About Me
Hi my name is Alan Firmin. Welcome to my blog where I share all the interesting things that I come across in my line of work. From art, typography, advertising, graphic design, poetry, writing and anything creative I will be posting it up here. I have always tried to inspire or help people in any way I can so most of my posts are inspirational type posts, although I also will post things about social media or any creative field.
I am the founder of Sqrall – a social media community for collectors.
I’ve been nearly 20 years in advertising both traditional and digital for Grey Worldwide, Draftfcb and Y&R in many countries including England, France, Holland, Kuwait, Lebanon and Dubai. I have been fortunate to work on most of the major global brands during my career including IKEA, Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz, Nokia to name but a few.
I have won over 30 awards in advertising and now live in Dubai working as Regional Creative Director & Digital Strategic Director with VML.
I am a Published writer, artist, love poetry, Advanced PADI scuba diver and love to play most sports but especially Football, Golf and Tennis. Oh! and of course I love all things about collecting!
I am very happily married to a beautiful woman called Yasmine . We have two amazing children called Adam and Meena. I hope you enjoy reading about my varied interests.
Drop me a message if you want as I would love to hear your views on what I post. Take care Alan.
rollerfebaybe
July 17, 2009 at 8:31 am
Hey
I like Your site. It is very interesting. Do You have RSS I want to add to my favorites.
Let me know when it will be ready. Kee it UP.
See You around Szczecin Hotele
jung-hwa
August 13, 2009 at 11:04 am
Dear,afirmin.
I’m yeoun. How’s it going? i’m here to say something i can’t twitter for the time being for the personal reason. Thank you so much for that kind answers.i do hope all you do the best.
often i’ll visit here, enjoy and leave comments.Take care~The best of luck!
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September 21, 2010 at 5:51 am
Hi, nice to meet you !
afirmin71
September 22, 2010 at 4:50 am
Nice to meet you as well. Welcome.
Sonya Chasey
September 30, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Hi
An interesting collection. It’d be nice to be able to know the names of the artists too, although perhaps that’s not possible if it was commissioned work?
afirmin71
October 1, 2010 at 6:24 am
Yes I agree, I am trying to add that but to be honest I don’t have the time at the moment but will certainly try. Thanks for your comment and visiting. Have a great week. Take care Alan
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December 15, 2010 at 6:56 pm
And this is one of the way i can agree too. But In other way that’s truely hard to take chance for it, if you now what i mean. Regards
zerlinda
February 14, 2011 at 3:43 am
hi, just knew the phrase: be fearful of mediocrity. wonder what does it means exactly?
afirmin71
February 15, 2011 at 4:50 am
Thank you for your comment. For me, ‘Be fearful of Mediocrity’ comes from something my father always used to tell me, “If you are going to do something in your life, give it everything you can. As anything less is just not good enough.” Mediocrity is something average or ordinary and although we cannot all be Picasso or DaVinci, we can do our best at whatever it is we do. To fear this, is because anyone can do mediocre things and the world, you deserve better than mediocre. Hope that answers your question? Take care Alan.
zerlinda
March 1, 2011 at 3:56 am
ow, got it. thank’s for the explanation and following my twitter
jennyozzy
March 27, 2011 at 10:35 pm
have a great week alan xxjen
afirmin
March 29, 2011 at 5:05 am
Same to you Jen. Thank you!. Take care Alan.
RebelDesigner
April 3, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Hi Alan,
Man great writings you’ve got in here. Very interesting. Today when Mr. George Maalouf told me about your twitter existence. I logged in at my twitter account after several months (because I’ve found twitter quite boring and mostly it seems like talking to the digital wall).
There wasn’t much at your twitter account apart from personal messages, but your website is full of inspiring words together with interesting work samples. Keep it up buddy, you’ve got full-fledge flame in you, you are blessed. It was pleasure reading your POV about big and small. Take care & keep writting… bless you.
afirmin
April 5, 2011 at 9:21 am
It seems every time George travels now I get a jump in my blog stats! Thanks for your kinds words. Twitter has the potential to be a great resource tool if you use it correctly, keep at it and if you need any help please let me know. Have a great day, take care Alan.
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April 9, 2011 at 3:15 am
Just making it a point to stop by your page and give you a friendly reminder that weekends are all about R & R for the most part. So, here’s hoping that you get the opportunity to just sit back and relax… Cheers to you!
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May 5, 2011 at 10:59 am
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May 28, 2011 at 8:40 am
Thank you for your comment. For me, ‘Be fearful of Mediocrity’ comes from something my father always used to tell me, “If you are going to do something in your life, give it everything you can. As anything less is just not good enough.” Mediocrity is something average or ordinary and although we cannot all be Picasso or DaVinci, we can do our best at whatever it is we do. To fear this, is because anyone can do mediocre things and the world, you deserve better than mediocre. Hope that answers your question? Take care Alan.
+1
Ramy El Zein
June 3, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Alan Firmin…
You have a knack for always saying and doing the right thing. I’m lucky that I met you and even luckier that you decided to get past my flaws and concentrate on what’s good and I truly appreciate our friendship. It’s people like you who make a difference in this world!
Great blog my friend!
R.
afirmin
June 4, 2011 at 7:39 am
Thank you Ramy, coming from you that really means a lot to me. I also value your friendship mate. I wish you all the very best in everything you do, I believe good times are ahead for you!
Take care Alan
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I do hope that you had a very Happy Father’s Day as well. Cheers!
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