“In the Southern Ocean where the waves are not destroyed by breaking on any beach, the great swells produced by the westerly winds roll around and around the world.”
― Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us
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Welcome to Creative Expeditions, the creative portfolio of Simon Nicholas Pattenden, a communications designer and artist with over 20-years of multimedia experience and creative practice.
Unquestionably, a familiar thread running throughout Simon’s work is an absolute passion for the world's oceans, particularly the seas that wash over the shorelines in the South West of England.
In this selection of work is a diversity of media that represents creative range, featuring nature conservation, people and nature, and the capturing of moments within the rapid passing of time, fleeting, flowing and unstoppable.
Photography & Film
“S N Pattenden is in the top 10% of Unsplash contributors gaining 8.5M views and >45K downloads.”
The Weekly Edit
Saturday 22nd August 2026: Beautiful B-roll. Walking the incredible coastline of St Agnes, Cornwall.
Online credits
Design Communications
Research Projects
Brand Management
Above: Multi-partner project brand management with a little extra seasoning.
Above: Presentation assets: Poetry by local school children. Guidance by leading poets. Conservation through immersive workshop experiences.
Above: Internal communication design. Uniting over 100 researchers on multi partner projects.
Conversations with change makers
Above: Award winning Author, Zoologist, Illustrator and Campaigner, Nicola Davies discusses the 2023 RENEW x BookTrust Biodiversity Storytelling Summit. Footage, interview, audio, transitions and final edit: S N Pattenden
Above: Award winning Author, and Founder of Mango Lime Publishing, Marva Carty speaking at Kew Gardens, London. Footage, interview, audio, transitions and final edit: S N Pattenden
Above: The brilliant Sue Hendra writer and illustrator of over 100 books for children. Footage, interview, audio, transitions and final edit: S N Pattenden
Above: CBI Economics x RENEW. Footage: Various royalty free. Final edit & transitions: S N Pattenden
Building narratives
Above: A short sketch working with an Apiarist in North Cornwall following the delicate relationship between a keeper and his hive.