Next year I’ll be celebrating 25 years ‘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 ‘Do Fly’ book so I think I’m just gonna do it myself and see what happens! Watch this space!

Morning all! New Weekly Update blog is live! https://blog.jam-factory.com/weekly-roundup-014/

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! ⚡️💥🎉

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/

Like 2 excited children!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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/

This weekend I dived deeper into my love of audio / visual stuff and built a DMX light ‘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!

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

New weekly roundup blog is live! Pour yourself a coffee and have a read! ☕️ https://blog.jam-factory.com/weekly-roundup-013/

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...

Big thanks to @normanposselt.bsky.social for shooting my portrait at @beyondtellerrand.com! 👁️✋ [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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!

Here’s my title sequence for the @beyondtellerrand.com conference! I ‘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]

I'm a big fan of Florian's photography - his gallery from @beyondtellerrand.com 2025 is *chefs kiss* [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Oh boy, Doom: The Dark Ages looks so damn fun!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZJI-axisl8

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!

Published a new weekly round-up blog this morning, grab a cuppa and have a read! https://blog.jam-factory.com/weekly-roundup-012/

Published a new weekly round-up blog this morning, grab a cuppa and have a read! https://jamfactory.ghost.io/weekly-roundup-012/

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. ❤️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39SpgQx6r1w&ab_channel=YoungBAFTA

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! 👏

Florian’s photos are always amazing! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Heading to Düsseldorf tomorrow for Beyond Tellerrand festival, so tonight's the last big push on the title sequence! Tidying & tweaking now!

Building a unique musical track for each speaker as part of the @beyondtellerrand.com titles! All created on the OP-Z 👍

Right then, that’s all the @beyondtellerrand.com Title sequence Speaker graphics designed and connected to via MIDI in Unity… now time to make 13 new musical beats to drive the performance!

👋 Got a few new followers so though I'd best introduce meself! My name's Gavin - by day I'm a Director & Designer for Aardman, by night I'm a passion project pursuer going by 'Jamfactory'. I'm a keynote speaker, author of 'Do Fly' and music maker under the name 'Project Toy'. www.jam-factory.com

Just one week to go before BEYOND TELLERRAND and I’m in the thick of it with the titles! The visuals are nearly wrapped up, then it’s over to the music which will drive it all! It’s all coming from this lil guy - the OP-Z - which will provide the music and MIDI signals! I’ve customised it a lil!

✨Hello Bluesky! Where are my fellow creatives at? Designers / Artists / Illustrators / Animators / Musicians - would love to have my feed more full of creative human greatness!✨ https://media.tenor.com/7VzBV6inB6IAAAAC/hiya.gif?hh=249&ww=498

Marc’s the bloody best! 🙌 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

I’m in the weeds now! Connecting up the different layers of each design and attaching it to a kick or snare or FX from the OP-Z. My Unity knowledge is beginner at best but I’m muddling me way through!!

Beyond Tellerrand is just 2 weeks away so it’s time to get these Titles ship-shape! After work / kids bedtime isn’t enough so searching the wee hours for more time! I haven’t done the 5-7am passion project time slot in quite a few years, let’s see if I’ve still got it in me!