Prolific, loud, anachronistic, profuse, profane, subversive, adamant, and very, very talented – Aaron Draplin is one of America’s most opinionated Graphic Designers and he’s bringing his hilarious “Tall Tales from a Large Man” presentation to the UK for the first time.
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Tall tales in graphic design. Tickets for Aaron Draplin in London.
Friday, November 11th, 2011Centre of the Universe?
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
So the BBC is flogging Television Centre in Shepherd’s Bush and the great and the good of the media are sobbing hot tears while spinning fond tales of this wonderful, vintage institution.
Bless.
However, truth be told, TV Centre is a rather ugly old pile with insufficient parking and the feel of a late 1960s hospital with budget problems. Most of the people who worked there had little good to say about the place and the nation’s favourite uncle, Terry Wogan, often called it ‘the deserted doughnut’. Now history is frantically being rewritten and the structure is presented as an emblem of an imaginary, golden era of broadcasting, long since abandoned to the garish vulgarity of reality shows and Sky 3.
How to get some space in London.
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
For the past few months I have been searching for a space to base my fledgling antiques and vintage business. Up until now I have been storing an ever-growing tower of bags and suitcases full of vintage clothes in my modestly small flat, a lot of things also need repairing so I have been getting my sewing machine out and then putting it away again on a weekly basis. I have also been renting a cage on wheels from Spitalfields market which I have to wheel down Commercial Street and back every weekend. After twisting my ankle, running over my toe, causing more than a few traffic jams and once even having it momentarily stolen by a tramp (that’s a whole other blog in itself) I decided that enough is enough and I needed a studio. But as everyone knows, space is something London is short of and finding even the tiniest cupboard to rent will pose a financial challenge to small businesses and creative entrepreneurs.
Who wants to be in Creative Review?
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
We all do. Let’s face it, that’s the honest answer. We’re all creatives, therefore we’re all big, blinking show-offs, therefore we want our work splashed across a ruddy great DPS in the next available issue of CR. And don’t say you don’t, because you do.
Advertising executives – why don’t you open your minds?
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Saturday afternoon was spent lazing about underneath a tree on Hampstead Heath, me and my friends slowly working our way through a gigantic picnic. Whilst doing a bit of cloud watching, we spotted a helicopter pulling a gigantic PKR Poker banner across the sky and we followed its journey across the blue expanse, as did everyone else who happened to be sunbathing on their backs with their eyes open. Ten minutes into the flight, more people would have paid attention to the ad than if it had been popping up on people’s internet browsers, or whizzing past them on the tube. This got me thinking about advertising in unusual places and how much more effective it is than slotting in amongst the hundreds of others in TV breaks or on Tube billboards.
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Going underground
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
400 miles of track (only 150 of which are actually underground), 180 million passengers a year and one 300 foot moving walkway – in engineering terms alone, the London Underground system is a staggering achievement.
The future of London’s skyline.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
The Gherkin, The London Eye, the BT tower and One Canada Square are the great giants of London’s skyline. One glance up in the air often takes your breath away as you contemplate the sheer scale of these structures. They also allow you to orientate yourself, making you realise that the city’s landmarks are a great deal closer together than travelling underground on the tube might suggest.
Paperback for good.
Thursday, October 13th, 2011In short, when a creative endeavour meets a good cause the outcome is often far more productive and satisfying than a straightforward cash donation. And so it is with the new book by Alex Pearl.
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