Not that we spend all day looking out of the window BUT today we've had six, yes six magpies flying around outside our windows. Now as any one from the UK in their 40's knows that means GOLD!!!!! -even if my parents made me watch Blue Peter.
Designer Death Match
wooah this is really great. Mark found this event for a head to head graphic design face-off a few weeks ago at The Old Truman Brewery. Called Cut & Paste the idea comes from New York where the first event took place in 2005. -the 2006 winners are HERE. Each designer has to go head to head in a 15 minute round of intense creation, simple knock out rules until the winner emerges blinking slightly into the spotlight. I think this is a really top idea, real shame we missed it. -next year, just you wait. -Cool Hunting did a bit on the September event in Boston HERE
Great site shame about the colour
Came across this fascinating site for amateur photographers: Woophy. Plonking photos on maps is hardly new but this does it with such style and grace it draws you in. My only gripe being the colour while a logical choice (the world = Green) I find it not a little unsettling, all those years of colour theory coming back to haunt me either that or the Dutch collection behind it have been getting way too mellow.
Pure genius
October 18th, 2007
This is absolutely brilliant! O2 have set up a group on Facebook called ‘The Battle for the UK’s Favourite University’. This ties in perfectly with their ‘Favourite Place’ campaign and instead of going on about how great O2 is, it is encouraging people to get together and chat about how fantastic their university is, why it’s more fun than others, what’s cool etc. The more Facebook activity a uni has, the more points it earns. The uni with the most points at the end of it will win a £50k party. Currently there are 75,814 members, with 1,203 discussion topics and 2,651 wall posts. You need to have a facebook profile to look at it but if you have one, check it out here. So simple, yet so clever. Come on Exeter!!
Fiona
yup, web site is still delayed but heh, we've got badges!
October 17th, 2007
yup, web site is still delayed but heh, we've got badges!
A great station (almost)
October 16th, 2007
The new St Pancras looks stunning, although it should be said with only a handful of weeks left before opening there is a lot still to do, as evidenced by a huge number of scurrying blokes in Hi-Vis jackets seen today. I find large railway stations deeply romantic, something about sudden travel and impulsive actions. I've travelled most of Europe by train and despite our best efforts to get everyone off to the States via MAXjet trans-continental train journeys still have a lot to offer.
Punk's not dead
October 16th, 2007
Robert and myself spent the morning in Derby talking with our new client the teenage fashion brand; Golddigga. A fantastic chance find of a pub for lunch was the Victoria Arms. Old school punk / metal live venue and seller of extremely well kept real ale. One room is lined with photos of the bands who’ve passed through, from the just before making it (Snow Patrol ‘03) to the ‘my god are they still playing?’ (UK Subs ’07 – how old is their singer Charlie Harper? – I was a teenage punk when i first met him at the London Lyceum during a Damned gig in 1979!)
I love these ads
October 16th, 2007
I’m sure most of us have seen the gorgeous Sony Bravia ads with the balls bouncing around San Francisco, the paint shooting up some buildings in Glasgow, and the latest execution which shows play-doh bunnies frolicking around New York. But what about an ad that has been made especially for Egpyt? It shows thousands of coloured cotton reels being thrown down one of the pyramids – check it out here.Fiona
Media placement
October 15th, 2007
We are running a bunch of classified ads for our new client The West London Clinic this month. The art department at Vogue have obviously got far too much time on their hands - our ad being rather neatly placed to fit with another. There is a branding campaign coming soon and a new web site in the offering.
Sport fever...
October 8th, 2007
...gutted. What more can I say? Two very close games for the All Blacks and for Scotland but we just weren't good enough. I think I'm going to have to temporarily move the Scotland flag from my desk.Now all eyes are on England and fingers crossed they can do it again.
Victoria
Stunning photography
Sport fever
October 4th, 2007
It's all hotting up in the office. With an exciting weekend of Rugby World Cup action almost upon us, there are some 'discussions' going on in the office. Philip is adamant that Scotland are going to be packing their bags on Sunday (I don't disagree that it would take a minor miracle for us to stay in the tournament) but it's the huge grin on his face when he says it that gets me! Monday morning in the office will be certainly be interesting...I'm off to Cardiff on Saturday for the All Blacks v France game and we're hiring a bus to take a load of us there. The plan is to stop off along the way for a spot of lunch while watching the England v Australia game (how exciting will that be?!) and then to Millennium Stadium which will be an experience in itself. Going out with a Kiwi, I guess I'll be supporting the All Blacks even although I watched them beat us at Murrayfield recently. I don't think the 35 All Black supporters I'll be travelling with will let me support anyone else.
And so onto football. Well, what can I say? Have you seen the Group B results table for the European Cup qualifiers?
European Championship Qualifying : Group B Table
Who would have thought/predicted/dreamt that fine looking set of results? Us Scots aren't kidding ourselves that it could all turn around very easily, but we're quietly proud that we've got this far.
Rangers Football Club did us Scots proud on Tuesday night too. Lyon (French Champions) 0 - 3 Rangers FC. And although it pains me to admit, Celtic also did rather well last night. So, is Scottish football starting to be taken more seriously again? Philip mentioned this morning that he's going to take a much more active role as a Celtic fan now that they're doing well (fairweather fan methinks). I'm not sure if this is due to his secret love of Celtic or to wind me up!
Victoria
Beautiful and interactive
October 1st, 2007
Possibly the most striking creative that has stuck in my mind of late is the ‘Rhythm of lines’ Audi campaign. I’ve seen this in press, TV and online, and the online version is interactive so you can create your own beautiful rhythm of lines!On a similar theme, you can create your own flowers and build a garden through zefrank's blog. I am a Facebook addict and it’s currently being overtaken by applications like this but not as fun as this one.
Fiona
More office bounty
September 28th, 2007
Spent all day yesterday in Geneva talking with IATA. Being in Switzerland meant only one thing for the rest of the office.
Normal service resumes
September 26th, 2007
I'm back from the States, Vic's home from north of the border and Fiona's rejoins from Portugal. Even Nick and Robert are in.
I'm back!
September 25th, 2007
Just got back from a fortnight away in the sunshine and am already suffering from mild SAD thanks to the good old British weather. Ah well, plenty on here at the ranch to keep me occupied, and we’re shortly off to take advantage of the current rainbow lunch offer at Yo! Sushi - hooray!
Fiona
everyone's talking about...
September 21st, 2007
Well, rather ashamedly this is my first post but I've managed to work out how to do it all by myself! It's been a quiet week in the office with both Philip and Fiona away so I've had some time to figure it out...Anyway, everywhere I turn I hear people talking about 'the gorilla ad'. Whether you love it, hate it or find it just plain bizzare it's certainly got a reaction and plenty of coverage for Dairy Milk! A very interesting turn from their standard 'feel good' ads and I personally think it's fantastic. I wonder if advertising has to get more and more bizarre in order to cut through all the standard noise and wallpaper? If you haven't seen it, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbLr2NEV_7o
p.s. We're hoping that Philip will bring back some NY chocolate. Our tuckbox is empty.
Deep in New York
September 20th, 2007
Yup its all one long run of meetings, tough but someone has to
Not leaving on a jet plane
September 17th, 2007
ah, well, we were going the States, currently sat in the lounge at Stansted while a bunch of blokes in hi viz jackets crawl all over our plane. mmm this might take a while.
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