Sellfridges

March8

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Very simple and funny – for free!

Who’d like to see the same principle working for Boots or Virgin Megastore perhaps?

ChangeIT – Type, paint and colour your wall.

February24

How amazing is this wall? Change It! designed by Amirko aka Amirkhan Abdurakhmanov is a big wall of turn-triangles. Each of these triangles has different colours on them – white – black – and a colour palette shade. Where can I install one of these….

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Quidco and Hotukdeals makes your money work harder for you!

February23

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I’m a great advocate of this little site Quidco. Simply search for your shop on Quidco, click through to the shop using their link and make the purchase as normal. Within hours your transaction is tracked and a few weeks later it’s paid directly into your bank account. There are some great deals on there – I’ve recently cashed in on £70 when I signed up to O2 broadband for a year and £15 for LOVEFilm to send Free DVDs to me for a month.

In two years of online shopping we’re approaching £1000 cashback. Not bad for clicking a few links!

The next best site out there is HotUKDeals. For promotional codes, simply type your shop into the vouchers search box and more often than not you’re presented with a coupon code that will save you money. Search the site too as quite often other buyers will post good deals on your product.

Remove missing and broken music in iTunes using this little applescript

February22

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Do you ever get annoyed that your music in your iTunes library has an old broken link? Well this little AppleScript will search your iTunes library and delete any of the alias’ that don’t have a music file attached to it.

Nice and simple.

1 – Open Apple Script Editor (start typing AppleScript into spotlight)

2 – Copy and paste the below code into your new window and click Run

3 – Save the script for using again in the future

tell application “iTunes”

set thePlaylist to library playlist 1
set musicFiles to the file tracks of thePlaylist

repeat with mf in musicFiles
--the name of mf as string
set hasLoc to ""
if (the location of mf as string ¬
is equal to "missing value") then
try
set comment of mf to the comment of mf & ""
on error number errNum
delete mf
end try

end if
end repeat
end tell

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Insight into new BBC’s website designs

February18

Looking forward to seeing the new BBC site designs after reading the design teams approach to the project. Bronwyn van der Merwe, head of design and UE at BBC Future Media and Technology explains in a nice, simple way how they came up with the global visual language for the BBC website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/02/a_new_global_visual_language_f.html

Looking forward to seeing the new BBC site designs after reading the design team’s approach to the project. Bronwyn van der Merwe, head of design and UE at BBC Future Media and Technology explains in a nice, simple way how they came up with the global visual language for the BBC website.

Read the blog post

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London Copywriter refreshed

January8

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A blog from your favourite London Copywriter has had some Big Hello magic and now refreshed. Built on the free blogging platform Wordpress.

Flip, tumble and save the world – now available to buy in the UK

January6

Flip and Tumble

Plastic bags are evil! We all know it, we just have to stop making them, using them and remember to take a couple of bags with us when we go shopping. Now its even easier with this little creation I came across a while back. The Flip and Tumble bag packs down into a tiny ball using it’s own built-in pocket which makes it easy to pop into your coat, handbag or backpack.

I ordered three bags from the online shop and have been using them on a regular basis over the last few weeks. They hold more than the average carrier bag and often get a “that’s a good idea” comment – we both throughly recommend them. They come in several colours, cost $12 (plus delivery) and you can order them here.

UPDATE:
You can now buy these beauties direct from a UK distributor. BAGSY IT
That will save a few pennies and save the planet some more.

Transparent toaster sees the end of burning toast and setting off your fire alarm

January5

Now wheres the fun in that! Get your toast just how you like it thanks to double insulated glass. Made by Magimix and available at John Lewis for £160. Full article at Telegraph

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A letterpress and two months of hard work = 35 hand made books.

January5

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Abigail Uhteg from Presse Janvier presents her video of an epic book printing project she completed over two months at the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, NY. See 35 hand-bound books come together in wonderful stop motion.

If you’re curious about the printing and binding processes you see in the video, read the start-to-finish details on Abigail’s website.

Very much respect. NOW, I have a press, I have two months free, now if I can just get that past my wife.
(via Veer)

Happy New Decade!

January4

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2009 was a year I’ll never forget.
I married, honeymoon’d, moved to the south coast and even bought a Volvo estate. And I already know that 2010 will be another record breaking year for me.

Wishing all my readers a happy and prosperous year ahead. I am looking for bigger and more challenging projects in 2010 and am available now! So if you are (or know of someone) looking for a creative with a decade of experience please do me the favour and pass my details on.

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