we like annette messager

We really felt that we had to plug Annette Messager's work here on our little blog. It makes us happy and every time we see it we want to animate it. It reminds us of Universal Everything's work or the other way around!

Her show is currently running at the Haywood Gallery, London and we are all going on Mass for a day trip!

FORERUNNER RECORDS LAUNCH

We were asked by Forerunner Records to produce a giveaway that provided their customers with information about their services. We couldn't resist doing a 7inch record sleeve.

We had less than 24 hours to come up with the concept and get the artwork to the printers. The lovely snap of Amanda Palmer from The Dresden Dolls we chose was by up and coming photographer Arjun Sohal. There was no time to print a cover with a hole so we opted for stickers of the logos and to have the colour coming through the dye-cut in an abstract way...

Printed onto 140 gsm Beswick’s paper. Type set in Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk - various weights. Pantone Colour 382...

Printed by Heathcoates in Sunny Wolverhampton - very bloody good and reasonably priced!

Sculptures from our Fazeley Studio Show

Here are some pictures of the sculptures that were in our Fazeley Studio Show... Thank You to all of the WMA Team - You know who you are...

Fazeley Studios Opening

Well we are now up and recovering from the Fazeley Street Launch Party. Thank you to all of you that made it to see our work. It was very nice to see Vanley and Emily. Special thanks to James and his partner from CMYKern for making it down and ta for the shout on your Blog.



We are not ones for disrespecting the work of others, as all art is shit and all shit is art, but we now feel that we are the coolest fashionists in town after sitting through two rather dull fashion shows, sorry! Lets say we’ll give Harvey Nichols a miss this year… However, Jacob Kimmie was the total exception to the rest. He didn’t do a catwalk show but instead exhibited a range of clothing that was beautiful. The detail in some of the garments was stunning.



The Studios are beautiful and it is starting to become a hub for creativity, which in our minds is a about time. The people behind Fazeley Studios have obviously recognised that creative people don’t always want to work in damp and dirty places such as the Custard Factory and clients want to visit clean and well-presented studios.



Long live this new era of creativity in Brum.

Out with Vanley Burke

We were out and about with the photographer Vanley Burke, who has been documenting black history for the last 40 years. He has a wide range of projects on the go at the moment. One such project is documenting the places where murder or tragic accidents have taken place. His aim is to show the aftermath not just with the physical grief but the way in which life carries on in the geographical situations they have taken place. These photographs show him taking pictures of a shrine dedicated to a young man that sadly was involved in a fatal road accident. Obviously from the amount of flowers, pictures and messages he is very much missed.

CMYKERN

Check this blog out www.cmykern.com -  it is written by James Griffin. It is full of really interesting and inspiring work. James is not only an avid collector of art and design but also a good practitioner of the subject. He's not bad at writing too, which is unusual for a good designer.

We met him at FEED third birthday party, where large amounts of booze was drank by everyone...

we're showing at Fazeley Studios 27.02.09

we have been invited back to show the hybrid_1 work for the opening of Fazeley Studios thanks to PLUS Festival plugging us. We have been working on phase 2 of the hybrid project in the wma_bunka and will be announcing a very small and exclusive exhibition soon.

In the meantime hopefully see you at the Fazeley Studio Launch...