October 2008
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“Hiking in British districts, I picnic in virgin firths, grinning in mirth with...”
– From Chapter I of Eunoia, Christian Bok’s new one-vowell-per-chapter book.
An ode to Criterion Collection box artwork. All absolutely gorgeous. Could we have these over in the UK now please?
“Anton Du Beke’s standing in the background wearing a costume so tight his...”
– Charlie Brooker on the bizarre simple genius that is Hole In The Wall.
London City Boic*
One of the ideas that has been rattling around in my head for a while now – probably since writing 16,000 words about New York romantic comedies – is a webisteblogthing all about the depiction of cities in films. Whenever I think about it, the main stumbling block is what the hell to call it.
At some point I’ll get it off the ground. In the meantime, Boico has compiled a list of decent...
Some reasons why moving house has aged me...
letting agents’ bizarre notions of “luxury”, “spacious” and “habitable by human beings”
IKEA’s inability to realise that the UK has different size mattresses to the rest of Europe, and for their stock control system that suggested a delivery lead time of 150 weeks for a foot stool
Microsoft – for making the cancellation of an Xbox Live account incredibly painful. You can manage everything...
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The Quietus – Remembering Eraserhead, and 20 more... →
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This week, I have mostly been:
fruitlessly searching for a Vertigo poster
having London escapades with the good Doctor
attending the rather splendid EDO debate
discovering the finest hangover breakfast (eggs benedict accompanied by butterscotch milkshake) at Tootsies on James Street
squeezing into American Apparel stonewash jeans
feeling really rather unwell in Whole Foods in Kensington, one of the best places on...
The Long Blondes have split! Bad bad news. →
'E-paper' produced in Germany →
Terrible movie translates into terrible TV series... →
What just happened?
I go away for a couple of days and my reader stats go through the roof. Google Analytics is far too fiddly for me to work out why or how this happened. Where are you all coming from?
“Freelance designers are NOT the way to go, they’re for the most part...”
– “advice” from watshit.com
Lew Stringer has spoken to me. The seven-year-old... →
The inimitable Rich Terfry (aka Buck 65) discusses... →
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This week, I have mostly been:
making sure my portfolio is nice and tidy for all the visitors coming from the Serif
wondering if there are any nice sofas out there
staring blankly at my screen
pulling teeth trying to cancel my XBox Live account (Microsoft making a seemingly simple task incredibly difficult and time-consuming? Surely not.)
getting nostalgic and spendy on eBay
watching Adam and Joe
losing patience with...
“Seek out clients you like / Hire a good financial head / Take on interesting...”
– Mike Dempsey’s design business tips (from Design Week, volume 23, number 42)
Eek, I've just been Serifed! →
“I often incorporate the moon into my work as well, always thinking, ‘I...”
– Jolly nice illustratorguy Ian Dingman interviewed at Stickers and Donuts
Recent purchases
Oh dear lord I’ve been shopping. This isn’t particularly sensible, given that I’m moving house next week, but sometimes it’s hard to resist the call of the Amazon. I’m like Bruce Parry.
So, in a classic clockwise-from-top-left style, here’s my recent haul:a sexy new Penguin edition of Design as Art by Bruno Munari; the obligatory Big Design Book, Area_2 (not...
“Schulz smiled politely. Do you hear me? He smiled politely! I made Charles...”
– Matt Groening pays tribute to Peanuts
“OCT. 2, 2051: In the new age of global remoteness, military strategy becomes...”
– Sounds Riskishly familiar… from Chuck Klosterman’s Brief History of the 21st Century
“New York lives by a philosophy of creative destruction.”
– A building-by-building survey of the new New York.
