Archive for August, 2007

HOW TO BE CREATIVE

Friday, August 31st, 2007

I haven’t agreed with something so completely since i heard someone say “Hitler wasn’t a very nice man.” Hugh MacLeod provides us the definitive guide to “How To Be Creative“. Suddenly I’m not alone, I’m very very alone. Which is probably a good thing. Read the piece and you’ll understand what I mean.

MOUSTACHE COMPETITION

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Poke’s very own Cookie is representing the UK in this year’s World Beard & Moustache
Championships 2007

HOURGLASS NIGHTLIGHT

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

As the sand shoots through this Sun-Young Lee designed hourglass, light is generated. As the sand runs out the light turns off leaving you to sleep in darkness. Reminds me a bit of this from Hulger’s Hulgerisation project last year.

from Shakewellbeforeuse

IDIOT TOYS

Friday, August 24th, 2007

I’ve been following Gary Cutlack’s Idiot Toys for some time now. The site sends up the grotesquely unimaginative marketing manners of tech brands, always seeming to unearth and abuse these pointless trends. The site is now part of the burgeoning shiny media network.

FRIDAY GIFT - RUMSFELD

Friday, August 24th, 2007

This really tickled me.

DRUNK CAT

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

No blog is complete without at least one video post about an insane feline, so here’s mine.

PETSHOP BOYS

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Brother Tom is shooting the Petshop Boys new promo vid tomorrow in London if anyone fancies being in it. The news release from their site reads…….

AMERICAN PICTURES

Monday, August 20th, 2007

My dad showed me American Pictures when I was a kid and I remember it had a profound effect on me. Jacob Holdt, a Danish photographer spent several years vagabonding across America in the 70’s, taking thousands of photographs of the mainly poor black families he stayed with along the way. The narratives are full [...]

BURPING

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

This is from the BURPTIONARY stall we set up at the V&A Village Fete a few weeks ago. The idea was to get people to burp the words of a song and then edit it together. But it’s hard to squeeze out words when under pressure so in the end it was just a bunch [...]

WIND KINETIC

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

I’m not sure how much i like this but it’s good to look at

BIG INSTRUMENT

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Artist Tim Hawkinson’s Uberorgan which is basically a fucking massive set o’ bag-pipes installed at MASS MOCA
Ah and thanks to Emil for sending this:

SOMETHING NICE FOR FRIDAY

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Nice music and nice to see those freaky 70’s muppets in action
thanks knotty

ONE QUESTION INTERVIEW

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Rafael starts his One Question Interview series, starting with me