Design in a time of Corona

Maintaining a healthy mind, managing to work and doing your bit for society as we go through a period of extreme changes. Graphic Design is by its nature a lonely occupation. But what can we pass on to others that may help in these difficult times. For years, as a Graphic Designer, I have sat…

The inexplicable science of happy coincidences

Learning to understand what it is to be human, how we see what we see, how we observe the patterns of all our lives and act upon them is big science. It is the vastness of neuroscience, psychological behaviour patterns and the understanding of how personal experiences affect our everyday. It is a massive subject,…

Launching The Contour Range of Peak District Design products

No razzamatazz on this occasion… just another of my understated quiet product launches gets underway right now. Products are reaching shop shelves and peoples homes. Kind words have been said, reassuring product testing has been done, products refined, designed, produced. Packaging and point of sale has been designed, swing tags, brochures and leaflets are ready,…

40 years ago… a small boy did the 3 Peaks of Yorkshire…

I am so proud of the fine bone china that I have just taken delivery of from those lovely people in the Potteries. Monster #peakdistrict #design Pint Pots now available for Christmas from the #peakdistrictdesign website. Ideal for Tea, Coffee or Whisky : ) To see more, or order an ‘Always Moving’ fine bone china…

Peak District Design quietly gets under way…

There’s so much to do when you launch a new business, and with my Peak District design hat on, I am determined to prepare everything before launching anything… so it is with s sense of pride that I was delighted to see the giclée sample prints coming off Graham’s printer. So here we go… quietly…

The race for Christmas, quality trumps everything everytime…

So here it is Merry Christmas, everybody’s having fun… except for hard working designers still locked in the office after a great many years. There’s no doubt about the pressures designers have as Christmas races towards us… but personally I have chosen to play the quality card every time over the obvious need to turn…

Peak District Design… is coming soon

Peak District Design will be launching soon at www.peakdistrictdesign.co.uk A small business specialising in the orginal artwork and design of Si Homfray. A few images from forthcoming products can be seen below.

purple is the colour of… Chatsworth?

A quite remarkable evening at Chatsworth… I was invited to capture a few images of the extraordinary people who won awards from Accessible Derbyshire. Gillian Scotford and Jane Carver hosted the function which was topped off by the fully illuminated purple house and icon that is Chatsworth house. purple has become the adopted colour of…