This beautiful illustration of a Golden Trout by Paul Waters is one of a series that depicts the native wild fish under threat in California. They featured throughout 95 pages of science-made-understandable – California Trout’s report, SOS II: Fish in Hot Water. The result got some attention: “The trends are very disturbing. Not to diminish […]
Giving New Leaf new life
New Leaf Tree Surgery is a business offering all aspects of tree surgery across Oxfordshire run by a lovely bloke called Neil. Neil knew what he was looking for – he had a new website and truck vinyls but his company’s identity was easily forgotten and didn’t hang together as a logo. The solution for […]
Making leather goods by hand
Tanner Bates sells leather bags, journals, belts and accessories – handmade onsite in the workshop. John Hagger’s successful business expanded into tuition to the point where it became it’s own entity, Leather School. The two sit happily side by side. Leather School offers courses, classes and make-your-own-belt kits, with the tagline “Be the Maker”. The […]
Aging gracefully
New Lion Brewery have a tradition going. On their first birthday, they brewed a Russian Imperial Stout, laying down a limited quantity of bottles in their cellars. These came to light on their second anniversary to be joined by a new batch of birthday-brewed, Belgian-style Quadrupel, which, again, will be aged amid the dust of […]
Practicing your art form
Behind the scenes at a wedding in Cardona, near Barcelona, this guy was taking a moment to get his horn ready for some salsa, son cubano. Imagine a mountain village on a warm, sunny day. Step inside a cool, ancient apartment building – opened-up, with entire floors missing – peeling wallpaper from every decade, candle-lit […]
Toasting the Pandit
Ravi Shankar visited Dartington Hall in 1936. He said “I felt that I was coming close to music and that this music was what I wanted to devote my life to”. A limited edition batch of New Lion Brewery’s Pandit IPA was bottled especially for the 2016 Sea Change festival. No doubt music and beer […]
Envisioning a safe and free world
Proud2Be envision a world where all people are safe, free and proud to be themselves. They support LGBTQIA+ people to lead empowered, fulfilled and authentic lives. This illustration formed the core graphic in the materials for this year’s Pride event. The main theme is ‘together we are stronger’ and every year Proud2Be aims to convey […]
Celebrating British Sea Power
British Sea Power played at the first ever Sea Change festival in Totnes this summer. To get into the spirit, this special beer label brought a piece of local nautical history to life. Between 1940 and 1945, Totnes created a 600-person shipbuilding industry from the ground up, transforming the town’s rubbish dump in the process. […]
Launching a new book
‘21 Stories of Transition: How a movement of communities is coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world’ (harvested by Rob Hopkins) launched at the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris. It’s a joyous and inspiring celebration of what the Transition movement has become. The design of the 100-page book (in both English and French) was […]
Pitching at the LEF
Every year for one jam-packed day, the Local Entrepreneur Forum brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and other change makers to learn from each other, form new relationships, and hopefully, to begin working together on new enterprises that create meaningful livelihoods and contribute to the community in positive ways. The day includes Community of Dragons – pitching […]