After poring over the Guardian’s Media Monkey, I came across this little nugget. Channel Five obviously thought it may be a cunning homage and advert for the film Groundhog Day(starring Bill Murray, reliving the same day) if they ran the same advert, one after the other similar to the plot of the film. This was completely lost on the viewers, with the broadcast duty office receiving many reports of technical difficulty. It very much backfired. Can you let somebody know that the same ads are being repeated during each ad break?” said one viewer. “I enjoy the movie you have on but I’m confused that there doesn’t seem to be any variation in the ads.” As Murray puts it in the film, ”People like blood sausage too, people are morons.”
Projector are currently: Listening to Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
First of all, here’s an admission to the blog readers. This has been snatched painfully away from the clutches of Creative Review’s blog. Mr Calvin Harris (who looks like he’s about to give you an angry and also painty hi-ten) with the help of many an attractive lady has managed to create a human synthesiser. The trick is in the paint, which is the conductor. I’m not exactly sure if all of the music is created through this, but nonetheless I was quite impressed. Creativity can span into some strange areas! So without further ado, here’s a link to the video:
Projector are currently: Having lunch and watching the District 9 trailer.
Last night was the opening of letterform maestro Seb Lester’s exhibition at Reluctant Hero’s shop space Electrik Sheep. I’m sure you will have come across his work if you are an avid reader of design blogs. He obviously takes a lot of effort and skill to craft and this comes to your attention even more so when they are seen in the flesh. The work is thoroughly modern and offers a large array of differing styles. Astonishingly the price of his limited edition prints are quite affordable, ranging from £50-100 for some very nice pieces.
The exhibition is still running for another few weeks, so get yourself down to have a gander at his work and peruse the wares of the shop.
This week we had a special visitor. Liam from Progress Packaging came in to show us their portfolio of work. To put it simply, the print and packaging work which they produce is top draw. The bee’s knees. The cat’s pyjamas. The dog’s testes. We’re very glad to have them as a print contact and will no doubt have an example of work to show you in the future which will have been put together by their fine fair hands.
To take a quick peek at some examples of the service they provide, then look no further than;
