Tomorrow will be my first day of tutoring at Salford University. I will be assisting tutors and giving the HND graphic design students help with their projects and giving them crit - i'll try not to be too harsh! :)

If your a colour geek plus an iphone geek, then you will love the new pantone application for iphone. Pantone colours on the move!

Read more about it over on pantone's website - http://www.mypantone.com/pages/pantone/Pantone.aspx?pg=20696&ca=1

It is only within the past year that i actually started buying Grafik magazine (and getting a subscription). After a few issues, Grafik decided for a whole change on their front covers, opting for a different logo and a really minimal illustration/colour combination. After checking out some websites i cam across an archive of all previous Grafik covers, and prefer the old ones in the archive to the new ones! There is so much more life to the covers, the logo looked great and the typography and layout of each cover varied and looked great.

Take a look at the archive here...

http://nmca.presspublish.info/nmca_grafik.htm

One of the most inspiring pieces of work this year for me, has come in the form of music from Mayer Hawthorne. I have waited eagerly all year for the release of 'A Strange Arrangement' and it doesn't disappoint. For me its brought the old back to the new, by allowing soul music to have such an amazing twist and different sound. Recent 'free' tracks have been released from Hawthorne's record label - Stones Throw which are sometimes better than the originals.

Have a listen to one of the free tracks...

http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2009/10/mayer-hawthorne-green-eyed-love-classixx-remix