<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347</id><updated>2012-02-16T02:23:08.906-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Iain S. Thomas</title><subtitle type='html'>I have a beard.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>54</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-6059132334023778831</id><published>2010-07-28T09:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-28T10:14:59.974-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sound Pictures Make</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-3ab39cc986e9b830" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v8.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D3ab39cc986e9b830%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331755331%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6BBCD243AFEFA0A351BB0A1893B9DE91E424496C.1294E9D30D217EFCF75519251C49E7E3991CF8F7%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D3ab39cc986e9b830%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DmO2sllhu9uxl7FUEuvg1x_CzmME&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v8.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D3ab39cc986e9b830%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331755331%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6BBCD243AFEFA0A351BB0A1893B9DE91E424496C.1294E9D30D217EFCF75519251C49E7E3991CF8F7%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D3ab39cc986e9b830%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DmO2sllhu9uxl7FUEuvg1x_CzmME&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A track I wrote on my sampler/Ableton set to Phantom Cam footage.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-6059132334023778831?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/6059132334023778831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=6059132334023778831' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/6059132334023778831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/6059132334023778831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2010/07/sound-pictures-make.html' title='The Sound Pictures Make'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-3764941068608991725</id><published>2010-07-27T08:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-27T08:30:11.055-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nova #1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/TE77UCDfNrI/AAAAAAAABA4/P1lFLwVYoXU/s1600/P120609_18.21.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/S3KcPKUUrKI/AAAAAAAAAuk/Z8H4GlwQIeQ/s400/Absolute+final%21%21%21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436579484471176354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/S3KbANaiZMI/AAAAAAAAAuc/wH7vZKY-5HY/s1600-h/18942+50+YRS+TOP+CAR+LR-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/S3KbANaiZMI/AAAAAAAAAuc/wH7vZKY-5HY/s400/18942+50+YRS+TOP+CAR+LR-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436578128092882114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-6589093506087876903?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/6589093506087876903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=6589093506087876903' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/6589093506087876903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/6589093506087876903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2010/02/mini-50-years-print.html' title='MINI: 50 Years Print'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/S3KcPKUUrKI/AAAAAAAAAuk/Z8H4GlwQIeQ/s72-c/Absolute+final%21%21%21.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-2114646150404197591</id><published>2009-10-02T04:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T04:41:55.517-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MINI 50 Years Of Cool</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ce4adOcKvfo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ce4adOcKvfo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-2114646150404197591?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/2114646150404197591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=2114646150404197591' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/2114646150404197591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/2114646150404197591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2009/10/mini-50-years-of-cool.html' title='MINI 50 Years Of Cool'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-6365538583826818245</id><published>2009-07-16T02:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T04:16:01.678-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nando's Soccer Poster</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/Sl76PwJeNKI/AAAAAAAAAVk/C5JhsAP7zOw/s1600-h/Nando%27s-confed-poster_v14-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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&lt;embed src="http://www.72andSunny.com/embedPlayer.swf?title=Men%20Vs%20Women&amp;amp;url=http://www.72andsunny.com/rostrum/_var/project/382-f1ffc914c2abbcfb8acbc7bd7d56b47e.flv&amp;amp;path=work/nike_/men_vs_women/film/men_vs_women/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="260" width="426"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rest of the work can be viewed &lt;a href="http://72andsunny.com/#/work/nike_/men_vs_women/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d - 11cf - 96b8 - 444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="198" height="260" id="Nike+ Runs" align="middle"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/v1/swf/scrapablewidget/challenge.swf"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;param name="FlashVars" value="type=scrapeChallenge&amp;amp;userDefaultUnit=km&amp;amp;screenName=undefined&amp;amp;dateFormat=DD/MM/YY&amp;amp;versionNum=2.0&amp;amp;id=943438092&amp;amp;region=emea&amp;amp;language=eu&amp;amp;locale=euen_eu"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/v1/swf/scrapablewidget/challenge.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="198" height="260" name="Nike+ Runs" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" flashvars="type=scrapeChallenge&amp;amp;userDefaultUnit=km&amp;amp;screenName=undefined&amp;amp;dateFormat=DD/MM/YY&amp;amp;versionNum=2.0&amp;amp;id=943438092&amp;amp;region=emea&amp;amp;language=eu&amp;amp;locale=euen_eu" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-4211163411028648013?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/4211163411028648013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=4211163411028648013' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/4211163411028648013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/4211163411028648013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2009/03/nike.html' title='Nike+'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-703038026482954608</id><published>2008-09-08T03:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-08T04:05:06.652-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Uganda Skateboard Union Stickers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/SMUGuxwTCLI/AAAAAAAAAJw/ekk0UrOB4Rk/s1600-h/USU3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/SMUGuxwTCLI/AAAAAAAAAJw/ekk0UrOB4Rk/s400/USU3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243604741842471090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/SMUGpPqktnI/AAAAAAAAAJo/9Snc0zcTVOs/s1600-h/USU2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/SMUGpPqktnI/AAAAAAAAAJo/9Snc0zcTVOs/s400/USU2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243604646792312434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/SMUGhVhBREI/AAAAAAAAAJg/q3LJ6XO5MlI/s1600-h/USU1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/SMUGhVhBREI/AAAAAAAAAJg/q3LJ6XO5MlI/s400/USU1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243604510923899970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For &lt;a href="http://www.ugandaskateboardunion.org/"&gt;www.ugandaskateboardunion.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a project I initiated and worked on with some illustrators and designers I know. More to come.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-703038026482954608?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/703038026482954608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=703038026482954608' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/703038026482954608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/703038026482954608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2008/09/uganda-skateboard-union-stickers.html' title='Uganda Skateboard Union Stickers'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/SMUGuxwTCLI/AAAAAAAAAJw/ekk0UrOB4Rk/s72-c/USU3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-8847928798728859403</id><published>2008-06-26T03:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-26T03:29:15.628-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Cube Run</title><content type='html'>Activation done for Cube Skate/Surf clothing store.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cTPY3Sxy1oQ&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cTPY3Sxy1oQ&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-8847928798728859403?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/8847928798728859403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=8847928798728859403' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/8847928798728859403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/8847928798728859403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2008/06/cube-run.html' title='The Cube Run'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-605184660457756508</id><published>2008-06-23T03:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-23T03:21:44.542-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ceres Fruit Juice TV Ad</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p_V1pAazNAM&amp;amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p_V1pAazNAM&amp;amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-605184660457756508?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/605184660457756508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=605184660457756508' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/605184660457756508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/605184660457756508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2008/06/ceres-fruit-juice-tv-ad.html' title='Ceres Fruit Juice TV Ad'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-8543067033595385322</id><published>2008-03-06T01:58:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T02:00:09.796-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Enlighten Newspaper Ad</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/R8_AgQ5GP6I/AAAAAAAAAHU/xomRytLnRP8/s1600-h/SECOND+-+King+James+CT+-+Ross+Makepeace+and+Iain+Thomas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/R8_AgQ5GP6I/AAAAAAAAAHU/xomRytLnRP8/s400/SECOND+-+King+James+CT+-+Ross+Makepeace+and+Iain+Thomas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174566157394788258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;2nd Place, The Times National Young Creatives Competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ps5cY14jJJU&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ps5cY14jJJU&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-8543067033595385322?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/8543067033595385322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=8543067033595385322' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/8543067033595385322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/8543067033595385322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2008/03/enlighten-newspaper-ad.html' title='Enlighten Newspaper Ad'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/R8_AgQ5GP6I/AAAAAAAAAHU/xomRytLnRP8/s72-c/SECOND+-+King+James+CT+-+Ross+Makepeace+and+Iain+Thomas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-2323909442559757099</id><published>2008-02-13T03:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-13T04:20:20.221-08:00</updated><title type='text'>TNS Research Surveys Book Of Values</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try 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href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/ScjkdxxbnqI/AAAAAAAAATc/xl6eSZpBO7U/s1600-h/JW+Walk+of+fame+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 40px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/ScjkdxxbnqI/AAAAAAAAATc/xl6eSZpBO7U/s320/JW+Walk+of+fame+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316750560338878114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="h1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Silver Loerie 2007, Cannes Finalist 2008, Featured in X-ings: Shaping Culture Through Design Exhibition, University Of Pretoria Design Archive Permanent Collection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jazz pioneers&lt;br /&gt;engraved in stone&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;In the steps of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Johnnie Walker Pioneering Spirits of Jazz were given stars in the granite around Mary Fitzgerald Square.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;i&gt;May 22, 2007&lt;/i&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;By Lucky Sindane&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; A WALK of Fame was unveiled in the Newtown cultural precinct on Saturday, 19 May to honour nine jazz legends for their contribution to the country's unique interpretation of jazz music. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Johnnie Walker Pioneering Spirits of Jazz honoured Miriam Makeba, Winston Mankunku, Hotep Idris Galeta, Jonas Gwangwa, Kippie Moeketsi, Chris McGregor, Basil 'Manenberg' Coetzee, Zakes Nkosi and Ntemi Piliso at Bassline in Newtown. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; A panel that included music producers, industry archivists and jazz writers identified these legends.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;img src="http://www.joburg-archive.co.za/images_2007/may/walkoffame00.jpg" alt="Jonas Gwangwa receives an award from Sammy Mafu head of marketing at the Johannesburg Development Agency" border="0" height="255" width="318" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Jonas Gwangwa receives an award from Sammy Mafu head of marketing at the Johannesburg Development Agency&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p&gt; Attending the event was Gauteng MEC for sport, arts, culture and recreation Barbara Creecy; musicians and jazz legends. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Creecy said: "The 1940s and 1950s were indeed difficult times, the height of the pass system and apartheid era, but these jazz musicians found creative expression in their music, which gave hope and joy to so many in the communities in which they lived then, both here and later abroad. [They were also an] inspiration for our new generation so that the wonderful sounds represented by these Pioneering Spirits of Jazz are still in evidence today." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Similar to Hollywood's Walk of Fame, the pioneer's names are engraved on the granite. Next to their names are inspirational stories about the musicians. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"I've received awards before but this the best way to be honoured," said Jonas Gwangwa. "I am particularly delighted about the People's Choice fund to uplift the youth in Jazz. This more than anything strengthens my belief in the need to have such events as the Pioneering Sprits of Jazz Walk of Fame. The legacy we have created is then continued." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sindiswa Mbude, Johnnie Walker's Marketing Manager said although some of the Jazz Pioneers may have received international recognition, not much has been done in South Africa to honor them. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; "They are the spirit of our unique SA jazz legacy which dates back to the early years of the 20th century, beginning with the sounds of Marabi drawing people into the shebeen to our new modern strains. This is why we decided to create a platform to recognize and honor them. We want to recognize the artists' own personal journeys and will be documenting this as a way to inspire others to take those first steps in realizing their passion," said Mbude. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The granite Walk of Fame is next to Mary Fitzgerald Square, along the way to Bassline. Members of the public had a chance to vote for their jazz pioneer and Hotep Idris Galeta was named the people's choice jazz pioneer. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; He received a cheque of R30 000 to use towards the upliftment and promotion of jazz. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Upon receiving the award Galeta said, " I feel extremely honoured for the recognition from Johnnie Walker and humbled by the tribute it had made to the jazz musicians of South Africa." &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; "We are confident that amateur, innovative young jazz artists will follow their dreams and be inspired by the stories of the jazz greats that are being honoured through this important initiative, and continue to take South African jazz into new creative directions," Creecy concluded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Taken from: http://www.johannesburg.gov.za/2007/may/may22_walkoffame.stm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RlGRUmH_AOI/AAAAAAAAADg/H-kPH__HHyc/s1600-h/Jazz1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-5460953016255359499?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/5460953016255359499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=5460953016255359499' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/5460953016255359499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/5460953016255359499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2007/04/powerade-balance.html' title='Powerade Balance'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' 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The elements were designed to fit into/onto each other.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-4077471449870063674?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/4077471449870063674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=4077471449870063674' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/4077471449870063674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/4077471449870063674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2007/04/boudry-bosch-ci.html' title='Boudry Bosch CI'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-8211394355798246777</id><published>2007-04-19T04:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T04:42:38.452-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Bull Big Wave Africa Prize Packaging</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/464978090_97a9007125_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/464978090_97a9007125_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Constructed out of Neoprene/wetsuit material.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-8211394355798246777?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/8211394355798246777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=8211394355798246777' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/8211394355798246777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/8211394355798246777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2007/04/red-bull-big-wave-africa-prize.html' title='Red Bull Big Wave Africa Prize Packaging'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-2568774168779045147</id><published>2007-04-19T04:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T04:40:52.010-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Musica Gift Voucher</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/464978074_0430de60c9_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/464978074_0430de60c9_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the inside it says "Aren't you glad I got you a gift voucher instead?"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-2568774168779045147?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/2568774168779045147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=2568774168779045147' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/2568774168779045147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/2568774168779045147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2007/04/musica-gift-voucher.html' title='Musica Gift Voucher'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-6930470545232073384</id><published>2007-04-19T04:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T04:38:15.383-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Prankster CD Packaging</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/464978084_4155e6ca3a_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/464978084_4155e6ca3a_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-6930470545232073384?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/6930470545232073384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=6930470545232073384' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/6930470545232073384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/6930470545232073384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2007/04/prankster-cd-packaging.html' title='Prankster CD Packaging'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-7969514431269023738</id><published>2007-04-19T04:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T04:29:42.900-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Water+</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/464987679_c9cce9460c_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/464987679_c9cce9460c_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-7969514431269023738?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/7969514431269023738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=7969514431269023738' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/7969514431269023738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/7969514431269023738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2007/04/water.html' title='Water+'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-7523346082877990709</id><published>2007-04-19T04:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T04:26:44.766-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Arrive Alive Poster</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/464990953_d78e278ea1_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/220/464990953_d78e278ea1_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-7523346082877990709?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/7523346082877990709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=7523346082877990709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/7523346082877990709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/7523346082877990709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2007/04/arrive-alive-poster.html' title='Arrive Alive Poster'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-1335130045677110066</id><published>2007-02-07T01:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-07T01:23:25.766-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Design Indaba Van Wrap Competition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RcmaayUQW1I/AAAAAAAAAAo/wDdHaYIbiDU/s1600-h/vans3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RcmaayUQW1I/AAAAAAAAAAo/wDdHaYIbiDU/s400/vans3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028720243909876562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RcmaTCUQW0I/AAAAAAAAAAg/wHRqgv6zPJc/s1600-h/vans2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RcmaTCUQW0I/AAAAAAAAAAg/wHRqgv6zPJc/s400/vans2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028720110765890370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RcmaNSUQWzI/AAAAAAAAAAY/SoX3z3XowaI/s1600-h/vans1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RcmaNSUQWzI/AAAAAAAAAAY/SoX3z3XowaI/s400/vans1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028720011981642546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-1335130045677110066?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/1335130045677110066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=1335130045677110066' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/1335130045677110066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/1335130045677110066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2007/02/design-indaba-van-wrap-competition.html' title='Design Indaba Van Wrap Competition'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RcmaayUQW1I/AAAAAAAAAAo/wDdHaYIbiDU/s72-c/vans3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-3074709595617818693</id><published>2007-01-16T06:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-16T06:08:59.781-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2006/7 Agency Christmas Card</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RazcPSe-5WI/AAAAAAAAAAM/iA0NiDQl4Hk/s1600-h/xmas+card.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RazcPSe-5WI/AAAAAAAAAAM/iA0NiDQl4Hk/s400/xmas+card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020629839829198178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Thank you, David Ross, for being a man amongst men and baring your Rudolph to all our clients, and now, the Internet.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-3074709595617818693?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/3074709595617818693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=3074709595617818693' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/3074709595617818693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/3074709595617818693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2007/01/20067-agency-christmas-card.html' title='2006/7 Agency Christmas Card'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jJmd50RUOTE/RazcPSe-5WI/AAAAAAAAAAM/iA0NiDQl4Hk/s72-c/xmas+card.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-7559791194829503910</id><published>2006-11-24T10:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-24T10:39:15.877-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hope Project HIV/AIDS Ad</title><content type='html'>&lt;embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-1401222781281044311&amp;hl=en" flashvars=""&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-7559791194829503910?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/7559791194829503910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=7559791194829503910' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/7559791194829503910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/7559791194829503910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/hope-project-hivaids-ad.html' title='Hope Project HIV/AIDS Ad'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-8766020207132171862</id><published>2006-11-14T12:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T14:00:10.745-08:00</updated><title type='text'>CD Wherehouse Poster</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1699/4519/1600/IMG_0898.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1699/4519/320/IMG_0898.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;CD Wherehouse Poster. A poster I did with Ross Chowles. I don't know why but it's one of my favourite pieces and I keep it stuck up at home. We found the copy in an old book on Blue Note records, I just edited it down into that paragraph.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-8766020207132171862?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/8766020207132171862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=8766020207132171862' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/8766020207132171862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/8766020207132171862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/cd-wherehouse-poster.html' title='CD Wherehouse Poster'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-8153446476852274297</id><published>2006-11-14T07:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T07:23:06.285-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Yardley Serendipity Ad</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K9fTxUc-X8A"&gt; &lt;/param&gt; &lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K9fTxUc-X8A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"&gt; &lt;/embed&gt; &lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-8153446476852274297?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/8153446476852274297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=8153446476852274297' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/8153446476852274297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/8153446476852274297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/yardley-serendipity-ad.html' title='Yardley Serendipity Ad'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-4092388381890245454</id><published>2006-11-14T07:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:45:04.530-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fruitree Ad</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The script was written by the time I got to Bester Burke, I just helped out with the music and final production.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TiFGaTvnBWk"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TiFGaTvnBWk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-4092388381890245454?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/4092388381890245454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=4092388381890245454' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/4092388381890245454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/4092388381890245454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/fruitree-ad.html' title='Fruitree Ad'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-529376562766040102</id><published>2006-11-14T02:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:48:53.771-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Yardley 442 Ad</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Yardley 442 Ad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Originally conceptualised by Stuart McCreedie and Graham Taylor-Warne while at Bester Burke, production finished off by Iain Thomas and Greg Cameron.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8278772699289312162&amp;amp;hl=en" flashvars=""&gt; &lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="pageheading" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="pageheading" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;table class="recenttable" align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="35%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/s.gif" width="6" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="mvnub"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/196/12.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class="contentheading"&gt;Mukunda and Say Thank You team up on new Yardley commercial&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="author"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/12/12234.html#Contact"&gt;Issued by: One Planet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/s.gif" border="0" height="5" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="contentsummary"&gt; &lt;i&gt;The success of the launch commercial for 442, the new male fragrance from Yardley, has a lot to do with the collaboration between two of the country's most interesting talents - Mukunda, director at production company Krishna Smiles Flowers Bloom and sound wünderkind Markus "Wormstorm" Smith at studio Say Thank You.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="contentbody"&gt; &lt;img src="http://mars.biz-community.com/c/0610/3258.jpg" align="left" border="0" height="150" width="200" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"No matter how well you crack a look and performance, you've also got to get the soundtrack right to take it over the edge.&lt;br /&gt;That's why we hooked up with Markus, he's got a unique take on things," says Mukunda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The commercial features two über-beings in tailored suits in a night time face off on a silver football pitch. The ad has a distinct surreal feel and they wanted a track to compliment the unique look and stand out from the usual. "Much to our delight, the direction that Mukunda wanted to take the music in was definitely out of the realm of conventional 'ad speak'," says Marcus. "And yet the finished result is a TV commercial that works incredibly well with all of its elements in place."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The commercial was conceptualised at Bester Burke with Greg Cameron and Iain Thomas* with the post production finished by Jannez Hendricks at Black Ginger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; Originally conceptualised by Stuart McCreedie and Graham Taylor-Warne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="contentheading"&gt;Mukunda and Bester Burke take it to the next level &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="author"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/12/11403.html#Contact"&gt;Issued by: One Planet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/s.gif" border="0" height="5" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="contentsummary"&gt; &lt;i&gt;If you¹re looking to create a commercial that stands out, don't hold back. That seems to be the idea behind the commercial for the launch of 442 - a new male fragrance and one of the biggest ads ever produced for Yardley. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="contentbody"&gt; &lt;table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="xcontentimagex" width="200"&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.biz-community.com/c/0608/1985.jpg" border="0" height="119" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="xcontentimagex" width="200"&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.biz-community.com/c/0608/1986.jpg" border="0" height="121" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And bold it is. "The idea is centered around male posing, and that's never a subtle thing. So Mukunda wanted to push this, turning the men in to über-beings - super fast, super strong and beautiful looking. And then to balance all the brawn with a heightened and stylized look," says producer Katherine Leach-Lewis. "So he had all the toys: helicopters, cranes, heavy post-production time, and in the end I think the results speak for themselves."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Bester Burke commercial finishes off a flurry of high profile work that Mukunda and production company Krishna Smiles ­ Flowers Bloom has been involved in over the last few months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next up is pre-production on a feature film, a music video for The Dirty Skirts and more of the same from the brain pool of local advertising creatives. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-529376562766040102?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/529376562766040102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=529376562766040102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/529376562766040102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/529376562766040102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/yardley-442-ad.html' title='Yardley 442 Ad'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-6213952735840304153</id><published>2006-11-13T13:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:49:47.234-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Woodlands Long Life Milk</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Woodlands Long Life Milk. This was done during the hight of the Cape Town power cuts, when no one's fridge was working. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/br2cIr3M6ss"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/br2cIr3M6ss" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-6213952735840304153?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/6213952735840304153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=6213952735840304153' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/6213952735840304153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/6213952735840304153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/woodlands-long-life-milk.html' title='Woodlands Long Life Milk'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-1115299786263390333</id><published>2006-11-13T12:11:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:51:38.763-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Nokia Camera Phone</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;A rough ad I cut together from home video footage a while back for a Nokia brief.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kEfPWD5RjXI"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kEfPWD5RjXI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-1115299786263390333?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/1115299786263390333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=1115299786263390333' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/1115299786263390333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/1115299786263390333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/nokia-camera-phone.html' title='Nokia Camera Phone'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116307699526043989</id><published>2006-11-09T04:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T14:01:40.348-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ad Talent</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The idea was to advertise an ad recruitment agency, at the Loeries judging, where creative directors could see it. Perhaps it struck a nerve.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/AD3A-62596.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/AD3A-62596.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116307699526043989?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116307699526043989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116307699526043989' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116307699526043989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116307699526043989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/ad-talent.html' title='Ad Talent'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116307586688102222</id><published>2006-11-09T04:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:53:15.742-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cape Times</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/fist.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/fist.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Cape Times.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial;"&gt;2 Bronze Loeries, Finalist One Show, 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; Place in International Newspaper Marketing Awards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The 'Fist' headline is: "The struggle didn't end in '94."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The 'Bulldozer' headline is "Building a nation?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The 'Two-heads' headline is "As the world changes, how do we?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The 'Megaphone' headline "Hear no evil. See no evil."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I enjoyed working on something that allowed me to comment on the world, or at least invite comment and interpretation through the work itself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The Cinema Ad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JJ0BpdhwRTg"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JJ0BpdhwRTg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/bdozer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/bdozer.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Change.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Change.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Loudhailer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Loudhailer.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116307586688102222?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116307586688102222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116307586688102222' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116307586688102222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116307586688102222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/cape-times.html' title='Cape Times'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116307550000690892</id><published>2006-11-09T03:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:53:28.309-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Miraculous Insecticide Chalk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/AD4B-62590.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/AD4B-62590.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Miraculous Insecticide Chalk. Loeries Finalist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Does what it says on the box.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/AD4B-62592.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/AD4B-62592.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/AD4B-62591.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/AD4B-62591.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116307550000690892?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116307550000690892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116307550000690892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116307550000690892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116307550000690892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/miraculous-insecticide-chalk.html' title='Miraculous Insecticide Chalk'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116264829589493357</id><published>2006-11-04T05:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:54:10.219-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Markham Ignite Book</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20Spread%204.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20Spread%204.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Markham Ignite Book. Grand Prix First Paper House Art of Design Awards. First in Category. Gold Craft Loerie for Writing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;I loved working on this project. The client was amazing and really and truly believed in what he was doing, and he infected us with that enthusiasm. Writing a book is hard work, as is designing one (I'm sure Kim Macdonald, the designer will confirm this) but the end results were well worth it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;We created a book with the word "Ignite" on the front cover, printed with material similar to what you'd find on the striking pad on a box of matches. The book itself slides out of the box, looking like a box of matches.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;The book was compiled from 8 hours of video footage from meetings the senior management at Markham held. They were asked to discuss the new direction they wanted the company to move in, I collated that information into the book. We then applied the thinking we'd discovered in the meetings across the packaging, windows and every other aspect of the brand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;The client enjoyed me reading the copy to them so much, I ended up being the voice over for their TVC's and their 'Whispering Windows'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20Spread%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20Spread%201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20Spread%202.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20Spread%202.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20Spread%203.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20Spread%203.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20Spread%205.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20Spread%205.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20Spread%206.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20Spread%206.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20Spread%207.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20Spread%207.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20Spread%208.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20Spread%208.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="body" --&gt;            &lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="95%"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr align="left"&gt;         &lt;td style="vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="archiveheader" height="32" valign="middle" width="410"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I'M THE MAN - What's Lies Beneath a refreshed brand &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;       &lt;/tr&gt;       &lt;tr align="left"&gt;         &lt;td style="vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="bodytext" height="180" valign="top"&gt;                       &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://pursuit.co.za/images/articles/aprmay05_theman1.jpg" align="right" height="221" width="200" /&gt;It’s been around for 130 years, Current management took the decision to reinvent the brand, drop the ‘s’ for starters, and overhaul the stores. Markhams got sexy. It’s now Markham. The Marketing Director, Fernando Ventura, spoke to Cindy Lee Moritz.&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;We’ve arranged to meet outside one of the brand spanking new Markham stores, Tyger Valley to be precise. I think the Foschini people do this so they can baby-sit the first in their rollouts; it always seems to be Tyger Valley first. It must be the proximity to The Foschini Group’s head office in Parow. Fernando Ventura waits outside the storefront, anxious as a parent whose child is about to perform on stage. “Let’s go have a cup of coffee first,” he suggests, “then I’ll take you round the store and you’ll have a better understanding of it all.” We head to a nearby coffee shop. Over a cappuccino, there’s no stopping Fernando. His enthusiasm spills over and his obvious zeal for the brand in infectious. I can’t wait to look around the store. Meanwhile, I get the background story.&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;“It came out of a management strategy session held back in November 2002,” he begins. “We decided to reposition Markhams; as the only national men’s retailer in South Africa, we weren’t capturing enough market share. Also, in many areas, the brand stood for different things in the consumer’s mind. Like in Durban it stood for something different than in Cape Town. We decided we needed the brand handwriting to be uniform. Also, the stores were looking a lot like the female retail outlets, so we needed something unique for men, but without alienating women. We had to regain market share.” He slides an intriguing package across the table. “It’s all in there,” he says. I uncover a hardcover book, beautifully presented with an image of redhead matches on the front. Its packaging reads, “Ignite”. I’m getting the picture. I’m holding in my hand the sum of all the parts. I flip to the first page. “The brand is the logo, right?” it says. In bold, black font follows one word, “Wrong”. Then, “The brand is the sum of everything we do from the e-mail we send down the hall, to the ad on TV. A salesperson on the floor is the brand when a customer interacts with him. The brand is not a logo. It is us and everything we do, stand for and believe in.”&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;Fernando fills me in on the menswear retail position. “Firstly, a significant percentage of menswear buying decisions are made by women especially at other unisex retailers. Then, men often are relegated to the back end of the store. We needed to do something dramatically different. We looked around the world, but you can’t find stand-alone menswear retailers. However, we do command a place in the South African retail marketplace … South Africa has a unique way of doing things.” So, I’m understanding, the store experience is going to breathe the brand. &lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;He flips to a page in the brand book headed, “We’re going on a brand journey, FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT!” I read somewhere at the bottom of the page, “It’s not just a retailer anymore, it’s a somebody, a damn fine sexy somebody. It’s a club where guys can come and relax, chill out and catch a game. It’s a hardware store with clothes that’ll finally give guys in malls a place to go and be guys. And because this new brand is so well defined, it doesn’t matter how old the customer is or where he comes from. It’s a mindset. A sense of style.”&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;The customer, it looks like, is all-important in this scenario. “Oh yes,” nods Fernando. “Look, we’ve mapped out the customer journey, identifying all the touch points the consumer has with the brand.” It begins with the brand informing the customer by advertising, direct marketing or word of mouth. Then it attracts him, by location, signage and window displays. It welcomes him through the doors and orientates via clear navigation. Browsing is followed by interaction with staff, ending in purchase and finally reassurance through having the brand in hand, telling a friend and membership of the Markham men’s club. “We had to set aside egos in the process,” explains Fernando, “There was a whole team of us working on this. We did it with First Partnership in the UK, which is a brand consultant. We wanted a very objective group without preconceptions and baggage. We decided that the culture had to change. Even how we recruit now is based on the customer journey. Fundamentally, we’ve arrived at a different way of doing things.” Markhams needed to be perceived differently, from the staid formal wear retailer to a trendy fashion store. “We moved away from being a men’s outfitter to a fashion retailer,” says Fernando, “shedding 131 years of baggage.”&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://pursuit.co.za/images/articles/aprmay05_theman2.jpg" align="left" height="252" width="200" /&gt;Now Markham is about a contemporary, sexy, confident guy, someone who Fernando says is, “Always a hero.” The brand book puts it this way: “(These men) live where all Markham people should live – in the trendiest, most impressive apartment imaginable.” The new look store emulates that type of home. And the visual merchandise and point of sale material speak with the voice of this hero: “They got in and drove … no destination and no time limits”, “Danger was his only friend”, and “Don’t mess with fate, she will always win” sets the tone for the kind of guy the brand is relating to. It’s your choice of George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Lucas Radebe, Sting, David Beckham or the Benni McCarthy type of guy. Seemingly diverse, but with these things in common: passion, confidence, a sense of style and a hint of mischief. All without being arrogant. It’s the kind of guy you meet and the ‘spark’ of the meeting stays with you. Fernando calls him a ‘hunter’ who’ll seek out the right piece, “he still gets a buzz out of wearing a great suit.”&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;Coffee done, we move to the store. It’s bright, well lit, spacious and vivid. Nothing bland about it. “The passion in store is nothing like what goes at back at the office,” comments Fernando. “We spent an entire week doing the brand book, seven hours of interviewing with our agency, Jupiter Drawing Room, involved throughout. Every step had to ensure value transfer,” he says. “We had the brand vision, identity and language all documented before we designed the store. We’ve ensured that all our partners and agencies have played a key role. We’ve done Corporate Identity manuals for all our overseas partners, manufacturers and trend advisers … we’re big on involvement.” &lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p&gt;Fernando stresses that while Markham may be pursuing the ultimate in “cool”, they don’t want it to be perceived as “too cool”. “The last thing we want to do its intimidate people like some snobby model. Treat people the way you want to be treated.” And what about affordability? “Price has become more of a differentiator as opposed to brand,” comments Fernando, “and Markham will always be a value retailer, though not price driven. We know we’re perceived to deliver quality at an affordable price,” he says, “so we match product to the consumer’s perceptions.” &lt;/p&gt; It’s not a case of dumping suppliers either. Read the black and white in the book: “We want long-term relationships with our suppliers, not some one-night-stand based on prices or trends. If we say we love you today, it means we’ll love you tomorrow. Just don’t forget to do the dishes or you can go live with your mother.” You’d better be joking on the last bit, but the first two sentences have a good ring to them. We like this kind of guy, us girls, and I’ll bet most guys wouldn’t mind being perceived as just like him either. Markham is a significant contributor to The Foschini Group’s profits, so while the brand overhaul is fun, sexy and a bit cheeky, the reality is that it was borne out of a financial and business decision. With 172 stores country wide, Markham can’t afford to have gotten it wrong. My feeling is they’ve got it spot on. How can you argue with, “I am the man”? &lt;p&gt;         &lt;/p&gt;         &lt;/td&gt;       &lt;/tr&gt;       &lt;tr&gt;         &lt;td style="vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="bodytext" height="105" valign="middle"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://pursuit.co.za/images/logo_Johnnic_new.jpg" border="0" height="66" width="255" /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116264829589493357?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116264829589493357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116264829589493357' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264829589493357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264829589493357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/markham-ignite-book.html' title='Markham Ignite Book'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116264791401503459</id><published>2006-11-04T05:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T10:51:08.087-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Markham Packaging</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/CRW_0674.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/CRW_0674.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20bag%206.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20bag%206.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20bag%205.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20bag%205.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20bag%204.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20bag%204.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20bag%203.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20bag%203.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20bag%202.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20bag%202.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/Markham%20bag%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/Markham%20bag%201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116264791401503459?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116264791401503459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116264791401503459' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264791401503459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264791401503459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/markham-packaging.html' title='Markham Packaging'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116264761591831246</id><published>2006-11-04T05:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:54:27.813-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Musica Thumbs Ad</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/thumb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/thumb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Musica Thumbs Ad. This got pulled out of judging at the last minute because it ran too late.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116264761591831246?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116264761591831246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116264761591831246' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264761591831246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264761591831246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/musica-thumbs-ad.html' title='Musica Thumbs Ad'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116264751699006603</id><published>2006-11-04T05:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T14:07:24.497-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Primi Piatti Packaging</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/primi%20pizza%20boxes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/primi%20pizza%20boxes.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Primi Piatti Packaging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I consider this one of my stranger pieces of work, just because the message we needed to impress upon people was that their kitchens are incredibly clean (which they are). While it's not something I'd normally do with food packaging, I think we solved it in a novel way, spoofing the design and layout from washing powder boxes and detergents.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116264751699006603?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116264751699006603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116264751699006603' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264751699006603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264751699006603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/primi-piatti-packaging.html' title='Primi Piatti Packaging'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116264744494549596</id><published>2006-11-04T05:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:56:10.301-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Musica Talking Gift Boxes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/MBOXESR.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/MBOXESR.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/MBOXES2R.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/MBOXES2R.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Musica Talking Gift Boxes. Silver Loerie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;We decided it'd be interesting to use ironic black and white pictures on Musica gift boxes, considering their usual aesthetic is much more contemporary. While writing the headlines for the boxes, we discovered that people enjoyed writing their own headlines much more than reading mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116264744494549596?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116264744494549596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116264744494549596' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264744494549596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264744494549596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/musica-talking-gift-boxes.html' title='Musica Talking Gift Boxes'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116264719398319322</id><published>2006-11-04T05:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:56:23.408-08:00</updated><title type='text'>AMH Mechanical Aid Logo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/AMH%20logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/AMH%20logo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;AMH Mechanical Aid Logo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Quite a nice solution I thought for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;"Medical aid for your car."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116264719398319322?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116264719398319322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116264719398319322' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264719398319322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264719398319322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/amh-mechanical-aid-logo.html' title='AMH Mechanical Aid Logo'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116264709174235327</id><published>2006-11-04T05:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-04-19T04:35:17.085-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gringo's Tequila Packaging</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/464978078_94d687813c_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/464978078_94d687813c_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/464978076_6adc2341a3_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/464978076_6adc2341a3_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/464978080_5902981773_o.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/464978080_5902981773_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/60674a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/60674a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/60674b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/60674b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Gringo's Tequila Packaging. Loeries finalist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The original packaging for this was incredibly kitsch, we ended up doing this as a nice way to create credibility and a sense of heritage for the brand. The posters, were a finalist in the craft for writing category of the Loeries (as well as several other categories).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116264709174235327?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116264709174235327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116264709174235327' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264709174235327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264709174235327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/gringos-tequila.html' title='Gringo&apos;s Tequila Packaging'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116264672090117437</id><published>2006-11-04T05:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T13:57:39.375-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Musica Scout Packaging</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1699/4519/1600/IMG_0755.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1699/4519/320/IMG_0755.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1699/4519/1600/IMG_0759.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1699/4519/320/IMG_0759.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/10%20PRODUCT%20DISPLAY.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/10%20PRODUCT%20DISPLAY.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Musica Scout Packaging.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;This was fun to work on, besides being threatened by the scouts for trademark infringement (they can be quite mean when they want to be).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/37021347-116264672090117437?l=iainsthomas.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/feeds/116264672090117437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=37021347&amp;postID=116264672090117437' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264672090117437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/37021347/posts/default/116264672090117437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://iainsthomas.blogspot.com/2006/11/musica-scout-packaging.html' title='Musica Scout Packaging'/><author><name>Me</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/177/370613481_eeb8ee1bb0.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37021347.post-116249679239145455</id><published>2006-11-02T11:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-14T14:18:03.729-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Design Indaba 8</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Design Indaba 8 Campaign. 2 Silver Loeries, 1 Silver Medal New York Art Director's Club, One Show Finalist. Featured on adforums.com, Communication Arts, Advantage Magazine, The United Nations Environmental Program's Sustainable Communications Gallery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;This was an exciting project to work on, mainly because when you're designing for a design festival, you can really set the cat on fire and bring out the juggling elephants. The campaign was based around the central thought of "Stop. Think. Design." or the idea that designers need to take responsibility for what they create. Hence, in the print campaign, we named and shamed, in a sense, the designers responsible for the AK47, Whites Only Signs, The Florida Ballot and more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;The poster itself is an example of design with a conscious, the plastic bag it's printed on is preprogrammed to degraded over time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/1600/DI8Whites.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/967/4150/320/DI8Whites.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Design Indaba 8: Stop. Think. Design.&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As design becomes an increasingly respected tool, designers walk the inevitable tightrope of power and its corollary: responsibility. While for previous Design Indaba speaker, Ross Lovegrove, this could mean the intricate possibilities of maximising the use of a solar powered car, fellow designer, Neville Brody broaches the subject: Can design feed people? Indeed, while a TV commercial's 30 seconds of fame may be fleeting, and a print ad a momentary distraction, a work of design, argues The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town, may have more lasting implications.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the potential longevity of design as a starting point, Jupiter designers have developed a campaign for Design Indaba 8 with the following logic: Stop. Think. Design. "The campaign is about realising the potential and power of design," says designer Carla Kreuser. "It hopes to explore new possibilities rather than be a preacher of doomsday messages. We're looking at design as something that goes beyond a 9 to 5 desk job, as something both powerful and empowering." Adds Jupiter Design Writer, Iain Thomas, "Of all the media, elements of design like a logo or a product's packaging are designed to endure, and we hope to create a sense of the social impact of that extended lifespan, and the responsibility which must accompany it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How better to in investigate responsible design than to venture a gaze at its antithesis? Designs like the infamously misleading Bush-Gore Florida ballot and the Apartheid era's officious "White's Only" signs find new life in the Design Indaba 8's print campaign. Designers and the institutions responsible for these "artworks" are acknowledged beside their creations to emphasise designers' intricate relationship with the society in which they operate, and their responsibility (or lack thereof) to that society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further tribute to the functionality of design comes through the Design Indaba 8 poster, perhaps the most ingenious element of the campaign. "Where a traditional poster lives as a piece of cardboard attached to a wall and is eventually relegated to waste, the DI8 poster is a perfect marriage of function and form. Created from oxo-biodegradable plastic, the bag contains an additive, which allows it to decompose once exposed to the environment until all that remains is simply water, humus and carbon dioxide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The poster reveals "The Life Cycle of Litter", and details the lifespan of commonly discarded items. While a tin can may last for a century, the poster will cease to exist "When you want it to." "We wanted to illustrate the concept through the design of the poster, to positively explore the choices people have as designers," says Thomas. "Certain designs may be functional or beautiful enough to develop a second life in their original form. However, if a design cannot function beyond its initial purpose, then at least prevent it from being another item of discarded waste."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sent as a mailer inside the biodegradable poster is the Design Indaba brochure. Once again, it becomes apparent how, in Thomas' words, "One person's design becomes another's rubbish." The brochure's jacket cover is the product of hours of dustbin-digging reformed into a 2D design graveyard. Further occurrences of design's unsuccessful second life feature inside, with a broken heel illustrating a wasted shoe in the fashion, jewellery and trends section, and a house skewed by a hurricane introducing the importance of architecture. Says Kreuser of the dilapidated house, "When we found that image, we noticed that while some houses had survived the hurricane, others completely collapsed. Another example of imperfect design becoming wasteage."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The focus on functionality is becoming increasingly relevant in the design community. "Particularly in South Africa, where we have limited resources", says Kreuser, "design needs to have a social conscience. It's not necessarily about change on a major level it can mean something as simple as designing a chair which is more ergonomic, more comfortable, more suited to its purpose." The designers Design Indaba 8 is attracting are impassioned and compassionate people who are concerned with design as an improving tool. "We live in an age which is aware of its circumstances and has a desire to be responsible. The Stop. Think. 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