May Day is annual celebration throughout the world and I was asked to design the posters and flyers for Edinburgh's event in 2004. The guest speaker was Arthur Scargill so I chose an illustrative theme based around the demise of the mining industry, yet with a sense of dynamism that conveyed positivity for the future. I am a big fan of Russian artists of the 20th century such as El Lissitsky and Rodchenko and my design is influenced by their work.