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we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the starsArchive for June, 2008
Here is a gem from Virgin Trains – though I’m not too keen about the boobs 
Virgin are a great client – they know their audience and really let us push the boundaries!
Highlights of D&AD New Blood 2008
This work was all done by one of the only international stands at the show – from Singapore.
I loved the 70s-style string art concept for “Lines”.
And more string-art designs…
Another piece from Singapore:
And some really cute ads, again from Singapore. They’re sucking on something as if its a McDonald’s thickshake straw (as explanation).
Absolutely brilliant take on Penguin covers – and a worthy D&AD winner…
very cute…
put a smile on my face…
One of the first crazy pieces in teh Duncan of Jordanstone stand. Apparently Daljit is an external examiner next year…
More D of J
And a long shot.
Great work from Ivan and Jordan at D of J.
Total madness – a Hamley’s logo.
A wonderful little painting.
I bought this! The best grad of the show – onya Justin! This is all generated using Flash algorithms.
And a cute little piece.
Made me larf
Nice, simple idea.
And so we reach the finish line of an overwhelming, extraordinary and totally cool event…
D&AD portfolio surgery interview up on Ihaveanidea…
Yep… Did a quick interview today for the blog Ihaveanidea. All good fun and that…
You can watch it here:
http://ihaveanidea.org/live/2008/07/05/whos-up-for-a-little-book-crit
Interesting TATE ads – good copywriting!
Moving on from the 2007 D&AD in-book work by Fallon, another great set of ads for the TATE, and a great pleasure to engage with across the tracks.
hello world!
Goodbye blogger – that’s going to become my blog for all things mum and baby-related, and a brilliant record of my pregnancy last year. Apologies for the weird image sizes – all the previous blogger content was formatted differently, and I just haven’t been able to bring myself to fork out the cash for the CSS editor on wordpress yet. Maybe next month…
D&AD video…
http://uk.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EC7AE82FCDDD2275
Me, speaking about video at the D&AD black pencil judging (about 5:36 in).
