Oh Alice

I went to the Sanderson hotel last week for a most delightful Alice in Wonderland inspired afternoon tea treat.
There were multi-coloured sandwiches that made your head spin, lollipops that went hot and cold then made your hair go pink, ice cream filled mad hatter clock cakes that made your tummy go tic-toc, tic-toc and plenty more that I won't harp on about.
Anyway if you have the time and you like brightly coloured edible things then I highly recommend it.
Much better than the movie that's for sure.

Rosy glow

I picked up this print from my friend and immense talent Rosy Nicholas today.
I hadn't seen it in real life until today and I have to say I think it may be my favourite picture in my somewhat eclectic family of art and random pictures.
It's currently propped up next to my bathroom so apologies for the crappy photo.
It still looks amazing though.
Oh and amongst other things Rosy also made lots of hand printed Christmas crackers and massive pants for a Christmas project I was running so I must post up some pics of that at some point soon too.

Beach time

If my house wasn't entirely covered in those tiny, overly-modern, ugly spotlights I would definitely have these on display.
I'm not sure if anyone I live with would be into them so much which means they may be relegated to the boudoir. Which is fine by me.

They're made by this very talented man by the way.

It's a beatiful day

Oh God. I think those are the words of Bono. Sorry.
Still it's very sunny through my window and it's making my right ear hot.

It's Fashion Week again. How exciting.

This is something I worked with the totally awesome Chrissie Abbott on to create for Red Bull during Fashion Week.
We worked on the design identity for their foray into fashion as well as making some really amazing moving image work, apparel and other nice little bits and pieces.
If you're interested in the details about Fashion Factory you can find out more
here

Ring ring

I've been doing a lot of work with a company called INQ Mobile alongside fandabidozee Charly of Charly Inc fame
They're a fun young mobile phone company that make phones for the socially obsessed generation so you have Facebook, Twitter and whatnot all setup as soon as you buy it. Phewee.
I will post up lots of the other stuff we've been doing with INQ later but here are some prototypes of limited edition handsets we're making in collaboration with the lovely and very tall Danny Sangra
The plan is for these only to be available online but plans have been to known to change so that could be a white lie.
Apologies for the rather shoddy photography but that's the best I could get I'm afraid.

A few days too late...

...but here is the ultimate Valentine's gift for any wise and romantic person living in this country.
Could possibly lead to a few arguments though I suspect.

Pugsly

I agree with the sentiment but not so much about the breed of dog.
But still. If pugs get people off drugs then I'm all for them.

True Romance ...

...is sending a Skype message to the special person in your life via a slightly mental little man in Tokyo. Or via one of the other Skype artists in other countries around the world.
I helped the very very lovely people at Poke for a couple of days on this project and three (or maybe four or five) months later it's gone live.
Pretty cute I think. And better than lame old Moonpig.
The campaign's called Skype outside and you can investigate further here

Words of wisdoom

A slightly melancholy message here from my friend James Pearson Howes for you.
He did a few limited prints on a great selection of coloured papers that I think are still available to buy.
You should take a nosey at his website to see these and all his other very special photography.
P.s. I think James is one of the nicest and happiest people I may ever have met.
Oh and p.p.s. This is a photo of his print on my slightly Granny-chic-esque bedroom wall hence the top quality photography of the top quality photography.

Is that really you?

I need to get a new passport this year which means the trauma of that horrendous photo that will haunt and follow me around for the next decade. God.
I wonder if I'd be allowed a passport pic like these hipsters. I could live with this I think.