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December 31, 2025December 31, 2025Journal Graphic design by splendoid

NEW filminutiae discussion

Fresh interview in my ongoing series.

November 18, 2025November 18, 2025Journal Graphic design by splendoid

NEW AMP

New homage to a favourite flick.

November 18, 2025November 18, 2025Journal Painting by splendoid

fresh paint drops

Just finished a new piece of handiwork…

November 17, 2025November 21, 2025Visuals Painting by splendoid

Propagation

Deliberately obscure urban landscape.

October 22, 2025October 29, 2025Journal Graphic design by splendoid

Red Sentinel

How I made my business card a less dull affair.

October 22, 2025October 23, 2025Journal Content by splendoid

on Awe-full art

Do we respond to art in the same way as the natural world?

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October 20, 2025October 22, 2025Journal Music by splendoid

broadcasting loud & proud

New music & sound design now available for streaming.

October 17, 2025October 20, 2025Essays Content by splendoid

signals from the source

Exploring the various boons of creating content in-house.

October 13, 2025October 17, 2025Essays Content by splendoid

Filminutiae

An ongoing interview and essay series exploring the culture and craft of film design.

October 13, 2025December 30, 2025Filminutiae Content by splendoid

Take 16: Matt Baxter

One half of the driving force of multi-award winning graphic design studio Baxter & Bailey talks about how his team put together the extraordinarily dynamic brand identity for the London Soundtrack Festival, an event created to reflect the ever-increasing interest and enthusiasm for film, TV and games music and to acknowledge that London is one of the most important centre’s for soundtracks in the world.

October 7, 2025October 22, 2025Journal Content by splendoid

Between Memory & Mise-en-Scène

Notes on the city that performs itself.

October 1, 2025October 17, 2025Essays Content by splendoid

The Pleasure of Their Company

The curious life of logos fabricated for film.

September 18, 2025October 14, 2025Essays Content by splendoid

The Reel Thing?

Remixed movie posters seem like they are literally everywhere.

August 21, 2025October 23, 2025Journal Content by splendoid

Theatricality, Memory, and the Spectacle of Tragedy

A painterly encounter with Shakespeare’s tragic heroine.

July 28, 2025October 14, 2025Objects Modelmaking by splendoid

Asteroid arboretum

Scratch built miniature tree-saving asteroid.

May 21, 2025October 14, 2025Sounds Music by splendoid

A record (AKA The road series)

Different musical directions but all named after UK roads.

May 19, 2025October 14, 2025Visuals Drawing by splendoid

Ponsense naintings

An on-going series of non-images.

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May 16, 2025October 22, 2025Visuals Graphic design by splendoid

RUFFLING FEATHERS

Character licensing style guide & product concept visuals.

skateistan bomb ramp event poster

May 13, 2025October 23, 2025Visuals Graphic design by splendoid

a sidewards slant

Poster template for NGO awareness event series.

May 13, 2025October 15, 2025Objects Graphic design by splendoid

Paper skateboarding

Paper skateboard models as NGO awareness tactic.

May 13, 2025October 17, 2025Visuals Logos & icons by splendoid

P&A

Logo for legal and HR services start-up.

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May 12, 2025October 23, 2025Sounds Music by splendoid

6EQUJ5

Experimental sounds inspired by the famous Wow! Signal.

May 9, 2025October 17, 2025Objects Graphic design by splendoid

hazardous objects postcards

Postcards packaged in a bespoke hazard-tape pack.

May 6, 2025October 14, 2025Visuals Logos & icons by splendoid

BONSAI

Logo for a clinical lung cancer study.

May 6, 2025October 15, 2025Essays Content by splendoid

Does artwork still matter?

When music is less tactile does artwork still matter?

May 5, 2025October 15, 2025Visuals Logos & icons by splendoid

MOTORSPORT MECHANICS

Logo for ‘male centric’ internal communications initiative.

May 5, 2025October 17, 2025Essays Content by splendoid

Smiley World

How the Smiley performs as both a product and a brand logo.

April 29, 2025October 17, 2025Reviews Content by splendoid

The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’

A book as monolithic as it’s subject matter.

April 22, 2025October 14, 2025Reviews Content by splendoid

Korg OPSIX

Korg promises ‘altered’ FM synthesis. But is it just an overblown Volca?

April 2, 2024October 22, 2025Visuals Drawing by splendoid

Still life in mobile homes

So I caught the German bug for caravan enthusiasm.

April 2, 2024October 14, 2025Sounds Music by splendoid

SPLD3: sequential salon

A comprehensive set of 13 themes inspiring moods of a quiet and contemplative nature.

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April 2, 2024October 14, 2025Sounds Music by splendoid

SPLD2: Gyroscope

13 light, colourful, and exhilarating contemporary cues portraying the pace and excitement of modern life.

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April 2, 2024October 14, 2025Sounds Music by splendoid

SPLD1: AUTURBINE

12 Suspenseful statements of differing intensity for up-to-date dramatic application.

October 31, 2023October 17, 2025Visuals Graphic design by splendoid

A godforsaken alphabet

Coded alphabet for independent horror film identity.

October 25, 2023October 28, 2025Spaces Graphic design by splendoid

Break Free

Multi-media & graphics for healthcare trade show.

October 18, 2023November 21, 2025Visuals Painting by splendoid

San Vincenzo

2 little girls on the beach.

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October 4, 2023October 21, 2025Reviews Content by splendoid

A CHAPEL FOR LUKE & his Scribe, Lucius the CyrenE

Evaluating light-art heavyweight James Turrell’s permanent installation.

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March 30, 2023May 2, 2025splendoid.net by splendoid

novelties.

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March 30, 2023April 30, 2025splendoid.net by splendoid

fancy goods.

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March 30, 2023September 30, 2025splendoid.net by splendoid

Literal Ephemera.

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March 9, 2023August 26, 2025Visuals Graphic design by splendoid

EVOLUTIONARY

Poster concepts for independent UK sci-fi production.

February 16, 2023October 28, 2025Visuals Logos & icons by splendoid

Product X®

Logo concepts for cancer medication.

U bahn train poster for paintball game graffiti style

January 31, 2023October 17, 2025Visuals Graphic design by splendoid

Shooting in colour

Advertising concepts for Munich paintball venue.

January 30, 2023October 17, 2025Reviews Content by splendoid

Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism

Considering Munich’s National Socialism research institution.

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January 17, 2023October 14, 2025Journal Content by splendoid

Gradient Histories: A Dialogue with Time

Thoughts on the repetition of graphic idioms over time.

January 9, 2023October 21, 2025Journal Modelmaking by splendoid

Star Wars Lego razor crest MOC

My attempt at a ‘screen correct’ version of a micro-sized Razor Crest.

brezn covered in hazard tape on fountainhead

December 8, 2022October 22, 2025Objects Unclassified by splendoid

Hazardous objects

Self-made ‘fascinating’ objects using hazard tape.

December 6, 2022October 14, 2025Interviews Content by splendoid

Fabien oefner: An artist on auto-destruct?

The Swiss artist discusses his automotive-based oeuvre.

October 27, 2022October 17, 2025Essays Content by splendoid

Starbucks & the third space

Investigating the interior design of the coffee juggernaut.

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October 26, 2022October 14, 2025Objects Modelmaking by splendoid

Dustbin duck pond

A street art approach to climate crisis awareness.

October 17, 2022October 21, 2025Reviews Content by splendoid

unsung heroes of fm synthesis

Are these devices a gateway for a new generation of musicians hooked on FM’s distinctive sound?

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September 26, 2022October 22, 2025Objects Modelmaking by splendoid

The Laughing Cow

Bucolic diorama atop a box of cheese triangles.

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May 19, 2022November 10, 2025Visuals Graphic design by splendoid

Sketchbooks

My receptacle for found material, sketches and writings of a random nature.

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April 21, 2022November 17, 2025Visuals Graphic design by splendoid

Alternative Movie Posters

Improving on the original or expressing enthusiasm.

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March 12, 2022October 14, 2025Objects Graphic design by splendoid

Disposable

Self-produced skateboard deck graphics.

February 8, 2022October 14, 2025Journal Drawing by splendoid

Mini-golf alphabet (WIP)

I love typography, I love mini-golf. So why not?

September 20, 2021October 14, 2025Journal Unclassified by splendoid

Hazardous Object #11

Canvas art using hazard tape.

March 10, 2021October 14, 2025Visuals UX by splendoid

LAB-YRINTH Game App

Retro-style digital game for a medical diagnostics provider.

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February 21, 2021October 14, 2025Visuals UX by splendoid

CODEFINDER

Gamified multi-media attractor for trade show booth

February 18, 2021October 14, 2025Visuals Logos & icons by splendoid

Löwensiegel

Personal branding applied to a range of different objects.