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Leeds Trinity joins the Presidential Race

One of our web banners we have produced for the "Do your Degree at Leeds Trinity" campaign popping up on a very timely new story for NBC.

Halloween

In my opinion the best Halloween film ever made (discuss) is John Carpenter's original Halloween. Although Rob Zombie's 're-imagining' was pretty visceral it doesn't come close to matching the sheer atmosphere and tension built up in the original 1979 movie.

Although some films lose their power to draw you in, this one never does for me and it's arguably Carpenter's finest hour. It's aged pretty well too and the score never fails to raise the hairs on the back of your neck.

Jamie Lee Curtis is great as the geeky small town teenage babysitter but my vote goes for the brilliant Donald Pleasance as Loomis the doctor who's not taken seriously until it's too late. He gets all the best lines of course:

"I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply...evil."

Design Week Insert

We've just produced a rather nice printed insert for KIngsbury Press that will be appearing in this week's Design Week promoting their forthcoming diary for 2009.

As in the previous Kingsbury work, the devil's in the detail with two different coloured translucent foils that were underpinned with a white pigment foil to retain the integrity of the colour. 

Quite a tricky job to print but Rob and his team did incredibly well to get the registration bang on (they must love us).

We're right in the middle of producing the diary - I believe there's only e a limited number so I think it's first come first served! Make sure you see a copy of this week's Design week or details.

New York New York

Well, Lucky me has just got back from a weeks break in the Big Apple.  It was my second time to this amazing city and loved it just as much if not more than the first time.  The weather was cold but beautiful sunshine which made for lovely scenery in Central Park with the spectacular autumnal colours. Highlights this time included - rowing in Central Park (see attached photo), watching Hairspray on Broadway, MoMa, and the best blueberry pancakes in Lower East Side.  There was of course loads of shopping, but little did I realise how the dollar had fallen.  So, those brucey bargains just ain't as good but hey it was still worth every penny.

Splitting logs

There's something about our confined, office bound work environment that makes doing something physical and difficult incredibly rewarding. 

I spent an entire morning splitting logs for a hog roast this weekend (no really) and although it was extremely wet, cold and windy I really enjoyed it in a perverse kind of way.

We're roasting an entire pig this weekend, so watch this space for a full report. I'm really nervous because I've never done it before - so it's uncharted, outside comfort zone stuff...

Clocks gone back

From now on in, it's travel to work in the dark and get home in the dark. Ouch.

Once we get over the nanosecond of novelty (which has worn off already) it's a long haul til iafter Christmas.

Well, I have some good news amongst the endless, relentless gloom we're continually being fed.

There's only 56 days - count them - before the winter solstice and the nights start getting lighter.

Now - how's that for optimism?

Rainbow Man!

While returning from an in depth philosophical debate with Miss Anstis about the nature of reality, i tripped over a rainbow. Noticing that it was formed by the beautiful winter sun and oversized crystal Roses Gold Award from 1998, I decided this could only be a reflection from what a great award winning night we'd had just a week earlier. So in response to this I made him dance (CLICK HIM TO WATCH HIM GO!)

Brit Fashion

Last night there was an incredible TV programme on about the bravery of British Fashion... Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano and the unimitable and pervilicious Alexander McQueen were the stars of the show.

It's only right to show some appreciation of good old controversial British fashion design- what an inspiration..

Phoenix Nights

Roses was great as we all know, a good time had by all. After the event the Thompson staff made their way to a club which distinctly resembled Peter Kay's finest... Check out the pics!

Thryth, Chloe, Ian, Phil

Liz, Lynn, Nat, Anna

Roses, thorns etc

We won a cheeky bronze at the Roses for the great stationery we've done for Kingsbury Press last night.

As usual, a great night was had by all (which is surely the point of it) and the Thompson crowd were loving it, partying like it was 1999 or something.

There's plenty of on brand pics to follow, but in the meantime you'll have to take my word for it that today was unproductive to say the least. Although I do have to say that the boys rolled in on time at 10.30 and that in itself was the most impressive aspect of the whole affair.

Watch this space for outrageous shape throwing and move busting all over the place.