Digital Music Marketing Campaign Planning by AIM (Association of Independent Music) Monday 12th April 2010 6.30pm – 8.30pm in The Box at QUAD, Market Place, Derby FREE to CIN Members (contact cin@derbyquad.co.uk ) Or £5 / £4 – book through QUAD Box Office 01332 290 606 Following the success of the London Connected “Introduction To…
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One of the things I find most exciting about design is how seemingly inconsequential details can completely change a person’s perception of an object, website or place. I was sat at my desk the other day when Russ (who I work with) called me on his way out of the building. “Just to let you…
Read the full article…Images of over 50’s and stuffy librarians are usually conjured up when asked about the demographic that is attracted to classical, but is this REALLY true? Reverb at the Roundhouse is attempting to prove that theory wrong. This new series of events is aimed at breaking the mould and converting the trendy young music fans…
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With the new year coming along I can only see one thing that is going to change everything. That’s the Apple Slate. Suddenly you can sit on your sofa, floating around the web watching video reading text in ways which feel less like sitting at a computer and more like reading a magazine. Done right…
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Some shots above which I captured of the wonderful wooden toys by Derbyshire sculptor Andrew Frost which have been in our Market Place over the festive period, a project which I led and was achieved through a partnership of Derby companies and organisations. There have also been some tempory pieces public art appearing across the…
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Limited edition or open edition, this is always a difficult question to decide upon when you produce work that you sell for non commercial purposes. I personally love open editions because they are affordable, accessible and available to the masses. Also from an artists perspective they are great because you can use the artwork in…
Read the full article…I recall sitting in my office this time last year thinking about the year ahead. To be honest for the first time in my career I was dreading it, as I’m sure a majority of people reading this were too. The economy seemed to have dropped off a cliff; clients were getting the jitters, payment…
Read the full article…Came across this article by Michael Arrington. He’s painting a picture of an ever more complicated world of digital media built on tons and tons of crap. The challenge is to find visibility through that morass. Talent will always out but we really need new tools to sift out the dumbification of media. This thing…
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It’s been a while coming but I’ve finally found time to write my first entry to the CIN blog. I have just got back from seeing Pixar’s latest film release ‘UP’. Great film, built on characters and their emotions rather than spectacle and effects, I thoroughly recommend it, and it is the adverts before the…
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I lose track of the amount of times I’ve been in a meeting with a client I heard the words “We’d like you to show us four or five different options.” I usually start feeling mild dread around this point. Inevitably they continue with “If we have several quite different options we can take the…
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