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Tag Archives: London
Frugal Friday…
Ever wondered what the cheapest way to live in London is? If no, you’ve probably never done a design placement. If yes, then read on…
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Tagged Farringdon, Frugal, London, Lunch, Placement, Sandwich, The Sandwich Man
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A big cheer (quick update)
How quickly one can fall from grace. Last weekend I had to get the train down to the coast once again, so armed with my vouchers from National Express I approached the ticket desk at London Liverpool Street and asked … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, brand, experience, London, National Express, ted, trains, vouchers
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A big cheer
It’s not often that I blog about someone having done something well (I am comfortable in my cranky, critical skin thank you) however I, uncomfortably, find myself in a position where I genuinely wish to offer praise and ‘props’ to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Bad, Blog, brand, experience, Flash, Fun, London, National Express, ted, trains, vouchers, Work
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All’s fare in love and transport
I recently had the pleasure of traveling North, and escaping the grime and congestion of London in favour of the…..errrr….grime and congestion of Manchester , in order to go and conduct a client presentation. When considering my journey, I flirted … Continue reading
50 penny for your thoughts
The reverse side of the UK’s new 50p piece, to commemorate the coming of the 2012 Olympics to London, features a crudely drawn high-jumper in mid-flight. By the standards to which we are generally accustomed, it’s a terrible piece of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2009, 50 pence, 50p, Art, Bad, brand, Brands, Business, Coins, Conversation, Design, Designers, experience, Free, Fun, Google, haecceity, History, hypokeimenon, logo, Logos, London, Marketing, News, Olympic 50p piece, Olympics 2012, Paint, People, quiddity, ted, the National Gallery, Work
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Mini Grand Tour
Don’t you just love Twitter. Follow a bunch of design companies and blogs and all of a sudden your open to a whole world of stuff that you wouldn’t normally see, plus you get to see it a good week … Continue reading
London: (anti) social media capital?
I was intrigued to read last week on The Telegraph website how London has been confirmed as being the ‘top city’ when it comes to social media. Twitter, Facebook and Digg have all confirmed that London has the highest level … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Blog, Conversation, Digital, facebook, London, Music, People, play, Social Media, ted, Twitter
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London’s burning
The GLA’s rather pompous idea that someone is going to create a brand for London is unrealistic, to say the least. London already has a brand. It has had one for 2000 years. There are some wide-reaching goals in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Art, brand, Brief, Business, Design, experience, GLA, Identity, logo, London, Opinion, People, ted
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Travelling to the future
At 8.30am this morning I was in the studio. In itself unremarkable, but at 7am I was having breakfast on the beach, 85 miles away, in East Sussex. Nope, I haven’t learned to fly, but I think I’ve discovered the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Bad, brand, brand experience, Business, experience, Future, high speed rail, ideas, London, St. Pancras, trains, tube
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Student/Graduate Q&A
Following on from Greg’s post about how he got into design we decided to ask our two designers currently in charge of our placement scheme; Paul and Leon, about how students should go about applying for placements at design studios. … Continue reading
