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šŸŽ„ Director & Designer for AardmanšŸ’„ Passion project indulger šŸ“£ Keynote Speaker šŸ“– Author of ā€˜Do Flyā€™šŸ„ Noise maker under the alias of Project Toy

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I built myself an ā€˜enclosure’ out of LEGO blocks to house some LED light strips controlled by the Teenage Engineering OP-Z using DMX! No external laptop or anything, this is just the OP-Z with a controller and cables underneath!

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Today I am 43 and I got some banging new studio monitors for my b’day! I’ve wanted to make my little musical corner more ā€˜serious’ for ages and I’m stoked these KRK Classic 5’s help with that!

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I'm really getting excited on the idea of making a hardback art book to celebrate 25 years of making work under the name of Jamfactory. Crowdfunding is currently feeling like the best route for me, as I can combine my love of projects with 'extra' bits like badges, stickers, prints and more!

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Right then! Pretty damn serious about making a hardback art book to celebrate 25 years of ā€˜being Jamfactory’ in 2026. Doing some research on formats and sizes of some of my favourite design books. One thing I do know is mine will be neon pink + metallic gold! šŸ‘

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I wish I was famous enough to be asked by @letterboxd.social what my four favourites are… ā€œWhy yes, thank you for asking; The Fast and the Furious 2 Fast 2 Furious The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Requiem For A Dreamā€

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Stoked on this! Made a Lego-brick surround for my DMX lights, controlled by the OP-Z! Now the KO II and OP-Z can be synced, I can have a light show whenever I use either of them!! It made me squeak with joy when it all worked!

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Next year I’ll be celebrating 25 years ā€˜as Jamfactory’, as I first registered my personal portfolio domain of www.jam-factory.com in 2001. I’ve long wanted to make a hardback art book *and* a follow up to my ā€˜Do Fly’ book so I think I’m just gonna do it myself and see what happens! Watch this space!

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Heading to London today to give a talk at D&AD festival! I’m so stoked I get the closing slot - 2.40pm on the Queen Elizabeth Hall stage! I’m gonna bring the noise, neon and nonsense! āš”ļøšŸ’„šŸŽ‰

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Hey internet! I've been working on a mega blog, going behind the scenes of how I made and 'played' the @beyondtellerrand.com titles! Put the kettle on and settle down for a good ol' read: https://blog.jam-factory.com/behind-the-scenes-beyond-tellerrand-2025-title-sequence/

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Gonna do my first newsletter publish soon! Those folk subscribed will be first to be notified of when my mega-BTS-blog of how I made the @beyondtellerrand.com titles goes live! blog.jam-factory.com https://blog.jam-factory.com/

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This weekend I dived deeper into my love of audio / visual stuff and built a DMX light ā€˜rig’ out of LEGO bricks! I’m rubbish at this stuff but very much enjoying just finding a way - *any* way - to bring it to life!

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I am fully in-love with the new extended version of the latest Linkin Park album, with this track on it. It scratches every itch for me of 2000's-esque riffs, catchy hooks, rad screams and glitchy production. Hell of a comeback too, bravo LP! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv-laQtaLjE

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Here's a bit more BTS of how I played the @beyondtellerrand.com titles [b&w photos by @florianziegler.com]: My Teenage Engineering OP-Z (complete with LEGO surround, for no other reason than I love building silly stuff with bricks) sequencer is sending MIDI signals into Unity on my Mac...

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A big fun part of creating the @beyondtellerrand.com titles was sampling my friends and families voices for the names of the different speakers! I ran them through different FX in Ableton, and then loaded them onto the OP-Z so I could integrate them into the music!

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Here’s my title sequence for the @beyondtellerrand.com conference! I ā€˜played’ them live - Designed in Illustrator, split into PNGs, imported into Unity where their size & position is controlled by MIDI signals from the OP-Z that I’m playing on-stage. I made a unique beat for each speaker… [1/2]

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I had an absolute blast designing the titles and festival identity for @beyondtellerrand.com! I digged deep into my love and early inspirations of web 1.0 / 00's design aesthetics. I channeled David Carson, DesignisKinky, k10k, Designers Republic and more to make a fun, visuallyOTT set of designs!

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Recently, myself and a bunch of wonderful creatives from the world of film, TV and games spoke at @bafta.org about the skills needed for those industries, with those insights aimed at helping young people navigate their early careers. ā¤ļø https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39SpgQx6r1w&ab_channel=YoungBAFTA

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Bye Düsseldorf, hi Bristol! Silly-o-clock flight home but I’m already in Bristolian soil and it’s not even 9am! I had an absolute blast speaking at / doing titles at Beyond Tellerrand! Big loves to host Marc and the whole @beyondtellerrand.com crew! šŸ‘