Claire Tayler, or just Claire. Works as a social media writery type at VCCP. Blogs a mix of digital media, adventures, colourful food stuffs, and the odd dodgy craft project.
These are sweet (ha!) and right up my street (This is a hypothetical street make of cardboard and wool in which I am king busker.) I am looking for an excuse to make lots of these myself and give (inflict) my own home-made versions on other people.
It doesn’t look like it’s being updated any more which is sad, and whilst I may have copied half the blog over here it’s lovely. Go and look at it, and coo.
Dubbed ‘Emergency biscuit’ I like to think that this mocks The Apprentice two years into the future from its 2009 conception.
Scrooge probably wouldn’t smile at these, but I would.
There is also a Yeti, who is very good. I would be pleased to meet him on a mountain-top.
D&AD presented the next creative generation this weekend, and we went to check it out. A collection of the best creative, design and graphics from graduates across the UK and as far out as Miami Art College, this year D&AD’s caused less of a fuss than the suicide-based posters of last year. Here’s you a roundup of some of my favourite work and a few things that I couldn’t help but take photos of as we walked around. This post originally appeared on (untitled) London.
Jay Wright manages to make recycling fun and quirky with trees that chop up humans.
Ellie Pickering’s collection of characters caught our eye with their individual quirky profiles. I adored her family of owls and am pining to buy one of her mugs.
Sarah Water’s beautiful animal illustrations caught our eyes with some gorgeous ducks. Some reminiscent of a more sensible Quentin Blake, they’re gorgeous.
And I spotted this ‘about me’ poster, which was one of the best that caught my eye. Unsurprisingly it won a Best New Blood award.
I do love a good cardboard animation but alongside being very cute, the script is ace. Promoting The International Exchange, it treads the perfect line between perfect piss take and promotional video. Watch it, rather than have me quote parts out of context. Quickly now, while I struggle to keep my poor impersonations away.
It’s directed by Joseph Mann whose other animations are well worth a look. I’ve fallen a bit in love with the look and feel of this little story about a Chimney Sweep on an Edinburgh roof top who has a love of sandwiches and planes.
