Mark Lawson Design
@marklawson.design
Graphic designer of over 30 years in Cornwall, UK, working primarily in wine & food, also seeking clients in the green economy, sustainability and renewables. Creative problem solving, attention to detail, with an honest ethical approach.
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Mark Lawson Design
@marklawson.design
· Mar 26
Hello BlueSky! I’m a graphic designer here in Cornwall close to the Devon border. 3+ decades experience with top wine trade clients across the UK and would love to hear from you for brochure, advertising, exhibition display graphics + referrals. Primarily work in print but cover many disciplines.
Until this year I don’t think I’ve ever seen an em dash — in any client copy, yet suddenly they’re all over the place, looking ugly and out of place. What’s that all about? I’ve been quietly replacing them with less offensive looking punctuation 😉
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Until this year I don’t think I’ve ever seen an em dash — in any client copy, yet suddenly they’re all over the place, looking ugly and out of place. What’s that all about? I’ve been quietly replacing them with less offensive looking punctuation 😉
Tried generative AI in Adobe Illustrator using a detailed description to work to, asking it to use an element already on the page to build a vector graphic. Results were a complete fail. Is AI really taking our jobs …. Yet? It couldn’t even fill the space I asked to fill. It was like clip art…
August 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Tried generative AI in Adobe Illustrator using a detailed description to work to, asking it to use an element already on the page to build a vector graphic. Results were a complete fail. Is AI really taking our jobs …. Yet? It couldn’t even fill the space I asked to fill. It was like clip art…
A quiet design week, some exhibition display artwork involving interesting photo compositing edits and a new customer form for clients, and exploring interesting print binding techniques like Singer sewing, while trying to keep me and the cocker spaniel cool!
June 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A quiet design week, some exhibition display artwork involving interesting photo compositing edits and a new customer form for clients, and exploring interesting print binding techniques like Singer sewing, while trying to keep me and the cocker spaniel cool!
Always great to meet up with long time clients but this week it’s a start to find new clients to help. Businesses in Cornwall, Devon and beyond, I’d love to help you look great and grow with lovely designed brochures - printed and online, ads, display materials, branding and more! Get in touch.
May 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Always great to meet up with long time clients but this week it’s a start to find new clients to help. Businesses in Cornwall, Devon and beyond, I’d love to help you look great and grow with lovely designed brochures - printed and online, ads, display materials, branding and more! Get in touch.
Having fun getting the colour of rose right for a line art drawing visual for a rose champagne client 🍾 . The colour I sampled apparently looks a bit orange. So I’ve gone back to 5 different neutrally lit reference photos and sampled the rose colour. All shades of orange! The eyes play tricks 😉
May 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Having fun getting the colour of rose right for a line art drawing visual for a rose champagne client 🍾 . The colour I sampled apparently looks a bit orange. So I’ve gone back to 5 different neutrally lit reference photos and sampled the rose colour. All shades of orange! The eyes play tricks 😉
Pleased to get the last of our clients graphics production orders out to suppliers today. Next stop installation alongside the stand build contractor at London’s Olympia for London Wine Fair 2025! #wine #design #exhibition #graphics
April 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Pleased to get the last of our clients graphics production orders out to suppliers today. Next stop installation alongside the stand build contractor at London’s Olympia for London Wine Fair 2025! #wine #design #exhibition #graphics
Plenty to do in this shorter Easter run up week. London Wine Fair graphics prep for one client plus a few other things. #design #graphicdesign
April 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Plenty to do in this shorter Easter run up week. London Wine Fair graphics prep for one client plus a few other things. #design #graphicdesign
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This is great, although I will defend the Oxford comma with my dying breath
April 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is great, although I will defend the Oxford comma with my dying breath
@farplace.bsky.social thanks for the follow. A name I recognise thanks to design work with Dave at Stamps n All.
April 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
@farplace.bsky.social thanks for the follow. A name I recognise thanks to design work with Dave at Stamps n All.
Today’s design tasks:- order some lovely 400gsm Uncoated postcards on GF Smith Munken Pure card for a sparkling wine client. Plus POS display visuals and letterhead designs for another. If time allows start on another client’s London Wine Fair stand graphics. #graphicdesign #print #pointofsale
April 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Today’s design tasks:- order some lovely 400gsm Uncoated postcards on GF Smith Munken Pure card for a sparkling wine client. Plus POS display visuals and letterhead designs for another. If time allows start on another client’s London Wine Fair stand graphics. #graphicdesign #print #pointofsale
Congratulations to my wine client - Hatch Mansfield - for certifying as a B Corporation, for high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. www.hatchmansfield.com/hatch-mansfi... #design #wine #HatchMansfield #BCorp
Hatch Mansfield Joins the B Corp Community - Hatch Mansfield
Joining the growing movement of companies using business as a force for good, Hatch Mansfield has announced its certification as a B Corporation (or B Corp. Verified by B Lab, the not-for-profit behin...
www.hatchmansfield.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Congratulations to my wine client - Hatch Mansfield - for certifying as a B Corporation, for high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. www.hatchmansfield.com/hatch-mansfi... #design #wine #HatchMansfield #BCorp
Hello BlueSky! I’m a graphic designer here in Cornwall close to the Devon border. 3+ decades experience with top wine trade clients across the UK and would love to hear from you for brochure, advertising, exhibition display graphics + referrals. Primarily work in print but cover many disciplines.
March 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Hello BlueSky! I’m a graphic designer here in Cornwall close to the Devon border. 3+ decades experience with top wine trade clients across the UK and would love to hear from you for brochure, advertising, exhibition display graphics + referrals. Primarily work in print but cover many disciplines.