March 2009

The Archives

Doing One, Interesting
Jumping Ship
03.31.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I recently left unit9 to join Pirata… a new digital production place based in London Bridge. As sad as I am to tear myself away from the guys in Hoxton Square I feel this is going to be a bit fun. Pirata as you mave have guessed is Spanish for Pirate… and hence the black […]
Graphic Design, Music
Slagsmålsklubben
03.24.09 | Permalink | Comment?

These guys are a bat-shit-crazy synth pop troupe hailing from Sweden… I have on many occasions enjoyed losing those extra little hairs in my ear that make hearing worthwile whilst watching them perform. Here they’ve taken all the love and soul out of Little Red Riding Hood to produce an info-graphics extraveganzaa!
Frightening, Winnebago
Fancy Pigeons
03.13.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Because I’m dead keen on Darwin and stuff I’ve been lapping up all the attention the good man’s been getting in the media… on iPlayer this month there’s some treats from Andrew Marr and that icon of biology himself, Jimmy Doherty. It was with the Essex strike-a-light gorblimey Wideboy’s fun-umentary; In Darwin’s Garden, that I […]
Advertising
Bubbles
03.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

No no no… Not West Ham United… but aero. They have a pretty cool look-at-us-make-feelgood-art piece out at the moment featuring skater Bob Burnquist… have a look.

It’s ok… quite fun and having the Jackson knocking out the tunes is probably a good way to go to bring it to the audience… however it is just […]
Art, Food
Scanwiches
03.06.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I have to put my hand up and confess that I love punnery. Also, I love sandwiches. And, as a designer, I have a strong affection for scanning things… mainly drawings… sometimes animals.
Imagine if you will the joyous shock I had when these three separate worlds colided in the form of Scanwiches. Incredible… no longer […]
Interesting, Motion
Moving Tilt Shift
03.04.09 | Permalink | Comment?

The advertising blogosphere is currently rich with debate about salaries… partly because there’s a recession and the creative elite are having second thoughts about the deposit they’ve put on a new gold-plated manatee. Another reason is that the Talent Business salary figures were posted by the monumentally popular Scamp… check out the charts and see […]
Ideas, Theory
Barry Schwarz on why the vogons are morons
03.03.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Via Swiss Miss
Music
Keyboard Electro
03.02.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Stun/annoy your friends and colleagues with this awesome Drum Machine thing… great great I love it!