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Battles That Changed the World

Tim — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:07:05 +0000

Battles That Changed the World. Following on from the first successful Battlefields Magazine Against All Odds this second edition Battles That Changed the World is about decisive battles that have altered the course of history. This time the focus is on Hastings 1066, Waterloo in 1815 and Stalingrad 1942-3.

Commissioned by Key Publishing and authored by renowned military historian Robert Kershaw to produce this bookazine coving all aspects of mapping, both 2 & 3d. The design and layout is clean, fresh and undaunting. Designing and illustrating unique icons for the chapter intro’s allow the reader to follow and help the reader interested in the subject matter.

This one-shot special publication looks at three battles from world history and takes a unique perspective, looking at the role of the men and women involved, tracing the battle, the build up and ultimate outcome, and visits the sites of battles to see what can be seen today with ‘Battlefield Detective’. The publication also features unique 3D animation from which stills have been taken to portray battle progression over a fixed timeframe.
Released by Key Publishing.Battles That Changed the World, September 2012.

Uk Postal Regions – Bespoke

Tim — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:56:30 +0000

Using the patterns within various envelopes to create the shape of Great Britain, with each pattern/shape showing the geographic areas of the postal system. Using those predetermined shapes the outline of the Queens head is also created forming a paper and card stamp for the top right-hand corner.

Japanese bento box – Bespoke

Tim — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:47:10 +0000

A play on the traditional Japanese Bento Box to create a single presentation box for a week to page diary. Example shown is a map of Japan predicting the spread north of the Sakura (cherry blossom) annually celebrated within Japanese culture.

World War 2 German Invasion – Bespoke

Tim — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 11:38:06 +0000

A paper and card map created to show the German invasion of France during the early stages of World War II. In working progress, further embellishment by creating paper elements for the labelling/text and locations of geographical locations.