Being the young professional I am, I recently jetted off on a European city break to Rome. A great time was had, beautiful Rome explored and an Italian waiter was put in the recovery position and brought back from unconsciousness. The Gallery Borghese, Pantheon, Spanish Steps, Colloseum (which was magnificent, I’m not sure why everyone Read more
Archive for October, 2008
Pumpkin Boy
Just gathering ammo to embarrass my spawn when he brings his mates / first girlfriend home… Pumpkin Boy does the Pumpkin Dance… Happy Halloween! Mark
Top Internet Halloween Howlers…
Following a link from our October newsletter, we’ve highlighted some of the best (in our opinion) digital howlers. Ideas, that when given the room and money needed to grow, can lead to some very interesting and entertaining outcomes… from marketeers that should know better… 01 – Second Life… No Life… 2007 brought us the uncontrollable Read more
How to give the perfect fright…
Halloween is the one night of the year that you can be a right B*stard to your fellow man… so here’s a few of our favorite tips! Feel free to add your own… – Air horn through the letterbox – Potato up someones car exhaust (what a classic) – Crashing demo machines in your local Read more
What’s the value of a moodboard…
Every designer has been through the process of cutting and sticking hundreds of images from design, architecture and lifestyle magazines to a piece of flimsy card, which you then prop up against your wall and stare at continuously hoping to ‘be’ inspired, in order to help create that perfect design? It is an integral part Read more
What So Wrong With Big Bonuses…
Yep. Time for a rant… My last rant was over the unjust treatment of Lewis in the F1… and the favoured treatment of a team in red… although I am not quite over that it’s a case of something bigger starting to really get my goat… …something a bit more serious and a bit more Read more
JimBob the Builder
After Jenny at INplace kindly asked me down to their latest development in Brighton, I quickly donned this seasons building de rigeur: flourescent vest, hardhat (at a somewhat jaunty angle) laser specs and rubber gloves. Nice. Originally opened in 1938, The Grand Ocean Hotel was a perfect example of ’30s architecture. Bought by Billy Butlin Read more
Smart Marketing And Sales Tactics During A Tight Economy
Found this on the web… Good advice for those of the worrying disposition… By Anita Campbell of Small Business Trend: We can all use a little help every once in a while, especially in times like these. If your small business is searching for marketing and sales tips to not only survive, but thrive, during Read more
Creative Review… Rebrand… This is great :)
This absolutely cracked me up… Encompassing everything (and every key word) that is important in today’s high flying marketers vocab and modern designers focus. Ya! What is even funnier is that some people’s comments on the piece (and blog)… they can’t even see that Creative Review are taking the piss… I cry in disbelief for Read more
Dust off the cobwebs and dig out those sketches . . .
After reading an article in Creative Review this week on the true value of original artwork, I started thinking where the value lies in today’s world of digital… Now, I’m not sure how many of you insist on working up visuals and roughs before jumping straight onto a mac, but for me it’s an Read more