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Also, I just found this ambient advertisement.

It reminded me of a D&AD brief that was set last year for Shelter.
It's so so simple and utterly briliant.
These cardboard signs were hung up in places where homeless people regularly slept, reminding those more fortunate that for some; the pavement was their bed.

I really wish I had thought of this.

Handmade Nation

I'm very excited to hear about there now being a Handmade Nation DVD!

Faythe Levine wrote a brilliant book of the same title and has now made a documentary, focusing on the rise of d.i.y arts and crafts.

I'm currently writing my dissertation (hence the lack of blog) on the subject of Authenticity, and the role handcrafting plays in a manufactured world, and this would be so so useful if it weren't so costly. I'm very interested in handcrafting, and as a crafter myself, and I'm actually quite enjoying the research, it's all the typing up and theory which is getting to me, and only about a month to go 'till hand in. :/

Still, I'll have a look around, and hopefully it'll be added to my DVD collection quite soon.

My First.

so. my first blog. for the second time. [i've changed emails and can't get onto the old one.]
i'm starting again.
hopefully this time i'll keep it up and it will serve me as a pigeon hole for any beautiful things that i find in the great depth of the web.

i'll start with this.


Love Poem

You remind me
define me
incline me.

If you died I'd


Lemn Sissay -
you make me want to give a part of myself to words.