Welcome

"Travel is like love, mostly because it's a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs never really end."

Pico Iyer

Shark Bite

100/100 an exhibition of 100 beers and 100 contributors in aid of Art Fund. SB Studio collaborated with The Liverpool Craft Beer Co and 100 artists, illustrators, designers and writers to create 100 unique labels.

http://100100.org.uk/
http://www.artfund.org/

The Age of Idealism

Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny is a fantasy character depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter eggs. Originating among German Lutherans, the Easter Hare originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behaviour at the start of the season Eastertide.

Love of Things

"Life has now taught me that love of things, like unrequited love, takes its toll in the long run."

Adolfo Bioy Casares, Asleep in the Sun

Day Dreamers

"I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in space."

Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space

Wandering through the streets of Porto

"Walking is a virtue, tourism is a deadly sin."

Bruce Chatwin, What Am I Doing Here?

During 2013 I visited Oporto in Portugal twice to attend educational conferences. After delivering my academic papers I spent idle time wandering through the old town, Ribeira district, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Admiring the beautiful blue and white tiles that cover many of the buildings, and the typography of local shop signs.