Fluid Design tend to fly a little under my radar most of the time. Locally, they’ve done the branding for the Fierce and Plus Design Festivals as well as the upcoming Hello Digital. Or maybe it’s that my radar doesn’t reach to where they work – their client list includes Sony Electronics, Capcom, UBI-SOFT, Electronic … [Read more…]
Capsule Blog – Think Antiques roadshow for fans of Metal The next stops on the Home of Metal tour are Wolves Art Gallery (25 Oct), New Art Gallery Walsall (6 Nov with performance by Einstellung) and Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (7 Feb) I Have Clones A musician who’s just moved back to Birmingham (to … [Read more…]
The splendid 7 Inch Cinema folk have announced the return of the Flatpack Festival which took a year off this year. The dates for Flatpack 3 will be 11-15 March 2009. The website for 2007’s festival is still up including this description of what it’s all about: The festival remains fiendishly difficult to summarise, but … [Read more…]
The Light House in Wolverhampton are offering creative start-ups the chance to advertise themselves on the Light House LCD Screen Network. This is a great opportunity for any creative business, from production companies and graphic designers to photographers and more. The screen network covers the main Chubb Buildings reception and Lock Works bar which currently … [Read more…]
Purple Gallery, based in Bournville, Birmingham, will celebrate the second city, old and new, in a brand new exhibition opening this October The exhibition, featuring the work of Colin Carruthers and Richard Clare, opens on Sunday 12 October from 2.15 pm – 5.15 pm and continues from Wednesday 15th October to Sunday 2 November (the … [Read more…]
Lazily copied & pasted from the press release: Birmingham City Council has launched an ‘X Factor’ style hunt to find the city’s top undiscovered talent, offering them a chance to perform in front of many of the city’s most influential creative industry and media figures. Entertainers of all genres, whether magicians, dancers, circus acts, singers, … [Read more…]
Knight of the Camera: The Photographs of Sir Benjamin Stone MP The photos on display in Centenary Square at the moment are by Sir Benjamin Stone MP, an enthusiastic amateur photographer. This is the first time in a century that his work has been shown in Birmingham, his home town The Shambala Art Exhibition – … [Read more…]
Lots Of Things To See And Do In The West Midlands: October 2008 Russ L’s ever-useful round-up with loads of stuff happening this month. I’d like to add my own Film Dash 48-hour film challenge to the list (happening 17-19 Oct short film fans!) Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource | TAK! Design & Art Direction. Birmingham. UK. … [Read more…]