Established by Jo Morley in 2006, Humming Studio is a Sydney-based design practice creating high quality visual communication, graphic design and product solutions.

Jo has a first class honours degree in design from COFA UNSW and contributes to the Sydney design community by teaching typography and design at UTS and Shillington College. Her design and travel writing has been published in various magazines.

Discuss your next creative initiative with Humming.

the good news is that i have a dog...


my favourite site is ted... a catalogue of talks by some leading thinkers from an annual conference in the states... the videos are brief and each talker has a time limit.
the way maira kalman comes across matches her illustration style... quirky, humorous and never patronising. her illustrations for the elements of style are fantastic.

a site worth digging around

Friday 10 2008

yinka shonibare mbe


these images have been up around sydney lately, promoting shonibare's major retrospective at the mca in sydney... the artist was born in england and raised in nigeria before returning to london at age 17.
these works are stunning - can't wait to get there.

showing until February 1 2009

Thursday 10 2008

while i was there: cacharel site


i noticed this quirky flash navigation on the cacharel site.

works well, would be even better i reckon if it was adapted for the follow-on pages through the site.

Thursday 10 2008

hero: petra borner


i met petra borner when i did some fashion drawing courses at central st martins. such a cool lady and so talented... the above was a print for cacharel s/s 07. yep! it is cut paper...
her other stuff (view it on her recently updated website) includes penguin books and ikea fabrics...

inspiring!

Thursday 10 2008

i like a new camera... yes i do



have been thinking about a leica for ages now... so bit the bullet and finally picked this one up yesterday!
hoping it will be the perfect travel companion (much less heavy than my digital slr, anyway).
the guide is a little intimidating so perhaps i shall just take it out and break it in (carefully)... do any readers have one? any tips? links that you know of?

stay tuned for some experiments!

Thursday 10 2008

type + ceramics


I like ceramicist stephanie dearmond's type inspired work...
her image-based site is nice too.

Thursday 10 2008

15 minutes


for years now showstudio, established by photographer nick knight, has been at the forefront of digital fashion media. one of their latest projects is fifteen minutes of fashion, by curator Magda Keaney and photographer Giles Price.
it captures fashion designers 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after their showing at this year's london fashion festival.

it is obvious which is which in the case of vivienne westwood...

Monday 09 2008

hero: julie verhoeven


more to come later on she who is my favourite all time illustrator...
for now, an interactive piece from a few years ago, completed for showstudio, entitled forget-me-not

careful. its rated r 18+.

Monday 09 2008

not to take type too seriously...


cute! i wonder what the font would (really) look like?

(via swissmiss)
Monday 09 2008

please do not use word art


i keep losing my voice from all the teaching i do...
solution: design police

(via bblinks)
Monday 09 2008

first things first

welcome to humming's blog!
over time i'd like it to become a point of reference for all things creative, and a source of inspiration. on the odd occasion i may even include some of our work...

hope you enjoy reading-
jo morley

Monday 09 2008
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