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Impatient man in queue behind student eats sandwich

May 14, 2012by laurajb Leave a comment

For those of you who don’t know, Hyper Island have recently opened in Manchester with Crew 1 graduating last year. I’ve been working with the school in different capacities now for many […]

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dare, general brilliantness, ideas and inventions

New Year’s Evolution

January 1, 2010by laurajb Leave a comment

Its not often I set myself resolutions for the new year – they tend to get in the way of life’s ever-changing priorities. But here goes, a couple of choice […]

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general brilliantness, ideas and inventions

William Burroughs – A Thanksgiving Prayer

October 31, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

Every year at this time I stop and think of my favourite and original mashup artist, William S. Burroughs, and his Thanksgiving Prayer. A mad master far ahead of his […]

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ideas and inventions, nostalgia

Tripping the light fantastic…

June 6, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

What a sweet lamp from Ken Ishigiro. Reminds me of the first sculpture brief I had at uni – to make something that was more inside than it was outside. […]

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general brilliantness, ideas and inventions, nostalgia

A lovely litte social experiment

March 2, 2009by laurajb 1 Comment

Came across this delightful documentary/wireless intervention done by an RCA student here in London. This has put more of a smile on my face than the sun coming out today! […]

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general brilliantness, ideas and inventions, social

Brilliant blog for all things creative and kids…

February 11, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

Working on a pitch this week, and came across this gem of a blog from Kathrin Burckhardt and my mate (and great digital planner for hire) Mike Williams. If you’re […]

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general brilliantness, ideas and inventions, life outside work, mates

Living data

January 23, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

The intersection of data and representation is an rich area soaked in wonderfully tactile, beautiful visual and visceral experimentation… but these data sculptures, based on the moods of the artist […]

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art, general brilliantness, ideas and inventions, social

Getty Images launch nifty new widget

December 11, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Following on from Moodstream (by our favourite crew on the other side of the Atlantic, Barbarian), 27 letters is a visual reference of the most talked about, used and referenced […]

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design, ideas and inventions, interweb

Whoops! BMB badness…

October 15, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

From Creativity Online, BMB are being sued for $12.5m over their release of the ever-referenced-best-branded-iphone-app-in-the-world, iPint. Looks like the *sticky* element was actually a straight rip-off from iBeer, but not […]

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advertising, ideas and inventions, mobile + location aware, thought pieces
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The sky is falling…

October 8, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

What a beautiful visual image this is, courtesy of Pink Tentacle: “Japanese precision machinery manufacturer Castem has sent nine origami space shuttles to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) office […]

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craft, general brilliantness, ideas and inventions

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  • 2008: One Show Interactive
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