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Dabitch

The awesome Åsk

August 9, 2011by laurajb Leave a comment

I’ve just been interviewed for the Adland.tv blog by the supercool Åsk, AKA Dabitch. THe rockingest redhaired viking in the industry. She’s so much cooler than Don Draper, and a […]

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advertising, Australia, my press life, nostalgia, thought pieces
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Shadows of the past

August 3, 2011by laurajb Leave a comment

Many moons ago at glue, we had a great idea to augment passers by’s shadows in Oxford St shop windows for Camper (think Selfridges). Like so many projects, budgets and […]

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campaign, general brilliantness, glue, nostalgia, technology

BAIM, and the Dirt is Gone…

November 16, 2010by laurajb 1 Comment

These days, we speak to our clients and their brands about one thing above all others – BEING BELEIVABLE. Doing what you say on the tin. No hyperbole. But the […]

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advertising, nostalgia, places i've been, thought pieces
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Remembering Camus

January 4, 2010by laurajb 1 Comment

“Nobody realises that some people expend tremendous amounts of energy merely to be normal” – Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) Fifty years ago on this day, French […]

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nostalgia, theory

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

An old friend pops up…

April 17, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

Found a You Tube posting of my old good friend Ashley Rothschild and his band Caligula (support in Oz for Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Pop Will […]

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life outside work, mates, nostalgia
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Amazing Grace

March 24, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

Its Ada Lovelace Day today – a global celebration of women in technology and science. For those of you who don’t know about Ada Lovelace and what an incredibly rockin’ […]

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general brilliantness, nostalgia, technology

R.I.P. the human fly. Lux Interior dies at 62

February 4, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

From the earliest memory of seeing a live band (in Newcastle as I was WAY too young to get into the over 18s gig in Sydney) Lux cut an energetic, […]

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general brilliantness, life outside work, nostalgia
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My favourite sites in NMA

October 9, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment
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general brilliantness, interweb, my press life, nostalgia, thought pieces

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  • 2008: One Show Interactive
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