RIP Tony Hart

We were both saddened to hear of Tony Hart's passing, especially since we were only just talking about our childhood memories of Hartbeat and viewing clips on YouTube. I used to tune into his show back in the 80s to see Tony work his magic, catch up with Morph then chill out to the gallery music :) He will be missed by all of us here and no doubt by his many many fans out there.

Doodles and Dinner

Another food related post we hear you cry!?? Are we starting to see a pattern here or what? Okay, well there's method in my madness, honest. We recently decided to head off to the local cinema and treat ourselves to a candlelit meal for two at ShantiLouisiana beforehand. We were pleasantly surprised to find a pot of crayons on our table and a table cloth that closely resembled a sheet of drawing paper from our primary school days. Joy! Obviously we had a quick glance round and noted that none of the other diners were doodling all over their tables, so we asked a waitress first. "Of course you can draw all over your table," she said. Glee! Here's the results of our culinary delights. Enjoy!

I'm Lovin' it!

Okay, so on the extremely RARE occasions that we happen to frequent the local McDonalds, we’re always sure to eye up the Happy meals. They make ya happy dontcha know, with their pretty toys and shiny packaging.


See!? See how pretty this week’s toy was? It’s a cool mini travelling version of a retro classic, Downfall.


Anyway, to steer this post’s topic back on a creative footing I’ll ramble on about McDonald’s branding and insert a few links.

I don't know about the rest of you but I never had a problem with clowns as a child, Ronald McDonald never gave me sleepless nights, but then on the other hand I can totally understand the fear that might be ingrained into a person. They are after all, pretty scary. As advertising campaigns go though, McDonald's primary temptation is today's fast food culture. We turn up, usually by car (although for this visit, we did actually walk.... from the car parked a few furlongs away), we have highly processed food shovelled into our mouths by scary clowns and then we leave. Sorry, no...then we waddle back to our cars - that's if we don't choose drive-thru, in which case our car waddles as we pull away.

Ronald McDonald © McDonald's Corporation - He's just such a Happy Chappy!

No offence to McDonald's intended though, we both appreciated our McDonald's student discount cards and free cheese burger, during our university years. Ahh, happy days, I can just smell the fries right now, can't you?

Image © Kibblesworth Title: The Dangers of McDonalds

"i'm lovin' it is an international branding campaign by McDonald's Corporation. It was created by Heye & Partner, a longtime McDonald's agency based in Unterhaching, Germany, near Munich, and a member of the DDB Worldwide Communications Group, Inc. It was the company's first global advertising campaign and was launched in Munich, Germany on September 2, 2003, under the German title ich liebe es."

McDonald's Advertising - Wikipedia

Who Needs Designers

Yes, that's right! It's the answer we've all been waiting for! Finally we can do away with those pesky over-priced designers.

Don't Delay, Buy Today!





Credit: Agency Fusion
http://www.whoneedsdesigners.com/
http://www.makemylogobiggercream.com/

Fancy a Hand Job?

This book was on my pressie list for Santa this year. Mr Postman tried to deliver it on Christmas Eve but our doorbell didn't go off so we popped down to the depot yesterday and retrieved it. It's a superb book full of lots of hand-drawn typography and artwork and we really recommend you go get yourself a copy too. Incredibly inspirational and bursting with creativity - click the image for a limited preview on Google Books:


Hand Job: A Catalog of Type by Michael Perry

I tried to find a nice flip-book style version on Issuu.com to post on here, but found this instead after searching for the Author Michael Perry. Oooh! What a find, lots more lovely handmade graphics. Be inspired :D

Get your own - Open publication

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