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So on Sunday 16th May I took part in my first long distance run, the BUPA Great Manchester 10k. I'd prepared pretty well with plenty of training sessions and I managed to finish bang on my target of 50 minutes. Although I'm pleased with this result I felt as I crossed the line I could have done shaved a further minute or two off my time after pacing myself a bit too much early on, but we'll put this down to experience and I'll be faster next time!
After being a bit slack with raising any sort of sponsorship I am pleased to confirm that I raised £150 (+ £42.31 gift aid) in just under a week for the Alzheimers Society
Useful links:
www.alzheimers.org.uk/
twitter.com/alzheimerssoc
www.greatrun.org
www.justgiving.com/BenTopliss
As of next Tuesday (1st June), I'll be starting my new job as designer at TBWA\Manchester. I'm really excited about the opportunity and can't wait to get to work.
After a year and a half, its time to say goodbye to this...
(This an advert from the dizzy heights of 1999! Amazing,)
and hello to...
I received this rather lovely sample pack from image & type library Veer this morning, which contains a set of six dry transfer sheets (you know, like the Letraset stuff, from the olden times).
The pack showcases some new typefaces they've added to their library, including a couple of exclusives from Alejandro Paul, as well as some of their older ones, including Rian Hughes' lovely Mellotron.
To get your hands on this awesome give-away visit www.veer.com and register (or sign in) and follow the instructions. Happy rubbing.
Well, Ive been meaning to blog this for a good couple of months. Here it is, finally.
For Christmas I received the limited edition 50by70 book from Habitat. The book is presented in a screen printed box, and features 20 removable large format prints sized at 50 x 70 cm, just ready to go into one of Habitats standard frames and onto your wall. It took me a little while to decide on how I wanted to display it and which pieces I wanted up on my walls. The good thing about this book is that it is all easily interchangeable, so I can swap the work around as and when I feel the need.
"The idea behind the book is to give people the chance to own beautiful, limited edition artwork by established and up-and-coming artists and then be able to put it straight into a 50cm x 70cm frame," explains Tim Fishlock, editor, designer and curator of the project.
"A lot of time was spent putting together a diverse and hugely talented mix of image-makers," he continues. "50by70 is as much about introducing the work of established artists to new audiences as it is show-casing the skills of the new kids on the block."
Contributing artists: Adrian Johnson, Merijn Hos, Aaron Johnson, John Offenbach, Basso & Brooke, FLAG, Sroop Sunar, Julian House, Kevin Cummins, Stephan Zirwes, Alex Trochut, Jorge Chamorro, Shepard Fairey , Patrick Hughes , Tim Fishlock, Denis Darzacq, Zeloot, :phunk, Tsang Kin-Wah, Anthony Burrill.
"In the original pitch to Habitat I used Patrick Hughes' amazing Sunshine print on the mocked-up cover. When the project got the green light I then had to nervously approach the much-celebrated Mr Hughes to see if he'd be interested in contributing. Fortunately, he said yes and allowed his image to be used on the box too. Other big names on my dream contributors list were the artist Shepard Fairey, fashion designers Basso & Brooke and photographer Denis Darzacq. They all agreed to take part as did a whole other bunch of my favourite creative types."
"The graphic/illustration pieces are printed on Challenger Offset while the photography prints are printed on Marazion - both 140gsm. Print process is litho. The book is stiched and cloth-bound with a 400gsm cover. The perforation is graduated throughout the book to ensure the prints are easy enough to remove - this was the trickiest thing to get right."
I actually went for 80x60 “Aluminus” frames (black) with a 10cm ice-white mount from Zanart.
http://50by70.com/
http://www.habitat.co.uk/fcp/product/browse/Art-poster-book-of-20-prints/964171
http://www.habitat.co.uk/fcp/product/browse/Wall-frame/978090
http://www.zanart.co.uk
Anatoly Zenkov provides this nifty tool (Mac and PC) to track your mouse pointer. Really simple. Just start it, let it run, minimize the window, and carry on as usual. In the end, you get this image that looks something like a Pollock. Circles show areas where the pointer didn't move while the tracks show movement.
Here are two of my afternoon sessions from the end of last week.[via feltron]
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I visited Noise Lab (twitter.com/noise_lab part of Noise Festival) on Market Street for the first time last Sunday (31/01/2010), I’d been wanting to pop in for a visit since they opened and I’d not had a chance to make any of their talks so far. Last Sunday was different, I finally made it in as Jon Burgerman (www.jonburgerman.com ) was in town. To be honest the visit didn’t start very well. Firstly the heating was/is broken, and secondly we were left waiting an hour and a half for Mr Burgerman to arrive (something to do with flying in from Oslo).
Once Jon Burgerman arrived, and the talk/interview got underway the cold and (slightly) restless audience seemed much happier and engrossed in the man and his work. It was interesting to hear about his early motivations (not to have to work to much and not to starve, being the main ones), as well as hearing how he progressed from working in his bedroom to being an internationally known artist and doodler; drawing on everything from envelopes to Pepsi cans, putting on art exhibitions, annoying art agents/sellers and some of his new projects (including combining doodling and live music performance).
If you’ve not been down to Noise Labs yet I’d recommend it (although wrap up warm if it’s a cold day!), there is loads of great work to buy from lots of creative people, a nice little café and there are loads of great workshops and talks too going on.
Some links… yeah.
www.noisefestival.com
twitter.com/noise_lab
www.jonburgerman.com
www.biro-web.com
twitter.com/jonburgerman
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