A life in film & design

Love this behind the scenes look at the production of what should be a terrific book about the legendary Saul Bass.

Given Bass's iconic work with the likes of AT&T, United and Quaker, as well as films like Man with the golden arm, I'm surprised nobody's done a book like this before.

Get your order in now at Amazon and other major booksellers.

Art direction vs design

There's a great discussion going on in a Linkedin group at the moment about what is and isn't an art director.

It's gotten quite heated at times.

For me this quote sums up what it's all about in one sentence.

Brilliant.

Angry Birds and agencies

I read a great piece a few months ago that posed the question of whether or not an idea like Instagram or Angry Birds could have come out of an agency.

For the first couple of paragraphs I was shaking my head in disagreement. But by the end my mind was kicking into overdrive.

So I used the piece as the starting point for my most recent column for Marketing Magazine.

Click here to go take a look. I'd love to here your opinion so feel free to leave a comment.

More make up please!

Status update gloves

It's almost summer here in Mebourne.

Although I can't help thinking maybe I should put the word almost in quote marks.

Suffice to say however we have no need for gloves here for at least the next six months.

Which is a shame.

Not because I want it to be cold. But because I want to try out these great new gloves from Muji.


They have a special conductive material woven through the forefinger and thumb which enables you to operate a touchscreen phone while wearing them.

Yeah I know these are a solution to a first world problem.

But you have to admit they're pretty cool.

Click here to order your pair before the cold weather comes back.