New York Baubles

My other half picked up these funky Xmas Tree baubles in New York - burger n fries! How festive!!

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Goldfinger Lobby Card

I found this original lobby card – pics that were sited in the lobby of cinemas – in a shop just off Carnaby St. This is such an iconic scene from the Bond movies – perhaps THE iconic scene...


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Death Star over San Francisco

The Empire is invading.........AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

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School Chaise Longue

This is what you need to get you through double-maths!

http://mydeco.com/product/school-chaise/ccd3145df3b222bfbb936ae0c290715019321efa/

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This Goes to 11

I have noticed that the BBC Web site allows you to turn the volume of streaming video to 11 – shades of the famous Spinal Tap scene??

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=d54UU-fPIsY

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Grace Jones New Album

I am a bit of a Grace Jones fan – and am loving the new album for various reasons:

1) Its great
2) The photography is shot in Thornton’s chocolate factory in Derbyshire
3) My mate Ants produced the majority of it

...‘I AM HURRICANE!’

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Wedding Sculpture

I love this sculpture given to us as a wedding present by my Godfather – New York based artist Lee Tribe http://www.leetribe.com/

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Monkey DJ

In Stockholm I saw this window display in the Old Town....monkey, headphones, what’s not to love?!


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My Wedding!

I liked my wedding – held on Sat 23rd August – it was great fun!! I also love this picture – from top photographer Scott Morrison http://www.delahoyaphotography.com/

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Oxfam’s Questionnaire Made Fun

Don’t you dread it when people ask your opinion for a questionnaire? Well, I do! However this approach from Oxfam really removes the drudgery from the process.

Approached at Latitude Festival, I was asked – from a range of options including ‘Doom Merchants’ and ‘Apathy’ – what annoyed me: that I thought was ‘pants’. All you did was fill out a small postcard, and you got a badge saying ‘I think that X is pants’. Involving and interactive – and my daughter liked the pink pants on the badge...


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Time to think about the ‘Unthinkable’

I like this book – ‘Unthinkable’ – about how and why some people save themselves from disasters, and others don’t. I know it sounds a bit macabre, but it is a compelling read, taking in stories from 9/11 and many more. It not only relates how people saved themselves, but gives pointers to your ‘disaster personality’ and how you can do things to improve your chances of surviving.

Think it’s a waste of time reading that Airline Safety Card...? Think again. You have more power to survive in those situations than you realise. Read this book.

Only the paranoid survive!

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Party Specs!

We picked these up in Florida – they really get the party started. I look ‘best’ in the Tequila Slammer ones….

Woooooooooooooh! U-S-A, U-S-A!!!

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New Sonic ID Web site

I know I know, a gratuitous plug, but I really like our new Sonic ID web site – it really captures the brand.

Our ‘reason for being’ is to demystify the exciting new discipline of sonic branding and identity, and this site is a great step forward.

Hear more at http://www.sonicid.com/

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I’m Wired...

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


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‘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!

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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




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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

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Our First Ever Job Bag

Our first ever Job…
Here framed for posterity is DKPM’s first ever job bag – a web site for TC Harrison Iveco! As found under a pile of stuff we were clearing out!!


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Guardian leaflet - Which side are you on?

I like this leaflet for The Guardian newspaper – a simple typographical concept which is clever, simple and gets the message across…


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Simpsons egg cups

Simpson Easter Egg Heads
This is a classic idea – licensed merchandise doesn’t get any better than this! Smash Homer’s Head In!

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