Jason Hunt
@seethinkdo.bsky.social
Designer & Creative Director – branding, digital, print. Photographer of sorts. #TouchlineDad #TeamDog
You're just not a great fit for us... Could I have done a great job for the client – definitely. Might there be someone else with an advantage or skill-set I don't have – probably. Sometimes it's better to stand out than to fit in. And yes, this pavement/drain cock-up really upsets me... #design
Sometimes you have to go through the fire... crafted Yakisugi speakers from Studio Ambre and Phasis Audio. Once fully assembled, they’re set on fire with the very real possibility that nothing will be left when the burn box opens. studioambre.com -- #audio #design
We might be different, but I think we'd get along... I love to work with people who think differently than I do. This lovely series: Working Together from Dutch artist and photographer Helmut Smits pairs broken halves of similar objects helmutsmits.nl -- #difference #better #design
No, you're not being paranoid, this chair is judging you. Welcome to Uncanny Valley, the wonderfully playful furniture design of twins Simon and Nikolai Haas, where nothing is off-limits. After all, wood has eyes and chairs and tables usually have legs! madmuseum.org/exhibition/h... #furniture
Is it time to change direction... Sometimes you reach a point when things need to shift. When an end of a road is reached, a new avenue often opens up. This is "Arrow, 2001" from kinetic artist Sebastian Hempel: sebastianhempel.com/index.html -- #art #design
Balls... I think I've left it long enough now. I'm over the big loss we recently suffered on the pitch, I've resisted the blame and negativity, even if the hurt continues... And the new J-Swerve is a thing of immense craft and beauty. 12p.com/products/j-s... -- #football #design
I order things naturally: colour, size, height – it helps a lot with design, and is probably why I do what I do. This is clearly an obsession shared by photographer Austin Bell whose amazing series Shooting Hoops is just jaw-dropping. bellaustin.com/shooting-hoops #colour #order #design
Not sure about you, but I find that feeling uncomfortable. I can often sense someone looking at me before I see them (or at least think I can). And the tyranny of 'collaboration' in my Figma file makes me a little uneasy. Meet LittleBrother from design studio BankerWessel: www.littlebrother.se
If it walks like a duck... Generative AI has its challenges, but is also providing many new creative opportunities, at least for those willing to engage and (crucially) able to judge. This is BANANADUCK, from creative thinker and surreal artist Ken Kelleher: kenkelleher.com #bananaduck #design
It always pays to listen... Your client, your partner, your children – they all know something you don't and all have a valid opinion that you may not have considered before. This is "He's Got A Point" by John Wood and Paul Harrison: www.harrisonandwood.com #art
What piece of 'wisdom' did you never really believe... Mine, in the world of design at least, is the old "keep it all above the fold". This never really made sense to me, you just can't fit everything up there!! The fold moves, all the time! This is Moonment (2024) by Sizhu Li: www.sizhuli.com
If everything pops, nothing pops... Everything is just noise after a while, and cutting through this is getting much harder. That affects marketing, advertising, branding and art as well as sound and music. This is a brilliant sound installation by artist Dylan Sheridan: www.dylansheridan.com
Traditional printing techniques separate every graphic, word and image into tiny dots that are either cyan, magenta, yellow and black. See in CMYK is the wonderful new online project from the lovely Stefanie Posavec artsandculture.google.com/experiment/8... #colour #print
The customer is always right... No matter how hard you try, how clever your headline, how simple your CTA, they may still ignore you. Just don't take it personally, and remember: seagulls are bastards!!
If AI is making you sick, maybe the best remedy is to immerse yourself in real, physical, art. This is the wonderful "Pepto Bismol in a Marble Box" by sculptor Charles Ray. Over 900 litres of the pink stuff, should be able to settle your stomach! www.charlesraysculpture.com/collections/ #art
When you put your neck on the line... If you truly believe in your purpose, if your product really is better than everyone else's or if your client's branding is too generic, you have to stand up and speak truth. This is the excellent work of photographer Ben Zank: www.benzank.com #design
Made you look, made you stare, made you lose your will to live... You may have the best product, but if your brand looks the same as the majority, you'll struggle for attention, let alone action or conversion. This is "Ping Pong" by artist Anna Vasof: www.instagram.com/annavasof/
I love a good page turner... I'm a master of the ancient Japanese art of "Tsundoku" - I buy too many books and never read them. This is BALLET, part of an exhibition of the life and work of dance & fashion photographer Thibaut Grevet, shown last month at Dover Street Market, Paris.
What would the ringtone for a mermaid sound like... It's amazing to try to imagine the impossible, and then bring it to life. I do this daily, though usually with pencils and pixels. This is Hard Times – Soft Sounds, by piece by Moritz Simon Geist: www.moritzsimongeist.com/works/hard-t...
I love vinyl... But I also love CDs and Spotify - music is very important to me. The delivery mechanism is secondary – sometimes I prefer convenience, and other times I want to celebrate the materials and process. This is the wonderful installation by artist Dylan Sheridan: www.dylansheridan.com
Small is beautiful... Make something smaller, and people will take more notice of it. This masterful work from artist Dmitrij from World in Miniature shows the unboxing of a perfect scale model Epson inkjet printer from the 90's, made entirely out of paper! www.instagram.com/world_in_min...
I learned the basics of grid systems many years ago. The regularity calms the eye and brain, letting you absorb the information in a logical, rhythmic way. This is the whimsical but thought-provoking work of Amsterdam based performance artist Ton Zwerver: www.tonzwerver.nl #art #design
Do you prefer the spotlight or the shadows... This superb book; MAN by the Eric Kessels examines the depiction of the 'man in the middle of a group of women' trope, subverting it by printing the shots centrally cross the deep spine of the book! www.erikkessels.com/shop/man #photography #design
I design to help make you shine bright, even if it means flying close to the sun – it takes skill, patience, repetition and often, a super-reliable partner. This amazing image was shot by specialist astral photographer Andrew McCarthy who worked with skydiver Gabriel C. Brown. cosmicbackground.io
Never give up hope... The creative spark will come... The project will finish... The client will be happy..., The invoice will be paid on time... This piece; Hope, 2025, is the work of Jakob Grosse-Ophoff – it lasts 65 minutes and then the saw cuts through the support!! www.jakobgrosseophoff.com
You can stand out AND fit in.... And in a design/marketing context at least, you often have to do both. This is the wonderful kinetic sculpture, Tilted Plane by artist Johannes Langkamp. His work is an eclectic mix of movement, colour and form: johanneslangkamp.com/growing-arch... #art #design
Don't be a dick... It's not hard. But hand lettering an ambigram* is!! This is the brilliant handiwork of illustrator and ambigram specialist Kai, who will create bespoke ones for you for a small fee – order one here: kaisboatfund.co.uk/ambigram And also, don't be a dick... #ambigram #design
I love a well-loved pencil... Palamino Blackwing – smooth as silk Rotring 600 – technically ingenious Everpen – magic metal pencil with everlasting graphene tip But just look at these, worn right down, with barely space to be gripped by little fingers, let alone my slightly longer ones! #pencil
