Matt Small

does these fabulously bursting portraits. ah. He paints on pieces of metal and you feel the painting instantly. In two words: Poised Hastiness.

Word To Mother

Mixed Media that is somewhat refreshing. For the asking price of £2000, I wouldn't necessarily fork it all out but I appreciate the simple style and craftsmanship.

My apologies for not blogging of late.. but you will soon discover why. ;)

Balls Dipped in Cheese

Yes I deserve to be shot for posting this...but I love Caruso. And his hairline.

Mow it Do it!

Ladies, summer is edging nearer .... and you can put those old baking stencils to use with a sword ;) a Wilkinson one that is.

And on The Side - New Religion

When I first saw this I just thought okay a cross. I think after a few runs down Bond St. I finally noticed that there were pills adorned on the cross. This was apart of a four piece sculpturet by Damian Hirst which now sits alone in a random shop window. It was a refreshing new approach for the often grotesque sculptor who had previously depicted the Last Supper in a installation with bludgeoned cow heads. He often has a way of placing his questions and ideas through his artwork : Is faith a drug? Is religion medicated?!

Exciting as a Pizza Box

Murakami's exhibition was very disappointing.
Seriously.. ONLY FOUR PIECES OF WORK, who are your brokers, hire me instead.

White Collar Weapons

I got the chance to come along to gig at Brixton Jamm (turned out to be a hidden gem of venue) to see White Collar Weapons! With a violin, sax, harmonica paired up with killer vocals, piano and guitar the crowd ate up each of their songs.

They oozed super energy, they will be the ones to watch... labels hello!
I will bring my army to their next performance and so should you.

Band From TV

Hugh Laurie, Jesse Spencer and James Denton are apart of a musical ensemble that features cast members from varies TV shows performing on Jay Leno.

YETI IN THE CITY

Looks like a colourful yeti.

Other Criteria

You betcha, and this is on Bond Street.

MY Maktoob Debut

Check it out. I'm on Maktoob and my traffic has just spiked up!

EXCLUSIVE - Scouting Locations for Claire

Listen up! I have the exclusive video scouting locations for the up and coming independent film Claire. Take it away Vimeo.

If you can't put your heart on your sleave..

Put it on your shoe. Honesty is affordable at a mere £ 65.

Getting the Hang of It

Twitter and Tweeting would never cross your mind as a possible means of employment or collaborating with others on jobs. Well, it can provide that opportunity for you. With Google eying to buy the social networking site for over $ 250 million, there's a lot more to those 140 words than what you initially think. Companies use the website to advertise jobs, problems etc as they day progresses, which gives the idle twitter the chance to apply or help out. An interesting way of building a network of contacts and bringing traffic to your site, attention to your portfolio. Join and follow me on there too. Cheers!

Squirrel Fishing

Squirrel Fishing : An Instructional Video. This will be all the RAGE this summer. You heard it here first. W00t.

Charities Are Violent

Grey London recently released this ad to bring awareness to Domestic Violence that will be shown in 15 rated theaters across the U.K beginning today...

GENIUS ALERT

They've done it again! Cheap thrills AHOY! So... want to catch a sneak peak of a video at work, Gmail have enabled it on their gtalk feature in their mail. HOW AWESOME..

Riding the Umemployment Saddle

Big Topic - Tons of things to consider.

As a lot of people know, all the big ad agencies sent out a cold and harrowing email back in December claiming an International freeze on recruitment ongoing into it's third quarter. For those of us designers in London, that was one of the stillest months we had ever experienced. However, this was a superb opportunity to take a honest look at what our portfolios had, revamp and have a game plan.

So If you are in this position here is what to do :

1- Redesign Your Portfolio - give it a big idea and make sure it flows through

2- Scout Out The Companies - Aim for the small Agencies - Submit and Call in 4 days

3- Develop Personal Projects - Plenty of time on your hands ? Make your portfolio available online and take the time to develop a personal project or enter competitions. There's a Levi's on right now. Go for it.

4- Brush Up On Your Computer Skills -whether its programming, video-editing or intern - You never know what new skill you will need to fulfill your job - Remember employers want a one stop shop so make sure you are the best candidate for the position

5- Network Baby -Dig up all your old contacts and start sending out your portfolio/self promotional items. There's bound to be something there. Get on twitter/delicious/etc. Live projects from a simple business card to a brochure can keep your caffeine habit boisterous and your wallet half full.

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Egypt Tourism Sponsors Naked Pole Vaulter

Ah, a good cause. Romain Mesnil, a silver medalist at the Osaka games has been stripped from his sponsorship deal. In protest he ran around Paris, butt naked. Thanks to the crisis, BBC has put some sponsored links throughout their website; and in this instance it's Egypt Tourism. Quiet the change of heart since December when they wouldn't air some relief ads for Palestinian Relief.

Naked Men = Good Arab Sponsorship
War Relief = Bad Arab Sponsorship

Just saying....

Do It Yourself Dress

Never found the right colour to your outfit? Well Berber Soepboer approached Michiel Schuurman in August 2008 to design the textile for a series of dresses. The COLOURING & the ASSEMBLY dresses were shown on the 7th of September in Bergeick in 'De Ploeg', a very famous textile factory. Although Michiel spent a lot of time to design over a 100 patterns and Berber worked around the clock to get the sewing and the hundreds of buttons done, the result proves the chemistry between them. (Reported by Yatzer)