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• Erskine Design at FOWD

  Once upon a time, or more specifically during the afternoon of Wednesday 16th April, members of the team that is Erskine Design started to head into the city that is London. These hairy, broad-foreheaded ogres from the north were descending upon this nation's capital for an event of medium proportions. This is their story.

  Read the rest of this entry, Erskine Design at FOWD // Posted on 18/04/08 // 3 comments

• Hell Yes

  The act of jumping on bandwagons often proves to be a frustrating and disappointing exercise, and for good reason. The fact is that if a large amount of people like something, it's generally shite in some way or another; Keane, Carlsberg, Nike, Pirates of the Caribbean, Communism. The list goes on. The bandwagon syndrome however, does have its advantages and sometimes reaffirms your faith in the oh so fickle "let's all do the same thing" mentally.

  Read the rest of this entry, Hell Yes // Posted on 15/04/08 // 2 comments

• Message from a mental-Greg

  

  Today, directly in the offices of Erskine Design (where I work) and extraordinarily aware of the absence of any real force of authority, I slacked off for one whole hour. No really, I did slack off, chimp style. I put my feet up, purchased myself a tasty beverage, and slumped.

  Read the rest of this entry, Message from a mental-Greg // Posted on 09/04/08 // 3 comments

• Being overly anal with HTML enduces rage

  In the strange lands of HTML, semantics purism has been a fairly hot topic of late. With the help of some slightly more advanced CSS2 selectors, web developers have been able to start cutting out those unnecessary divisions and nasty classes, but are they just making more work for themselves?

  Read the rest of this entry, Being overly anal with HTML enduces rage // Posted on 02/04/08 // 4 comments

• Ben Saunders and his North Pole Speed Record

  

  Ben Saunders is a polar explorer, an athlete and a legend. At Erskine Design we got the pleasure of working with Ben on a website for his latest expedition; a solo speed record to the North Pole. Seeing as I had a significant role in the project, I thought I'd talk about some of the directions and decisions that were made during it's development.

  Read the rest of this entry, Ben Saunders and his North Pole Speed Record // Posted on 21/03/08 // 7 comments

Older Entries

• A little more about the redesign // 06/03/08 // 4 comments
• She will be mine, oh yes // 05/03/08 // 1 comment
• photoset Penguin Books // 28/02/08
• Sod It, It’s Live // 28/02/08 // 12 comments
• Review: Cloverfield // 06/02/08 // 0 comments
• Review: Sweeney Todd // 27/01/08 // 0 comments
• Review: Lust, Caution // 20/01/08 // 0 comments
• photoset Found Steam Train Type // 10/01/08
• Review: The Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass // 19/12/07 // 0 comments
• Review: American Gangster // 26/11/07 // 0 comments

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