I’m Wired...

I am really liking Wired magazine at the moment, some really interesting articles, and great typographical and graphic design…


Posted by: Dan

‘Well, it’s a cab, innit?’

A proud moment in the English language – a woman asks for a ‘cab, innit’ and actually gets a cabinet delivered!’ The company that delivered the furniture suggested ‘she speak more clearly in future…’ Classic!

Posted by: Dan

Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager

‘You have failed me for the last time’

…Man management techniques from renowned people-person Lord Vader…


Here is episode 1 on YouTube:

Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager




Posted by: Dan

Bling beyond belief!

This ultra-bling version of Apple's 1Gb ishuffle comes encrusted with 430 diamonds. The controls in the center are plated in solid 18k white and pink gold. The iDiamond as it's been dubbed is going under the hammer at some charity auction in London. The estimated final price is in the £20,000 range.

Posted by: Linda

GTA Coca Cola TV ad

I really like this ad of the moment by Coca Cola. It’s the little details that make it and of course all the scenarios and characters.

Plus it’s similarity to that of the Grand Theft Auto game is fantastic and as the next GTA game is due out at the end of April, timing is of course everything!

Posted by: Jemma

Window of opportunity

I saw this particular product in Mazda Magazine and I think it’s great! It’s a very ordinary looking window which at a touch of a button, folds out into a funky balcony. This is fantastic for modern city living with very limited space and it only takes 15 seconds for the full transformation.

It’s been designed by Dutch architects Hofman Dujardin and is built from solid aluminium and glass. It can be fitted to both new and existing buildings offering enough space for two people to dine alfresco!!

How much I hear you cry? It’s current price is around £7,500.

Posted by: Jemma

Butterfly House

I was in Stratford over Easter and took the kids to this Butterfly house just on the river. We all loved it as the butterflies roam and fly around you freely while you walk through. There’s some great species there with the added bonus of reptile house including some pretty scary scorpions. Well recommended.

Posted by: Richard

YO! Sushi serves up Cooking Mama 2!

After the huge award-winning success of Cooking Mama, our friends at 505 Games are enjoying some high profile activity for the sequel, Cooking Mama 2.

Diners at the Poland St or Farringdon Rd branches of YO! Sushi are being served up a helping of Cooking Mama 2, so they can chop, strip and fry to their heart’s content on a Nintendo DS in between courses! The promotion will be rolling out to other YO! Sushi branches nationwide in the coming months. Go Mama!

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/DS/Cooking+Mama+2/news.asp?c=6435


Posted by: Tom

Album of the year?

I just bought Consolers of the Lonely - the second album from The Raconteurs.

One of the interesting things about this album is that the band did no promotion before the album's release. The Observer said it was "one of the most exciting musical events of 2008" and I've got to say I couldn't agree more!

Chaotic and Raw - Very easily the best album I've bought this year.

Posted by: Bew

SpoonMug

I spotted these from a promo mag and thought what a neat idea to have your own spoon attached to your mug. Always handy to have a spoon available for getting out the biscuit that fell after dunking!

Posted by: Richard

Repo Man

‘An ordinary person spends his life avoiding intense situations. Repo man spends his life getting INTO intense situations. Let’s go get a drink…’

This cult 80's film was one of my faves as a young reprobate – the dialogue, bad attitude, and punk rock weirdness …

Released in 1984, British Director Alex Cox based the film on his own personal Los Angeles horrors and the tutelage of Mark Lewis, a Los Angeles car repossesser and neighbour.

Frustrated punk rocker Otto (Emilio Estevez) gets fired from his supermarket job and is later dumped by his girlfriend.

Wandering the streets in frustration, he is recruited in the repossession of a car by a repo agent (Harry Dean Stanton).

During his training, he is introduced into the mercenary and paranoid world of the drivers, and finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue concerning a huge repossession bounty on a 1964 Chevy Malibu driven by a lunatic government scientist (Fox Harris), with Top Secret cargo in the trunk...

For some cool pics from the film visit: http://www.repomanfilm.com/promopage.htm

Here are some clips on YouTube:

Repo Man (1984) - Intro

John Wayne was a ... (one of the greatest lines from Repo Man)

The Repo Code

Otto Asks for Some Dough

Posted by: Dan

WeLiveHere Website

Sheffield Icons


View of Castle Market



The Town Hall extension 'The Egg Box'



The New Roxy



The Cooling Towers



'The Scottish Queen' - Parkhill


WeLiveHere is an online gallery and store showcasing the design work of Sheffield based artist and graphic designer, Jonathan Wilkinson. The subject matter of the work reflects his exploration of the familiar and perhaps not so familiar surroundings of Sheffield and other places that he visited. These places that are still in existence, now defunct or close to demolition represent a rich seam of inspiration for him.

The works vary from limited edition runs to open editions, produced as striking lithographic prints and I just thought how cool they look and reminds me of my days as a youth especially Roxy as this is where I got my first Love bite, whey hey!


Check it out: http://www.welivehere.co.uk/

Posted by: Richard

Some really cool ads...

“I love these – they use and manipulate the items they’re posted on really cleverly to create fun and thought-provoking adverts”

Posted by: Clare

A WIS at designing furniture

I like WIS Design. They have produced many beautiful items of furniture using recycled materials, but these two really caught my eye.

The Vanity Chair is upholstered in pieces of old leather jackets and the Decades chest of drawers uses a mixture of discarded drawers found in flea markets.

WIS Design is Lisa Widén and Anna Irinarchos located in Stockholm, Sweden. Visit http://www.wisdesign.se/

Posted by: Bew

A Blooming Fantastic Idea!

To raise awareness that Honda's gardening products are not only good for the garden, but also good for the environment Inferno London came up with this great piece of DM.

It was printed on specially made stock containing seeds that, once wet and put in the ground, would grow into flowers.

They used 100% recycled acid free stock and enviro-friendly inks of course!

That's one way to grow your market share!

Posted by: Bew

Can I make everybody happy?

This book is a must, it contains a range of email conversations between the client and his or her graphic designer. Very amusing and something we can all relate to!

Posted by: Matt

Here come the girls......

Race for Life 2008

For the second year running, I will be out in Bakewell doing my bit for the Race for Life 2008. This 5k 'fun' run is in aid of Cancer Research - so, if anyone would like to sponsor me, it's very easy, you can do it online at http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/yvettenuttall or on my sponsor form in the office.

It's a great day out - a brilliant atmosphere, a little exercise followed by a well deserved pub lunch, I'm very much looking forward to it!

Thank you to everyone who sponsored me last year, my family and I raised around £300.

Posted by: Yvette

Turtle-power

I bought this recently in the attempt to reduce my plastic bag collection and be more 'ethical'. I was unaware that as well as filling landfill sites many of our plastic bags end up in the sea, to be gobbled up by hungry turtles mistaking them for jellyfish - foolish and sadly fatal! I think it's great that high street shops are championing their cause. Also 30p from the sale of each bag goes to the Marine Conservation Society http://www.mcsuk.org/

Posted by: Yvette

The Black Keys - Attack & Release

Attack and Release

This is the fifth album by blues-rock duo, The Black Keys - (one of my favourite bands) and is the first album they have ever produced in a studio.

It has been produced by Danger Mouse who became known when he famously remixed The Beatles White Album Jay-Z's Black Album to create The Grey Album. And also co-founded Gnarls Barkley.

The production values are much higher than their previous (self produced) records and it's not anywhere near as raw, but the end result really is outstanding.

If you want to get a feel for the album - put on track 2 and turn the volume right up!

Posted by: Bew