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WALL PAINT

05.07.11

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/19411684] I love graffiti. Although a well placed explitive or moustache can always be good for a giggle, I find the proper stuff pretty mind blowing. As this video illustrates, these are talented artisits. The fluidity of the lines, the range of techniques, the sketches [...]

ICONIC

15.09.11

Apparently, if you read the blurb in George Chamoun's explanation of this project, he's not drawing any comparisons between the two celebrity 'icons' featured, other than the surprising similarity in their bone structure. Which it has to be said is really rather spooky. Above [...]

MELVIN THE MACHINE

02.11.11

This is, well it's… it's… um… well, it's a thing, a machine. And it, well… er… it does stuff. On it's own, sort of. Probably best if you go to the link and wach the video, the video is amazing. Then read the stuff [...]

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD

17.01.12

The recent Lurpak adverts are crammed with colour and a great choice of camera angles. Anyone

LOCK UP YOUR BIKES

11.08.11

I stumbled across this on the interweb the other day and it made me smile. It's a well executed, simple idea. Basically, it's a parking facility for up to 10 bikes in just one car parking space. It can be permanent or temporary, and it [...]

How NOT to handle a crisis in the social media age

30.08.12

The online furore over stationery manufacturer BIC’s pens ‘For Her’ could have had a positive result if the brand had adopted the Old Spice approach. BIC was the subject of ridicule and controversy this week after a huge number of negative reviews of its ‘For

GOING BANANAS

02.11.11

If you're a regular reader you may remember me posting up some work that we had the pleasure of doing with a very talented young man called Tom Lane, earlier in the year (a beautiful dragon illustration for one of covers). Well over the summer [...]

The Great Specialist Bake Off

23.10.12

Like the rest of the country, we've been glued to The Great British Bake Off so we decided to have a go at it ourselves as part of National Baking Week. There were a lot of debates here at Specialist Towers over who should win [...]

UP, UP AND AWAY…

12.08.11

It was the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta last weekend (Europe's biggest hot air balloon event), and we all arrived at Specialist towers last Friday morning to be greeted by the sight of a fleet of hot air balloons sailing past our 13th floor windows… What [...]

CHINESE WHISPERS

20.09.11

OK, so maybe if you think about it too much, it's a bit creepy. But it's also a nice idea that there might be mysterious forces at work, helping to shape our futures for the better! Here's a short film for your viewing

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