25.11.07

Josh Ritter

This chap played at the Shepherds Bush Empire on Thursday and boy was he happy about it. Keep an eye open for his albums because his music is just brilliant.

Pixel Christmas Tree

We are starting early this year.

2.11.07

Scarlet night.

We did quite well last night


4 awards including Best Agency of the Year.

1.11.07

Leandro Elrich


"The interaction between art, architectural space and setting, and the illusion factor have been researched in Leandro Elrich's work from the very beginning. Different levels of interpretation cam be brought to his work. Yet from the various possible readings it is the illusion factor that stands out. This is a topic he had explored throughout his career..."
That said, a picture says 1000 words so take a look here.

13.10.07

3.10.07

Can they do that in Word? (update)

Rant: As a designer I am being asked more and more often whether the corporate branding (letterheads, faxes, etc) that I design can then be re-created in Word by the client. And if the answer is no (or at ‘not without some effort’) the whole project has to be dumbed down so that an non-designer with no interest in the final outcome can replicate a design (where considerable thought and effort has gone into leading, tracking, kerning and above all typefaces) in MSWord, a programme that has been developed so one cannot create your wildest dreams. It's a sad state of affairs, and more to the point it saddens me that they get away with it. They pay the bills after all.

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Following that I decided to do something about it. I have a solution: InDesign+Acrobat 8+Forms Yay!

30.9.07

Wood for the Trees

While PSCS3 is a considerable leap ahead from previous versions it still cannot do everything. This is one example. Photomerge can only get you so far and the result looking at the separate photos jigsawed in real life, with tones and colour varying, beat the automated process hands down (and the fact that 69 images is just too much for it, especially if they are all A3).