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Social Acupuncturist
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:42
Social Acupuncturist

Daniel Packard is a professional dating coach.
He won the National College Speaker of the Year in 2007, and from the video samples on the website I understand why. His style is funny, upfront, a little …

Mark Thomas Vs McDonalds
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:38
Mark Thomas Vs McDonalds

Mark Thomas is a UK comedian. He uses intelligence, research, wit and great editing resulting in a very funny and poignant message.
Watch him take on MacDonalds
Then there is just the downright silly and immature
Then there …

Honey
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:35
Honey

Design company Turner Duckworth (clients include Amazon, Coca-Cola, Virgin Atlantic and Palm) recently designed Honey Packaging for Waitrose supermarket in the UK. “Bee or honey twizzler – whatever you see, it makes you want toast …

Up
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:31
Up

The new movie by Disney Pixar ‘UP‘ is worth writing about. Not only because it was my first ever 3D movie but the storytelling is fantastic. It deals with the subject of death, love, integrity, …

Extreme purple
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:29
Extreme purple

I had the opportunity a few years ago to design juice labels for Happy Planet. Yesterday on a hot sunny day I enjoyed a chilled ‘Extreme Purple’ (it was so good). On review of their …

Sexy eggs
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:18
Sexy eggs

From time to time I visit the site Lovely Package. Today I was delighted to see someone doing something different with egg packaging. Designer Si Thorpe designed the packaging for an ethically minded egg company, …

M&S celebrate 125th birthday
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:15
M&S celebrate 125th birthday

M&S (Marks & Spencer) turns 125 tomorrow. My mum who lives in Leeds (where M&S started as a single market stall) is off to a special event tomorrow at M&S, so I thought I would …

Trees matter
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:06
Trees matter

I noticed a sign by a new development today for the company “Trees Matter” who come and relocate trees rather than chopping them down. Make sure you watch the “tree moving in action” video, the …

Overheard in New York
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:02
Overheard in New York

We all must have overheard a conversation on the bus, or caught a small section of a conversation as we walk past people in the office or on the street. Sometimes they can be quite …

Judging the Salazar Awards
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 18:58
Judging the Salazar Awards

Last Friday I had the honour of judging the GDC Salazar Student Awards with Catherine Worrall, Jim Skipp, Roberto Dosil and Vida Jurcic.
Co-sponsored by Metropolitan Fine Printers, the Salazar Student Awards recognize projects of up-and-coming …