What I wrote the other day about Fluid Design flying slightly above my radar probably applies just as much to First Light Movies who do some fantastic work, but often on a national, rather than local scale. They describe themselves thusly: First Light Movies funds and inspires film projects with five to 19-year-olds throughout the … [Read more…]
James Griffin is a 22 year old graphic designer working out of this fair city. He’s running a great blog called CMYKern picking up on bits of design that catch his eye, just the sort of blog I have a large soft spot for (they’re great for adding colour to your RSS reader). The scope … [Read more…]
Debut magazine Due to launch in 2009, debut magazine proposes to “provide a platform from which creative people, whether artists, musicians, designers or performers to showcase their talents to a wider audience”. They’re after some of those ‘creative individuals’ to be part of the first edition Robert Lane Robert is a musician and on his … [Read more…]
Eye of the Storm is a digital project that has started off in Birmingham with involvement from Sandra Hall from Friction Arts. Voila le blurb: What do a human statue, a divorce lawyer, a buddhist and a recovering drug addict have in common? The invisible connections between very different Birmingham lives are laid bare in … [Read more…]
Gigbeth looks to be coming together quite nicely. There are some well recognised names signed up (Sugarhill Gang, Young Knives, Guillemots, Stanton Warriors, Kano, Fabio and so on) along with some good localness too (Einstellung, The Destroyers and a who’s who of local promoters organising their own nights). Here are some links to things out … [Read more…]
The lastest Midlands tunage from Little Chris is out. Cop Brumcast 108 here. This is the tracklisting: Old School Tie – Fireflies The Me Band – If It Was Up To Me The hungry i – Jaws of Love The Fury – Ninja Betty & The Id – Cellophane Man Johnny Normal – Jake’s Ride … [Read more…]
Cut-Out Not quite sure what the deal is with this one. They’ve got a DIY print studio and are looking for people to submit designs for them to use on T-shirts and so on. A physical shop is apparently coming in summer 09, in the meantime they’re up online with a website (coming soon) and … [Read more…]
I popped in to Ltd Edition the other weekend and picked up flyers, leaflets and business cards for those that had them and seemed to be Birmingham-based. Here’s what I found: Designer Art Sue Rowe and Tamsin Mae sell paintings as well as creating backdrops and vinyl signage/window graphics. They’ve produced the latter for Three … [Read more…]