Back in the day 3 – the extravagance of banks
Posted by Ken in Comment, Messages on 10. Feb, 2009 | No Comments
Go into your local bank. Pick up a brochure, or pamphlet about the services offered. There’s a good chance it will be printed in full colour, and may use colourful stock photography, but also be printed in a fairly bog-standard manner on cheap stock.
Rewind to the late 1980s and early 1990s…
Once again I’ve raided my [...]
The sincerest form of flattery?
Posted by Ken in Comment, Featured, People on 04. Feb, 2009 | 1 Comment
I help AIS (Association of Interior Specialists) with printed promotional material. Toward the end of the year we produce a so-called round-up document that summarises the year’s milestones. This is purely a vehicle to remind their membership of the work done on their behalf, and to reinforce the benefits of membership. It could well be [...]
Goodbye Oliver
Posted by DocDelete in People, TV, movies, books on 11. Dec, 2008 | No Comments
If I consider for a moment that a fair proportion of my childhood was gainfully employed watching quality television, then I must owe a debt of thanks to Oliver Postgate. Put simply, the man was the creative powerhouse behind 90% of the programmes that left a lasting impression – Noggin the Nog, Bagpuss, The Clangers, [...]
Remember, remember…the British Cartoon Archive?
Posted by Ken in Illustration on 04. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
According to the BCA’s website…
The British Cartoon Archive is getting a major facelift!
Visit us at www.cartoons.ac.uk after 5 November 2008 to use our new, updated website.
A grant by the Joint Information Systems Committee is not only enabling the BCA to digitise the Carl Giles archive, the single most important archive of British newspaper cartoons, and [...]
Photography sites that I favour…
Posted by Ken in Promotion on 30. Oct, 2008 | No Comments
http://www.dpreview.com
http://www.kenrockwell.com
http://strobist.blogspot.com
http://tipsandtricksphotography.blogspot.com
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk
