more pics after the break

So it turns out that BP are doctoring their PR images? So what – who doesn’t? Do people really think that the girls and guys on the covers of every magazine wake up looking like what appears in print? The only anti-ageing cream worth investing in is the Adobe brand (it comes in a blue a blue box).

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/07/bps-photoshopped-crisis-command-centre-is-terrible-on-every-level/

http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9033571&contentId=7061708

Lets not get worked up over this – but I predict a new meme coming – or at least a new photoshop phriday post

A great little tool to help you visualise the extent of the BP oil spill – yikes!

The 99 Hanover Street menus have been out for a wee while now, but the Fringe Programme has been gobbling up all my time – Anyway, better late than never here’s a few pictures of it in situ along with the labels for the food menu that never was… More after the break

99′s mantra Is Music, Liquor, Fun and Food. I’ve tried to communicate this through the records. Its interesting watching people interact with them. The vinyl generation brace the opposite edges between cupped palms, while the MP3 kids just rub their fingers all over them…

The menus themselves are laser printed on vinyl substrate and then bonded to old 12″ records  (Fear not – only Now that’s what I call music volumes 1-30 were sacrificed).

Nick Milligan at Eastern Exhibition & Display did some prototypes for us, experimenting with bubble jet direct to the records amongst others. The Vinyl won due to its bullet-proof, waterproof and easy-to-clean properties.

The Menu was paid for by Red Bull, Jagermeister and Diageo

Cam Mason and Stephen Wilson at 99 provided the drinks list and a steady source of constructive criticism. All in all a successful project – a hit with the punters and the client!

Thought of this ages ago during the Johnnie Walker bottling plant closure. Anyway here it is in all its striding glory. I had to adjust a few parts of the logo to get them sitting on green … but it still looks like a Johnnie Walker logo* …

With 40,000** gobos Diageo would have a nationwide guerilla ad campaign promoting walking home after drinking instead of driving. And that’s how I’ll sell it to them!

Footnotes:

*Designed by Michael Peters Group **Made up number… Google doesn’t know how many pedestrian crossing there are in the UK

Programme redesign is going well too. I don’t think I’m allowed to put up any screen grabs yet… Next week should be ok…

A wee animated gif for the Scotsman website. As part of the contra deal between the Fringe and the newspaper I had to design them adverts!? I’m quite fond of it considering I had twenty minutes to come up with something.

**Updated artwork** This was going to go on a cocktail menu – but red bull weren’t fussed with having their logo messed around with on the thing. All they care about is having a cocktail called Vodka & Red Bull listed…

Today I invented a new drink. In comes in one size only – beer can size – and contains two cans of Red Bull and 4 shots of Jager. I’m going to call it JagerRedBullmeister/Bullmeister/Jagerbull/BagerReister. It should retail at about £12 a can.

*My apologies to actual copyright holders for gently caressing your logos together*

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