Monday, July 30, 2007

STILL ENJOYING IT

SoryiHalo

YESTERDAY WAS A SUNNY DAY so we went out walking in the afternoon. It was nice. We ended up in the Tate Modern in South Bank. We caught the bus back, and took some cool photo's on the way. If you're ever in London, and don't want to pay for a tour bus, but do want to catch a bus that shows you everything, try the 139. It goes from Waterloo Bridge in the south to West Hampstead in the north. I've got a nice Flickr set to show you the journey. You can see Houses of Parliment and the Thames riverbanks, Trafalgar Square, St James Park, Piccadilly Circus and even the Abbey Road crossing. Pretty good no?

Check it out yo!

ALSO: We saw Sophie Ellis Bextor in Soho. Soryi was all "Hey!! There's SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR!" and I was all like "WHAT?! WHERE!" and she was standing like a foot away looking at us yelling about her. It was funny.


IESSO

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Facebook

SaulGreenburgSM

Yes, we finally joined Facebook too. I know. After all the criticism and constant requests we caved in. Anyway we joined together as Saul Greenburg.

That's some bad photoshopping if I do say so myself. Which I do. It is possibly the scariest thing ever. Except this (same result, different logic).

See you all there!

WES&SASO

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

A VERY ENGLIGH THING TO DO

Tea

TODAY AT 4.00PM WE STOPPED WORK AND HAD A TEA BREAK. Today's theme was Yorkshire, which doesn't mean anything to me, bit apparently it's in the north. And the tea was strong. Anyway someone made cakes and bought special tea to bring in. They take in turns. Last week was Devonshire tea. Very fancy. Very cool. Very nice.

IESSO

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

A CHALLENGE

QantasLogo

I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER... why did they destroy a perfectly nice logo like the Qantas kangaroo? Apparently new plane shapes require a differently shaped roo, but they could have still kept the spirit of the old one.

The Qantas logo has changed over the years, loosing it's iconic wings in 1984, leading to the now old logo design. Perhaps they could've brought the wings back if they had to redo the logo. The part that bothers me most is the kangaroo's chest. It looks like something I drew as a kid, rather than a stylised kangaroo. Some people are saying pterodactyl, but I dunno if it's that yet.

But I'm putting out a challenge to anyone who wants to enter. Redraw the kangaroo as best you can to fit within the new triangle shape. I am determinned to prove that it's not the logo that's bad, but the poor rendering of it. Send me your images and I'll post them up. I'll do one too of course. You have 1 week!

IESSO

DAY 1

Brent

THE FIRST DAY WENT WELL. It was different from what I was expecting... equal parts more hectic and less hectic than I feared. The hours were long (8.30–6.30) and there's a lot to do, and it needs to be done well, but they pretty much left me alone to my own devices. I was expecting a team of PR-bots, as well as my bosses to be constantly monitoring me, but they didn't. When I showed them what I was doing they were pleased, but then just left me alone to continue.

There are a few unexpected things that I've never experienced in an office before:

- An elevator
- A fruit basket every morning
- A cafeteria
- A coffee maker that makes 7 kinds of coffee and 5 teas
- A Starbucks
- A reception area with sign-in sheets
- A mailroom with delivery people
- A phone book to contact people within the office
- 6 floors with well over 500 staff
- Ricky Gervais standing outside having a smoke

Today is now my second day at work, and it's going to be pretty intense I reckon. I need to get my work done today because I'm not going to be here tomorrow.
(I'm working on a freelance basis, so they only need me here for 2 days this week.)

UPDATE: They've asked me to stay on till the end of the week a few minutes ago. So that's more work, experience, and money!
UPDATE 2: I've had to remove some of the names and details. And officially I got it wrong when I said the workplace was a PR company. They're definitely advertising. And they company I'm in is purely design. Hope that clears things up.

Take care everyone.

IESSO

Saturday, July 21, 2007

OBSCURE TO FAMOUS

iPodCommercial
CeCeFinally

I DON'T WANT TO SAY THEY COPIED but they're very similar styles. Watch the 'Finally' video by CeCe Peniston, and the original iPods ads (the black silhouettes on colored backgrounds) and tell me if I'm being crazy. I realise that they're produced in a drastically different way, and the CeCe video isn't really the same... but there is definitely a similarity between some of the shots!


iPod Commercial
vs Finally

IESSO

Friday, July 20, 2007

A HOLE IN THE CLOUDS WITH THE LIGHTS SHINING THROUGH ALL EPIC LIKE

Saatc

SO I START MONDAY. It's only on a freelance basis for the moment, because we're taking 'baby steps', but it seems pretty promising. They really liked my work and were excited to get me in before 'someone else snatched me up'. So I'm pretty excited. But I'm nervous. They're a freaking huge company, who is world famous! I've already got a project to work on and everything. For a phone company, working with (he's doing the TV ad) an English footballer with a squeaky voice, skinny wife and a new job in LA. But don't mention his name.

Anyway, hopefully it'll be a permanent thing, and I will no longer be a bum!
IESSO

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

MISERY OF SOUND

MiseryofSound

I'VE HAD A FEW INTERVIEWS IN THE LAST WEEK. The best and most promising, and of course most exciting was with The Ministry of Sound. I'd be doing CD's, records, posters, t-shirts, loads of great stuff... I went for an interview with the head designer and production manager, and it went really well! REALLY REALLY WELL! My chances were good. I had a second interview with the head of PR and their external consultant, and they basically bullied the head designer into going with someone else. DAMN!

I had a few more interviews as well, but that was really promising, and sounded like a load of fun! I was really looking forward to it. Like I had never looked forward to a job before. And now I'm about the same amount of miserable as I was a week ago. Despite the prospect of another job... but it's not the one I wanted! It is very organised and professional, and voted best place to work in the UK a few times, but it's not the one I wanted!!! (imagine a baby yelling that about icecream, and that's the voice in my head saying it as I type)

Maybe it's for the best. Maybe if that's the kind of tactics they use then I don't want it anyway. Maybe it wouldn't have worked out anyway. Maybe it's not my work, but my lack of experience. Maybe. I'm still really disappointed though. They really did get my hopes up. I was practically promised that job after the first interview. The second one was a mere formality.

DAMN!

IESSO

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

THREEDEE

Elliott3Dcolor

THIS TOTALLY WORKS! Get yourself some 3D glasses and prepare to be amazed!
IESSO
PS. Fingerguns=cool.

Friday, July 06, 2007

ALL ABOUT ME

Medical-Promo

I'VE REWORKED MY PROMOTIONAL PIECE TO SEND TO POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS. It's got larger sample pages, as well seperate PDF's for the cover letter, as well as CV/resume. I've also changed the color from red to cyan. It's a bit friendlier and less agressive, but still strong and vibrant. Plus I love cyan. Best color ever.

Let me know what you think. Click HERE to download the promo PDF. Careful, it's 2.4MB.
I know it's a bit big, but it's print resolution. Kind of.

IESSO

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

SAME OLD, SAME OLD...

WarIsPeace
Spies
Spies

ONCE AGAIN I'M PLAYING AROUND WITH 1984. It's just so perfect for experimentation. I think. Anyway I sent a brief to Colin (from uni) about a project I'm playing with. How do you launch a movie remake of 1984 without advertising that horrible TV show 'Big Brother'? It'd be a really tough challenge. And I don't know the answer. But I intend to find out.

I don't think this is the answer. It's too realistic and too propaganda-ish. It needs to be much more over the top. I think more Nazi-like! And even more intense. To show that it's fake, it has to be hyper-real. But the project would be good for students, getting them to think about the message, about type, about images, about identities (of all the different goverment departments) and most importantly about how it's marketed! Should be interesting.

And I'll keep trying.

IESSO

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

A SILVER LINING?

StPauls

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO THINK OF A GOOD TITLE FOR THIS POST, but I couldn't. Anyway in the past few days I've had a few more intreviews. They were with recruitment companies, not studios, but they were generally positive. The previous post was with another recruitment company, but it was very depressing, they weren't responsive, and I was just another candidate. These other three were much more encouraging, not just because they're better companies (they know more studios) and they were very encouraging. I have some work to do regarding my portfolio, mainly just doing a version without the magazine to distract! Although they do like the magazine too, it does make it more interesting/memorable. Anyway...

The most recent agency has a few studios in mind for me to send my CV/folio to, and we'll see what happens. I'm still terrified, but maybe things will get better. I might even get myself a proper job even!

IESSO



PS> This is gold.