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The leaving cake barrier rises again
25.02.11

We’ve noted before the trend of long term placements giving us odd or edible ‘goodbye’ presents.  Today the bar was raised when Anna, who has been with us for as …

Geek chic
24.02.11

Our work for the Science Museum continues – over the last couple of months various bits of merchandise have been produced and are now on sale in the museum. In …

Meet the ex-president
21.02.11

Included on D&AD’s revamped site is a short interview with johnson banks’ Michael Johnson, as part of a section dedicated to past presidents (Johnson was D&AD President 2003-2004) Here’s a …

Vertigo in Hoxton
19.02.11

On Thursday night we popped to the opening of Bass notes: the film posters of Saul Bass at Hoxton’s Kemistry gallery, one of London’s few spaces dedicated to exhibiting graphic …

Advertising. Avoidable?
16.02.11

It’s been a love hate relationship. It was one of my first loves. It’s taught me how to communicate. It provided a glamorous and imaginary backdrop to a grey childhood …

Can you get rich in graphic design?
14.02.11

Grafik magazine has been reborn, as of last week, and there follows the transcript of an interview between Caroline Roberts and Michael Johnson on the thorny question of making money …

Famous musical footsteps
11.02.11

Following in famous creative footsteps is a tricky challenge. Most children of designers seem to do everything they can to avoid what Mum or Dad does, or did – probably …

The Kinetica Art Fair
10.02.11

Last week, we had a sneak peak at the Kinetica Art Fair 2011 in Marylebone. It involved galleries, art organisations and curatorial groups from around the world who focus on …

Without melody, you’re not remembered
07.02.11

On Friday night I stood in a cold line outside a chapel in North London for an hour. This wasn’t to sample the general atmosphere of Highbury on an soggy …

Now (and then)
04.02.11

We were asked recently to contribute to a online project calling for photographs. The given theme was ‘Now’, which led to quite a lot of head-scratching until we remembered a …

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