ideaahs!

ideaah!sVolume 1

ideasreflections

musings writings

photographs

............................................and plain ‘good old’ graphic design.

Volume 1P U B L I S H E D J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 1

© Aubrey Kurlansky : Guggenheim, Bilbao 2010

JUNE 2008 - JUNE 2010

RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards.....................................................................NOVEMBER 2009

Masterpiece MusicMasterpiece Album.....................................................................JANUARY 2010

The Heart of CookingRIBA Academic MembershipSuperstrings.....................................................................MARCH 2010

Musician’s Benevolent FundMusicians GiveRIBA voxpop animation..................................................................MAY 2010

Tamasha..............................................................JUNE 2010

Istanbul / AlacatiSouthbank Sinfonia / Elgar..............................................................SEPTEMBER 2010

100% Design................................................................AUGUST 2010

Parliament Choir 10th BirthdayLondon Festival OperaBilbao.....................................................................NOVEMBER 2010

Curious English

STARTTHE POWERHOUSE

STARTTHE POWERHOUSE

BENTLEY MOTOR MUSEUM - DOOR S IGN

I love the English language it’s so

malleable, adaptable and so full of

nuance and subtlety. It’s simply

delicious. Most of my ideas start with

language. Ideas born out of words,

become images, that resonate alongside

catch-phrases or slogans. Take the

word AAH! (exclamation essential).

It can mean a moment of recognition,

a microsecond of pleasure or a sense of

knowing. Which leads me to - the key to

great ideas - create surprises and leave

‘a smile in the mind’ of the viewer.

David Stuart and Beryl McAlhone coined the phrase with the title of their classic book ‘A Smile in the Mind’. That pretty much sums up what I love about design. I learnt my craft in the pre-digital era and whilst not an ‘old-fashioned’ designer (having successfully embraced and mastered all the new technology) I learnt early on to value ideas. Not only did I embrace the concept that all great design begins with a great idea, but I was schooled in the classic arts of graphics - like drawing, print-making, typography, photography and concept generation. The

new tools, available to us as designers, make the job faster, but not necessarily better, or easier,

and at the end of the day the computer and the programmes we use are merely tools. Without an idea to drive them, computers

are just dormant electronic marvels.

hen I first started working, ideas were tried, tested and executed in sketch-books or on drawing

tables. Now they all exist on a hard-disc capable of storing vast amounts of information.

HOWEVER I love the process of solving problems, and often much that is discarded is still of

interest, and has an intrinsic value, in that it charts the process and progress of solving a design

or communication problem. And what better way than to store and record that process than in

a digital sketchbook? So in keeping with the trend to ‘make it digital’ I present the work from

my studio completed during the last 24 months, during 2008 / 2009 / 2010, in a new format.

Enjoy and thank you for looking.

The RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards 2008

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Representing the work of architectural

student’s from around the world, presents us

with an interesting challenge each year. The

brief requires us to develop a symbol or device

that is easily adaptable for print (tickets and

invitations), display (exhibition panels) and

audio-visual presentation, which is then

animated and shown on plasma screens

and in a multimedia format. We have made

good use of the circle, which represents the

two medals awarded each year, reinventing

it as a graphic form and discovering many

beautiful and surprising permutations along

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Famous for 15 seconds, or thereabouts

the students enjoy their moment of glory on

stage, during the presentation of the awards.

In true WARHOLIAN style, in 2009 our

graphic experiments found us exploring

many colourful and vibrant variations of the

circle theme.

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We found a collection of coloured foam letters, scattered them on a mirror and made a soapy mess around them.

The clouds were reflected in the mirror, thereby creating a mesmerising, floating world.

Finally we covered the mirror in a lime green jelly and arranged the letters, like a message on a birthday cake.

Then captured it all on camera.

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09We took the letters outside, for a walk...


09and then stuck the results onto steamy glass.


09and finally settled for a strong, graphic and colourful solution.

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10For 2010 THE CHALLENGE was how to re-invent the AWARD’S identity, using the same material as in previous years, as a starting point?

© Aubrey Kurlansky 2010

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10The student’s submissions are received on DVD as a selection of 20 of the best images that define their projects.

We started there...


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We went ‘back to black’. Considered simple

shapes that represented architecture in its

most basic form, and finally sent a square

on a progressive mathematical rotation until

a new solution flowered in front of our eyes.

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All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuableFrank Lloyd Wright

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fin.

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A5 foil-blocked ticket printed Pantone double

black and silver on stephen smart 400gsm

and blocked in bronze and silver.

pres_medsticket_2010_fin.indd 1

05/11/2010 11:55

Masterpiece Music | November 2009

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When designing logos, NOTHING CAN

REPLACE A PENCIL AND A LAYOUT PAD.

I love to start by sketching, letterforms, symbols,

combinations of letters and icons. It’s a visual

treasure-hunt. Sometimes, by swapping

my pencil for a stick shaved to a blunt end

and covered in ink, or a big fat decorator’s

brush and a large sheet of paper, new and

exciting letterforms are discovered.

MASTERPIECE MUSIC


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Wa s t h a t y o u r s h a d o w o n m y w a l l I n t h e m i d d l e o f t h e n i g h t I t h i n k I h e a r d y o u c a l l Wa s t h a t y o u p l a y i n g w i t h m y h a i r A r e y o u g i v i n g m e a f r i g h t , a r e y o u r e a l l y , r e a l l y t h e r e

A n d I t h i n k I’d l i k e t o m e e t y o u , s h a k e y o u b y t h e h a n d L i k e a n o r d i n a r y m a n I’d r e a l l y l o v e t h e c h a n c e t o s e e y o u , m a y b e u n d e r s t a n d Y o u’r e a n o r d i n a r y m a n

Wa s t h a t y o u r e c h o i n t h e h a l l I t n e v e r f e e l s r i g h t w h e n t h e r e’s n o - o n e t h e r e a t a l l Wa s t h a t y o u r m u s i c i n t h e a i r We l l I c a n h e a r a b i r d s i n g i n g s o m e w h e r e

A n d I t h i n k I’d l i k e t o m e e t y o u , s h a k e y o u b y t h e h a n d L i k e a n o r d i n a r y m a n I’d r e a l l y l o v e t h e c h a n c e t o s e e y o u , m a y b e u n d e r s t a n d Y o u’r e a n o r d i n a r y m a n

D o e s i t m a t t e r t h a t I’m h e r e , d o e s i t m a t t e r t h a t I’m n e a r D o y o u m i n d m e l i v i n g i n y o u r t i m e D o e s i t m a t t e r t h a t I’m t h e r e ,

Photos © Aubrey Kurlansky / Words from Ordinary Man © Andy Duerden 2010

Masterpiece Music | June 2010

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MasterpieceANDY DUERDEN

MASTERPIECE

30,000 miles and you still make me smile

And every time you call, I sit for a while

And picture you holding my hand

Oh this is such a delicate time for your intricate

mind

Oh this is such an innocent tim

e for

your beautiful mind

And you are, part of me, my masterpiece

And I miss you so

You’re, part of me, my masterpiece

And I love you so

30,000 years ahead of your time, yeah

And every time you call, it takes me a while

To see that you’re not holding my hand

Oh this is such a delicate time for your intricate

mind

Oh this is such an innocent tim

e for your

beautiful mind

And you are, part of me, my masterpiece

And I miss you so


And I love you so

Watching your fingers dancing 88

Oh my maestro storyteller and

I just can’t wait

To hear of your adventures till it’s

way too late

And pick you up and carry you

And whisper, that I’ve got you,

I’ve got you forever

Part of me, my masterpiece

And I miss you so


Oh and I love you so

Part of me, my masterpiece

And I miss you so


And I love you so

30,000 miles oh and I miss you so

Oh and I love you so

The worst kind of se

paration and

distance

that only thos

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understand.

© Aubrey Kurlansky : Andy Duerden 2010

Take a break!

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THE LAST P IECE OF THE ICE-CREAM CORNET


rememberance of things past

The Heart of Cooking

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MindWorksRIBA Academic Membership

RIBA Academic Membership

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How do the RIBA sell the idea of ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIP to schools of architecture, both in the UK and abroad?

Turn a negative into a positive and create an irresistible proposition.


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1 MindMatters 4 MindWorks

3/5 GreyMatters6/2 BrainBank

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UNNOTICEDUNACHIEVABLEUNFULFILLEDUNAMAZEDUNPOPULARUNPRODUCTIVEUNREWARDINGUNCONVINCED

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UNNOTICEDUNACHIEVABLEUNFULFILLEDUNAMAZEDUNPOPULARUNPRODUCTIVEUNREWARDINGUNCONVINCED

Introducing RIBA Academic Membership

With this new class of membership, we are offering RIBA candidate courses and RIBA recognised schools of architecture the opportunity to develop closer links with the RIBA. The RIBA is one of the world’s foremost architecture organisations – the professional body responsible for setting benchmarks in architecture education, both in the UK and worldwide.

When your school becomes an RIBA Academic Member, you will add real benefits to your academic offer – from lectures and exhibitions, online debate and discussion, to student prizes, bursaries, and podcasts.

We have kept the annual subscription fee low to encourage as many schools as possible to participate. Working together we can achieve much more… for your school, for academics, for students, and ultimately for the future of the profession.


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debates

exhibitions

symposia

roadshows

yearbook

forum

blog

podcasts

incubator

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How membership benefits architecture education

Recognised as among the best in the world, UK schools of architecture are extraordinary places, and the RIBA – as the UK body for architecture and a major global player – enjoys a unique position in relation to this community. By working closely together, RIBA Academic Membership…

creates opportunities for students and staff – by catalysing initiatives, promoting debate and bringing together people and ideas in stimulating, unexpected ways

encourages academic innovation – and inspires future thought leaders of the profession

develops communication and dialogue between schools – the RIBA validates schools across the UK and as far afield as Chile, Hong Kong and india, so we have the contacts to develop an exchange of information and ideas within this global academic community

facilitates greater dialogue with government and practitioners – through contact with key influencers in government we hope to give schools a political platform at a critical time. We also aim to unite practice and academia in a constructive atmosphere

delivers events, services and benefits – designed to reflect the interests and needs of academic staff and students

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MindWorksRIBA Academic Membership


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Prose & Poems

A NIGHT IN ALACATI


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7 NIGHT SCENTED JASMINE.......................................................................................................

9 The lights are always on around 2am in the morning. A television flickers and delivers a barely audible drone. The local cadre are still in the tea-shop, playing backgammon, attention turned away from the street as they do every night. A cat skulks, suspiciously hair raised in a snarl. Night is the time for cats and games and slow walks down the same cobbled street, with the scent of Jasmine making bearable the litter strewn corners where plastic bottles gather and conspire.

9 The figs have gone to sleep, but not the cicadas, nor me. Their engine hum is the same each night, scratching the stars into heaven and blistering the moon. The nights are hot and dry and even the dust is thirsty, crying out for rain - the memory of you hangs like a mantle - omniscient and oppressive, tugging at my heart as if to hold me back.

9 Tears scratch at my eyes and mingle with the sweat already gathered there. My throat too dry to convulse, twitches with emotion. To say one’s heart breaks is so wonderfully apt - like a dam wall before the flood, the tears well up, and with a convulsive crack and a wracking sob the wall bursts, drowning the night scented jasmine.

© Aubrey Kurlansky : Helena in a bathrobe 2009

THE SECRET TO ANY GREAT CAMPAIGN IS IN UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM CLEARLY.

THE SOLUTION USUALLY FOLLOWS.

COPY RIGHT- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

I FIND THAT ONCE THE COPY IS IN PLACE, CREATING A STUNNING VISUAL IS A WHOLE LOT EASIER.

WORDS & IMAGE MAKE A MAGIC COMBINATION.

Musician’s Benevolent Fund

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LOVE MUSIC SUPPORT MUSICIANS

MUSICIANS BENEVOLENT FUND looks after musicians of

all ages and from all backgrounds. We were entrusted to

develop a series of ads targeted at different stakeholder

constituencies. In addition we were asked to create a logo

and series of marketing ideas for a fund-rasing campaign.


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Your notes will be music to their ears.With your help we support musicians of all ages (9-99) and from a variety of backgrounds. (picture story)

The Musicians Benevolent Fund: music and musicians, alive and well.

He should be singing the blues, not living them.With your help we support musicians of all ages (9-99) and from a variety of backgrounds. (picture story)

The Musicians Benevolent Fund, love music, support musicians.

When her eyesight failed, we helped to keep her focused.With your help we support musicians of all ages (9-99) and from a variety of backgrounds. (picture story)

The Musicians Benevolent Fund, keeping music and musicians alive.

From minor to major.With your help we support musicians of all ages (9-99) and from a variety of backgrounds. (picture story)

The Musicians Benevolent Fund, love music, support musicians.


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we are there to provide a happy ending

Like opera, life has its comic and its tragic turns. BUT unlike opera, when tragedy strikes in life,

the hero or heroine CANNOT walk away when the curtain comes down.

That’s where we step in...

Love music. Support musicians.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA PROGRAMME


Like opera, life has its comic and its tragic turns. BUT unlike opera, when tragedy strikes in life,

the hero or heroine CANNOT walk away when the curtain comes down.

That’s where we step in...With your help we support musicians of all ages and from a variety

of backgrounds. Whether it’s helping a professional musician or singer cope with illness or injury, making it possible for an elderly musician

to stay in their own home or supporting young musicians to achieve their full potential, we give help to musicians

when they need it most.

Love music. Support musicians.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA PROGRAMME



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You can help turn major setbacks into minor inconveniences. With your help we support

musicians of all ages and from a variety of backgrounds. Whether it’s a grant to buy a student a new instrument, assistance with buying a wheelchair or making it possible for an elderly musician to stay in their home, we give help to musicians when they need it most.


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© Photo: Getty Images - composite Aubrey Kurlansky 2010

musicians gi eif you love one, support the other

create a logo for use as a device for a fund-raising campaign with three distinct strands:

MUSICIANS IN CRISIS (professional musicians who have a major illness, accident, emotional problem etc)

MUSICIANS STAYING CONNECTED (older musicians and their well-being)

MUSICIANS LAUNCHPAD (those at the beginning of a professional career)


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REQUIRED!

A memorable 'campaign identity' that will encourage musicians to support the fund-raising effort through donating time, thereby encouraging music-lovers in general to support the cause.

The main message is 'donate' - the campaign should encourage the recipient to donate to the MBF


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LOVE MUSIC, LOVE MUSICIANS

HELP

Launchpad Stay Connected

HELP

Musicians in Crisis

HELP


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M U S I C I A N S

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Love musicLove musicians


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Stay Connected


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( TA K I N G C A R E O F O L D E R M U S I C I A N S A N D T H E I R W E L L - B E I N G )

Musicians in Crisis


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( P R O F E S S I O N A L M U S I C I A N S W H O H AV E A M A J O R I L L N E S S , A C C I D E N T, E M O T I O N A L P R O B L E M E T C )


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fin.Musician’s Benevolent Fund

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Final campaign logo

Take another break!

HELENA & FOUNTAIN - B ILBAO 2010


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10Bitterness is never sweet

The video vox populi are intended to prepare everyone for the afternoon workshops, but also address the morning theme which is... WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AN EDUCATION IN ARCHITECTURE?DIVERSITY?SUSTAINABILITY?ENGAGEMENT?EFFICIENCY?INNOVATION?

SOUND BITES

DAVID FOX

architecture is resource management architecture is truth and beauty

architecture is not 99% service 1% design

an architects’ drawing is only a means to an end

a drawing exists is to communicate something

pushing the boundaries and educating clients

getting the basics right – good detailing, air-tight construction, efficient energy systems, good site management

JEREMY TILL

preparation for an uncertain and fluid

RIBAEDUCATION COUNCIL ANIMATION{An 8 second film to be played during a council meeting at which the future of an education in architecture was hotly debatedComposed in photoshop the images were stitched together by SAKR design. --------------------------------------------------The sound was recorded at the RIBA by Glenn Keiles.The final composite movie was made by IAN ROY and delivered to a receptive audience in Birmingham.See the final movie here

The RIBA Education Council vox pop animation

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http://www.aubreykurlansky.co.uk/its_a_smash_movie.html

the present educational system prepares for an elite and self-centred version of architecture obsessed with salvation through exquisite design

abandoning the Victorian obsession with Parts 1/2/3, which results in unacceptable levels of student stress and debt

education should allow multiple voices to succeed, not just the skilled maker

more part-time and work based learning is inevitable and to be welcomed

offer multiple routes through to a single, and tough, gateway

innovation and invention are overused - applied too often to issues of form and technique

DEREK COTTRELL

architects are the servants of societyeducating for a more diverse future

a more diverse profession

TOM JEFFERIES

engage the idea of collaborative practice

the definition of the architect needs to be radically redrawn

an unwillingness to undertake apparently boring or difficult design tasks

must engage the idea of collaborative practice at a fundamental level


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THE RIBA COUNCIL MET IN MARCH LAST YEAR TO

DEBATE THE CONTENTIOUS ISSUE OF ‘THE FUTURE

OF AN EDUCATION IN ARCHITECTURE’. WE WERE

ASKED TO PROVIDE A SHORT FILM TO BE PLAYED,

IN BETWEEN SESSIONS, THAT WOULD PRESENT

CANVASSED OPINIONS OF THOSE ENGAGED IN

THE TEACHING AND PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE.

WE OPTED TO USE STRONG GRAPHICS (INSTEAD OF

TALKING HEADS) PRIMARLIY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE

IN ORDER TO GRAB PEOPLES ATTENTION AND

CONVEY THE ESSENCE OF WHAT THEY ARE SAYING,

THE IMMEDIATE POWER OF MOVING GRAPHIC

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Smash hit. The movie was very well received, and we are already being asked for copies; everyone was glued to it. The Council is learning to pronounce the word ‘viral’, and loving it. The President and CEO were very pleased, and best of all positively surprised by the power of design to communicate the various messages. Many thanks to you, and all the team who worked so hard to make this a success; please pass on our congratulations to everyone involved. I know you were all put under an absurd amount of pressure, but delivered a great concept and splendid movie to an unfeasible deadline. As always, it was a pleasure working with you.

CLIENT: RIBA


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“Not even our eyes belong to us!”

fromTHE HOUSE OF BILQUIS BIBI

adapted from

THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBAby

Federico García Lorca

A TAMASHA AND HAMPSTEAD THEATRE PRODUCTION

TAMASHA THEATRE COMPANY is celebrating its 21st Year with a new production adapted from Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba. We were commissioned to create a striking image that would work hard to appeal to Asian audiences and attract general bookings for a ‘summer slot’ at the

Hampstead Theatre. We were inspired by the themes in the play to create an image that was both ‘sexy and summery’ but that would not alienate a more conservative audience.

TAMASHA Theatre Company

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Better to love a bird and cage it, than to cage your own girls.When the bird’s nest is destroyed, there is hope

ACT ONE

Scene one

Interior of Bilquis’s haveli. Drawing room, dark in contrast to the stark

sun outside which comes through the door to the inner courtyard. Bulky

antique furniture that sparkles with regular polishing yet looks like it has

barely been sat on. This is the front room for ‘guests’ that clearly hasn’t

seen many guests in its time. There are the odd religious hangings/

embroidery on the bare white walls. The stage is empty as the early

evening azaan (call to prayer) is heard, distorted because of the amplified

sound. A cacophony of men in the other room falls silent as the azan is

played.

(the servant enters with a wedge of white sheets)

Servant

(nonchalantly covers her head with a dupatta in respect for the call to prayer)

This azan is pounding right between my temples.

Bushra

(entering eating a shami kebab)

Do these new maulvis think the faithful are deaf, that they need to blast us to remind

us of our Farz?

Servant

The men will wait for Maghrib prayers before taking the funeral procession.

Bushra

Throngs of them are lined up outside, waiting to join the Janaza. Being a Friday,

they’re hoping their own prayers will be heard at the same time as notching up

favours with Allah Mian by offering prayers for the deceased.

Servant

Most of them didn’t even know him.

Bushra

Strangers praying for strangers…... Poor Fida, she fainted when she was

told she cannot go to the graveyard with the men.

Servant

She knows women are strictly forbidden. She’ll be the most alone

Bushra

She was the only one who loved her father. Shukar hai we have a

peaceful moment. I am starving.

ServantIf Bilquis could see you…!BushraIt’s no skin off her nose. Since she is bereaved and mustn’t cook, all thefood has come from outside. Dekchis full of pilau and korma and(offering some of the kebab she’s eating) shami kebabs made from therichest mince…. watch out for the green chilli kick in the centre. Thegenerosity of neighbours for the most un-neighbourly of women.Servant(sadly, anxiously) You’ll put some aside for my little girl hena Bushra?BushraToday you can save whatever delicacy you like for your Munni. TheQueen of Sheba (literally the translation of Bilquis) won’t notice. Stingyfly sucker! Her table is so bare, she has the nerve to serve one chicken fordinner when she has five hungry daughters…. each one too scared to helpthemselves to a leg.Servant(sharing the joke) As the others will wonder who will get the second legif they dare to take the first?BushraIt’s not in their kismet to tear off the flesh of a chicken leg!Voice(from within) Bilquis!BushraThe old Mautarma! Is she locked in?ServantWith two turns of the key.BushraYou should put the bolt across too. Her fingers are like five picklocks.VoiceBilquis!Bushra(shouting) Aa rahi he! (to the servant) Clean everything. If Bilquis bibidoesn’t find everything sparkling, she’ll squash my face between twoears.ServantI have never understood that expression.


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The pages marked with dry flowers to remind her of all her admirers.(Jasmin - national flower)


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........................................................Better to love a bird and cage it, than to cage your own girls.........................................................When the bird’s nest is destroyed, there is hope she will grow to love her cage.........................................................Not even our eyes belong to us.........................................................Matters of the heart, stay in the heart.

Istanbul is a surprising mix of the

conservative and cosmopolitan melding an

old-world muslim culture with a vibrant,

edgy and contemporary zeitgeist.

Although a young and energetic society,

the historic Ottoman Empire still exerts a

strong pull and influence over both young

and old and whilst the city manages to

accommodate all the trappings of a modern

and prosperous society, the unease felt by

many traditionalists as the new world seeks

to replace the old, sometimes explodes

sharply into focus.

Its a noisy, bustling, dirty, loud, crowded

but beautiful city of minarets and domes

proudly proclaiming the glory of God,

shimmerimng high above the Bospherous

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

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TRAVEL WELL

GLASS-EYED CAT - ISTANBUL 2010

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TRAVEL WELL

SCREAM - ISTANBUL 2010

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Southbank Sinfonia

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ELGARIntroduction & Allegro

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SHOWCASE

100% designDevelopment and refinement of a robust visual identity programmePresentation by Lime Marketing & AKD | 6 September 2010

the current logotype is comprised of the words (the signature)

100% design london

and for sub sectors100% futures 100% materials100% detail

The proposal is to drop the word london and create a strong template that will work across a variety of media and be easily adapted to suit all future applications.

Our recommendations for the logotype are twofold:

Strengthen the logotype to create a more compact and unique device

Adopt an additional ‘consumer brand’ device to carry the logotype which would form the basis of a template and make for an easily managed identity system

100% Design | September 2010

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LOGOTYPE DEVELOPMENT

strokes of the percentage sign thickened, to match the weight of the numbers

relative elements of the percentage sign rearranged to create a unique and more compact symbol

Original

Evolved - stronger and more compact

some of our favourite work never sees the light of day

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reason or another we may not win the pitch and the work languishes

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folder somew here100% Design | September 2010

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20 - 23 September 2011Earls Court, London----------------------------------www.100percentdesign.co.uk

100% Design

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Connecting cutting edge contemporary interiors, innovative lighting and the industry’s freshest talent with the professional world of architecture and design

20 - 23 September 2011Earls Court, London

www.100percentdesign.co.uk




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100% Design

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Prestigious programme printed two Pantone

specials in Gold and Purple with embossed

detail on front cover and full colour text

pages Stock Stephen Smart - cover and

Phoenix Motion - text.

London Festival Opera | October 2010

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RefinedAnother chance to sharpen my pencil and put point to paper, this time refining an existing logo and creating a secondary branding

device for a Night at the Opera


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A NIGHT AT THE OPERA


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T he PASSION ofPuccini

F INAL REVISED LOGO

English“spoken by millions, but mastered by so few”

...................... It’s idiosyncratic and beautiful at best, but maddening and incomprehensible at worst.

O N T H E N E X T F E W PA G E S W E P R E S E N T F O R Y O U R A M U S E M E N T A N D E N T E R T A I N M E N T:

CURIOUS words | occasional INSPIRATIONAL & puzzling discoveries

BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUBREY KURLANSKY DESIGN : TH I S E DITION - A N A G R A M S

Curious words

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Language is the most imperfect and

expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought

$Language is the means

of getting an idea from my brain into yours, without surgery…

$…it’s a funny language

in which a fat chance and slim chance are the same thing…

$…and stranger still when skating on thin ice

can get you into hot water.$

.....If these quotations don’t bring a smile

to your mind, perhaps the little collection

of gems on the next page, may cause

a crease or two.

Curious words

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CURIOUS words | occasional INSPIRATIONAL & puzzling discoveries

BROUGHT TO YOU BY AUBREY KURLANSKY DESIGN : TH I S E DITION - FOREIGN SIGNS

IN A BANGKOK TEMPLE:IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER,

IF DRESSED AS A MAN

DOCTORS OFFICE, ROME:SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES

DRY CLEANERS, BANGKOK:DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS

IN A NAIROBI RESTAURANT:CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO

SEE THE MANAGER

ON THE ATHI RIVER HIGHWAY: TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD

IS IMPASSABLE

IN A TOKYO BAR:SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE

LADIES WITH NUTS

MENU OF A SWISS RESTAURANT:OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR

HOTEL, TOKYO:GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING

BEHAVIOURS IN BED

ON A POSTER AT KENCOM:ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO, WE CAN HELP

HOTEL, JAPAN:YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE

ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAMBERMAID

HOTEL, ZURICH:BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX IN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED

FOR THIS PURPOSE

AIRLINE TICKET OFFICE, COPENHAGEN:WE TAKE YOUR BAGS

AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS

A LAUNDRY IN ROME:LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON

HAVING A GOOD TIME

IN A CITY RESTAURANT:OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK

AND WEEKENDS

SIGN, BLACK FOREST, GERMANY:IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONE TENT

UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS

PURPOSE

COCKTAIL LOUNGE, NORWAY:LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT

TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR

We are neverSHUT!

Instrument composites

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INSTRUMENT COMPOSITES ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR THE

ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT


Reflections in the Guggenheim / Bilbao

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MUSEUM SPECTATORS, GUGGENHEIM, B ILBAO


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