Gillian Wearing

As I walked around the delightful Tate Milbank this morning, I was introduced to Gillian Wearing. Gillian in an English photographer and video artist. Her work stopped me in my tracks and made me laugh. Her mix of modern day humour, sarcasm and wit depicted in her photography was refreshing. Wearing has described her working method as ‘editing life'. By using photography and video to record the confessions of ordinary people, her work explores the disparities between public and private life, between individual and collective experience. Get yourself down to the Tate Milbank and have a look for yourself.
Now where’s my purse…..

The Billion Dollar Gram

I recently came across this diagram illustrating just how much our friends across the pond spend....Staggering!

Max Mara

Be it in the streets or on our screens, the power of the consumer should never be underestimated. Use this power for your good, not your demise.

Rockin in ya Lee Jeans

As I was going through my iPhone snaps I came across this indie band performing in the display window of Lee Jeans on Carnaby Street. It may be an oldy, but it's certainly a goldy and not the last we will see of in-store activity like this I'm sure!

Forget unlimited free downloads, lets rewind to when evenings of entertainment were filled with the melody of the piano. Well, thanks to the piano's dotted all over central London courtesy of the 'Play me I'm Yours' and 'Sing London Festival' http://www.streetpianos.com/ you can now play a tune on your way home, on your way to work, or on your way to the shops. If, like me you rather not sit near a piano at the vague chance that you might be tempted to play chopsticks and embarrass yourself, there seems to always be a charming lady or gentleman who practiced after those painful piano lessons!

Aardvark

I am really excited about the potential of Aardvark (www.vark.com), I've only just found out about it but it seems the possibilities are endless with such a wealth of knowledge shared by people just like you and me. We all love a good boast now don’t we, and what better way to boast about the things you know than to share them with others. A modern day superpower I think....now there's a thought!

Pizza Hit rebrands to The Hut

With a significant decline in sales, Pizza Hut is responding to the tough economic times by launching a new branding strategy. Will ‘The Hut’ make you want to eat out again?

The subject points to a discussion on whether or not the choice to move away from a brand name that has had such an impact both on our screens and in our bellies for over 50 years is worth it?

Is this the 'new you' era for brands? We've seen it with Norwich Union, ooops I mean 'Aviva' and now with Pizza Hut...oops sorry I mean ‘The Hut'. Is this just another publicity stunt, just like the Pasta Hut campaign? Or will this stick? Time will tell!