This Saturday it’s Shop Independent Day 2023, an important day in the calendar of all small business owners.

With single use plastic cutlery being banned in the UK this year, Kate Gould, a caterer with 25 years of experience decided to invent Kiss Case, a reusable and washable case for cutlery.

Today’s Meet the Maker chat is with Sara from Hook Me Up, a creative crochet studio based in Frome. Sara has been crocheting since 2012 and I’m keen to hear more about her practice and how Hook Me Up got going.

Building a business isn’t easy. It’s hard enough figuring out how it's going to make money, never mind what the brand might look like.

Never judge a book by its cover, or so they say. Well, I do. Here’s the selection of my favourites from 2022.

Meet the Maker is a new series that takes a closer look at independent makers, breakers, dreamers and doers - ones I’m lucky enough to call clients, collaborators and friends, plus a few others which I admire from afar!

I’m shutting up shop for the next couple of weeks and hitting the coast with the family.

When I tell people I’m a graphic designer the first question I’m asked is, what do you design?

After a couple of years living and working in Brighton - my wife and I felt the draw of returning home to the South West. Little did we know we’d end up calling the little market town of Frome home.

Discovering new music by any means necessary… next up is the laid-back vibes of Jordy Maxwell.

When is the perfect time to go freelance? The answer I discovered was never. There is never a right time. You gotta just do it.

As the world slowly returns to normality, I look back on the last 18 months and discover I’ve achieved more than I give myself credit for.

A look back at the 10 design books which have had the most impact on my career so far.

Getting through lockdown is gonna be tough, especially with a one-year-old, but having good music will help me through it.

Designing my own brand identity was a really fun project for me and one I went to town on.