Ed Birks

Graphic Communication Student, Salford


Business card development i think i might stick to a selection of just 5. I need to sort out the design of my details on the back and how it’l work. Compared to my old cards i’m only going to put my name, email, and phone number, the rest isn’t needed and it clears a lot of space.

Business card development i think i might stick to a selection of just 5. I need to sort out the design of my details on the back and how it’l work. Compared to my old cards i’m only going to put my name, email, and phone number, the rest isn’t needed and it clears a lot of space.

Final logo for self promo. Although its completely different to the other logo i’ve posted its a developed version of my old logo 

Final logo for self promo. Although its completely different to the other logo i’ve posted its a developed version of my old logo 

Rob showed me some Radiohead remix single covers that my logo reminded him of. I really liked the colour plate and the messy nature of them all and wanted to use a simular feel for my business cards. After a while they started reminding me of some of Andy Goldsworthy’s work (which i’m a massive fan of) I started looking at the shapes he creates out of twigs and also found them relevant.

Rob showed me some Radiohead remix single covers that my logo reminded him of. I really liked the colour plate and the messy nature of them all and wanted to use a simular feel for my business cards. After a while they started reminding me of some of Andy Goldsworthy’s work (which i’m a massive fan of) I started looking at the shapes he creates out of twigs and also found them relevant.

branding concept, i tried using the year of my birth in with my name. Not to sure how obvious this is or how much it communicates my style or my personality, so i’m taking it back to the drawing board. 

branding concept, i tried using the year of my birth in with my name. Not to sure how obvious this is or how much it communicates my style or my personality, so i’m taking it back to the drawing board. 

My friends just got three Alpaca’s which she’s starting to walks with with, she wanted a logo so heres my first development. After I’ve refine this concept I wouldn’t mine trying a more Aztec style. 

My friends just got three Alpaca’s which she’s starting to walks with with, she wanted a logo so heres my first development. After I’ve refine this concept I wouldn’t mine trying a more Aztec style. 

Two years this summer my friends payed me to paint them a painting for their living room. Their view is one of my favourites in the dale and i’d used it for a old college project so sort of knew what I could do. I found it hard getting such a large landscape into the painting and my board could have done with being a lot wider. Like a lot of work I think it could be re-done better but they are happy with so am I.

I wanted to photography it in the orignal spot where I took the photos I used to help paint it, which involved getting my other mate to kart it up the hill. Unfortunately we spent to long at the pub and missed a lot of the decent sun light so the photo isn’t the greatest. Something else to be done again.

Two years this summer my friends payed me to paint them a painting for their living room. Their view is one of my favourites in the dale and i’d used it for a old college project so sort of knew what I could do. I found it hard getting such a large landscape into the painting and my board could have done with being a lot wider. Like a lot of work I think it could be re-done better but they are happy with so am I.
I wanted to photography it in the orignal spot where I took the photos I used to help paint it, which involved getting my other mate to kart it up the hill. Unfortunately we spent to long at the pub and missed a lot of the decent sun light so the photo isn’t the greatest. Something else to be done again.

I wish you could bottle the feeling of finally handing something in. Its mint

I wish you could bottle the feeling of finally handing something in. Its mint

I can remember this advert coming out, I can notice the stitched area more now as when It came out I remember it being seamless. Still the campaign the Original Updated is brilliant its all about the remix. VW seem to have a care free approach to new Golfs usually using a simular theme e.g. Golf MKVI advert (sounds just like a Golf) Theres a confidence that they don’t need to say its anything else. I prefer this type of car advertising to others that seem a lot more dishonest.


A selection of my final fronts to my boxes for the M&S YCN brief. I’ve simplified it down from the last development.  

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A selection of my final fronts to my boxes for the M&S YCN brief. I’ve simplified it down from the last development.  

Brilliant campaign advert. Active camo