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28 May 2018

Support Your Friends

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Support your friends. Celebrate their achievements, buy their products, send them constructive feedback, attend their exhibitions, share their work, listen to their ideas and issues, comment on their captions, read their blog posts, visit their gigs, purchase tickets to their shows, notice their nuances, subscribe to their podcasts, shout them dinner - build a community.

And if you're lucky enough to be gifted one of your friend's products then repay the favour by sending them something which you know they will love, just as much as you do. Congratulations to Campbell Cole and Oliver Hooson on the continued success of a product of their love, the O TOTE. I'm proud to call these guys my friends.

Photographs by Jake Millers

7 Apr 2018

Campbell Cole x Oliver Hooson "O TOTE"

This one is pretty exciting for me personally, and seeing two collective set of heads – that I know personally – come together to create a meaningful product gives me a great buzz. Nottingham's design stalwart, Campbell Cole have joined up with our mate Oliver Hooson to produce a brand new product for the brand, the O TOTE.

The collaboration between the design studio + London-based Freelance Photographer and Content Creator has been inspired by Hooson's fast-paced and often one-the-fly lifestyle – stemmed from his love of cycling, photography + his ever-growing design obsession.

The unisex O TOTE has been designed to be worn close to the body, made from a durable yet soft cotton canvas and features a CC branded single cross-body wedding strap with ladder lock buckle. Easy access at all times is key, especially when cycling, so there's two dead handy deep pockets on the outside, with enough space for a magazine, water bottle, packable gilet etc. On the inside it's all business, with a small secure compartment, complete with the trademark Campbell Cole paracord zipper, and a large open-style compartment with enough space for the rest of you gear.

This collaboration is a testament to just how far we have come in this new media we call content creation, and I forward to seeing what Oliver does with this next chapter of his career.

The first drop sold out within an hour of it's release, the second batch is due on 7th May in limited quantities.

9 Mar 2018

The Slower Months

January was a really busy month for me. It felt like the ideal start to the year; freelance projects kept my hands full, a couple of travel opportunities came my way, and I took it upon myself to head down to Manchester most weeks to catch up with friends. Things were pretty sweet.

Then February came around, and it was all change. At the start of the month I found myself writing about how I'd taken too much on at once, and a few weeks later I'm putting together this short post about how I haven't got much work on...That's the reality self-employment; you turn into some sort of human yo-yo.

A yo-yo with anxiety issues, at the best of times. It's all ups and downs. I have always thrived on the freedom of working for myself (and it seems to have worked well for me for the past three years), but I'm in a constant battle with myself to stay proactive, keep on-the-ball creatively, and maybe, most importantly, keep on working towards my next goals – and rememeber to set them.

When there's no one to tell you you what to do, it's easy to fall into the role of professional procrastinator. That's just something I haven't managed to conquer as yet – but if I'm going to carry on in this somewhat uncertain career path, I need to get myself in gear, especially in those quieter, thumb twiddling months.

Photographs by Jordan Bunker.

14 Nov 2017

Simple Collection AW17 by Campbell Cole

Nottingham duo Campbell Cole are back at it again for AW17. The brand's signature release, the Simple Collection, shows signs of small tweaks, and for their latest update we see the introduction of a brand new product.

Available in three colours - black, tan + khaki - the Simple Zip Corner Wallet joins the existing line up of the Key Wrap, Card Holder, Slim Wallet + a few other regulars. Measuring at 12cm x 8.5cm, using Italian leather, and finished off with a stalwart Riri zip and signature hand-knotted paracord zip puller, this new addition to the collection is bound to end us as a back pocket's best friend. With storage for cards, folded notes and lose change.

We have a lot of respect for designers who stick to their original concept, rather than catching a wave of a fleeting trend. By taking on board customer feedback and user experience, Ian + Felicity of CC react to what works, and what can be improved on for future production - both adding and taking away over time.

The AW17 Simple Collection by Campbell Cole is available here.

2 Apr 2017

Win Design Goods with Campbell Cole

Our good buddies at Campbell Cole – the Nottingham-based leather goods brand – have teamed up with three British contemporary design brands for their new competition. This one's in no way connected to us, as such, but we just wanted to share the news as there's some cool items involved! Mamnick, Tom Pigeon + Ajoto have all offered up one item each.

The prize includes:

Campbell Cole | 1 Simple A6 Pouch (Black, Tan, Khaki or Navy)
Ajoto | 1 Stainless Steel Pen
Tom Pigeon | 3 Reflex Pocketbooks & 1 Metalwork 15cm Ruler
Mamnick | 2 Page Markers

Head over to their site to get yourself entered.

20 Sept 2016

Campbell Cole '16 Purism-Inspired Simple Collection

For their AW16 Simple Collection, Nottingham-based accessories brand Campbell Cole take inspiration from the Purism art movement of the early 20th century. Known for its simplistic use of colour + shapes, Purism – founded by Amédée Ozenfant + Le Corbusier – celebrated the basic forms in everyday life, and disregarded overly-decorative art.

The brand introduces us to a bunch of new embossed styles this season; the A5 Travel Pouch, Simple Wallet and Slim Card Wallet joins Campbell Cole's core collection. Each item in the collection has been designed + crafted in England, using Italian vegetable-tanned leather, and are available in Khaki, Navy, Tan and Black.

This obsession with simplicity is something that really resonates with me; sometimes you don't need to be the boldest or shout the loudest to make people notice you.

See Campbell Cole's new collection here. If you're in London you can also find them exhibiting at Design Junction for London Design Festival 22nd-25th September.