Congratulations to leading Formula One photographer Darren Heath and the Collyer Bristow Motorsports team for hosting a super private view last night at their Bedford Row office gallery space. The exhibition, which runs until 16th February displays Darren’s own selection of his best work from the 2011 F1 season. The stunning A2 and A0 images [...]

Globe trotting architects and Grand Prix circuit designers, Hermann Tilke and Peter Wahl remind themselves as to the ‘Power of Formula 1′ on a barmy evening in Sakhir during the last Grand Prix there in 2010. The two-book, 360 page showcase took Interstate some 5,000 hours to research, compose and produce and augmented Formula One’s [...]

While browsing through Kiosk Design‘s blog today, I came across a charming illustrated music video for a band called ‘The Whitest Boy Alive’. The video is illustrated by LA based Geoff McFetridge. I love how beautifully simple the illustration style seems, but it is also very surreal in parts, and rather mesmerizing. I enjoyed this [...]

Aside from London Taxis, Range Rovers, and Mini Coopers, Notting Hill has some beautiful examples of classic, quirky and exotic cars. For a car lover, it’s a great place to stroll around.

The start of a new year and Selfridges kicks off 2012 with a brand new store-wide initiative: Words Words Words. Celebrating the beauty of words, the joy of writing and the art of conversation. Appearing in all parts of Selfridges from the much-anticipated window displays to the exciting program of in-store events, the concept celebrates [...]

The V&A have been showcasing the works of Private Eye’s highly regarded cartoonists for the magazine’s 50th Anniversary. The exhibition features 50 (one for every year the magazine has been published) of the trademark speech bubble front covers, as chosen by editor Ian Hislop, along with walls worth of original artworks spanning their five decades. [...]

Mobile travel guide provider Triposo has recently created “A Year Long Snapshots around the World“, a short film that reveals the exact locations in the world where pictures were taken, and that for each day of the year. The beautiful film shows a world map in which pixels light up according to the amount of [...]

Congratulations to Jamie Oliver for securing the festive top spot in the book charts with his latest book; Jamie’s Great Britain designed by Interstate.

With the sad news of Sir Jimmy Savile finally being laid to rest still fresh in mind, this cement mixer was spotted doing the rounds in Notting Hill. With Sir Jim buried at a 45 degree angle in concrete for ‘security reasons’, this would’ve been the ultimate job for the company…

Our friend Lord Loftus has partnered with uber cool snapping machine Hipstamatic to release the first iphone food photography pack: “Foodie SnapPak”.
http://hipstamatic.com/

Sixty shipping containers have been transformed into the world’s first pop-up shopping mall BOXPARK, opened last week-end in Shoreditch. Designed by architects Waugh Thistleton, it is the brainchild of Roger Wade of Boxfresh and real estate developers Hammerson, who were behind Birmingham’s Bullring. No high street retailers, says BOXPARK,  –  Just selected, ground-breaking brands by [...]

Our first visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia introduced us to sudden rain and floods, lebanese sheep brains for lunch, 7p per litre petrol, two huge towers overlooking a city that never sleeps and unforgettable taxi rides. Caroline of course had to make a few wardrobe alterations to make the trip, but we clearly [...]

Well, it is now the 1st of December and Movember has flown by! We at Interstate were keen to get stuck in, grow some cracking mo’s and raise as much as we could for Movember. The 1st of November brought some unfamiliar faces into the studio with people, including myself, shaving off beards, mutton chops [...]

On a recent trip to St Christopher’s Place, London I thought the Christmas decorations looked great and very effective. Huge colourful baubles suspended across the narrow street and square. It got me wondering where did the bauble come from and, before you go to wikipedia, here is a shortened version: The first decorated trees were [...]

Oliver Turvey is fast becoming one of the most exciting prospects in motorsport, racking up a large number of victories and high position finishes since his karting days began in 1996. He has gone on to numerous victories in Formula BMW, Formula Renault, British International F3 Championship and GP2 Asia series to name but a [...]

It’s that time of year again where men all across the world stand tall, unite, take action and….grow a moustache. Yep, that’s right, it’s Movember! And Interstate are this year already in full swing raising money for this fantastic campaign. For those who may not be so familiar with Movember, allow me to fill you [...]

If you take a look on celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Website and Twitter page you will see he has chosen to use a page from the introduction of Jamie’s Great Britain as his backdrop, designed here at the studios of Interstate Associates. Take a look for yourself ! Also, last night saw the first of [...]

The FIA GT3 European Championship identity by Interstate currently visible on the Ferrari website homepage. Congratulations to AF Corse Ferrari!

Rolls Royce; a brand of dignified elegance or brutal and in-your-face? Seems it depends which option box you tick.

Today is the big day, ‘Jamie’s Great Britain’, published by Penguin is released. I was very excited to finally see it in the shops.

One of more than 200 hardbacks being published on what has been dubbed by the book trade as Super Thursday. According to today’s BBC News, Bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes have this new book as favourite to top the Christmas best-seller list this year. Pick one up while it is on offer!

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