Jesper: Banging The Drum

Jesper has made it onto The Drum's "Future stars of TV production" list! He was always a star to us, but it's nice to see other people realise that too. 

Read all about it here. 

The picture they use for the post is great, but is just a crop and doesn't tell the whole story:

Whatever story that might be is beyond us (giant baby?)

Viral Marketing: Second Wave

Following on from our collaboration with the Dyson Airblade hand-dryer, the second wave of NS's toilet-based campaign is this "urban etching" we've commissioned in the gents of the Royal Sovereign pub in Clapton (where the clientele are eclectic but the handmade pizzas are intense)

IKEA "Grandpa" by Jesper Ericstam

This little short is a follow-up to Jesper's lovely IKEA "Night Walkers" spot (watch here!)

There's a lot to like about Jesper's original IKEA spot, not least of which the underrated star turn by grandpa, popping up at the end after a night's sleep under the kitchen sofa. So thankfully, he gets his own little film here, delightfully showing Jesper's grasp on comedy & endearing characterisation. And scaring children.

We love it and so do Creativity:

Jesper + IKEA = Magic

Nice Shot: Cap'n Birdseye

Found on an abandoned pirate ship sometime in 1930s, this rare "Piece of Art" was the last remaining artefact from the vessel. No one knows where the ship was from or where it was going, making this rare "Piece of Art" more special. 

Nice Shot: Cold

The little cold snap in London we went through recently was pretty harsh at times (much public transport drama) but it is nothing compared to a fantastic article over on National Geographic about Douglas Mawson's 1910 expedition to Antartica, dubbed "The Most Terrible Polar Exploration Ever"

The article is gripping and horrifically gasp-inducing. Like this bit:

Three days after [a fellow crewmate's] death, Mawson discovered to his horror that the soles of his feet had completely detached from the skin beneath them, which spurted pus and blood. He taped the dead soles to his feet, and put on six pairs of wool socks. Every step thereafter was an agony.

Yikes! Bare in mind that this point, Mawson was only about halfway through his entire ordeal. We throughly urge you read the full article. The above pic is of another expedition member- a pic of Douglas Mawson is below, commemorated on a stamp (love that etching)

Production Diaries: Number Two

Amongst all this snowmageddon/Blue Monday/worst day of the year claptrap, comes this picture from Rich who is currently working hard, hardly working in South Africa. I mean, that's nice and everything, but I know where I'd rather be, building killer snowmen:

Toilet Paper

Awesomeness stumbled upon through various internetting. The photographs all come from Toilet Paper magazine and are inspiring whilst being hyper bizarre. Definitely reminiscent of Partizan's CANADA.