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The Growth of the Megacity

paulbutt — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:27:06 +0000

A two page spread commissioned by Northstar Publishing for Audi Magazine to accompany a feature on the global rise of the megacity. I was given a blank page and a text document full of stats to play with, which is just the way I like it! It was published in the Winter 2011 edition.

Test Monki S’mores Poster

paulbutt — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:58:59 +0000

A poster created for Texas-based creative agency Test Monki. It was used to promote their s’mores themed open house event to show off their new studio space. We decided to use the idea of a s’more as a metaphor for the services that Test Monki provide. This was something quite different to my usual style of work but also a very enjoyable project to work on.

Operation Black Buck

paulbutt — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:16:59 +0000

A personal project inspired by reading a book about what was at the time the longest and most complicated bombing raid ever devised. The book itself had several illustrations which I found a bit lacking, so I had a go myself and it ended up being an A1-sized poster.

History of Manned Space Flight

paulbutt — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:36:30 +0000

A 1 page graphic which illustrates every single manned space flight in history, and categorises them by country of origin and destination. Notable events in history are highlighted.

This was published in a special issue of the Financial Times Weekend magazine – April 2/3 2011.

Laura Marling Connections – GQ UK

paulbutt — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:15:18 +0000

This 1 page graphic was for GQ magazine and showed the complex relationships and connections in the Nu-Folk music scene, of which Laura Marling appears to be a central figure.

This was published in GQ UK September 2011 issue.

Heroes Transmedia

paulbutt — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:55:58 +0000

An infographic for Wired UK showing the many and varied media channels used to promote the television show Heroes. It was to fit into a small feature and I took inspiration from the title typeface to create an undulating angular ribbon diagram with a few little nice features.

Comic Book Movies

paulbutt — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:46:43 +0000

A contribution to MAS Context – a themed quarterly journal created by MAS Studio in Chicago. This issue was themed on the concept of Amusement and I was given free-rein to created anything based on that theme. Having just watched Iron Man on DVD, my usual curiosity struck and I started doing some research on how comic books matched to their movie counterparts, and it all went on from there.

The full issue of MAS Context can be downloaded here.

Meet iPad’s Competition

paulbutt — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:51:41 +0000

This infographic was commissioned by Courrier Japon Magazine in Tokyo and is based on the article “The iPad Changes Everything” originally published by Fortune Magazine. It was printed in the July 2010 Issue.

It illustrates the introduction of the iPad and how many devices in different markets are now finding themselves in direction competion to the power of the iPad and the Apps Store. All data was researched by myself, and the graphic was later split onto two pages to better fit the flow of the article.

Digital Nostalgia – Wired Italy

paulbutt — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:17:39 +0000

A new edition of my Digital Nostalgia work commissioned for Wired Italy. All the information from the previous project was updated with most parts requiring a complete redesign to fit into a magazine format. I was given full control over layout and typography and Wired gave me use of metallic inks and thicker paper just for my section.

This was published in Wired Italy, March 2010 issue.

Digital Nostalgia Posters

paulbutt — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:47:21 +0000

I am part of a generation that as grown up in parallel to some incredible technologies that have dramatically changed the way we live, but I have also got to the age where I’ve found myself becoming nostalgic about how things used to be. This inspired me to base my university major project on the progress of technology and some of the social events that have been influenced by it during my lifetime.

This developed into a series of 6 A2 posters each showing a different aspect of the technologies that we rely on today with the final poster linking them together, by showing how they are geographically related. Each poster also had a smaller A3 fold-out version for which I also produced packaging to show how it could work as a final product.