Punch Records are running a competition for desginers to create an advert for this year’s BASS Festival “highlighting this year’s theme of The Four Elements of Hip Hop – BBoying, DJing, graffiti, and MCing.” There will be a cash prize of £500 and the winning design will receive huge exposure by appearing for six weeks … [Read more…]
Missed this one, but then I don’t go up to Victoria Square very often these days. Design City 08 is a “celebration of design focussed experiences, bringing alive the rich culture of Birmingham to demonstrate British talent and place the region firmly on the map of national design excellence” that’s been running this week – … [Read more…]
A press release through from Marketing Birmingham tells us that TAK! have gotten the tender for the new Visit Birmingham website. I wouldn’t normally blog about such things but this is, I feel, pretty interesting. 1) TAK! is a relatively small web design company, not the sort of operation you’d expect a major City project … [Read more…]
I don’t like to post about individual gigs and the like for fear of opening the floodgates but this terrific flyer from Coldrice is deserving of wider attention. Or maybe I’m just a sucker for pulp. There is a personal side to this too. When I moved back to Birmingham in 2003 after a few … [Read more…]
TAK have published a magazine for use as a promo showcase thingy. Do Want.
Designer Maker West Midlands is running a couple of Seminar Discussion Days at the Arts Council offices on Granville St. The events are aimed at supporting mid-career makers wishing to engage in discussion on ideas for new work and developing new markets. The intention is to provide an opportunity for debate, the exchange of ideas … [Read more…]
TAK! Papercrafts for the festive season for you to download and make!
Newtasty – an illustration / design company to investigate in the new year…