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. [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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Recently we were commissioned by Lotus to design and produce brochures for their existing range of British-Made sports cars. The brief required the planning and execution of a 5 day shoot in and around London and Lotus’ world famous test track in Hethel, as well as the design of both the Elise and Evora brochures [...]

Australian celebrity chef Adrian Richardson of La Luna Bistro in Melbourne, has teamed with publishers Pan Macmillan and design agency A Friend of Mine to create a cookbook with a difference. ‘The Good Life‘ commemorates homegrown and homemade food, with chapters structured around seasonal produce, and masterclasses on how to make your own pasta, cure [...]

A VIP visit from Jamie Oliver to the Interstate studio.

Two clients spotted in the local bookstore…

With the Royal Wedding less than 4 weeks away, WillKat fever is hotting up. Excited about the publicity opportunity ahead of next years’ Olympic Games, VisitEngland chief executive James Berresford says: “The wedding [...] will mean that once again the eyes of the world will be turned to our nation. We will have a wonderful [...]

Today sees the international launch of ‘A Month in Marrakesh’, a recipe book and travelogue published by Hardie Grant, with food by Andy Harris; editor of Jamie Magazine, who embraces the wealth of flavours that Morocco has to offer, all of which are brought to life by beautiful photography and illustrations from renowned photographer David [...]

Downtown Brooklyn will be getting its own shipping container market, named Dekalb Market and will be located at CityPoint.

The much anticipated sequel game to Need For Speed by EA will feature cars from the GT1 and GT3 championships. The realism and detailing in Need For Speed, Shift 2 Unleashed is impressive, right down to the Series’ logos on the bonnet, sun-strip and door numbering panels; all designed by Interstate.

A couple of brand stories this week; In one corner, Innocent drinks, the pioneer ‘friendly’ brand has to get all serious and ‘ask’ a new children’s vitamins range called ‘Innocent Vitamins’ to stop trading under that name. And in the other corner, Lady Gaga telling the Icecreamists that they cannot use the term ‘Baby Gaga’ for their well publicised breast milk ice cream.

Last night was the opening of pop-up shop for the ‘design circus’ La Boca. The location was in Kingly Court (off Carnaby Street), in association with independent gallery and shop, Concrete Hermit.

We ‘scooped’ a prize last night at the Design Effectiveness Awards, held in the glitzy surroundings of the Brewery at the Barbican, London.

When two mobile phone providers join to share their networks, the reason you choose to sign up with either of them may well boil down to which brand you like the most…

Last Friday saw the re-release of Marian Keyes’ latest novel, The Brightest Star in the Sky, which we at Interstate are very excited about. Having been approached by Penguin back in October last year, following our hugely successful Jamie Oliver/Penguin collaboration, we were briefed to create a fresh new look for the Queen of Chick-Lit. [...]