This space marks the pivot point of a forty-year practice in visual systems, moving from client-driven commercial infrastructure to independent, self-initiated inquiry. Rather than abandoning commercial frameworks, the practice liberates them from corporate constraints to interrogate them more closely—opening up decades of developed tools to critically respond to a changing landscape of automation and artificial intelligence.

Everything here is structurally underpinned by A.P.E.S. a framework designed to balance the Analytical, Practical, Emotional, and Social dimensions of thinking and creativity. This toolkit drives an exhaustive interrogation into identity, communication, perception, and the nature of consciousness itself. Whether analyzing commercial visual systems or documenting the local wildlife and border landscapes, the work functions as a singular, unified study of the human condition: examining how we process context, navigate the fluid boundary between story and truth, and operate as social animals. The work naturally cross-fertilizes across projects, but is organized for easy reference into three sections.

About the Place
A systematic archive of observation focused on the raw ecology, seasonal shifts, and embedded history of a rugged parish in the English Borders This work investigates how geography acts as a primary creative catalyst, documenting local wildlife behaviors and regional folklore to examine how physical environment alters human perception

Solport Studio & Sessions
The active laboratory where abstract design concepts are dismantled and rebuilt into practical thinking methodologies This stream manifests through two parallel layers: the digital development of DesignOps and system frameworks, and Solport Sessions an online and broadcast series of structured workshops, critical interviews, and media pieces mapping out decision-making and creative problem-solving

Swimming Through Leaves
The independent publishing arm of the practice, dedicated to the tactile reality of permanent media Here, system frameworks, deep-dive research, and regional observations are distilled onto the printed page. Output is strictly divided between immediate, narrative Broadcasts and limited, ‘Quarterly’ titles.