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Only an Excuse?

2009-07-09T12:02:00.002+01:00

s-m-l have just completed visuals for the new touring show based on Jonathan Watson's legendary BBC football satires. Mr Watson personally insisted that s-m-l rip half his face off to reveal the terrifyingly efficient cyborg which lies underneath. He's a nice bloke, into the bargain.

Curse of the Demeter

2009-06-04T15:12:00.003+01:00

A lead image and print materials for Visible Fictions' new production are on their way. The horrific visual was rendered via Poser and Bryce3D before being treated to the usual post-production nonsense. Typeface is FG Ellinor from Linotype.

s-m-l at Latitude Festival

2009-05-28T12:57:00.002+01:00

Following the success of the Roundhouse Ditto event, small-media-large has been invited to contribute an audio-visual piece as part of Ditto's slot at this year's Latitude Festival. Two works on the themes of 'enchantment' and 'disenchantment' are being prepared comprising films by Lex Lamb and Sophie Stubbs, music by Ventilator and performance at the event by Lex Lamb with a vocal by Ian McKenzie. youtube links previewing the piece will become available over the next few weeks...

Zero Harm for BK

2009-05-27T14:46:00.000+01:00

Balfour Kilpatrick's ground-breaking 'zero harm' initiative to eliminate workplace accidents has its own bold identity, reflected in s-m-l layouts for the forthcoming BK Matters magazine.

Ditto Performance

2009-05-19T12:18:00.002+01:00

The official small-media-large piece for the first Ditto event at the Camden Roundhouse was a thrill, and apparently a big success. The film and performance (based on a text from Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse 5' was watched by an audience of thousands online, as well as the select delegation present at the venue itself. Thanks are very much due to Mike Wilson and Phillip Long for involving s-m-l in the whole project, and to Ian McKenzie for delivering such a sterling vocal performance on the night.

To the Last Syllable of Recorded Time

2009-05-14T14:33:00.006+01:00

...and following on, a crazily ambitious programme/wallchart for Wee Stories accompanying the next outing of their 'One Giant Leap' show, critically acclaimed in last years' National Theatre of Scotland outing. Religion vs. Science in about 200 key dates from the Big Bang to the present day. Seen in proportion to a Saturn V rocket, naturally.

A new site for Wee Stories

2009-04-28T16:21:00.003+01:00

small-media-large has enjoyed a long and fascinating relationship with the mighty Wee Stories, and their new site represents the latest stage of that relationship. The design elements were sliced roughly out of sheets of white paper, scanned, then reassembled as part of a project whose content is being entirely managed by the company. The site will allow WS to maintain a database of venues integrated to a live events calendar, as well as Google Maps, a mailing list management system and news feed... expect this one to grow and grow.

Cùrsa airson Saidheans Ìre D-E

2009-03-30T12:01:00.005+01:00

Representing the advanced progression from levels A-C, this CD-ROM presents the last two stages of the primary science curriculum in complex, intuitive interactivity over 74 different exercises for optional Smartboard and Promethean interfaces. Illustrated by the wonderful Vicki Gausden and designed, programmed and packaged by small-media-large, the course will be reaching Gaelic schools very soon. Project commissioned and managed and authored by Stòrlann Nàiseanta na Gàidhlig.

TransportLog Folder

2009-03-30T11:53:00.006+01:00

A chunky, robust and portable design for Strathclyde Police. The folder forms the core item for the countrywide TransportLog campaign, and thousands are being distributed to small businesses across Scotland, enabling vehicle use to be recorded for legal, commercial and environmental reasons.

Ditto

2009-03-02T11:55:00.002Z

small-media-large has been invited to contribute to the ditto festival, London, and will be submitting/performing an audio visual piece. Ditto will act as part of the Short Circuit electronica programme at the Roundhouse, and represents a 'one-time shared experience' - all material being subsequently deleted.

Startup III

2009-02-27T10:59:00.005Z

One from the archives: a cunning (devious, in fact) game commissioned to hammer home basic messages about equality of opportunity in the realm of business funding. A project for Bright/Scottish Enterprise - concept by Phil Kropp; visualisation, scripting and design by small-media-large. Deployed on self-running CD-ROM. Try it here.

The Weatherman

2009-02-27T10:24:00.001Z

A motif for an intriguing new interactive musical climate-change-awareness project. Watch this space!

The Garden Cottage Diaries

2009-01-30T16:10:00.002Z

s-m-l client Saraband is enjoying huge success, press and radio coverage and a vigorous tour of 'meet the author' events for their latest publication: The Garden Cottage Diaries by Fiona Houston. Ms Houston lived for a full year in the manner of her 1790s ancestors - eating from her own garden, making her own clothes and surviving without any of the technology and facilities we all take for granted. You can purchase this fascinating and educational account pre-release from their wonderful (s-m-l designed!) site at Saraband.net.

Tiva Accredited Supplier

2009-01-30T11:28:00.004Z

As of today, small-media-large has become validated as a Tiva Accredited Supplier, having been independently audited for standards in all areas of operation - including Environmental Responsibility, Quality, Control and Governance. This means adherence to Tiva's minimum standards in these areas. More info here.

Above and Beyond, Up and Away

2009-01-01T10:28:00.002Z

Ventilator of small-media-large is discreetly launching his new LP in CD format. 'Above and Beyond, Up and Away' can be previewed here.

Pride of the Clyde

2008-12-11T11:43:00.005Z

A new site for Pride of the Clyde Coach Hire, featuring a cunningly designed, scratch-built css layout with a pleasing Flash header. The site allows direct and detailed booking requests to be made online, and is optimally constructed to form the starting point of an ongoing SEO campaign.

'Gorbals Boys' Presentation

2008-12-04T09:12:00.002Z

A poster designed by small-media-large to celebrate the unveiling of Liz Peden's 'Gorbals Boys' sculpture was chosen to be turned into a framed item and presented to Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister at Stow College's degree awards ceremony at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall last Friday. s-m-l was happy to oblige, and Ms Sturgeon seems to have been delighted enough with the piece to mount it on the wall of her constituency office...

Saraband Site now online

2008-10-31T15:37:00.003Z

A long-awaited website for this transatlantic publisher launched today. Structured around a fully-fledged content management system, the site owner can edit, create, reorder and configure all text, image, news feed and video podcast content via a secured browser interface. This enables a huge catalogue of books to be maintained and manipulated whilst remaining totally searchable by the user. Rather lovely design, too...
www.saraband.net

SEE the future

2008-09-11T09:11:00.009+01:00

An identity and brochure for Balfour Kilpatrick's corporate responsibility programme. Clear colour-keying and succinct icons convey the three strands of the ethical and sustainability activities of one of the largest UK service organisations.

Part of the challenge was to deliver a more organic feel within a rigorous corporate identity.

The brochure, though mainly distributed via pdf, was also produced in physical form - a heavy screenprint look and blocks of the keying colours on chlorine-free, tactile board conveys a people-oriented and down-to-earth message.

Gorbals Boys after Oscar Marzaroli

2008-08-22T13:31:00.002+01:00

A poster for Gorbals Arts Project and The Artworks Programme promoting the unveiling of a bronze sculpture group based on the iconic Glasgow image... graphically, a tower-block of typesetting rises ominously over the Gorbals horizon and this folksy urban scene of the early 1960s.

30 For a Reason

2008-07-18T11:06:00.004+01:00

More punchy information graphics for Strathclyde Safety Camera Partnership, making a complex but important statistical point as simply as possible.

One Giant Leap

2008-07-04T16:55:00.003+01:00

Lead image for the forthcoming National Theatre of Scotland/Wee Stories tour, embodying its themes: "the epic tale of Humankind’s struggle to get its head round the Universe, and the conflict between science and superstition." The image was created by 3D render (Daz 3d and Bryce) via a great deal of montage and retouching.

The s-m-l cutting-room floor is now littered with development work involving many different apes, Action Men and huge, footprinted moons...

Guest Badge Designs

2008-04-28T10:18:00.007+01:00

small-media-large has been doing a turn as guest designers for 50pbadges.com - the set (two by Lex Lamb, two by Sophie Stubbs) are now available for purchase via this excellent site. Quite sensibly, they turned down the second batch - a set of Glasgow City Council badge designs - which will have to remain a much-sought after and extremely limited edition.

The Emperor's New Kilt swings on

2008-04-21T14:04:00.004+01:00

With the National Theatre fast becoming one of Scotland's greatest cultural exports and The Emperor's New Kilt continuing a triumphant tour, small-media-large is delighted to have been involved. If you haven't caught one of the press ads or exhibition displays in the wide-ranging campaign, you might have been too busy colouring in your prize-winning kilt design or using your ENK bookmark...

Beam Me Up Scottie

2008-04-03T15:33:00.002+01:00

A funky little website for Incahootz - a lot of fun was had inventing the navigation...