Olympic Dreams Book Cover by James Dodd

Having realised that most of my ‘we like’ articles are about photography, I started work on a lovely little article about illustration. But that all came to a stop as soon as I saw ‘Olympic Dreams’ – a beautiful series of photographs by James Dodd – that I just had to write about. So it’s photography again!

When I first saw them, these beautiful black and white shots really stopped me in my tracks. I’m now kicking myself that I missed the exhibition in Sheffield late last year. Read more…

It was Punctuation Day on 24^th September which, I’m sure, was observed respectfully by you all.  No doubt you spent the day taking extra special care to ensure all your apostrophes’ were correctly placed… and tempered your use of ellipsis and exclamation marks!!!

This weekend also saw a surprise appearance from the interrobang on Q.I., and, believe it or not, I actually knew both the name and purpose of this peculiar punctuation mark – probably the first and last time I’ll ever know a Q.I. question outright. So after gaining my massive chufty badge, I began digging around the weird and wonderful world of obscure punctuation and uncovered some bizarre characters indeed.

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Every now and then you come across something so brilliant that it jumps out and demands your attention. When I was recently introduced to the concept of ‘cinemagraphs’, I had one of those moments. Read more…

It’s regarded as one of the greatest sports events in the world with over 100 million viewers tuning in. Yet despite all the pre-game build up and talk of who will win there are two things that are just as big as the actual game itself… the Superbowl half time show and what will be showing in the advert breaks!

Looking over from this side of the pond it’s hard to understand why Americans are so obsessed with what will be showing in the advert breaks of a sporting event. I mean, no one over here gets obsessed with what will be shown in the advert breaks of the FA Cup!

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We’ve cracked open the Champagne already in 2011 after finding out that we have beaten over 100 other advertising agencies in the UK to win the Diva Magazine billboard competition. The competition brief was to create a a poster to promote the 2011 Endangered Species International Summit, which celebrates diversity and challenges the culture that teaches girls and women to hate their own bodies.

The competition required Red C’s Creatives to submit ideas for a billboard advert to communicate the Endangered Species’ message: save future generations of women and girls from hating their own bodies. Our winning entry will be seen at 11 sites across London for 4 weeks running up to the Endangered Species summit in capital on 4^th March. The sites have been given to Endangered Species and DIVA courtesy of global advertising company Clear Channel.

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When Build Center (one of our clients at Wolseley) called us with an urgent brief to spread the word about their £3 loft insulation plus free delivery promotion, we knew we had a real challenge on our hands. Not only did we have just over a week to develop the campaign and roll it out… they wanted us to deliver something a little out of the ordinary to maximise the impact. Cue one Mini, one woman, 17 rolls of loft insulation, a 56-link chainsaw and a 2 minute viral ad. Read more…

Yeah that’s right – fantasy coffins! Now I’m hoping I’m not going to need one soon but when I do pass to the other side I’d like to go in style and these look just the ticket.

On the western coast of Ghana, just outside the capital, Accra, they like to celebrate the life of the deceased as well as mourning their passing. Take the Ga tribe. They send their loved ones off to the next world in a coffin that represents something from their life – a car if they were a driver, a fish if they were a fisherman, even as far as a sewing machine if they were a seamstress!

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When I was seven years old I had an obsession with the movies. At this tender age all I wanted to be was a stunt man and my hero at the time was a guy called Dar Robinson. An unfortunate incident with a wall ended my dreams of becoming a stuntman when I learned two things. One being that falling from a great height really hurts. The second being that at great heights elbows don’t break… they shatter… resulting in several weeks in hospital and elbow replacement surgery (pop by and I’ll show you the scars of this early boyhood adventure).

I still had my passion for the movies, yet as a result of this accident I switched to wanting to become a film director. That dream never materialised but I would not change that for the world as I absolutely love my job and the opportunities it gives me. I’m still a big film buff, though, and no matter how many commercials I see made I am still fascinated by the magic and creativity that happens behind the lens by the people who are making movies and commercials.

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This is a strange one for the we like section but I’m treating it as more of a celebration of the life and work of photographer, Corinne Day who sadly passed away recently after a long term illness.

Corinne’s unique style introduced us all to a new way of shooting fashion. It’s a more realistic, unposed & edgy feel known as ‘heroin chic’ which to some people was seen to “make heroin addiction seem glamorous and sexy and cool”. And although her style at times was shocking it has changed the way we all look at fashion photography. Helping us to try new styles and inject more personality.

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The great thing about city breaks is wandering around taking in the different cultures, the history and the amazing architecture (in between shopping of course).

There are some fascinating buildings around the world that have been built with great care and consideration by talented tradesman and have lasted the test of time and Mother Nature but are starting to show their age.

German artist Jan Vormann has spent the last three years traveling the world fixing some of these crumbling walls and monuments. Instead of bricks and mortar, though, he’s used Lego!

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