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    A sweet tweet…

    May 30, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

    For those that want to make their Twitter just mean that little bit more, a brilliant site where you can request a Tweet on paper to be sent to the [...]

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    art, curiouser, general brilliantness, social

    Posterboy – New York’s answer to the Shoreditch Decapitator…

    January 28, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

    There’s something really appealing about the mash-up of broadcast and outdoor media for artistic/social commentary purposes – it often brings out some painful truths. From old-school audio-pirates like Douglas Kahn [...]

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    advertising, art, general brilliantness

    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
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    The Revolution Continues…

    December 31, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    And I finally get to experience it at the “new” Saatchi gallery in Chelsea. What a great spot! The exhibition is well worth a look – it doesn’t include some [...]

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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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    All I want for Xmas, Glug! London style

    December 17, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    “More Notworking than Networking”, Glug! is a brilliant organisation set up by old glue compatriot Nick Clemant (he of the inexhaustable font collection). I helped judge the inaugral Xmas competition, [...]

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    design, general brilliantness, glue, my press life
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    Fantastic illustrator – Serge Seidlitz

    December 10, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Wandering the Colombia Rd Christmas market tonight and dropped by Nelly Duff, heady with free mulled wine and cheap cava. Bought some great prints here for presents, but this one [...]

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    art, general brilliantness, shopping
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    D&AD eat your heart out! A real yellow pencil artist…

    November 26, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Jennifer Maestre is a South African artist who uses pencil stubs to create lush organic (and slightly fleshy and vaginal) sculptures. I’ve seen this kind of thing before, the technique [...]

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    art, craft
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    Pull out those latex gloves…

    October 12, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Because not since Andy Warhol’s beautifully hand-dyed medical corsets (and the goings on at Torture Garden) has being in hospital been so sexy. Thankyou Franchesca Lanzavecchia. her tea and cupcake [...]

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    art, general brilliantness, Uncategorized
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    Lucy McRae + Bart Hess: lucyandbart.

    October 10, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Are showing as part of the Futurotextiel show and research lab in Belgium at the end of the year (“where science, technology and arts, when applied to textiles, draws inspiration [...]

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    art, curiouser, general brilliantness

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