August 2008
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This week, I have mostly been:
waiting impatiently for REM tickets to arrive
nursing the doctor
figuring out what to do and where to go in New York on New Year’s Eve
watching some classic Tom Baker Dr Who
enjoying my new haircut
trying to work out how to illustrate an annual report without using illustrations
convincing myself that I need a new iPod
having strange, racist dreams about the next Batman film
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“Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around.”
– Michael Stipe
Same Difference - the busiest pop group in the... →
Read all about the hermit crab – currently my... →
Trademark™ is a small art & design studio run by... →
“… in a flash I see the difference between the space shuttle’s...”
– Andrew Smith, Moondust
Thompson Design (local boys - and very good too!) →
Mad Men gets all the details right—except one →
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“You are trapped on the Earth so you will explode.”
– Jenny Holzer
Albert Hammond Jr. on fashion: the suitability of... →
Dupe Creative - The Journal →
Craig Oldham →
Daniel Eatock →
The history of graphic design →
How not to rescue a nerfherder
I watched Return Of The Jedi the other day, and it struck me how utterly crap the plan for rescuing Han from Jabba was. Although it all turns out quite exciting in retrospect, they had no way of predicting the turn of events and so most of what they do makes no sense. Observe: A sensible plan
Get one person to infiltrate Jabba’s staff - as a guard or something.
Unfreeze Han in the middle of...
Stupid stupid annoying phone
Exactly how many screws have to fall out of a phone before it stops working?
My stupidly annoying Sony Ericsson phone – sorry, “handset” – has already gone kaput once. It had to be sent it away just three months after I got it, so that the software could be updated. And my high scores could be erased.
So what now? Well the slidey action jammed a few weeks ago, leaving the phone stuck...
Take 11: Odd critters masquerading as animals →
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“A tumblelog is a quick and dirty stream of consciousness, a bit like a...”
– Jason Kottke
Rumblers - Are You Ready To Rumble! →
The Quietus →
“Print is dead.”
– Egon Spengler
“Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It’s all...”
– Box, Logan’s Run
5902 plays in twelve months... not bad. →
Wilco plays someone else's songs →
Further down the spiral
I’ve just been listening to Further Down The Spiral, the amazing Nine Inch Nails remix album. When I bought it back in ‘95, I hadn’t actually heard any NIN before. My purchase was based on two things: it was cheap (six quid from Our Price) and the artwork caught my eye.
This might be a bit synaesthesia-ish, but that David Carson sleeve perfectly reflects its contents. Brutal,...
Geekism
I haven’t seen whatever episode this comes from - being a Brit without Sky TV means I’m lucky if I get to see anything more recent than the Hank Scorpio episode (although, is that such a bad thing?). I would love it if someone actually made this… although it’s quite possible that Alan Moore would then hunt them down and kill them with his mystical beard.
New adventures in graphic design →
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This week, I have mostly been:
working out the plot of The Clone Wars, one sticker at a time
regretting drinking so much blue stuff at The Great Nineties Housewarming Party
playing with Mike Reed’s new mailer, which defies the laws of physics
digging out my old dissertation and trying to make it look pretty
guessing the Pantone ref for New York taxis.
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This week, I have mostly been:
wondering just how minimal your portfolio should be
enjoying my new Ally Capellino bag
resisting watching the Hellboy Animated DVD until the Doc returns from her research trip
maintaining a healthy level of Olympic apathy
suspecting that Scoot McNairy made his name up
flicking The Face
reading my massive edition of Watchmen
redesigning Binky. Again.
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You know my name
In How to be a graphic designer, without losing your soul, Adrian Shaughnessy highlights a simple way of filtering job applicants:
“I’ve received letters in which the writer couldn’t even be bothered to spell my name correctly… it tells me everything I need to know about the individual who wrote the letter – it tells me that the writer couldn’t be bothered to discover...