Was back at the St Aloysius Social Club again on Saturday, this time for the Bust Christmas Craftacular. More crowded than the previous two events I'd been to there recently, and entry wasn't even free this time! Although they were handing out a guide to the tables. It was a pretty shoddy guide, though, two [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
active JPGMag submissions
If you happen to be on JPGMag, these pictures of mine are active for voting. I can win a subscription to the magazine, and in the case of the "Shoot From The Hip" theme, a camera, too.
Modernist Christmas
I'm not planning on sending any Christmas cards this year (although I did design some), but I really like these Modernist London winter cards by designer Stefi Orazi. There's even one of the Isokon Flats 'round the corner from my house. [via]
let's get 2gether09
I went to the launch party for 2gether09 at The Hub on York Way on Wednesday night. I'd been past the venue a couple of times, but never been inside. It's rather nice; a reclaimed Victorian warehouse kitted out with lots of modern fixtures and fittings and a nice vaulted wooden ceiling. The wine flowed [...]
Welcome Spencer Elden! – Obey Giant
Welcome Spencer Elden! – Obey Giant – Shepard Fairey's new intern is the boy from Nirvana's Nevermind album cover. Can you believe that album came out 17 years ago?
Amp08 – Using social networks for positive change
This session was, for me, the least successful or useful. I think partly it was the timing; it was, perhaps, too serious a subject for the time of day. I'm not saying we shouldn't discuss serious subjects in the evening, but coming after the fun of playing silly games, a quite amusing overview of the [...]
Amp08 – Less Talk, More Play
This particular session, run by Johnnie Moore, was surprisingly the most useful one for me. I went in not knowing what to really expect from the title, except that "more play" sounded fun. Although I knew there were bound to be games at first, I still had an awful sinking feeling for a moment that [...]
Amp08 – Future of the Book
I found the emphasis behind the session for Future of the Book really fascinating, especially as it's one that's inciting so many contentious discussions at the moment. There was a minor kerfuffle about it on Twitter a month or so ago, prompted in part by something Tom Coates said, which was really interesting but awkward [...]
Amp08 – unfocussed overview
I struggled a bit to find the focus to write about last Thursday's Amp08 event at NESTA. Ironically, that's perhaps the most appropriate thing I could find to say about it, as the event seemed to lack a little focus itself. A lack of focus was to be expected, though, for a couple of reasons. [...]
