Site Launch

Finally put the finishing touches to Classic Interiors.

A great furniture site for some great people!
It's been a pleasure working with you Karl and Paula.

The Trees

You may have noticed the lack of updates recently!
Whilst we maintain every effort to update you and our blog.
We occasionally get sidetracked by our workload and commitment to running 44media.

Well we figured we're image creators not writers so we've decided to focus all our attention on our new project - The Trees.

The Trees will be an online image archive. This will be basically files found on our computers, work which never saw the light of day and anything else we care to put on there!
The images will not only be from ourselves but from some of our friends and we also welcome any submissions. So if you like it and want to show an image send them in to

picturethis@the-trees.co.uk

Please keep files sizes reasonable or send a link so we can download the file if it's large. Remember this is the tinternet so we don't want people waiting for a long time to view your image , video or whatever!

And we may still update the blog now and then!

Where the wild things are

New offical trailer

The Ten Commandments

Dieter Rams was considered to be the precursor to Jonathan Ive of Apple Design fame.

For those that haven't seen some of the design blogs over the last few years, Dieter Rams was the head designer of Braun Electronics. Looking at some of his products may remind some of you about certain current Apple products. However Dieter's products were designed almost 30 years before the current batch of Apple goodies.

Take a look here to see some examples of the similarities and a bit more about him and Jonathan Ive.

Anyway the reason why i mention this, was because i recently came across Dieter Rams Ten Commandments of Good Design.
For those that read my earlier post on good product design, this reinforces the thought and effort that goes into creating good design.

Read the commandments here.

For Art's Sake

What promises to be an interesting concept.
Antony Gormley of 'Angel of the North' and 'Another Place' fame is in the process of recruiting members of the public for his latest art piece.

The premise this time is to use one of the empty plinth's in London's Trafalgar Sq to display his work. Not at all unusual you might say.
However, he is asking members of the public to stand on the plinth for an hour at a time for 24hours and over 100 days.
Or as they put it -
"Every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days without a break beginning on 6th July, a different person will make the Plinth their own - an uninterrupted succession of 2400 volunteers creating a unique portrait of the UK in the 21st century."

Volunteers can do what ever they want during their hour on the plinth (I predict a couple of marketing firms will be on to this). It sounds like an interesting premise and certainly seems to link in with the current mass art / flash mob work which seems popular at the moment.

For more info and if you want to volunteer, check the website

Little White Lies

I recently stumbled across this magazine.

Little White Lies

It's very well designed with great illustrations and typography.
And it's also about one of my favorite subjects; Films.

I can't believe I've not come across it before and have missed so many issues.
I may have to stump up the cash and buy the lot!

All quiet on the western front

It's all gone a bit quiet from the 44media ramblings-sphere.
For those of you who are concerned, We've been
- Designing an upcoming exhibition identity
- Producing a New Furniture Website
- Designing a Catalogue
- Designing a Hotel Brochure
- Updating a few websites
- Sending out our brand new brochures
- Making Beef Wellington
- Improving our Environmental Policy
- Done 3 Pitches
- Been to the new Subversive Spaces Exhibition at the Whitworth Gallery
- Been to the launch of a new bar
- Been to the Cinema, Doubt, The Orphanage, Milk, Che (All worth seeing, If you can)
That's all for now folks!