Words of wisdom from Milton Glaser

1. You can only work for people you like.
2. If you have a choice, never have a job.
3. Some people are toxic. Avoid them.
4. Professionalism is not enough; the good is the enemy of the great
5. Less is not necessarily more
6. Style is not to be trusted
7. How you live changes your brain
8. Doubt can be as useful as confidence
9. It does not matter.
10. Tell the truth

Still Alive

... just started a new, fantabulous job at a greetings card company so not much time to blog (or not making it!) Also a new years regime of yoga, tennis and herbal teas seems to have consumed me. I'm wild, honest. Talking of my new natural health kick, I was looking through 'natural health magazine', (I'm sure it's just a phase) and found a column by Janey Lee Grace and her logo by moi. Check out my branding in use at www.imperfectlynatural.com/.

Also doing a spot of house hunting at the moment. However, I seem to be doing more hunting for things to put in my house, rather than for the house itself! I've already started a collection of screenprints by myself and others to adorn my georgian townhouse(I wish) with..

Check out these lovelies..

Tip-Ex's new viral

Never thought I would get so addicted to ordering a bear around, but it seems Tip-Ex did. Their new viral created by Parisian agency, Buzzman, is perfectly executed. Probably the most effective part is how the hunter seemingly reaches out of the video and grabs the Tip-Ex from the advert. This also happens when you type in 'Tip-pex.'

Playing around..

Mario Hugo

Stumbled across this Mario Hugo dude. I think he's pretty awesome. I have a screenprinting workshop coming up Im going to at printlondon and im thinking some hugo-inspired illustrations screen printed would go down a treat.

CHI commissioned illustrator Paul Slater and hand lettering artist Alison Carmichael to work with designers Dan Beckett and Suzie Hydon to create the ads - which all hark back to a time when advertising slogans were painted direct onto the walls of buildings in towns and cities. The idea is that this old style helps reinforce the fact that the Anchor has been producing butter since 1886 - which was the golden age of hand painted wall mural advertising.

dead good