Hollywood Costume is the Victoria and Albert Museum’s blockbuster of the year. So much hype to promote this exhibition featuring more than 100 costumes from iconic films, I was so excited to see it. Movies are about people. They are at the emotional core of every film and it is their story that moves us. A [...]

This weekend I was lucky enough to have a look around the New Designers Show held at the Business Design Centre in Islington, where graduate designers are given a national platform to show off their portfolios, network and share ideas with designers from other disciplines. Taking place over two weeks, with nine distinct design zones [...]

Our esteemed Creative Director Nigel Gray is definitely of the old school. Put more fairly he’s uncomfortable with technology. He’s not the only one of course, it takes a particular kind of person to actually enjoy working with computers and that delight doesn’t always exist in the creative brain. So how does the classically trained [...]

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 [...]

Our friend Lord Loftus has partnered with uber cool snapping machine Hipstamatic to release the first iphone food photography pack: “Foodie SnapPak”.
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These funny little icons certainly aren’t new, but they are appearing more and more in our lives. On billboards to cereal packets, these QR Codes as they are known, are a digital link to information. Install an app on your camera phone, and it will automatically take you to a URL, write a piece of [...]

According to what information I can glean whilst lazily ‘researching’ on the world wide web Blogging originated first as writings distributed on email lists and evolved into ‘threads’ on forums before becoming online diaries and emerging as the entity we are familiar with today. But just what is that?

Really interesting application called ‘IOGraphica’, created by Moscow designer Anatoly Zenkov. It maps the movement of your mouse over a period of time and converts it into linework. It’s really simple to use, just start the application, minimise the window and let it run whilst you carry on with your work. The results form such intricate creations that they become works of art – almost Jackson Pollock-like! The first image post is the result of Monday’s work. The circles depict areas where the pointer was stationary, whilst the lines track movement. Track my ongoing masterpieces for this week…

After months of refurbishment, Bahraini Gallery Al Riwaq relaunched today as Al Riwaq Art Space,  showcasing the solo exhibition of local artist Waheeda Malullah.

How do you translate a successful off-line brand experience into an on-line vehicle for mass consumption?

Burberry seems to have done it right, with a new website (artofthetrench.com) and photography by Scott Schuman (The Sartorialist).

What’s interesting is the company’s approach to the users, making them part of something that is personal and fun. Result? 700.000 fans on their facebook site and sharp rise in sales of their trench coat through their main website. Burberry is to invest a quarter of its marketing budget online.

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