Blogspot has treated me well - but it has outlived it usage and no longer provides the service I require for my web-presence. I may carry on using it but not to the same level or for the same things.

From now on, for all things related to George Charlton, my work and my creative practice - please go to:

George Charlton

Adieu

Soviet Script Bold/Regular/Light incl. special hammer and sickle character.

something I knocked up in an bored afternoon - nothing overly pro but i think the light weight ends up working quite well.

A poster I put together to help out a friend

Don't Panic competition.

"Believe."

Check out this excellent video put together by Matthew Margerison; footage of the previously-ranted-on-and-on-about Treetrunk Commune, cut to one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite albums by one of my favourite bands.

Thanks again to all the staff at Zephyr and the other treetrunk communers for all the effort they put in; it was a great night which hopefully everyone enjoyed. If you're lucky enough to own some ultra-tastey Norwegian beer (currently exclusive to Zephyr in the UK I believe), pour yourself a 2/3 pint and watch this - it will be just like being there!

I thought I'd share some of my most recent uni work to keep the blog warmed up and active.
The idea behind my project is political communication through design - I'm playing around with different ideas but here is one of them. An illustration publication containing an illustrated essay i wrote titled "The Red/Green Argument" which discusses the connection between global capitalism and climate change. I also snuck in a few Adventure Time references into the images.

Sorry about the bad photos - I took them with an iphone and lit them up with a bedside lamp! What're your thoughts? I'm planning on trying out these further adjustments - using a page that isn't a square to stop it from looking like an album cover and trying it on thinner, cheaper or recycled paper, in consideration of having a run of them made.


typefaces used are Intro for the cover, a new awesome display font available free from fontfabric. It might just be the honey moon period, but it's matching my affections for RNBo2 recently.
Calluna, my new favourite serif, from the same guy who did the Museo typefaces, was used for the body. The regular weight is free online, along with a short article from the designer explaining how he went about making it and explaining some off its nice little features and quirks like the little indents above/below the right hand serifs. I was shown Calluna by a friend who urns the previously discussed Axis Graphic Design.

The margins are not deliberately ridiculous, the double sided print function on the printers in our uni studio seems to offset the center of the page.

Axis Graphic Design

/ photos from imogen

the Treetrunk Commune was an amazing success, Chris and Lasara's artwork was expectedly awesome and all the bands put on an amazing show. Thanks to everyone involved :)