You may of noticed that CiB has looked a bit weird over the last week, this is because I have been tinkering with the site, removing bits and testing this lovely new theme out. I have decided to strip alot of the features out as they were not updating properly or just not working full … [Read more…]
Drum roll please….Congratulations to Katie Parry of Supercool design who has won the Created in Birmingham design competition with this fantastic graphic map of Brum. The decision was made by myself and Kay at Cut-Out shop, and we thought the design was simple, beautiful and fulfilled the brief to a T. The design will be … [Read more…]
There is a bit of a debate about Created in Birmingham going on over at Dave Harte’s blog. It has been suggested that CiB has lost a bit of ‘umpf’ of late, that it may have strayed from it’s original purpose, or is lacking that special something that made it what it was. I am … [Read more…]
Well folks, the deadline for the Created in Birmingham design competition is looming so if you would like to enter you need to email them over to createdinbirmingham [at] gmail.com by Friday. This is the last call for submissions and here is how it will work: Anyone can submit a design entry to the competition, … [Read more…]
Fused Magazine – final call for delegates If you are a manager of a band, promoter, record label owner, music journalist, A&R, Label, DJ – anything related to music in the region and are interested in attending the SXSW festival at a subsidised rate contact Kerry Thomas on 0121 246 1946 / kerry@fusedmagazine.com. Burn fm’s … [Read more…]
A few weeks ago I set out an idea for a CiB charity project involving a design competition resulting in the production of a limited edition CiB t-shirt which will raise money for a Birmingham based charity. Now, two weeks on, I have done a bit of research, taken on-board all of your suggestions and … [Read more…]
Created in Birmingham has been officially announced as the winner of the Best UK Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. A HUGE thanks I’d first like to congratulate the other finalists who took part (list here) and say thanks to the organisers for making things run surprisingly smoothly. I’d like to thank everyone who supported … [Read more…]
Polls close at 10pm tonight so this’ll be the last time I ask here. Please clink on the link and vote Created in Birmingham for Best UK Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. It only takes a second. If you know anyone else who might give us a vote please send them a link this … [Read more…]