back in jan
big up brandon, mohamed, aziza + russie. sandra ofori-forbes is a generational talent saving lives at d&ad. rory cowan is a g and im immensely proud to have shared a desk with him. he never said this, but he always had two things: allow yourself to be shit on the external monitor, and move on quickly after doing something good. chloe templeman you already know. tom french, mark nunn, hannah francis thanks for always gassing me up. and georgia for testing me lol.
big up kevin lan who was chill about everything. i learned alot from how chill he was in general. at dbp i got to have two mentors: miho aishima and joe atkin, designers of the highest ilk. i should prob talk more about that. everybody needs a guide like miho. special person. if you decided to explore how the kanji writing system hides striking similarities with japanese/igbo language, she would find a day to join you. i spent most time with joe. master of spending every last minute in the abstract before teleporting into a seat in the brands’ audience. and doing the job. massive thanks also clare robertshaw, natalie hughes, billy clark, selina gerhard, simren degun, lyndon rutherford, poppy scoffings, adam tickle and of course alejandro yamin for all the strategy gems.
big up jermaine balfourth, clive martin + james massiah 100 times, dimitri briks, alvin owusu, sam auguste, arved colvin-smith, ian luka & of course justice williams mbe. probably most purposeful work this year was artworking + editorial for all bbm prints front to back. they are a big part of the future i wanna see. funniest client must again go to jody, bayo & marz at eyecasting.
humbled to be blooming from freelance form into smöl studio in january. servicing makers mainly: fmcg, services, f&b + community. contact me hey@shola.world for more info ★