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Lately...

2011-10-29T16:01:00.001+01:00

Instagram is cool: adamgstudio

It was only 3 points, but....

2011-10-29T15:51:00.001+01:00

the greatest game EVER

RIP Jimmy Saville

2011-10-29T15:46:00.000+01:00

The inventor of the disco and the first ever disc jockey. A pioneer, a gent and a West Yorkshire man for life.

tumblr generation

2011-09-28T23:40:00.001+01:00

I have a tumblr that i've been slowly adding to with pics from MY archives 9i have a lot over the years). I'm not really a tumblr user so don't be offended if i don't follow you etc! it's great for keeping my thoughts somewhere. Click here for it, read the intro, check the flicks...

Action Bronson

2011-09-27T22:57:00.000+01:00

Absolutely love this dude. Here for the album 'Dr.Lector'

Blog action

2011-07-29T10:57:00.003+01:00

Low action on the interwebs lately since i moved to a new apartment, should be up and running soon with new work for the portfolio (including the first ever proper branding of myself) and a grip of blog posts (you shall enjoy, i promise).

Nothing but action here...

See you soon, world!

Westgate edit 2

2011-06-23T22:53:00.002+01:00

I don't think he goes fast enough lol

Quartersnacks.com: Brandon Westgate Stay Gold Re-Edit from Quartersnacks on Vimeo.

The FADER TV interview with Seymour Chwast

2011-06-09T10:32:00.002+01:00

One of my idols interviews one of his: Seymour Chwast

Future sh!t!

2011-05-23T11:16:00.000+01:00

Best shot of the day!

2011-05-17T15:42:00.002+01:00

Ok, ok no more City posts for a while now...

Lennon on Dick Cavett

2011-05-16T15:59:00.006+01:00

I was watching some old Lennon interviews and spotted this great intro sequence from The Dick Cavett show in...1971 maybe?

HISTORY!

2011-05-15T11:10:00.000+01:00

Oldie but goodie

2011-05-07T20:25:00.002+01:00

I know everyone has seen this a before but they are such great flicks...

Tonight 6pm...

2011-05-05T16:28:00.004+01:00

One of my favourite sport personalities, the mighty Kevin Keegan is on 'In The Spotlight' on BBC Radio Manchester talking about his life and times in footy, sure to be entertaining!

Lately...

2011-05-03T16:35:00.005+01:00

new project:

Yes!

2011-04-11T09:41:00.001+01:00

Old stuff 2

2011-03-21T23:12:00.005Z

Whilst digging for the paper part of my driving licence, i came across this, a letter i posted to myself in 2003 - a fail proof way of copyrighting, no shit! So i decided to open it and see what was so precious...

To my delight it is the branding/tee designs i did for my 2nd 'clothing company' all those years ago - first one i ever sent to print though so it holds special memories. I was actually 18 so doesn't really seem so young but believe me, i didn't even know what 300dpi was. Surprisingly i'm not too embarrassed so here you are...

Click to enlarge...

I've still only had 2 garments printed since these...what have I been wasting my time on?!!!

Old stuff

2011-03-19T15:46:00.003Z

Found a few old bits while digging through an old backup. Heavy on the photoshop! I miss those days...

Star Trek Original Series

2011-03-14T23:05:00.005Z

All that's ever on when i get home and want to eat tea is Friends, so im going to watch Star Trek from the beginning, too long overdue, that's the wonders of the internet though...

The pilot had some dope type.

Inspiration: Old footy annuals

2011-02-26T18:04:00.003Z

2011

2011-02-06T19:05:00.005Z

The year has started bad and good. Got some new projects, new ideas and new focuses, and of course...computer has gone and broken :( so until i decide on a new one and get cracking with the goodies, here's some pics of stuff that's happening.

Muggsy Bogues

2011-01-13T14:27:00.000Z

It ain't out of reach...

Marvel radness 1977

2011-01-08T22:36:00.005Z

'Rocket Racer'

"we need a new villain for the next Spider-man issue, what are the kids relating to right now?" "errm, skateboarding?" "done, get it on the cover"

Liverpool trip

2010-12-29T23:30:00.003Z

We went to Liverpool for a day to visit the Tate, The Beatles Story museum (which I was super excited for) and watch TRON 2, such a good time! Next time (in some better weather) i will actually do the Beatles Tour...

Flicks of more Beatles related stuff, including old poster typography here

Merry Christmas

2010-12-18T17:13:00.001Z

Inspiration 4

2010-12-17T18:23:00.007Z

this months theme: Bears

West Coast

2010-12-14T17:53:00.002Z

We took a trip to yesterday to see some good old English coastal town stuff. I was trying to look for old type and seaside relics and it was pretty rewarding, the pubs were good too! Planning our next trip somewhere asap... Pictures here at Flickr

Young Blood

2010-12-10T00:08:00.003Z

I serve as one third of Young Blood which a DJ collective started with two of my close friends, basically an outlet for us to put on nights in Manchester (or wherever) and have a good time playing music, here's our xmas bash details, see you there...

Daily Bread: November

2010-12-01T10:54:00.000Z

Listen here

Christmas Market, Hyde Park

2010-11-28T23:23:00.001Z

Few days in an extremely cold London, went to he Hyde Park market and it had some ace fair ground stuff like this fella...

my flickr

Captain America

2010-11-08T09:18:00.003Z

The only remaining bits from the film shoot up in the Northern Quarter.

October records

2010-11-03T14:15:00.000Z

Inside the Soft Cell album there was this too: even more relevant these days

Daily Bread: October

2010-10-31T23:00:00.002Z

Kind of a weird one this month...see what you think HERE

Current state...

2010-10-28T23:48:00.000+01:00

MF DOOM

2010-10-14T23:50:00.000+01:00

Warehouse Project last night, well worth taking a day off for...

Hearhere spotted

2010-10-06T16:19:00.001+01:00

Looking good as a pair up and about in the city...

Daily Bread: September

2010-10-01T00:06:00.000+01:00

here...

British Street Style

2010-09-27T16:23:00.004+01:00

Really cool doc on our great British roots of street style, it's all on Youtube in parts. Personally love the section on the roots of mod (part2/3), my favorite style.

Sneak peak

2010-09-22T22:13:00.004+01:00

Since back in 2005 i adopted a lamb logo as a kind of identity for personal projects, i used to print tee's with it on and make stickers etc, just for self promo more than anything. I though it was time to bring it back when myself and a long time friend started talking about a collaboration between myself and her jewellery/cool stuff shop. Still lots to sort out, all will be revealed soon but here's the initial pendant. YEAH!

Back in the day...

Bob's fakie 900

2010-09-13T11:42:00.001+01:00

Daily Bread

2010-08-31T13:54:00.006+01:00

With the help of Spotify i've been making a monthly playlist all this year. Some songs are obvious, some are nostalgic, some classic, some are personal taste, some are...guilty pleasures. Anyway i shall be publishing them from now on (because they're so good) so here you go. AUGUST

And you can find the other (awesome) months of this year there too, or search Spotify for adamgillnet.

Space and stuff

2010-08-30T19:15:00.005+01:00

Took a road trip down to Leicester then London last month to see friends and a few galleries. Leicester Art Gallery(?) had a robot/space/toy thing going on, awesome is an understatement! This was one of the coolest things there but plenty more at my new Flickr (before i got asked to stop taking flicks). See here.

Bank holiday

2010-08-30T14:54:00.000+01:00

BMX STOLEN

2010-08-22T23:27:00.004+01:00

After an awesome day riding round the city, myself and friend Andy C chained our bikes (with 2 chains) to a rack on Oldham Street - across from Carharrt Store/Forbidden Planet - came back after a few drinks around midnight and they were gone. Andy's was a blue and white Scott mountain bike and mine was a blue and black Ruption BMX with a good selection of Carhartt/Vans/FUSShop/Lamb stickers one - pretty unique looking. If any one see's somebody riding around on one/both (although the mountain bike would be hard to spot) please feel free to clothes-line the robbing bastards as they cycle and get it back for me. Much appreciated.
Hours before theft...

Easy to spot handlebars

Progress

2010-08-17T23:09:00.006+01:00

Thought i would update with progress for the skate brand i christened on Christmas Eve 2009, not exactly as far on as i thought by summer 2010 but hey, that's life! Lot's of things have been getting in the way but i'm happy with how it's going. Pretty sure a large amount of below will never see the light of day but some bits i'm really liking. This is how we're shaping up, still lots of techniques and ideas to explore (lots and lots) before the first collection goes anywhere near production...

Hearhere

2010-08-17T21:12:00.003+01:00

I've been doing a bit of work on the brand of Hearhere since my original logo (this one) as the gigs are picking up some pace now. Next up is Imaad Wasif who i thought would not be my cuppa tea but i actually quite dig. Here's the poster...

Apartment Therapy

2010-08-15T00:20:00.008+01:00

Had a quick browse on apartmenttherapy.com tonight, always cool. I'm not planning to be settled in a home any time soon (if ever?) but if i did there's definatly a vision of it forming in my head. Unlike most, i don't like 'bright and airey' with leather sofa's and tv's dropping out the ceiling, i actually like dark and cosy environments and judging on every bedroom i've ever had it will be a sanctuary for my vast amount of toys, gadgets, music and art. Anyway, spotted a few good ones helping with the vision...

safe to say: brick, wood, book shelves, record player and MJ on the wall are must haves in the mix

New Leaves Studio

2010-08-08T15:59:00.004+01:00

Another friend and design comrade of mine Mike, just launched the brilliant 'New Leaves Studio' selling prints and goodies. Everything is hand screened and designed by Mike and his partner in crime Sarah. Safe to say i am super excited to see how far this goes for them.

new records 5/found type 2

2010-08-08T15:39:00.011+01:00

the type/colours in this box set are too awesome:

and the rest of this weeks dig:

saturday started off with eggs from rachel's garden hens:

matt & dan

2010-08-03T15:50:00.001+01:00

i drew up a header for matt & dan's blog (on an envelope whilst watching Catwoman). my long time bro/housemate matt is 50% of the creative duo so i'm no stranger to hearing the guy's ideas for advertising and thoughts process' for anything that fits the needs and they are always spot on. check them out a mattndan.blogspot.com and feel free to create them a blog header too...

macbook is fixed!

2010-07-18T21:17:00.006+01:00

back in action after 1 month without it

recent inspiration III

2010-07-14T22:55:00.012+01:00

Juliet in Ireland from Charge Bikes on Vimeo. yes, i love her...

here we are

2010-07-05T01:21:00.001+01:00

screen shot from back to the future II. this used to be the future...

2010-06-23T17:36:00.003+01:00

at least we had the best kit

the soul artists/zoo york

2010-06-18T11:59:00.001+01:00

had to post this up. such a great place/time/individuals to get influence and inspiration from

DEATHBOWL TO DOWNTOWN "Soul Artists" from Six Stair on Vimeo.

top 5's : sneaker styles

2010-06-16T12:42:00.007+01:00

no surprises here...
5. the hundreds johnson (mid) 4. nike vandal

3. nike air force one 2. vans era

1. vans authentic, especially the below colour way

found type

2010-06-12T12:01:00.005+01:00

holmfirth, west yorkshire

nice handpainted on a truck

what a find!

insane hand script in grocers

top 5's : childhood fears

2010-06-07T10:37:00.008+01:00

i love top 5's, always interesting, so i'm starting them. please feel free to drop a comment on your own top fives when i post one up...
5. bowie (particularly in labyrinth) 4. richard o'brien on crystal maze

3. being bombed 2. witches (particularly original narnia witch)

1. skeletor, he-man movie version! plenty of nightmares from this dude

recent inspiration II

2010-06-03T20:46:00.007+01:00

recent discovery

2010-05-29T11:51:00.001+01:00

not the greatest piece but, we have a Banksy in manchester. found after apparently 7 years of being covered up. funnily enough there's a 'robbo' above, a coincidence to recent events?

5oup.net

2010-05-10T13:21:00.002+01:00

this week 5oup.net have me as a 'fresh profile' on the homepage. pretty happy about this as a goal for 2010 is to get some publicity, which proves difficult when i have little time to promote. cheers

season over

2010-05-09T23:48:00.001+01:00

but only one month until the world cup! scenes from our sofa will look a lot like this:

bank holidays

2010-05-03T15:36:00.000+01:00

forty nine

2010-04-25T16:19:00.005+01:00

i drew up a tattoo for my little sis hannah, turned out pretty nice although i have no idea what it means.

r.i.p mc guru

2010-04-20T23:25:00.009+01:00

apart from the ice-t tape my brother gave me when i was far too young to know about pushers, pimps and ice, the first mc/group i really came across was gang starr (thanks to dave mirra bmx game on ps1). i would say that one song single handedly changed my musical future. anyway, apart from hova, i have more gang starr records that any other hiphop artist on my shelves (and im sure im not the only one), thats what guru and preem mean to me.
r.i.p. guru

the lake district

2010-04-06T22:14:00.009+01:00

my whole fam ventured up for 3nights in the lakes for for moms' 50th birthday. truly excellent time

recent inspiration

2010-03-29T00:47:00.006+01:00

jeez's piece records

2010-03-23T22:47:00.007Z

identity i did for jeez's piece records, more on the website soon...

inspiration

2010-03-22T12:33:00.000Z

and the crowd go wild...

collections pt.2

2010-03-12T11:02:00.003Z

this is what my room would have got like if my parents didn't stop my pocket money...

mashKULTURE.com

bodacious

2010-03-02T11:32:00.000Z

smart words

2010-03-01T17:16:00.000Z

saaved

2010-02-26T11:50:00.002Z

from what i wonder? snapped this the other morning...

cool furniture

2010-02-24T11:47:00.000Z

horror posters

2010-02-21T18:48:00.002Z

horror films are not only my favourite (however cheesy) but the posters are in a league of there own, truly amazing pieces of design/illustrastion - a true testiment to the genius films. click here to view 100 of the best. i cant get over how rad this collection is!

new records 4

2010-02-20T15:56:00.007Z

more snow...

2010-02-19T15:54:00.000Z

it's wild up there right now...

hearhere #4

2010-02-18T21:53:00.002Z

new flyer for my friend Dan's promotion company.

valentines day

2010-02-14T19:53:00.000Z

skateboard P vans

2010-02-12T17:33:00.001Z

what do you get if you are a man who has everything? your own vans.

sunday

2010-02-08T23:30:00.003Z

spent all day in the same chair watching these three flicks, more great logos/visuals from my childhood

my mouse trails today

2010-02-05T19:49:00.004Z

explination at crackunit.com via bb-studio.co.uk

'home grown' exhibition

2010-02-03T23:06:00.022Z

me and andy c went to the urbis

bad ass bike outside too...

propper funniest show ever

2010-01-31T21:16:00.000Z

purple rain

2010-01-27T22:10:00.000Z

collections pt.1

2010-01-23T11:23:00.005Z

wish these were mine

charity shop gem

2010-01-20T00:29:00.001Z

january update

2010-01-18T23:25:00.002Z

tenerife 09

2010-01-04T23:13:00.002Z

not a snow drop in sight...

exciting progress

2010-01-02T19:36:00.000Z

the jets move to brooklyn seems to be going ahead. nice barclays centre identity

website officially up!

2010-01-01T19:41:00.002Z

megalodon

2009-12-28T20:50:00.005Z

(artists SCALE impression)

eat, drink, be merry

2009-12-23T22:56:00.004Z

from me.

wizard smoke

2009-12-22T15:42:00.003Z

a bit boring at first but it gets good after a few minutes!

spotted

2009-12-21T10:47:00.004Z

lovely type treatments

player's please and more old signs at the head of steam pub in huddersfield.

christmas 1993

2009-12-20T18:01:00.003Z

that big box was an amiga 1200 computer - always save the biggest until last!

thanks moms & pops! sorry about the early rise (pitch black outside?!!)

snow

2009-12-20T13:06:00.008Z

new enviro-vans

2009-12-19T13:02:00.003Z

in with some new

r.i.p white authentics

2009-12-18T12:42:00.002Z

out with the old...

enrique lorenzo

2009-12-17T09:43:00.002Z

i remember this from back in the day, the only 411VM me and my friends owned.

it had one of the more memorable logos too...