Jewellery Quarter marketing video
Apparently this video will be used on the new Jewellery Quarter Regeneration Partnership website which will be launched soon. Found via a tweet from Gecal. Any thoughts?
Misc
Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
Flicking through the Sanctuary newspaper
Frankie’s taken up the baton as far as new student rag Sanctuary is concerned. I posted about it yesterday but said I’d not seen the actual thing. Here she is flicking through a copy and giving her thoughts:
Airy Fairy
Airy Fairy is a shop in the Oasis shopping centre in the city centre and they: stock an eclectic mix of alternative fashion, fancy dress, crazy costumes, cosplay, corsets and tutus. Our shop is a riot of colour where festival inspired rainbow colour tutus sit with burlesque and gothic lolita accessories, gothic art posters cosy … [Read more…]
Timm Sonnenschein
Timm Sonnenschein is: a German-born photographer living and working in Birmingham since 2000. Building on a graphic design background in his native country, in 2004 he graduated with a 1st class degree in photography from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (UCE). After graduating he started his career as a freelance photojournalist. He is … [Read more…]
Ulfah Arts
Ulfah Arts is based at the Highgate Craft Centre and, as the about page says, it’s: a pioneering arts organisation, which acts as an umbrella to a number of initiatives specialising in faith and the arts. This includes projects around Muslim women in the arts and interfaith work using arts to name just a couple. … [Read more…]
The Sanctuary Newspaper, Birmingham
No, nothing to do with the Digbeth music venue, Sanctuary Newspapers claim to be “the UK’s leading student newspaper network”. Monthly editions are produced by students in 12 different cities with the content tailored to their areas. A new Birmingham edition has just been launched with a website that looks thusly: I’ve not found an … [Read more…]
David Louis
David Louis, based in the Jewellery Quarter, designs contemporary tableware items and sells them via David-Louis.com and Gifts of Distinction. One of his items is this spaghetti measurer which I happened to see in the window of Sarah Preisler‘s shop in the Custard Factory the other day and had no idea what it was. Mystery … [Read more…]
Companies and such on Twitter
Back in April Pete did a round-up of Birmingham creatives on Twitter. There have been many additions since then, including accounts registered in the names of various local companies, festivals, etc who are using the (free!) service in all sorts of ways. Not all of them are being used all year round or even updated … [Read more…]