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Dain 1943 – who hell he?

August 12, 2009by laurajb 1 Comment

Caught this great little piece of street art in Shoreditch yesterday, and thought I’d try to find out the story behind the man… but to no avail. I DID however […]

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art, curiouser, London
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The absolute delight of the 4th Plinth

July 7, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

I’m loving the constant stream of oddities upon the plinth as part of Gormley’s ‘One and Other‘ at the moment. My favourite one has to be Oliver Parsons-Baker, a marine […]

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art, London
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Glug! London launches its Xmas exhibition with a bang!

December 18, 2008by laurajb 1 Comment

The Glug! London event last night was brilliant. Even better, Paul Rayment (wonderful glue illustrator) won with his neon video: more about “All I Want For Christmas Is … on […]

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art, design, general brilliantness, glue, London, mates, my press life
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Christmas bakefest #1 – Cannelés Bordelais

December 14, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

I first had these incredible little chewy cakes at Borough Market over a year ago, and after extensive research tracked down the silicone moulds from a cake suppliers in Paris […]

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general brilliantness, glue, life outside work, London, Uncategorized
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Goodbye glue!

November 14, 2008by laurajb 1 Comment

After over 3 1/2 years of great times, great people and great work (and only once in Photoshop Friday!), I’m off to LBi in January. Feels like leaving home…

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glue, London
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D&AD gets down and dirty

November 13, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

I’m speaking tonight at the D&AD event “How the hell did that get in?“. A brilliant-looking evening, and a chance to show off my favourite new and old digital work. […]

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advertising, design, London, my press life, thought pieces
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The commodification of the street

October 14, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Not much to say here really, except that some auction house has tried to get really “cool” by hosting their exhibition/sale of street art in Shoreditch. Pity they tacked their […]

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London
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Gorgeous Swiss street art in Dalson carpark

October 11, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Check out this smashing piece of work from the rooftop of the studios at enjoythis (all ex-glue designers from my team, and smashing they are too!).

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art, London
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Peter Saville at Creative Social

October 7, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

Yep, saw the Black Prince talk tonight (haha). He was well entertaining. And wasn’t half the ego I expected. The most interesting point he made was about working with the […]

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design, London
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Looks pretty and is obviously some kind of political statement…

October 5, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

But the exact nature of the meaning eludes me. Still, it really jumps out at you…

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art, London

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  • 2008: One Show Interactive
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