Shops may need to be forced to accept cash in the future, according to a new parliamentary committee report. Despite the fact that more people are choosing to pay with cash, there is concern that more and more shops, cafes…
On the week that water bills went up 26% across the UK, I made this video about the scandal of water privatisation for PoliticsJoe. I spoke to River Action CEO James Wallace, Surfers Against Sewage policy officer Louise Reddy, and…
If Labour gets its way, the legacy of this government may well be a sky thick with vapor trails. Since taking office, the party has thrown its weight behind airport expansion, backing major projects across the southeast of England. It…
In August, I walked the Cotswold Way. This podcast is a travelogue of that journey. I walked for five days and camped for five nights. During that time, I learnt about some parts of English history that allowed me to…
I worked for Grain, a sustainable furniture startup, from 2020 to 2022. There, I worked with head designer Jamie Prow to develop a brand identity. I was responsible for producing our adverts, and managing our marketing alongside founder Tom Allen…
Our designers spent years working on the Brenex extending dining table. It was our job to communicate all that work to the audience A product launch campaign takes an awful lot of planning and thought. For the Brenex, Grain‘s new…
We wanted a set of adverts that introduced the brand to new people. This is what I made After launching several specific, targeted campaigns, we decided we wanted some more general assets that introduced the Grain brand to new viewers.…
We visited a customer to hear about how he used our products, then created a range of assets from it As a new company, Grain were always struggling to build trust with our customers. That’s why we decided to visit…
At Grain, we made our furniture to order. That meant that if people wanted it in time for Christmas lunch, they had to think ahead. That’s where this ad came in. Unlike most of the ads in this set, this…
Our most conceptual campaign, designed to show our products while making a statement about our values ‘Responsible from every angle’ was the most ambitious, conceptual campaign we produced at Grain. The idea was to string our products up from the…
