Client: Knotty & Kate
This is the wedding present me and Nicky made for Andrew & Kate. Basically just a couple of basic snake draft excluders, but tied together in a love/friendship knot (their surname is Knott!). I also designed their wedding invite that used a load of Australian (where Knotty’s from) flora & fauna twisted together to make a similar knot.
This is some of the saddest news I’ve heard for sometime :( Apparently the price of a pint is set to rise by up to 60%. All due to poor weather and the price of hops going up…
It was Knotty & Kate’s wedding a couple of weeks back, me and Nicky have been a bit slow at getting the wedding present finished though… But at last it was handed over today, and here it is – a couple of draft excluders! It makes a bit more sense when you see the invite I designed for them below, Knott’s their surname, tying the Knot, I kind of think it’s sweet.
Oobject’s an interesting gadget site where visitors can suggest and vote on things in each category. It’s the categories which I like such as; Fantastic Vintage TVs, Stunning Rayguns, Beautiful Lighthouse Lights, Sky Captain Gadgets & Vehicles, Biggest Gimmick Bottle Openers and a new one added each day.
Cheers for the link Nilesh.
Dig out your spandex Flash Gordon outfit and arm yourself with Dr. Grordbort’s fine range of limited edition Rayguns.
Increase the chances of David Hasselhoff coming to your watery rescue by wearing the ample busted Baywatch Life Jacket by Bernstrand &Co.
Vice have showcased some pretty hard to wear fancy dress outfits, my favourite is this giving birth to yourself costume.
Via About:Blank.
Need a new Job?
Well there’s no better place (if you live in London) to look than Roome Consulting. Not least because I designed the website, but because Eleanor’s the best in the business. I should know she’s found me all my jobs and was my housemate for many years. Here at POKE we don’t use anyone else for recruitment (well not much). So if you’re thinking about stretching your legs, head over and see if there’s any jobs posted that catch you eye. Or just get in touch for a chat. Be sure to tell your friends too!
Well anyhow it feels good to get this site finally live, it’s probably been knocking about for a couple of years now… You know how it is when you do work for mates and have no concrete deadlines. Built brilliantly by Mattias, it is actually the first project completed (and possibly the last..) by my company Made in ENGLAND by Gentlemen. Hope you like it, I think it’s rather nice:
Someone at work came across the phrase Cranking the other day, a word to describe crying and wanking simultaneously. Obviously we loved it, and have been using it in conversation as much as possible, i.e:
“Where’s Kester today? He’s on holiday, probably in his shed cranking“
So with much amusement I received this link today – Ready everyone? Get Cranking. Apparently there’s a song that’s spent seven weeks at the top of the US chart called Crank That. It’s got it’s own dance called crank that see YouTube clip. This quote just cracks me up:
“One of the most impressive YouTube mass Cranks is performed by hundreds of people in a packed Surrey nightclub.”
It’s officially released in Britain on December 17, making it a serious contender for Christmas No 1. If it does make it, I think I might have a little Crank myself.
