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Don’t run with Scissors, work with them!
May 15th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
I've just learnt from IndyBlogs' Shopping Bag that the wonderful Robert Ryan (who I occasionally confuse with the equally talented with scissors Peter Callesen) is planning to open a shop here in London!
This is great news for me as it'll be in my neck of the woods - near the Columbia Road Flower Market - giving me the chance to ooh and ahh at his designs (and then ouch! at the price tags) in person, rather than on his Etsy shop.
Both Ryan and Callesen have some remarkable work on their sites so if you're unfamiliar with them I highly...
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LG brings Cannes to you
May 14th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
Today sees the start of the 61st Cannes Festival and for the second year running LG are partners for the festival, this year bringing all the highlights and best clips to you via the web on our special Scarlet monitor inspired viewer, in partnership with Canal+.
Sadly the service is French so lost on me but for the multi-lingual (&/or French!) among you, you can find out more...
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It’s not the size that matters…
May 13th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
Yesterday I came across this terrifying 'fooz'ball table from AirWorks Inflatables:
Terrifying for me because I have enough trouble playing on a standard table but also because I can imagine the havoc created were we to actually get one in our office! Fortunately there is only one of these giant tables in existence at the moment; built for beer promotion during the recent European Champions League finals.in
It also reminds me of another beer advert which suggested 'You do the football, we'll do the beer' - I'll buy the beer if I need to but please do not make any more of...
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Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new…
May 9th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
~Paracelsus
I've just been emailed a link to this wonderfully ingenious clock by Dutch designer Christiaan Postma. He explains "The starting point with this project was a personal study about form & time. I put together more than 150 individual clockworks and made them work together to become one clock. I show the progress of time by letting the numbers be written in words by the clockworks."
The clock was on show as part of the annual Design Academy Eindhoven student show at Spazio Rossana Orlandi. It's a very engaging clock, one I could happily watch for quite sometime, which I suppose...
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Resisting Temptation
May 9th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
The past few weeks have been a real test of my willpower - first, Di at Designers' Block introduced me to Michael Michaud's amazing nature inspired jewelry.
Water Lilies brooch, inspired by the painting of the same name by Claude Monet.
Then Register Hardware brought the Mobile Watch - complete with camera, Wi-Fi, 512MB memory card and GPS satnav - to my attention too:
As a result I had to spend a few minutes quietly repeating to myself 'there is a big difference between wanting and affording' before I could be trusted near the computer (or my purse!)
I think the major problem was...
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LG Secret Q&A
May 6th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
Here's a bit of an LG Blog exclusive - Jeremy Newing, LG Mobile's UK Marketing Manager, talking about the Secret and his ideas for the future of LG Mobile, at the bloggers' event we held to launch the LG Secret last week: We also managed to collar John Barton, UK Sales and Marketing manager, as he spoke with Helen at the official press conference for the Secret's release: These videos and more (such as an interview with Simon Perry of Digital Lifestyles) on our brand new LG Blog UK YouTube channel, which succeeds the LG Viewty...
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