This eBook for the Royal Astronomical Society is a basic introduction to the history of the universe from the Big Bang around 13.7 billion years ago, to the present day – and beyond. In easy-to-read chunks illustrated with photographs and diagrams, you can find out how we know the universe is expanding, how planets are built, why the sky is dark at night, and more.
Download the eBook from the RAS website.

I had an article published in The Guardian’s ‘Family’ section on 10 March 2012. You can read ‘We love to eat’ towards the bottom of the page here.

I have designed (and also host) a new website for freelance journalist Mark Rowe to show off his work. Even though he can write about complex technical subjects such as nanotechnology in paint, he admits to being a technophobe – so the solution had to be as simple as possible. I built the site using WordPress and after a little training he can now easily update it himself.
See the results at markrowe.eu

I’ve just finished refreshing the website for high-tech PR company Avon Business Communications. They wanted a simple, clear site that they can easily update themselves. Have a look at it here: abccoms.com.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

Foundation is a regular 8-page A4 newsletter for the Modern Built Environment Knowledge Transfer Network. It is written, designed, produced and print-managed by my company Formula Media. Click on the image above to see the whole issue.

Perception is a regular 8-page A4 newsletter for the Electronics, Sensors, Photonics Knowledge Transfer Network. It is written, designed, produced and print-managed by my company Formula Media. Click on the image above to see the whole issue.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 48 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

I designed and produced this A5 ebook for Matthew Parker at Print & Procurement Ltd. His comment on viewing the first draft was “Wow! That looks stunning!” You can download the whole ebook from his site here.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

A New View of the Universe is a 20-page A4 booklet I designed for the Royal Astronomical Society. You can download the whole booklet from the RAS website here.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 44 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

I have redesigned the website for the Royal Astronomical Society, which went live today.
The brief: The RAS wanted their old site switched from Mambo to Joomla! as the underlying CMS. In tandem with this switch they wanted to improve navigation and ‘findability’ of information, as well as to improve the site’s appearance. The website is updated by staff and volunteers with no design experience, so it needs a robust structure requiring no additional support.
The result: I provided a compact home page, which is viewable even on relatively small screens. Much time was spent reorganising the existing 1500+ pages to reduce the number of menu items and to group pages more logically, as well as to give each page a more consistent appearance. Instead of just showing ‘news’ items, the home page now also contains additional navigation tools (‘quick links’), and lists the next two scientific meetings. And there are two panels which change randomly on each visit: a ‘Did you know?’ item to highlight aspects of the Society’s work, and a colourful image linked to a recent news item. As a result, the home page is more compact than before, but is more attractive, works harder to aid the visitor in finding what they want, and better reflects the variety of the Society’s functions. I also wrote a users’ guide and delivered training to staff on how to write, style and add pages to the new site.
On the project I acted as the designer, but worked closely with a Joomla! expert who handled the technical side.
See the redesigned site at www.ras.org.uk.

Perception is a regular 8-page A4 newsletter for the Electronics, Sensors, Photonics Knowledge Transfer Network. It is written, designed, produced and print-managed by my company Formula Media. Click on the image above to see the whole issue.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

HighLight is a regular 8-page A4 newsletter for the Photonics & Plastic Electronics Knowledge Transfer Network. It is written, designed, produced and print-managed by my company Formula Media.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

HighLight is a regular 8-page A4 newsletter for the Photonics & Plastic Electronics Knowledge Transfer Network. It is written, designed, produced and print-managed by my company Formula Media.

I have set up a new company called Formula Media, with colleague Matthew Peach.
Here’s my business card: the back shows the picturesque Carina Nebula.
See www.formulamedia.co.uk for more details.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

HighLight is a regular 8-page A4 newsletter for the Photonics & Plastic Electronics Knowledge Transfer Network. It is written, designed, produced and print-managed by my company Formula Media.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

HighLight is a regular 8-page A4 newsletter that I design and produce for the Photonics Knowledge Transfer Network.

The annual guide to what's on at Llanover Hall Arts Centre is a 16-page A5 brochure, which I designed and produced.

I've designed a 'barracuda' marketing banner for Wiley-Blackwell, promoting the journal Astronomy & Geophysics.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

The Photonics Knowledge Transfer Network asked me to redesign and produce their newsletter HighLight. This is a four-page US-letter size document that is being distributed in America.

Just received a nice email from a man I've never met, Prof. Tom Hartquist, Head of Astrophysics Group at the University of Leeds. He has just seen a PDF proof of an article he wrote for the February 2009 issue of Astronomy & Geophysics, and was impressed:
"Dear Paul,
I just wanted to let you know how grateful Ove, Meseret, and I are to you for the beautiful layout you have done for our polar mesosphere article. It is extremely striking and makes a wonderful impression. I intend to display the article in my office once it has come out.
A&G looks like a really high class publication. You do a great job, and I know that Sue [Bowler, editor] enjoys working with you."

This is the latest in a series of leaflets for the RAS, which I have designed and printed. 30,000 copies should be delivered to the English Heritage office at Stonehenge today.

New client Note Media asked me to sub issue 2 of MusicPlanet magazine, which they produce for Dolphin Music. This magazine for musicians is available online as well as in print - click here to see issue 1.
I also designed Note Media's website.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has created a new category of membership: Friend of the RAS. To help publicise this they asked me to redesign their general leaflet. Click here for more details of how you can become a Friend of the RAS.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.

This A3 meetings poster for the RAS will be delivered this week. I designed it and bought the print.

For the last few years I've had a regular summer job – working on the Waterstone's Christmas Gift Guide. This involves basic subbing of a few hundred short book reviews, plus checking details such as title, author and even ISBN number. This is an apt focus for my pedantic attention to detail. Unfortunately, thanks to our poor summer, this job hasn't felt so unseasonal this year.

The latest issue of the Royal Astronomical Society's house journal has been published. This is a bimonthly magazine, 40 pages, in full colour, for which I do all the design and production work.