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Tag Archives: play
Eyes down please
This week saw the return of the now infamous TP Pub Quiz. Celebrating its tenth year, the Pub Quiz is an opportunity for all The Partners staff to team up and get merry in a local drinking establishment whilst battling … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Mashup, The Partners, Video
Tagged 2009, Animation, Application, Art, Booze, Flash, Fun, People, play, Poster, Pub Quiz, PubQuiz, Robert Ball, ted, The Partners, tube, Video
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plinky-plonky music
So you might have heard of and seen one of these Yamaha TENORI-ON machines (in fact Nathan blogged about Little Boot’s rendition of Hot Chip’s Ready for the floor a while back now) the new instrument that mixes musical beats … Continue reading
Posted in Interactive, Music, Technology, User Experience
Tagged 2009, Art, Blog, Creative, Design, Flash, Global, Interactive, Music, play, ted
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Twitterholic
I have to say that there’s a lot of stuff written in the press about Twitter: the micro-blogging service that is a bit like Facebook status on steroids without the nonsense of having to admire baby or pet photos — … Continue reading
An experiment in collaboration
Last summer we had the delightful opportunity to join forces with London arts and culture charity, Jerwood Foundation, to produce an innovative catalogue to accompany an exhibition running at the London based venue, Jerwood Space. The event, ‘An Experiment in … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Exhibition
Tagged 2008, Art, Blog, Catalogue, Charity, Collaboration, Culture, Design, exhibitions, Free, Jerwood, London, play, ted, Tools
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Speak-er
Check out these natty little speakers — or should that be Speak-er’s for your mac or pc (or any MP3 player). Only 1000 will be going on sale in for $120. Find out more info and other cool stuff at www.thinkofthe.com. … Continue reading
Fast Backwards?
I hate it when people moan about ‘copycat/rip-off design’… Usually, that is, because I believe that fundamentally all designers want to be original. I try and give the ‘benefit of the doubt’ or ‘assume ignorance’ whenever it’s possible to do … Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Design, Digital, Graphic Design, Logos, Marketing, Media, Motion Graphics, Technology, The Partners, Typography, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Design, Designers, Fun, Identity, logo, People, play
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so while we’re talking about music…
I came across the Tenori-On via Ian at Crackunit. What is a Tenori-On you say? ‘Media artist Toshio Iwai and Yamaha have collaborated to design a new digital musical instrument for the 21st century, TENORI-ON. A 16×16 matrix of LED … Continue reading
The albums of 2008
So here we are at the start of 2009: a great time indeed to reflect on the previous year and more importantly what tunes we’ve been listening to. But before I run down our definitive top ten list, I thought … Continue reading
Call to Arms
As The British Army, this week, launches a new interactive marketing campaign designed to allow potential recruits to see what life in the army would be like (whilst getting to play yet another Doom-style computer game), Marketing Magazine debated whether … Continue reading →