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Tom Harle
In the gutter, looking at the stars
Interests: digital campaigning, fashion, local history, technology, dark rum, full-sounding melodic music, communities, german design, the third way, aspirational magazines
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They were made by http://www.howies.co.uk but it was a few years ago, not sure if they're still doing them. Good luck!
Toggle Commented May 15, 2013 on Tony Davidson's D&AD Lecture at aspire to enquire
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Just wanted to share this amazing performance: There are lots of other brilliant videos by watchlistentell on the youtube, not all of which have distinct similarities to the Burberry Acoustic series which I also loved. Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2013 at aspire to enquire
I'm doing a lot of train travelling at the moment; trips back to Wales and working with on site at a client's business park. I keep being reminded of this aweome music video for Chemical Brothers by Michel Gondry: Continue reading
Posted Apr 10, 2013 at aspire to enquire
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I was loaned a copy of Apartamento last week - it's an interesting read; it juxtaposes people's fascinating living spaces alongside in-depth interviews about significant parts of their lives. It's all done with a kind of art/fashion/new-bourgeoisie lens and on... Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2013 at aspire to enquire
I was up in the Manchester area over Christmas, which offered the opportunity to check out The First Cut, an exhibition of art works crafted in paper at The Manchester Gallery. There's a lot of beautiful stuff shown in the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2013 at aspire to enquire
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A lot of community-led projects I hear people talk about, locally or nationally, seem to be based around complex tech platforms and structures. Regardless of how awesome they will be one day, they spend ages in some sort of 'coming... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2013 at aspire to enquire
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One of the things pinterest is obviously great for is collecting inspiration by category - it's enabled me to be much more selective in the kinds of clothes I buy, through my board Without looking foolish, and I've also started... Continue reading
Posted Jan 6, 2013 at aspire to enquire
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This looks interesting for the end of the month - a group of illustrators and designers responding to nature in the context of the London environment. And it's a beautiful poster. There's more information about the show and the contributors... Continue reading
Posted Jan 3, 2013 at aspire to enquire
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I'm not posting here as much as I would like to, I'm going to have a go at posting at least something for the first half of next year, and then see where we get to. Continue reading
Posted Dec 26, 2012 at aspire to enquire
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People do some crazy things after drinking, especially in Brixton, but even I was suprised when I received an email asking when I'd like to attend an induction for Snow Wardens. Continue reading
Posted Dec 10, 2012 at aspire to enquire
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A nice mid-week gig outing to the Islington Assembly Hall, dancing to a bit of Afrobeat. A great support band, the Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra, did a perfect job as a support act - they were exciting enough to warm the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2012 at aspire to enquire
A few months ago I included a little graph in a blog which showed that by 2015, access of the internet from mobile devices will overtake access from desktop/laptop computers. Embarrassingly I can't find the source, but there are quite... Continue reading
Posted Oct 10, 2012 at aspire to enquire
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It's a mystery to me We have a greed with which we have agreed You think you have to want more than you need Until you have it all you won't be free Society, you're a crazy breed I hope... Continue reading
Posted Sep 12, 2012 at aspire to enquire
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There's an ongoing debate at work right now around the idea that 'the best interface is no interface', following on from a blog post by the influential and awesome Cooper studio in San Francisco. I haven't really formulated my thoughts... Continue reading
Posted Sep 10, 2012 at aspire to enquire
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I spotted some new map symbols on a Victoria Line train this week - I'm not sure if they're new or have I just not noticed them before. Can you see them? There's a new symbol for, essentially, 'a little... Continue reading
Posted Sep 4, 2012 at aspire to enquire
"I find the British built environment incredibly depressing. Bad design is everywhere in our housing and buildings and I see no hope for improvement on any scale. We’re increasingly urbanised and our green spaces are being eaten up but our... Continue reading
Posted Sep 3, 2012 at aspire to enquire
A stand-out moment of an inspirational show I was always very humbled to have been able to work on the Sainsbury's Paralympics site, but the real power and scale of the games hit home last night watching the ceremony. The... Continue reading
Posted Aug 30, 2012 at aspire to enquire
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Over the past few years, as I've got more and more involved in digital, it's been interesting how the conversations about 'mobile' have developed. We used to think about apps (and really only about one device) in isolation from any... Continue reading
Posted Aug 24, 2012 at aspire to enquire
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Some fascinating browsing to be done in the Remember Old Cardiff Facebook page I think the group has only been going for a few weeks, and already it has had over 7,000 likes and streams of comments on each picture.... Continue reading
Posted Aug 9, 2012 at aspire to enquire
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My good friend Jess had an amazing idea to capture some of the excitement of vintage Penguin books. Continue reading
Posted Aug 9, 2012 at aspire to enquire
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The future of Planning may not be an evolution to Experience Planning, it could be closer working teams bringing different skillsets together. Continue reading
Posted Aug 8, 2012 at aspire to enquire
In honour of this fantastic news Continue reading
Posted Jul 21, 2012 at aspire to enquire
No, not that kind, the awesome kind with nice camera work and electro: Thanks to John Gibbard for the link. Continue reading
Posted Jul 13, 2012 at aspire to enquire