(see earlier post)

This ad for the revived Wispa is a great piece of entertainment, and I love the opening line ‘Ads looked like this.’ It’s self-referential without being smug or excluding the audience. This was a great excuse to go for a long-copy format and they’ve really pulled it […]

It’s great news to hear that the Government has chucked £50M into the Tate Modern’s expansion pot. The Spice Girls aside, Tate Modern has been our greatest cultural success in a generation. It has turned the appreciation of art into an event, pushing it’s […]

Following on from my previous post Incompatible objects, here’s a great example. Paul Smith has teamed up with Burton to produce a country sports inspired snowboarding jacket. It’s a nice addition to Paul Smith’s tradition of ‘classics with a twist’. The only problem I have with it […]

I keep reading/hearing/seeing people talk about how society is falling apart. Nobody talks on the tube, nobody smiles in the street, nobody knows their neighbours or local shopkeeper. We’re each existing in our own bubble.

It’s rubbish. it’s one of those myths that’s spread over the years through lazy conversation, and we take […]

Last night I had one of those beautiful moments where two competely incompatible things come together by chance. I needed to cross Milton Keynes (think roundabouts) and in my car boot I had a bunch of lillies and a pumpkin. Negotiating each roundabout brought three noisy thumps and […]