Wednesday, 30 December 2015

2016 Forward

Creative
More creative projects & services to developed throughout the year.

Awareness
A new family of “Plus Value” services for business and organisations to be developed in 2016. 

The first major project linked with awareness services be developed is a family of presentations. training & support materials will be created under the project title “Sense of Value”. This will be linked with the participation campaign “Spread the Value”  

Other
You will notice new presentation changes with my new logo & branding will gradually appear online & printed material.
There will be new changes to the main website with changes to the website structure and some new changes to the categories.

A new family of promotional & information materials within 2015. This includes  a new family of customised digital portfolios which will be develop on request for potential & existing clients. New version of the promotional printed guides along with a family information sheets will be available online & will also downloadable.


2015 Review

Creative
A new family of promotional; project associated with the new awareness initiative brand “ Plus Value”
A series of spin off creative projects to showcase creative skills & qualities for potential clients 
After developed the website presentation for a London based photography company back in 2014 I have continued to work with “Michael Miller Photography” in 2015 and  have updated further the look & presentation to its website to attract more clients.

Awareness
To mark 15 since years of developing Awareness projects relating individuals with “Invisible Difficulties (including High-functioning autism) has has has evolved further in 2015 with a launch a new umbrella initiative brand “Plus Value”. It took 9 months to develop to create a new expanded awareness projects which will build what has developed in the past to develop new awareness services for business and organisations to be developed in 2016. Plus Value initiative is also to enables the general public to get involved and participate. As part of the initiative a series of campaigns are developed with project which is presented in a ground breaking way to make society think on ground level issues and associated issues.

During the year I have shared & promote “Plus Value” initiative to for organisations to support the projects and search for potential new clients. 

Participation
As part of family of "King of the Beats" I have assisted behind the ascents in preparation & promoted the regular DJ event event "Absolute Hip-Hop" featuring DJ Key Figures, DJ Sparra (2x DMC UK mixing Champion) and Tha force (Music artists, radio host, producer and in charge of "Mind Tha Gap productions"
The project which featured me on a cover of a record selling Hip-Hop album in 2014, expanded further during 2015 with a new instrumental version of the album “The Diapeace” by the legendary artist Diamond D. The project was photographed & designed by Pritt Kalsi & modelled by me
Activity/Active
Attended number of festivals related to music, visual & reforming arts.
From the team of graffiti & street art festival City of Colours developed Colours of Hip-Hop combining street art with live breakdancing showcase & competitions. I also attended the City of Colours special event “Winter Jam”
I have experienced the large outdoor festival “Made Birmingham” with a variety of live DJ’s include night mare on wax,

After a two-year gap I attend the first major outdoor arts festival in Birmingham since what the the Uk largest free arts festival “Artsfest”  Birmingham weekender was born & seen live the headline performance act “Maudits Sonnants” at team of musicians, actors & acrobats with visual lights. All done 30 meters above to the floor.

To start the year I take a look ofd an outdoor arts display by the Visual artists team “Squidsoup”. They have developed a large display of suspended light titled “Aeolian Light” at Salford Quays in Greater Manchester.

Other events I have experienced includes:
* An outdoor Latin music festival with live music and a display of live acts.
* "Go East festival" sampling the oriental world of music, food and entertainment

Live music experiences including from:
Pharoahe Monch, jeru the damajar, Mouse outfit, Dj Format & abdominal, Slim Village, 

Live latin band Del Camino live at the new transformed Bulls Head, now under new management


A number of Dj music events from Hip-Hop, Soul, funk through to house music
From the underground Hip-Hop side of the music spectrum seen live music session from: Dj Premier, Dj Jazzy Jeff (In both in Worcestershire & in Manchester), Dj Slimkid 3 (from Jurassic 5)  and nu-mark (from Pharcyde), 

One of Birmingham’s much loved live music & DJ events “Leftoot” celebrated its 15th anniversary with a special series of events throughout the year. The special DJ’s events I have attended including: Alexandra nut, greg wilson, Todd Edwards, Raw, bulls head closing party, My third encounter with Horse meat disco, and the second time live Dj event from the legendary Giles Peterson.

Other Dj’s events covering other music includes:  A special Hed Kandi 15 anniversary event in Manchester, Cream Birmingham’s Birthday 19th anniversary events, Feel my bicep live. As part of House Sounds of Birmingham live Dj acts from DJ Pierre, Farley & Heller.


Other DJ’s events including Moulin groove, Modo & neon, Bruk up & enter the dragon
One of  should one of London’s well known soul & r&b music music expanded to Birmingham for the very first time



It mark the end of 2015 will be my tenth new years in the row in Manchester. As part of my time there I return to Manchester’s much loved event Funkademia on new years eve, after a two year break. The Funkademia Dj event event covers from funk, soul disco & much more is now in its 21st year.

Thursday, 23 July 2015

Creative round up




A summary of creative projects


Summer presentation project “up to you”
An abstract visual art project illustrates the visual elements of the summer season.

Plus Value: Spread the Value
The creative awareness campaign to promote the new plus value awareness initiatives for people with invisible difficulties which is design to enable the public to spread the word and to get involved.

Plus Value: Primary projects
A series of awareness campaigns on focus topics on issues which affect people with invisible difficulties. This covers from hate crime, discrimination and promoting achievers.

Plus Value: World Autism Awareness Day
An information design project was developing displaying facts & figures related to people with autism in the UK & worldwide

Plus Value is a new umbrella awareness initiative developed by myself building on projects & campaigns in the past 15 years which enables the public to get involved and participate.

Updating a Photography website
I have been updating look of the Photography website which I designed & develop 12 months earlier. The London based “Michael Miller Photography” wanted me to refreshed the look. The aim was make the images highlighted to have more visual impact.

Awareness round up




Since the spring months I have been planning some major changes to my family of awareness initiatives for people with invisible difficulties. The existing awareness projects under the Differences and Autism Challenge brand names has now become part of a new, bigger awareness initiative. 

The new Plus Value initiative is based on what has been developed from the fifteen years since my first awareness project started. The projects & campaigns is about promoting independent young people and adults with invisible difficulties a better sense of value. 
A brand new responsive website has been developed with a new variety of awareness projects & campaigns

Stop the Offence
The campaign project to promote that discrimination and abuse attitudes is not acceptable.

Take Responsibility
The promotes to aimed at people with invisible diff ute to take more control on any issues which affect them badly.

Autistic Music Achievers
To promote achievers from people in the autistic spectrum

Spread the Value
A series to campaigns to promote Plus Value encouraging the general public to spread the word & to get involved

World Autism Awareness Day presentation
An information presentation project was made for world autism awareness day during April with statistics and figures regarding people with autism in the UK & round the world




The existing Differences & Autism Challenge website continues online with new features to be added in the near future.

Sunday, 5 April 2015

Updated Easter presentation designs




A new version of a special abstract graphics for the easter holiday weekend.

The projects was designed to not make any references of obvious images related to easter or any religious aspects.

The first version was made 2 years ago. The new version uses the abstract egg with surrounding circles with a new background designs with bright colour effects.