I’d come across Advice To Sink In Slowly once or twice: an ongoing series of posters designed by graduates for the purpose of passing on advice and inspiration to first year students but I’m not sure I’d twigged that there are a few contributors from around Birmingham, including Ben Javens, Jonny Costello (whose poster is below), … [Read more…]
Sandford Jr sells screen printed clothes for kids up to the age of 7: The desire to collaborate with artists to create something truly unique for babies and children as well as supporting artists along their careers has always been the driving force behind Sandford Jr The featured artists are Lucy Mclauchlan, Leanne Jones and … [Read more…]
Pointe Blank is: An exhibition of original images inspired by the story of Coppélia. In a first-of-its-kind project for Birmingham Royal Ballet, 27 artists and designers have been invited to produce individual pieces of artwork based upon toymaker Doctor Coppélius, and his attempts to breathe life into his most prized creation The exhibition has been pulled … [Read more…]
The CiB Shop wound up after three hectic months, with Pete announcing the impending announcing the impending closure. Before that, INKwell popped into the shop for some screen printing, the City of Culture bid got it’s send-off and The Story Exchange popped in. The Created in Birmingham closed its shutters for the last time at the … [Read more…]
Know Your Place “If you are a freelancer, recent graduate or SME then why not come and be inspired at the third Know Your Place event” On 23 August at Zellig. These get good reviews – worth signing up for Ben Javens: Time Out Cover Illustration #2 Nice work by Ben, although Time Out are … [Read more…]
CRAIN report « D’log “A useful seven page report from the West Midlands Cultural Research & Intelligence Network conference (PDF link), held in Birmingham on 2nd June 2010” Audition Call « Stan’s Cafe Theatre Company Quick, bright female capable of playing between 18-30 wanted to perform with Stan’s Cafe in Beijing in November. Click the … [Read more…]
As reported by the Outcrowd Collective, Ben Javens now has a tea towel for sale via the rather wonderful To Dry For, a website I only discovered the other week. This is the design: and, if you like, you can buy one here. On a slightly related note, one of the strangest bits of merch … [Read more…]
The first of what might become a regular thing, Knowing Me, Knowing You was fun last week. As part of Capsule’s longest birthday party… ever, we got together and invited a bunch of interesting people along to introduce themselves and say (for the sake of getting a conversation going) what they might do if they … [Read more…]