As I’m sure you all know, we recently released the first details of our lineup for our third (and my final) ShropGeek conference, (R)Evolution 2015. I can’t tell you how SUPER excited I am about this years event. We have a really awesome new concept featuring “monster dude” (our full website is on its way – its worth the wait, honestly), and this is definitely our best lineup yet!

We are still working on finalising a few things but in the interim here are a few more details about our lineup. Seriously, these guys are all so good I’m practically bouncing up and down with excitement! ~ grin!

Each year I get to make this super exciting announcement and this year is even more exciting than usual! Drum roll please….

Details of (R)Evolution 2015 so far have officially been revealed here: 2015.shropgeek-revolution.co.uk

Woohoo!  ~ grin!

As many of you know, we will be taking a break from organising (R)Evolution in 2016, so this year we are pulling out all of the stops. And honestly, I couldn’t be more excited about this year’s event (I know I say that every year, but seriously its going to be so awesome!). We have lots of things planned to make the day even more special but for now, here are the important facts: 

I thoroughly enjoyed creating the illustrations for last year’s (R)Evolution Conference so I was pleased to be invited back to do the same again this year.

Last year’s illustration brief pushed my drawing style outside of its usual parameters and gave me an excuse to create something completely different to the usual make-believe cartoon characters and imaginary worlds that I’m more accustomed to drawing. I was looking forward to hearing what was in store for 2014’s website and if it’d be a similar story again – which it was.

The difficult third album has long been part of music lore, but I know from experience, it’s not restricted to the music business.

A raw, exciting debut, followed by a more mature, ambitious release is exactly how I’d describe the first two sites I designed for Shropgeek’s (R)evolution conference. The second, for 2013, was one my favourite sites I’ve designed, and it was going to be difficult to follow, and I knew it, which is probably why I turned Kirsty down for a third outing. But a few flattering emails later and I was signed up again, what designer doesn’t fall for flattery?

Accompanying 2012’s site was a fresh brand and a responsive design, it had the benefit of novelty. 2013 took it further, establishing the conference as a serious, day long event, pushing the evolving the brand and finding a distinctive visual style. (R)evolution is no longer an upstart event, it has become established, attracting large numbers of attendees and top shelf speakers, and last year it was a nominee for a .net award. So where could I go with the site for 2014?