Our new campaign to drum up new work, watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NtHGRUJrTk

Just one of the wonderful inventions from designer Ryohei Yoshiyuki. Take a look at some of his other beautifully simple ideas at: www.ry-to-job.com/ry-to-job/flame/e-mainflame.html

In Edinburgh at the Fringe and notice the most Photoshoped English breakfast in the world. Look at the beans

But then again…

Me & the misses went to Fab Lab in Manchester today and she made this amazing piece of jewellery out of Perspex using a laser cutter, Check it out!

Oh my, I’m (Si) so tempted!

The most original looking Xbox 360 game ever, quality, we love it.

From our old granny phone to our fisherman lamps we’re chuffed to bits with our new studio – get out of the shot Mike!

A fascinating insight into the future of media and how we are part of it, life casting anyone?

You see?

How much do I love this new iPhone App! Character inspiration from Princess Monokes tree spirits (he’s sat on my phone bag).

Moody Brew is my first sketch using the wonderfully intuitive SketchBook app from Autodesk which allows you to sketch (or doodle!) without pen or paper, Mike your going to love this mate!

Jean Jullien a French graphic designer living and working in London produced this fine work for Nike recently. I love this simplistic cutout approach. Check out more of his fine ideas at:

http://www.jeanjullien.com/

Wow!

FriendsWithYou create a massive art piece that covers the Fubon Financial building in Taipei as part of the Very Fun Park 2010 exhibition.

Get the Hilton in Manchester covered in this stuff asap!

My girlfriend recently became that bored one day on her week off she made me a small town out of a potato, just so I could pretend to be a giant when I ate my tea that night! (she’s seeking help)

Painting complete, lights in, floor tomorrow

Painfully funny after how ever many years

Skirts and windows 1st coat on, walls finished – woohoo!

Katharina Fritsch’s iconic and singular sculpture plays on the tension between reality and apparition, between the familiar and the surreal or uncanny.

Black coat up, skirts windows and floor to go…

For the greatest vocal samples ever:

Hello… How Do You Do… Welcome to the Human Race… Your A Mess!

Busy all day Saturday prepping the new studio and giving it well deserved lick of paint. Hopefully we should be all set for the big move at the end if July.

New business card from yours truly, part of our Just Go Direct project. Branding, Bus Card, Website

I swear our printer says the same message sometimes! Thanks 9GAG

The beautiful animated tail about a fishy princess who wants to be human. Everything you would expect and more from the creators of Mononoke and Spirited Away.

…on design, emotion comes first, then form and function. 1 million pound chairs tell us he know’s best!

IAMD a graphic designer who shows love for the graphic design and old school rides & craiion the pencil man in charge of fantasy lands on paper and fascinated by unicorns.

http://www.hellosmellytrees.com

Sat at traffic lights in Armley (Leeds) and spotted this belter, the Photoshop skills are unreal

I’m loving these Mercedez-Benz adverts.

Check all these award winning logos http://www.wolda.org/

This is for you Simon, you should only type in this font for the rest of your days.

Why are ad’s in the UK so dull? Just a couple of days in the East and it’s striking how fun everything is here, and why shouldn’t it be? Bloggie from Sony, do you blog in vdo? I wonder if it will keep that name when we get them in the UK?

3 days into our journey and kawaii is everywhere even the bins have faces!

New Foals album on loop at the mo.

Near Leeds train station spotted this little beauty.

Ehhh!

Great illustration by Paul Blow – http://www.paulblow.com

Check this out and try not to laugh:

http://www.freakingnews.com/Celebrities-Upside-Down-Pictures–2433-0.asp

Love this simple DVD artwork by Ruiz Company check out their other work at: http://www.ruizcompany.com/

Everyone has a price! It’s not quite the book (is it ever?), still a great watch.

Extreme goose will do owt for a slice of bread!

Weekend wondering the forest Trough of Bowland.

Recent design graduates Christopher Barrett, Edward Heal and Luke Taylor have setup as London design studio Us and this is some of their work. Amazing stuff!

Spotted these today don’t know did them but such a great idea. Tic Tacs need to get these made Asap.

Engineered metal spider, part of Zara’s current window display. Flies, Spiders and T-Rex’s? Like em? We do. I wonder if the staff get first dibs?

Beautifully crafted toys found and presented by Taschen (Tin Robots and Toys – Taschen).

Artist Filipe Vilas-Boas red cross work.

Take a look at this gorgeous retro art from Orioto at deviantART

Flyer emailed out to like minded developers & designers in an attempt to make new friends in the manchester digital design field.

Director Yim Pil-Sung helmed this inspired visual feast that turns the tables on those evil adults who might lure children to a cruel fate.

There is still fun to be had in this 30 year old gem, inspiring sound and animation on hardware less powerful than a modern toothbrush!

Manchesters most creative juvenile delinquent engineering team constructed this canal bound beast. How far they travelled on her will never be known.

Spotted this great little illustration featuring instructions on gaming posture, connection, power configuration? (we’ve no idea but it looks pretty!)

Like Tea? Like sharks? Get this!

Recent eruption sees the papers create a monster from a volcano as though the earth is now against us. We need to get over ourselves people.

The finest in the Castlevania series, great visuals, great audio and a deep gameplay experience that you just don’t find in modern games (they had to work for it back then!)

The critics weren’t keen, we love!

Rusty String is a triumphant experiment into what can be done when art and technology intertwine, and there is an undeniable joy in seeing the album veer from thumping beats and breakdowns to acoustic plucking and glockenspiels.

This simple animation titled ‘Japan – The Strange Country’ is the work of Kenichi and should be viewed here:
http://vimeo.com/9873910 at all costs.

This video by One More Production blew Simon’s retro gaming mind today:

http://www.onemoreproduction.com/video/1/209.html

German based artist Julia Guther with her clean cut poster designs.

Smoke, Inhale, Smoke, Inhale, Smoke, Inhale, Smoke, Inhale….

It just makes you wanna Buy! Buy! Buy!

iPad, we’re queing up for ours!

Preston egg rolling event is not for the faint hearted

Quality plinks and plonks from the british artist Robert Antony Lee

Spotify: waxstag

Were big fans of Kawaii, and we think you should take a look at this wonderful Italian illustrators work.

Wow! Checkout Gavin Strange at JamFactory his 3D and Vector work is mouth watering.

This piece of kit from Teenage Engineering looks so good, we can’t wait to play with one to see how it sounds!

Very banksy, but great none the less, it’s by a guy called Driscoll Reid from Portland USA get him googled and admire his work.

The new Marble Media site is here and its time to rock the boat, will it make us or break us? time will tell

Our new baby server, complete with retro glasses (thanks .NET magazine!)

Simple and practical, ok so it wouldn’t fit in your wallet but we can let that pass.

loving these custom Hornby style graffiti trains, My dad is not going to be happy when I find my spray paint and the key to his train set filled attic!

What could be better?