Grant Davey

I'm a creator, thinker and a dreamer and I like to make things

Welcome to my collection of random thoughts, ideas and creations, neatly packaged in the form of a website.

Don't be suprised at what you find here. I've spent a long time trying to contain my interests in the world around me but have finally given up. Instead I just write, draw and collect things, a digital magpie if you like, flying from one shiny thing to another.

Feel free to stay and look around. Who knows what you might find.

Stuff interesting me at the moment

Recording sounds

I've recently started doing field recordings to experiment and learn about sound. I've always been fascinated by sound and enjoy the way the medium works. It's a very personal and intimate medium and it can evoke strong emotions within us. Below are my first recordings.

Birdsong
42 seconds, recorded at the Hawk Conservancy, Andover, 20th April 2010

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Waves
1 minute 10 seconds, recorded at Southsea seafront, Portsmouth, 15th May 2010

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Public space
1 minute 26 seconds, recorded from a park bench, 27th June 2010

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Latest blogs

 

926 East McLemore Avenue

20
APR 11

Unless you’re familiar with American addresses, 926 East McLemore Avenue may not mean an awful lot to you, but when you discover the address is in Memphis Tennesee and has welcomed the likes of Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and Booker T. & The M.G.’s, you’ll realise 926 East McLemore Avenue is the home of Stax.
926 East McLemore Avenue

 

New adventures in Javascript

16
MAY 11

The time it seems has come to take the Javascript ‘bull by the horns’ and learn this most essential (if not hugely intuitive to me) scripting language. Over the last few years I’ve flirted with books, and dipped my toes into various courses, but never really felt comfortable around the code. I sometimes look at a bit of Javascript and think, “Yes, I know what that does”, only to realise that if I look away for a second I would have no idea how to write something that does the same thing.
New adventures in Javascript

 

Bob Dylan posters

16
APR 11

Here are some fantastic Bob Dylan posters that date to the original Isle of Wight festivals in the late 60′s and early 70′s. It’s no secret I’m a big Dylan fan and I particularly like these for the way they look and present Dylan as the artist he was at the time.

Bob Dylan poster
Bob Dylan posters

 

#1D4D

13
APR 11

Today is oneonedayfordesign.org day an open, global dialogue on the meaning and future of design, and on the meaning and future of professional design associations. Designers are sharing their thoughts and ideas and some really interesting debates are being had.
#1D4D

 

Time to keep a sketchbook again

29
MAR 11

I’ve recently bought the excellent new book by Steven Heller and Lita Talarico, Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World’s Great Graphic Designers, and it’s reminded me just how important a sketchbook is, as a record of your visual thoughts and ideas.

Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World's Great Graphic Designers Time to keep a sketchbook again



 

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