This is a cool idea, really nice to play with if a tiny bit melancholy. Have a go.

Found on Mr Tate’s crack unit

I uncovered this wonderfully preserved example of an early ‘Apple iPod’ when rummaging around some murky backstreet the other day.

It wasn’t working but I emailed Tony Robinson about it anyway.

No reply as yet. Perhaps it’s a little outside his remit?

Thanks to friend of TDOD (my mum!) for sending us this.

ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time — people who’ve profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART & COPY were responsible for “Just Do It,” “I Love NY,” “Where’s the Beef?,” “Got Milk,” “Think Different,” and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion.

Thanks to Tim Sumner (UCLAN graphics student) for sending this. See more here.

These amazingly detailed celebrity faces may look like sketches but they are in fact carved out of unwanted phone books…

For more about the artist click here.

Documentary celebrating the triumph, tragedy and human comedy that was Manchester record company, Factory. Started by the late Tony Wilson, Alan Erasmus, Peter Saville and Martin Hannett in the late 1970s, it became known as the home of Joy Divsion, New Order and Happy Mondays and for creating the Hacienda club. The label pioneered Britain’s independent pop culture, creating a new Manchester and blowing a shed-load of money. Includes interviews with all the main players in the Factory story.

Well worth a butchers.