Check out my gradient toast (aka gradioast, (courtesy of Sue!)). I know this is really rather geeky but thought it was worth a mention that even our toaster is getting into design!

Check out my gradient toast (aka gradioast, (courtesy of Sue!)). I know this is really rather geeky but thought it was worth a mention that even our toaster is getting into design!

Ok Guys, here it is at long last! Our guide for work to be submitted for the Created in Birmingham shop. We wanted a topic to give the work some kind of consistency. After much deliberation, we chose ‘Love Brum’. We at SMILE love Brum (that’s why we chose to stay here), but we feel that it sometimes gets some bad press so now is your chance to give our city the credit that it deserves. If you’ve got some work that you think would sell in our section of the shop, and it’s linked in some way to Birmingham then please send it across to us. Or, even better, pop in to the studio and show us what you’ve got.

Ok Guys, here it is at long last! Our guide for work to be submitted for the Created in Birmingham shop.

We wanted a topic to give the work some kind of consistency. After much deliberation, we chose ‘Love Brum’. We at SMILE love Brum (that’s why we chose to stay here), but we feel that it sometimes gets some bad press so now is your chance to give our city the credit that it deserves.

If you’ve got some work that you think would sell in our section of the shop, and it’s linked in some way to Birmingham then please send it across to us. Or, even better, pop in to the studio and show us what you’ve got.

Blog barmey-ness

Hi Folks…

As you may be aware, we are currently planning for the opening of the CiB shop in the Bullring. Therefore the blogs may be a bit erratic, hence the absence of Object of the week!

I’m currently working on another Birmingham black and white print, so literally haven’t had time to construct the usual blog.

On another cheery note, Nath informed us (with his endless supply of knowledge!!) that it is the official day to complete the last will and testament. Nice.

I’ll report back with more news….

The Coffee Table: Mags, toys and secrets

Some good magazines are out this week. We’ve been mostly enjoying Grafik and Computer Arts - lots to be learnt in both! Grafik even had a very nice poster with it.

And whats this? Ooooh, it’s a secret!

We’ll end todays post with some more LEGO. I got this for my birthday (the Monday just gone) and it’s a coin bank. The mechanism (made from LEGO) sends an octopus out to grab the money. Too cool.

Want to get your hands on SMILE stuff?

As you may be aware from Nath’s post yesterday, Created in Birmingham will be running a retail unit in the Bullring shopping centre. We will have a section of the shop to sell some work of ours, and some of our favourite pieces from other people.

Now„, we’re working on a brief for contributors to follow, as we will only have a limited space so need to be selective. But, we are not sure which pieces of our work we should include. So, is there any piece of our work that you would like to be available in the shop? Anything you might have seen on our website, or on our blog, or anywhere else for that matter!!