V&A Workshop

We ran a little workshop at the V&A on Sunday with the V&A's youth forum CreateVoice. The focus was on branding, and we had just enough time for a discussion on the CreateVoice brand, a contextual look at what we think is interesting in contemporary brand-culture, a primer tutorial on CS4 and a bit of an explanation of our background and how we got into design. This was the first workshop that we've facilitated, but we've been asked to come back for a second session on the 21st of November which is available to forum members (membership is free and available to anyone aged 16-21).

Skindividual

Working with Hellounity, on behalf of the Skin Cancer UK: SunSmart campaign, we* recently finished designing the website for Skindividual.co.uk. It was a brilliant project to work on!

Skindividual promises to reward whoever can invite the most friends to join their guestlist the opportunity for them and their entire social network to win a private gig, starring Ladhawke, the Bombay Bicycle Club and The New York Pony Club.

* - Stuart Bannocks & I.

*UPDATE* - The gig was brilliant!

[edit: April Fool] (Bloody Typical) Another Damning Example of “Broken Britain”

** This was an April-Fool post; I'm not really a miserable, ranting misanthrope **

This is the dumbest thing I’ve seen in a very long time. I hate to use the phrase “political correctness gone mad” but I think this really is a legitimate case.

In line with the redevelopment for the 2012 Olympic Games, TFL have just unveiled plans “to rebrand what is currently the Metropolitan line as the Neopolitan line… a term synonymous with European culture and grandeur"(http://www.tfl.gov.uk/neopolitan_line_announced.htm). WTF?? As if it wasn’t a big enough hassle getting into work with the amount of work going on, and a massive drain on resources getting ready for the olympics, we’re going to have to endure months of delays for pointless “re-generation” – decorating stations in “tasteful chocolate hues”! and why? To give the bureaucrats in Brussels a sense of smug self-satisfaction? Fucking waste of time if you ask me.