Give us a wave

The Summer issue of the award winning member magazine for the National Clarion Cycling Club will soon be landing on 1500 doormats across the UK.

The latest issue of Boots&Spurs features an interview with the Bury Clarion alumni and world champion Simon Yates, exclusive tips for youth riders from Sir Chris Hoy, how Gustave Holst may have cycled with the Clarion and the usual club news from around the country.

Garry Marshall's wrap-around illustration features on the cover.

Scotland in Trust: "Interesting, attractive and modern"

The redesign of the National Trust for Scotland member magazine has had a good reaction from its readers, many have tweeted positively about the new look:

"Love new look @N_T_S mag. Grt piece on rural life museum. 1 of my toddlers fave places to visit. Well worth a trip - lots to keep kids happy"

"@N_T_S great photos on the farm at NMS Rural Life! :) the whole publication is v visually stimulating"

"@N_T_S magazine is infinitely better, interesting, attractive and modern. Good work!"

Here are a few pages form the latest (Summer) issue that I designed on behalf of Think Publishing with editor Clare Harris

Rocking all over the South West

The Summer issue of Escape is now available on trains all across the First Great Western network.

The latest issue of the passenger magazine includes a musical map of rock and pop hotspots, where to get action adventure thrills and a round up of the best new musicals.

I design the magazine on behalf of Think Publishing

A greasy tippet, a dimpling rise and Roger Daltrey

It's great fun designing Fly Fishing and Fly Tying's covers.

We've used Henry Gilbey's evocative fishing photos for the last couple of issues and the magazine has had some excellent features over the summer. Roger Daltrey's fishing lakes (and how to fish them), how to fish a spate river and whether or not to grease your tippet (new research says you shouldn't!) are just a few

Slimy Sue Damsel, Wet Olive, Parton's Diamong Dog, the fly names are really expressive, so name checking them on the cover helps to get across the idiosyncratic approach of this wonderful magazine.

Vitamin C overdose

I've just rediscovered a collection of tissue orange wrappers I used as research for a student type design project. They were collected while on a trip to Barcelona's La Boqueria market.

The designs are printed using a rubber plate so as not to damage the tissue. The printing quite often goes out of register so each wrapper is slightly different

I have about 30 wrappers which compared to Eric Bradshaw's collection of 2,797 is a drop in the ocean.

Have a look at those I've uploaded, I like the way the printing glitches, and simple design coexist to produce such lively packaging

Relaunched National Trust for Scotland magazine

Scotland in Trust, the member magazine for the National Trust for Scotland was relaunched this week.

I designed the winning pitch for Think Publishing and was subsequently asked to design the first issue of the magazine and set up the templates.

It's a cracking magazine edited by Claire Harris and includes illustration by Alex Williamson and photography by Angela Catlin

PPA magazine facts inforgraphic

Magazines have a lot to shout about.  I was asked to produce an infographic promoting the facts about our industry by the PPA.

Did you know?
• 75% of all adults buy a magazine
• There were over 250 new launches last year
• 10,000 magazines are sold every minute
• The UK magazine market is worth an astonishing £4billion

The infographic will be used in print and on-line and is animated in a promotional movie by Liquid Productions (See below)