things to come // Posted on 04/09/07 // 2 comments

• New Beginings

  Clichéd title, I know. But I couldn't think of a better or more appropriate one for this piece of news. 20 hours of public transport, numerous handshakes and a few nerves later, I'm absolutely chuffed to reveal that I'll be starting work with Erskine Design.

  Read the rest of this entry, New Beginings // Posted on 22/08/07 // 19 comments

• Just a few bits

  Primarily, the new Team Sangreal website has been successful launched over the last over the last hour. Being a part of this close-knit gaming community, it's making me feel nice and warm inside to receive nice compliments from the other members. As with most medium to large projects, there are few things to smooth over (I think I've fixed most of the layout/IE problems), but it's still looking good. Check it out. There's also a brief write up of this project in the work section, of course.

  Read the rest of this entry, Just a few bits // Posted on 20/04/07 // 1 comment

• My First Realign

  It's been a while in the making, mostly due to lack of free time to work on it, but finally my site is live again. It's a relief to be honest, I'm sure many of you who make websites get that slow down (sometimes disguised as can't-be-arsed) feeling coming towards the end of a project, something that played a large part in the development of this site.

  Read the rest of this entry, My First Realign // Posted on 02/04/07 // 4 comments

• What Motivates Your Redesign/Realign and How do you go about it?

  I've been having trouble defining myself on the web. I've been staring at three photoshop documents for hours trying to convince myself they are good enough. The pink tree thing you see now is the result of me deciding to go into web design after years of doing it as a hobby, but without ever really knowing what I was doing. I'd love some feedback on this post so if you read it, try and piece the bodged comment form together and reply.

  Read the rest of this entry, What Motivates Your Redesign/Realign and How do you go about it? // Posted on 24/01/07 // 3 comments

• Happy New Year

  I wonder how many blog titles share this one. Anyway, hope anyone who reads this had a good one and did more that I did, sat at home with the missus with some beer, wine, Kettle Chips, dip, chocolate, films and BBC1 fireworks (the most boring firework display ever sheerly due to the length of time they went on for). Still it was fun and was nice to wake up on New Years Day with a clear-ish head, and enjoy the customary walk along the beach with no headache.

  Read the rest of this entry, Happy New Year // Posted on 04/01/07 // 0 comments

• Holidays Holidays

  Aren't I lucky. I'll be in the US of A for the next two weeks, enjoying the San Fran city life, skiing and gambling in Lake Taho, and doing as little as possible in the hills near Los Angeles somewhere.

  Read the rest of this entry, Holidays Holidays // Posted on 12/12/06 // 0 comments