Entries from August 2008

World Press Photo Award 2008

February 12th, 2008 · Ric · 1 Comment

British photographer Tim Hetherington won the top prize at the 2008 World Press Photo awards, with the image above of an unidentified US soldier resting in a bunker in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan. The valley is infamous as the site of downing of a US helicopter and has seen some of the most intense fighting [...]

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Tags: Photography

Exhibition at The Gallery

February 11th, 2008 · Ric · No Comments

Jersey based artist Jason Butler is currently exhibiting in Guernsey at ‘The Gallery’ in Mansell Street.
The work on show at ‘The Gallery’ comprises of portraits, both commissioned and private and the ongoing body of work, ‘Outsiders’. A number of drawings will hang along side a large number of paintings.

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Tags: Art

Lego - 50 Years of Plastic

February 9th, 2008 · Adam · No Comments

The humble Lego brick, the toy that builds toys and the plastic seed of architects everywhere. Fifty years ago the Lego company put forward the patent for the plastic lego brick. The interlocking pieces with their stud-and-tube system was to prove ‘Toy of the Century’. Since that day 400,000,000,000 Lego elements have been made which [...]

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Tags: Architecture · Art · Design

Greenhouse Exhibition: Eye to Eye

February 6th, 2008 · Ric · No Comments

A new photographic exhibition entitled ‘Eye to Eye’ opens soon at the greenhouse gallery.
Phil Sayer’s exhibition ‘Eye to Eye’ focuses on well-known artists, architects and designers of our time photographed in their studios or workspaces. This has been a recurring theme for Sayer’s work and many of the works on show have been private commissions [...]

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Tags: Art · Photography

Britney Is Graphically Exposed

February 6th, 2008 · Adam · No Comments

Popstar Britney Spears, the once clean cut girl turned toxic rehab publicity mother has taken the design industry by storm. An actual storm I hear you ask, no a logo fuelled storm. Her new perfume ‘I Believe’ by Elizabeth Arden has been accused of shamlessly plundering another brand for its logo. The organization in question [...]

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Tags: Branding · Music · Typography