Saturday, February 13, 2010
Those of you who pay attention may know my partner Nell works at the Women’s Library in Whitechapel. Before you ask, Men ARE allowed in! It is in fact a library of women’s history rather than a library for women’s use only. It was here I saw the banners used on suffragette marches which sparked [...]
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Its in the little things they write.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Magazine covers and adverts are clearly mental. They are designed to grab your attention in a split second, but rarely stand up well to close scrutiny. That’s fine if you are aware this is what they are doing, but if you begin to let them influence your world view you’re in trouble. Take, for example, [...]
Thursday, February 11, 2010
I inadvertently found myself on the Evening Standard site today. Now I do understand the fact they rely on advertising to support their paper, but isn’t this a bit much? Not only was I greated by a full page spread for British Gas before I saw any content (no screen grab I’m afraid) but the [...]
Check out Winston. He’s struggling to find his voice in the crowd. Winston’s owner is behind the brilliant fourfour blog where you can never find a signal.
My good friend (and ex housemate) Dan gave me a life back home from Leeds to Hackney. He totally dropped a awesome surprise on me by lending me his 1210! I had been talking to him about the state of my turntable and putting the club world to right when he had casually mentioned lending [...]
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Just imagine the instant ubiquity you would gain thanks to the iconic nature of this cover. I’m sure it would help you profile considerably. Seriously though, someone must have done this by now? If not, why not?
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
…but this is too damn good to ignore.