Friday, 4 May 2007

London Trip

Got back from an eventful trip to London yesterday.
Went to see the lovely people at  Bizarre magazine. Talked to Dave Kelsall (Art Director) about nipples, blood, rubber, tea and Sophie Howard. Also chatted about a possible placement next year, a feature on some of our work, and ideas for a rubber holiday shoot.
Example

Also went to the offices of LIZ H . We showed our book to Bonnie, she was great and gave us a massive list of contacts. Some big places in London some smaller and one in Scotland. Bonnie also told us about OpenAd.net , check it out, looks like it could be pretty big.

Lastly went to see Adam Kean at Publicis . We also showed him our book and he seemed quite impressed. So we are going to get in contact soon about a possible placement there too.

3 comments:

Michelle Almond said...

Hey - Your trip sounds fantastic!

What' this book about then?

James said...

Sorry, my book is mine and Joes portfolio.

Joseph Keirs said...

Really liked the relaxed atmosphere in Dennis (the publishing house of Bizarre magazine..& Viz & Mens Fitness) seemed a lot more chilled than the frantic images I'd predicted in a magazine office
...But one hour probably doesnt reflect the other 23 hours
Have you seen 'Deadline'? It's another celebrity show, this time they've got them working as journalists, definitely has a feisty air in that office. Probably because they don't have a clue what they are doing

Since we visited Bizarre, it seems Im noticing a lot more of the 'bizarre' in my daily reading - looking through the magazine shelves in the union I spotted a mag I used to read...I remembered 'Fortean Times' being just about Aliens > far from it, much like Bizarre magazine it covers all sorts of wacky happenings. Anyhoot, saw it on the shelf in the union today and seems to have changed a fair bit
check it out if you fancy some bad design and sickening stories
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