Quantum of Solace

At the weekend I went to see the new bond film - Quantum of Solace. I was very excited to see the opening titles had been created by MK12 (a little too excited, I think I annoyed the people behind when I yelled out “MK12” in glee). I have been a fan of them ever since I saw the opening titles to Stranger Than Fiction a few years ago (my favourite part is the dish washer). I did enjoy the opening titles to Quantum of Solace, although, they have come along way since Robert Brownjohn’s day, which I think, is kind of sad.















The other thing I couldn’t help but notice was the titles used to introduce every new city in the film. Finally, someone has decided to move away from the usual generic, overdone, typewriter style font found at the bottom right of the screen. It reminds me of the way designers like Saul Bass and Kyle Cooper manipulate opening titles to be more useful and insightful. The place names are given time to breathe and sink into the viewers mind rather then just being plonked in as an after thought. At first I thought the titles where done by MK12 as well but I later found out they were done by Tomato.

Dont burn yourself

In honour of Guy Fawkes Night I made some festive cup cake that look like little yummy bonfires!

Five re-brand

I noticed a few weeks ago that channel Five have changed their branding. It was done by design studio Dixon Baxi. I’m still not sure what I think of the re-brand. I really liked the branding Spin did. I think it really set Five apart from the other channels and moved them away from a bit of a joke to a credible channel. I suspect Dixon Baxi’s brand will grow on me but at the moment I’m still morning the previous Helvetican branding.

Lego gigantor!

As you can guess by my previous post about Pinky, my inner child loves lego as much as the next. So I was very excited to see a giant lego man appeared on the beach in Brighton a few days ago. The giant lego figure was placed on the beach by an artist called Ego Leonard promoting his exhibition. Sadly he has since been removed by Brighton and Hove council (giant lego man, not Ego).