Catching Our Eye

A mixture of blog, opinion and learning around design, arts, culture and technology.

Harrisment designs WordCamp Portsmouth

By Jonathan Harris | 3 August 2011 | Branding, Graphic Design, Web Design

Harrisment designs the identity for WordCamp Portsmouth. SPF50 not required.

The end of Brand Hollywood?

By Jonathan Harris | 18 January 2011 | Branding, Celebrity, Film, Opinion, Society

Ricky Gervais punctures the Hollywood bubble at the Golden Globes. Let’s be clear about this, Gervais is a cult. A marmite. You either love him or hate him, you either get him or you don’t. He either aggravates or deflates in equal measure. Those who are offended probably lack the self awareness of where the entertainment industry actually is, the sound of bubbles bursting is long overdue.

Designers love cock

By Jonathan Harris | 4 November 2010 | Advertising, Celebrity, Graphic Design, Society

Yes you read it right, but it will only make sense if you were at the Pecha Kucha event in […]

iPod Apps for Designers

By Jonathan Harris | 11 October 2010 | Education, Mobile, Technology

This is a companion piece to an item I’ve written for the DBA on the top 10 Apps for the […]

S4C Eisteddfod identity looks very familiar

By Jonathan Harris | 2 August 2010 | Branding, Graphic Design, Television

I don’t think this has happened to me before. You’re sitting down to watch some TV and there it is! […]

HRH Prince Philip on Design

By Jonathan Harris | 29 July 2010 | Awards, Celebrity, Education, Society

An interview from October 2009 with Kevin McCloud talking to Prince Philip about his views on design and society, celebrating 50 years of the Prince Philip Designers Prize.

Magnificent Maps

By Jonathan Harris | 23 July 2010 | Education, Graphic Design, Illustration, Information Design, Product Design, Society

“Maps are works fo art that need to be visually pleasing in order to convey information successfully”. Something all the artists in this exhibition at the British Library seem to have taken to heart.