Shameless Self-Promotion

“Puss” Means “Kiss” in Swedish

Leonie Cumiskey — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:58:51 +0000

Do you like weird facts and knowing what time it is? Great! You should go to Factoclock – you learn something new every minute.

Write It In Your Own Voice

Leonie Cumiskey — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:56:34 +0000

Brilliant series of adverts from Uniball which highlight the merits of sending a handwritten letter and cleverly illustrate what misused fonts say about your message. An advertising campaign which is all about communication and implicit meaning – so meta! My favourite one is ‘Pappy Is Dead‘, which makes fun of Comic Sans (the underdog of all fonts) and there is also quite a camp skit deriding the Broadway font, too. The ‘Bust You Out’ version is probably the most effective, because obviously slang sounds so ridiculous when it’s read out in the Queen’s English! It reminds me of the time when James Blunt had to read out some Sean Paul lyrics on Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

Great work from TBWA South Africa.

Kinetica GIF!

Leonie Cumiskey — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:32:14 +0000

These are some photographs I took at Kinetica Art Fair back in March. I wanted an excuse to play around with the GIF Maker on 15 Folds using my own photographs; these images were perfect because I could easily align the spheres to be the same size on Photoshop.

The Black Angels Tour Posters

Leonie Cumiskey — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:56:43 +0000

Gorgeous gig posters for The Black Angels – so many different variations for each location on the American tour. These are all by Matt Cliff, who got in touch with me after I originally posted about how much I liked the branding for the new album and The Black Angels’ Facebook cover.

Reasons To Be Cheerful: Bass Drum Of Death

Leonie Cumiskey — Sun, 12 May 2013 23:22:38 +0000

It’s May and the weather is still awful and a whole load of other stuff isn’t going so well for me either, but I am seeing Bass Drum Of Death at The Black Heart – a tiny venue in Camden – on Thursday. I’ve loved these guys for two years and I haven’t seen them yet so…yay!

The Prince of Prints

Leonie Cumiskey — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:26:25 +0000

Another lovely coffee table book for my ever-growing wish list. This gorgeous limited edition book, published by Taschen, charts the visual history of print maverick Emilio Pucci. I love pyschedelia and I love fashion, so obviously I want this iconic tome for my collection!
It’s a bit pricey at £44.99, but each book is individually bound in Pucci print fabric, and features hundreds of photographs, drawings, and candid shots from the archive of the Emilio Pucci Foundation. Below are some spreads from inside the book.
Want it.

Style Over Substance

Leonie Cumiskey — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:44:50 +0000

Style or substance? Audi and BBH believe you can have both in their new TV ad…

Unless you’re a woman! Hahaha, let’s all sneer at the silly vain tart who’s fallen down in the rain! She can’t have style and substance – she chose style, the moron.

God’s Own Junkyard

Leonie Cumiskey — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:36:46 +0000

Today I headed up to Walthamstow to visit Chris Bracey’s huge studio on Vallentin Road – God’s Own Junkyard. Peeking through the locked iron gates, it really does look just like a junkyard, but once inside it’s like an Aladdin’s cave of neon treasures.I don’t know whether it’s because of the junkyard’s location, or if it’s because not that many people know about it, but when my friend and I showed up at around 2pm on a Saturday – a peak time for visitors in most places – we were lucky enough to be the only people there.The man who works there, John, is really friendly and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of pretty much everything stored in the studio. He was happy to show us round, pointing out props and signs that had been in various films, like Tombraider, Eyes Wide Shut, and the newest installment of the Iron Man films – a huge ‘STARK’ sign. I really can’t recommend this place enough; I’ve never been anywhere else like it!

David Bowie – The Next Day

Leonie Cumiskey — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:26:59 +0000

Another amazing new video from David Bowie! Once again, he’s teamed up with Floria Sigismondi - the same director who did the video for ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’ - and this time Bowie plays a prophet. Gary Oldman co-stars as a priest and Marion Cotillard is the leading lady, portraying a prostitute who develops stigmata. The cinematography and styling in this video is brilliant – so many frames make amazing images in their own right.Love this demonic nun look – definitely doing something similar for Halloween this year!When I first saw it, I thought it was a bit of a shame that people are so jaded these days that it probably wouldn’t be recognised as being particularly scandalous. But then I read some headlines about how it had already pissed off some Catholics and I took comfort in the fact that of course religious zealots and Daily Mail readers are still so easy to shock! Normally I would post the video here, but to enjoy it in its full glory you should probably watch it on Vevo – then you don’t have to see an annoying logo, or watch it on a tiny screen. Enjoy!

Google Doodle: Saul Bass

Leonie Cumiskey — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:51:34 +0000

Animated tribute to legendary graphic designer, Saul Bass, on Google today – amazing.