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Smirnoff Experience Secret Party 2008

Splendid uses eye-catching ambient media to drive traffic to www.thewayin.com.au, a treasure hunt for tickets to the biggest free party in Australia

Big Pond 'Dung' Game Launch in Sydney

Splendid brings World Square in Sydney to a standstill with 'Dung'-themed lawn bowls for the launch of the new game for mobile and PC from Big Pond

The Smirnoff Experience Microfestival

Splendid turns the tables on music festivals, giving aspiring DJs their shot at 15 minutes of fame at the Smirnoff Experience Microfestival

Guinness St Patrick's Day

A media relations campaign to leverage Guinness St Patrick’s Day activities and promote the Guinness.mobi pub finder

Lovers' Marmite

Splendid re-creates Rodin's iconic statue 'The Kiss' using Lovers' Marmite to promote the limited edition product on Valentine's Day

Smirnoff Ten in Australia

Splendid welcomes the ‘Smirnoff Ten’ international nightlife experts to Australia to sample and review the best in Ozzie bar and club culture

Guinness Domino Phenomenon

Splendid helps Guinness to create a nationwide domino shortage in the run up to Christmas

Smirnoff Electric Cabaret

Splendid heralds the triumphant return of Smirnoff Electric Cabaret to London’s Koko with a celebration of the best in original entertainment 

Bluewater Santa Boot Camp

Splendid creates a Father Christmas fitness programme for Bluewater Shopping Centre, to set a healthy example to children

Guinness Advertising Amplification

Splendid builds the hype to launch ‘Tipping Point’ the latest Guinness epic created by AMV

Bluewater Christmas Brand Experience

Giant installations prove that ‘Bluewater Has Christmas All Wrapped Up'

Paddington Bear Tries Marmite

Paddington Bear tries Marmite and Splendid manages a nationwide debate: has the teddy legend sold out?  

Smirnoff Electric Cabaret

Our national campaign for Smirnoff showcases the most mixed-up and original entertainment in nightlife

London Fashion Week

Splendid promotes geek chic at London Fashion Week, as Geek Squad enables fabulous technology for fashionistas

Guinness Marmite

Splendid spreads the love as two iconic brands join together in a sandwich made in heaven

Boots Change One Thing

Splendid engages Natasha Hamilton to lead the Boots campaign to help smokers kick the habit

Rexona

Splendid commissions research for Rexona to highlight the accelerating pace of modern European women’s lifestyles

Lawn Tennis Association

Working with stars as diverse as Peter Crouch and Goldie Lookin' Chain, Splendid helps the LTA to inspire a new generation of British talent

Marmart

With toast as the canvas, Splendid challenges the nation to create art using the spread we either love or hate

Smirnoff Purification

Splendid takes its Smirnoff Purification Installation on a tour of British seaside towns to make seawater fit to drink 

Yahoo! DJ Centenary

After 100 years of spinning the platters that matter, a Splendid campaign wishes happy birthday Mr. DJ!

Peperami Fanimal

England flop at the World Cup (again) and Splendid leads the nation's ranting with Peperami Fanimal

Our Clients Splendid Loves

Psycho Buildings at The Hayward, til 25 August  30/06/08

Posted By: Naomi

The brilliant exhibition brings together the work of artists who create architecturally-inspired work:  habitat-like structures and architectural environments. Explore The Hayward's spaces inside and out, including a room frozen in a moment of explosive disaster; tunnels linking galleries; an eerie but strangely beautiful village of over 200 dollhouses; a floating plastic cloud (which you can crawl around on/in and look down on people below) and a skyline boating pond! Great for both big and small people.

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/visual-arts/hayward-exhibitions

Guerrilla gardening for vegetables  20/06/08

Posted By: Niki

As part of the London Festival of Architecture, bags full of salads, herbs and flowers will be placed around London to meet demand for local home grown produce. You can see the fruits of their labours at various locations, including VACANT LOT on Cheap Street. Seventy bags of soil have turned a dilapidated housing estate into a buzzing and fruitful community hub. Gordon Ramsay would be proud!

http://www.lfa2008.org/event.php?id=57&name=Grow+Bags%3A+Urban+Allotments 

Make a Tape  20/06/08

Posted By: Mark

Now playing: Frankenstein’s Monster Mix’ by Pete Hawkes

“A selection of freshly grave-robbed anatomical tunes, crudely stitched together to form a body of musical work for your enjoyment.”

Coming up next week....

"Dad Dancing 2": Following last week's Father's Day tribute, we return with a second edition of 'Dad Dancing' music. Big up to all you Splendid Dads out there - you made a second tape!

 www.makeatape.com

Prankster Gangsters  12/06/08

Posted By: Shirin

A new blog covers what is practically becoming an art form: the prank. Urban Prankster posts the latest 'pranks, hacks, participatory art, flash mobs, and other creative endeavors that take place in public places in cities across the world.' They had us at hello.

www.urbanprankster.com   

Pimm's O'Clock  11/06/08

Posted By: Kiran

Quite a nice little viral from the Pimm's lot…..

http://www.timeout.com/london/pimms/findpub.html

Our next 'away day'  11/06/08

Posted By: Gareth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWF8KV4IW5o

Hide and seek  11/06/08

Posted By: Nick

Sign up for the next installment from 4th June

SIGN UP IS NOW LIVE. GO TO WWW.HIDEANDSEEKFEST.CO.UK

Mr Reeling's This Is It....
Following on from last year's extraordinary Journey to the End of the Night, the Assistants bring you This is It... co-presented by K-Swiss for HIDE + SEEK FESTIVAL 2008. www.kspace.tv.

An exhilarating hybrid of Gideon Reeling's particular form of interactive entertainment and that old favourite, tag.

Surrender yourself to the night. Run through the streets of London attempting to avoid capture from people who are chasing you. If you are caught you become a chaser.
Your task is to negotiate a series of checkpoints around London, to not get caught by the dark forces and to liberate our special guest band in time to join Mr Reeling's opening Hide and Seek party.

The only forms of travel allowed are your own two feet and public transport. Be ready to run, ready to hide, Friends become foes in a heartbeat, be ready for the longest night.

 

Razorlight and Fatboy Slim   11/06/08

Posted By: Nick

http://www.rockness.co.uk/

Graffiti animation  11/06/08

Posted By: Liz

This is long but when you have a spare five minutes it is worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4&eurl=http://apps.facebook.com/superwall/view.php?newsfeed=1&id=806586158&owner_id=223700272

 

Vintage  05/06/08

Posted By: Liz

£10 or less hand picked vintage!

http://www.theeastendthriftstore.com/   

Linkin Purpz  05/06/08

Posted By: Chris

German Metal band produce head banging fan song for Age of Conan championing the development team as Gods of War. Samples Arnie from the Conan the Barbarian film. User Generated Content at its finest – Brings new meaning to “Heads will Roll!”.  

Gods of War - Linkin Purpz: http://community.ageofconan.com/conan/frontend/files/Linkin%20Purpz%20-%20Gods%20of%20War.mp3 

Linkin Purpz on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/linkinpurpz2008

How to win a pitch  28/05/08

Posted By: Shirin

This scene from the season finale of Mad Men shows how it’s done:

 http://youtube.com/watch?v=R2bLNkCqpuY

New Age of Conan – Femme Fatale Trailer!  23/05/08

Posted By: Chris

Half-dressed, low-polygonal women stab virtual men in the back instead of participating in the standard post-coital embrace.

http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/play/28006/PC/Age-of-Conan-Hyborian-Adventures

Spirograph!  22/05/08

Posted By: Rax

Inspired by the amazing shop window display at Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge, we started wondering whatever happened to Spirograph – the Eighties’ phenomenon that instantly turned us all into psychedelic art prodigies. Well, if you fancy reliving the genius that is Spirograph, check out http://wordsmith.org/~anu/java/spirograph.html - a virtual version that is really addictive! For those of you wondering what a Spirograph is…

A Spirograph is a curve formed by rolling a circle inside or outside of another circle. The pen is placed at any point on the rolling circle. If the radius of fixed circle is R, the radius of moving circle is r, and the offset of the pen point in the moving circle is O, then the equation of the resulting curve is defined by:

x = (R+r)*cos(t) - (r+O)*cos(((R+r)/r)*t)
y = (R+r)*sin(t) - (r+O)*sin(((R+r)/r)*t)
Or simply put... you stick your pen into a thingy and rill it around and you get nice patterns... ! And if you’re lucky enough to be too young to take a stroll down Memory Lane, you can always head down to 109-125 Knightsbridge instead to see the real thing in action!  Hypnotising stuff….Zzzzzzz…… [3…2…1… you’re back in the room!]

Living in a Disco  20/05/08

Posted By: Nick

Following on from a storming debut at the Star of Bethnal Green with nicest-man-in-dance-music Anu "Freeform Five" Pillai last month, we're returning to our Dalston residency for a good ol' basement knees-up….

This Saturday 24th May sees L.I.A.D launch the season of sunshine with a PALM SPRINGS SUMMER OPENING PARTY. Revellers will be transported to middle America circa 1975 for glamorous excess in pastel colours. Think Palm trees, clean lines, golf-chic and gaudy swimwear.

Heading up sonic direction will be Nightmoves. Having put out Klaxons and Punks Jump Up remixes on oh-so-now imprint Kitsuné as well as sprinkling disco magic over ex-Moloko and first-lady of electro-pop Roisin Murphy, Nightmoves – aka Matt Waites – has ‘production thoroughbred’ written all over him. His DJ credentials have been given the seal of approved by Wax On and Bugged Out to name but 2..

Joining him will be quite literally one of the biggest names in music. Ever. TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS (T.E.E.D) is the 19 year old wunderkind hailing from Oxford who may prove to be the perfect tonic to all that noisy Parisian stuff. Making playful but driving electronic pop music with purpose, T.E.E.D already has Radio 1 plays under his belt. This will be T.E.E.D’s “London Disco debut” playing a set entirely of his own tracks and re-rubs.

In support will be hosts Mr Lip and Dr Astroturf as well as disco’s own Thin White Duke, Pablo; generally not mixing warm, chuggy cosmica to see you through the last Bank Holiday Saturday until August!
 http://www.timeout.com/london/clubs/events/735419/living_in_a_disco_presents_palm_springs_summer_opening_party.htmlwww.myspace.com/livinginadisco
www.myspace.com/nightmovesareboom

www.myspace.com/totallyenormousextinctdinosaurs
 

Persepolis  16/05/08

Posted By: Naomi

A revolutionary, award-winning animated film with powerful black-and-white images, graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi tells the story of her life as a rebellious and outspoken child growing up in Tehran under the Shah's regime and Islamic revolution. With a smart and sassy heroine and funny pop culture references, this is a wise coming-of-age story which will make you both laugh and cry.

Make a Tape   16/05/08

Posted By: Naomi

Create your own unique mix tape, or just play and listen, every Friday from 4:00pm.

Now playing: Proudlove's Four Seasons

http://www.makeatape.com/

Market restaurant  13/05/08

Posted By: Naomi

Finally - somewhere decent to eat in Camden!

Best restaurant I have visited in a long time and can't wait to find a reason to go back

Market, 43 Parkway

Rangers  12/05/08

Posted By: Suzanne

Rangers' improbable trek to Wednesday's Uefa Cup final date with Zenit St Petersburg.

They have not reached this stage of a tournament since they beat Moscow Dynamo in the European Cup-Winners' Cup in Barcelona in 1972.

Come on Rangers!

Make a Tape  09/05/08

Posted By: Haran

Create your own unique mix tape, or just play and listen, every Friday to end your working week, from 4:00pm
Now playing: Haran's 'Black Bogies'

"Motivated by one man’s journey from the well-to-do, boat race loving west London haven of Putney to the dirty back alleys of Hoxton"

Coming up next week.....'Songs From The Sydney Office!' presented by Splendid, Australia.

 

J.K. Rowling, Dostoyevsky and You  08/05/08

Posted By: Shirin

The days of rejection from big publishing houses are gone with the advent of Blurb—“a creative publishing service simple and smart enough to make anyone an author”. Just download the software, add images and text, and promote (or buy) your own book…

http://www.blurb.com

The Rock House in Jamaica   07/05/08

Posted By: Ben

Perched on volcanic cliffs just down the road from Chris Blackwell’s gaff, jump off your balcony into the rock pools, and all for about the same price as the Hoxton Hotel. 

http://www.rockhousehotel.com

www.makeatape.com  02/05/08

Posted By: Mark

Create your own unique mix tape, or just play and listen, every Friday from 4:00pm.

Now playing: CRUSH MIX
"Something for the mind and soul....a guaranteed hit for the whole family!"

The Apprentice – it just gets better and better!  02/05/08

Posted By: Naomi

Apprenticewatch this week included a three-hour debate about where to place an apostrophe (with calls made to the Telegraph editor and the British Library to try and resolve the issue), a commitment to give “150%” effort, and an idea for greetings cards based on green issues and environmentalism…. Duh!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/newsarticle/cid/138.html

Mark Hix’s new restaurant   02/05/08

Posted By: Niki

Hix Oyster and Chop House.  The Porterhouse steak for two is a delicious feast and of course the oysters are a must

Ewoks  01/05/08

Posted By: Mark

Spot Lando.

Make a Tape weekly mix  26/04/08

Posted By: Nick

Make your own unique tape, or just play and listen. Every Friday from 4:00pm.
Now playing! "Nick's Friday Flutter Cut's"
Warning: Fast galloping tracks but no horses
And coming up next week....Haran presents "Black Bogies"

Smirnoff Electric Cabaret at ABC Glasgow (17 April)   23/04/08

Posted By: Naomi

Another epic performance for Smirnoff Original Nights, this time up in Glasgow with Electric Cabaret hosting a fantastic line-up: kick-off from the loveable Pete & the Pirates; then a great set from Mystery Jets, a show-stopping performance from New Young Pony Club and finally a DJ set from Maximo Park (with initial collaboration with legendary DJ, Linus Loves).

Also entertaining the Glasgow Massive were a range of weird and wonderful original Cabaret, with plenty of spontaneous fun as always from dressing-up boxes, tattoo and make-up stands and innovative Smirnoff drinking experiences around the venue. A really successful event with Glasgow's finest rocking the rafters.

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-gb&vid=b887d517-2e7e-4e8e-af4a-a02cca442e21

Living in a Disco   22/04/08

Posted By: Nick

LIVING IN A DISCO has been invited by the lovely people behind Mulletover to host one of the first Saturdays at their new venue in Bethnal Green.

As well as hosting legendary raves with the likes of Ewan Pearson, Ivan Smagghe and M.A.N.D.Y, Mulletover have thrown beach parties, forest parties and boat parties for 4 years so we're chuffed they want L.I.A.D at the helm for the launch of their new home.

As if all that's not sounding exciting enough, we're well smug that our special guest will be Freeform Five. Turning in mixes for everyone from Justin Timberlake and Brian Wilson to Alter Ego and Switch, Freeform Five - aka Anu Pillai - also showed everyone 'pop' needn't necessarily mean 2-bit talent-contest-runner-up with his band's album 'Strangest Things' in 2004.

His DJ sets span proper funk through to deutchenbleepen and he's taken time out from playing the world's top discos to come spin some records at LIAD.

LIAD residents Mr Lip and Dr Astroturf will also be throwing down the usual mix of astro-electroid bangers, wonky disco and pop de bastarde.

See you at the bar.

LIADx

LIVING IN A DISCO
STAR OF BETHNAL GREEN
359 BETHNAL GREEN ROAD
LONDON
E2 6LG

SATURDAY 26TH APRIL
8PM-2AM
FREE BEFORE 10, £5 AFTER

DJs
FREEFORM FIVE
MR LIP
DR ASTROTURF

www.myspace.com/livinginadisco

The Sunset Marquis Hotel in Los Angeles  21/04/08

Posted By: Ben

The last word in understated cool – the bar is impossible to get into unless you’re a guest or a megastar and it’s so dark anyone and everyone could be in there and you wouldn’t know. You’re pretty much guaranteed though to meet Billy Bob Thornton who has lived there for the last 5 years...

www.sunsetmarquishotel.com

Mini DJs  20/04/08

Posted By: Nick

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2josUqMTUmE&feature=related

Mix tapes  18/04/08

Posted By: Alec

Splendid launches weekly mix tape sessions.....

Make your own unique mix tape, or play and listen, every Friday from 4:00pm

Now playing: Splendid Director Alec Samways presents mix tape 1: "The Sound of '68"


www.makeatape.com

Tas Firin  17/04/08

Posted By: Niki

 Situated on Bethnal Green Road, it's the best Turkish restaurant in East London.

Jumble Sales  17/04/08

Posted By: Liz

http://www.93feeteast.co.uk/diary/index.cfm?View=Day&EventDate=2008-01-20

O'Sullivan losing it   16/04/08

Posted By: Gary

This is brilliant –  O’Sullivan losing it at a press conference…watch the youtube vid…

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/insport/march08/lewdronnieosullivaninvestigated.htm

A bargain  14/04/08

Posted By: Frankie

East End Film Festival  14/04/08

Posted By: Kiran

Starts this Thursday

http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/index.php?/aboutus/C4/

Celebrity Come Dine with Me… tonight!  10/04/08

Posted By: Kiran

http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=10&channelId=132&programmeId=76468204&jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details.jsp

The UK’s first mobile chocolate bar   10/04/08

Posted By: Sarah

by Petra Barran– a van travelling the entire length of the UK to bring you chocolate in whatever form (molten, baked, frozen, melted...) you desire. She even makes Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes (and check out the blog of her travels online)

chocstar.co.uk

Inflatable Pubs   09/04/08

Posted By: Liz

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/inflatable-pub

Viktor and Rolfs Upside Down Store!   06/04/08

Posted By: Liz

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/inspiration/look-viktor-rolf-store-014510  

Red Bull Flugtag  04/04/08

Posted By: Suzanne

The first Australia Red Bull flugtag this weekend in Sydney…

http://www.redbullflugtag.com.au/

Green House   03/04/08

Posted By: Mark

These guys host parties at their houses, film it and broadcast it on the internet. They've had people like Giles Smith and King Roc play but their intention is not only to share the music, but to spread a bit of environmental awareness. The party's carbon neutral as they only book djs who are in London anyway, they recycle everything and they make sure all the drinks are organic and locally sourced etc.

Great website and a wicked underground idea....they are mates of mates and looking for sponsorship to the tune of a few hundred quid - so let me me know if this strikes a chord with anyone.

http://www.kitchenparty.tv

You Dig The Tunnell, I’ll Hide The Soil, 4 April – 10 May  01/04/08

Posted By: Naomi

Latest exhibition at White Cube (Hoxton) celebrates the life and work of Edgar Allen Poe.

This exhibition brings together a broad range of these responses, from 34 artists, ranging from painting and sculpture to installation, digital media and performance, as well as existing works such as Douglas Gordon’s Sleeper (Portrait to Edgar Allan Poe) and Mike Nelson’s installation Melnais Kakis (The Black Cat)

And don’t forget to see the second half of the expedition, in the gloomy dark recesses of the Poe-esque basement of Shoreditch Town Hall

http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/poe/  

 

Emerging Trends   31/03/08

Posted By: Gareth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=088AWsTtTFU&eurl=http://emergetrends.com/

The Rat Race   31/03/08

Posted By: Nick

Wieden and Kennedy’s window installation;  “The Rat Race” – a London underground shaped rat run, also online at www.ratbook.co.uk

Fanzone  28/03/08

Posted By: Gary

You've just got to love the composure and the self-restraint that these guys show - it's what we all love about sport isn't it - pure unadulterated childlike behaviour.  Fair play to Sky for capturing the moment.
Is this really the day that Arsenal kissed goodbye to any chance of the Premiership crown?  We don't know, but this clip alone certainly made for far better viewing than a dreary night in Paris..

And you thought the tube was bad...   28/03/08

Posted By: Nick

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5127313249780524359

Turn over the Page – this Sunday, March 30th  27/03/08

Posted By: Naomi

A Shoreditch festival with a difference - a series of book-themed walks with loads of foodie stuff at the almost completely secret Rochelle cookery School; interviews with cab drivers and readings by Michael Palin and Dan Cruickshank; tea dances and baked bean baltis….. There are even books hidden around the sites – almost like a late easter egg hunt….but with books instead of eggs…..

http://turnoverthepages.wordpress.com/ 

Soul Control   26/03/08

Posted By: Mark

A youth-led multi-media project in which a group of London teenagers have created a mighty cool computer game highlighting the dangers of knife crime and gang culture. The game will be released as a free download on Thursday 3rd April. In the mean time check out the ‘Making Of Soul Control’ documentary at www.youtube.com/soulcontrolthegame 

Save the kids!

Daft’s Punk  23/03/08

Posted By: Gareth

Sat 22nd March @ The Old Queen’s Head
8pm - 2am / £3

DJ's
Boy 8 Bit (Mad Decent)
Leo Greenslade (YoYo)
Mr Lip (Living in a Disco)
DJ Teargas (Daft’sPunk)

Mr Lip and DJ Teargas are joined by Mad Decent’s ‘boy’ of the moment Boy 8 Bit and YoYo resident Leo Greenslade repping the West! Expect a heady mix of future house party classics and proven belters. Think funked-up electro, bumped-out breaks and bastardised booty pop. Intoxicating.

Surf's Up!   20/03/08

Posted By: Kathryn

Estelle  18/03/08

Posted By: Kiran

 Estelle’s new choon – time to get ready for the summer!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=EY0sIovSwuU

Games for grown-ups  17/03/08

Posted By: Naomi

"London's first pervasive games festival" - I love it!

Interesting games with unexpected outcomes....Full festival in June down on the South Bank with "games, wild experiences, new technologies, and at least one party"

http://hideandseekfest.co.uk/

Or if you can’t wait that long get involved in the Sandpit week at Shunt

http://sandpit.hideandseekfest.co.uk/events/

Masque of the Red Death at BAC   14/03/08

Posted By: Naomi

Smirnoff team outing last night for a very original night out – totally amazing production!

http://www.punchdrunk.org.uk/future.htm

Remix  12/03/08

Posted By: Mark

Something truly special is going down beneath the bridge on 20/03/08 as The Remix All Nighter has not one, not two, not even three but four label bosses going head to head for the very first time in a global battle of beats. Ninjatune founder Jon More (Coldcut) squares up to Edbanger head-honcho Busy P, electro sensation Vitalic El Capitan of his own label Citizen Records and ex-Orbital legend Phil Hartnoll (Long Range Recordings) who is set to play a 5hr set with full live band - Boom

These four pioneers have helped shape dance culture into what we know and love today and to have all four playing under one roof is a complete one off that cant be missed especially for the ridiculous entry price of £9.50!!!! – let the games begin.

Into the Hoods   10/03/08

Posted By: Emma B

First seen at the Edinburgh Festival last year, this urban fairytale has to be seen to be believed - outstanding.

http://www.intothehoods.com/

The Age of Innocent  07/03/08

Posted By: Shirin

We’re big fans of innocent, the drinks company. From Fruitstock to its daily blog, the company knows how to nourish its audiences with delicious content and delicious smoothies. Now, in the company’s true democratic spirit, they’re staging a sort of town hall with the innocent AGM* 2008 (*a grown-up meeting), where they’ll share company info and take ideas from the public. If you fancy it, let them know...

www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/AGM/

More from the master of inconspicuous ubiquity  07/03/08

Posted By: Shirin

For someone who shuns the ‘greedy’ art world, Banksy certainly keeps popping up in galleries a lot. The latest is a show of works at the Andipa in Knightsbridge. But according to the man himself: “None of the print and painting exhibitions in proper art galleries are anything to do with me, it's all stuff they bought previously.” What of the recent Damien Hirst collaboration for Sotheby’s Red auction? Well, hey, it was for a good cause. No matter, we love the existencilicious man of mystery. And we much prefer seeing his work on the bare streets of London

www.banksy.co.uk  

 

And now for something completely different...  06/03/08

Posted By: Shirin

What does contemporary art say about us mere mortals? Inquiring Martians want to know. From now until May 18, the Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art at the Barbican Centre presents a “collection conceived by and designed for extraterrestrials”, featuring 175 works by more than 115 artists from Andy Warhol to emerging artists. We love this fresh (and fictitious) perspective on art as artifact.

http://barbican.org.uk/  

Ty  06/03/08

Posted By: Kiran

TY at Jazz Café - who I am going to see tomorrow night!

http://www.meanfiddler.com/displayPage.asp?ArticleID=3439&URLID=19

Draw   06/03/08

Posted By: Gary

DRAW is a must-see exhibition featuring original drawings by 300 artists in the tattoo, literature, design, illustration, animation, skateboard, music, urban and contemporary art worlds. The show is a tribute to the often-underrated but fundamental building-block of visual and graphic art: the drawing.

Artists whose works are in the show include: Moby, Barry McGee, HR Giger, Clive Barker, Gibby Haynes, Ron English, Kat Von D, Tim Biskup, Ben Cho, Mark Gonzales, Derek Hess, Rich Jacobs, KAWS, Neck Face, Rick Griffin, Hank Williams III, Kerry King, WK Interact, Aurel Schmidt, Louis Molloy and Phil Kyle of London Ink, Doze Green, Chris Johanson and Dalek. 25 artists from the UK are debuting works. Their pieces will continue as part of the Draw exhibit as it continues from London, on a six-country world tour that includes showings in Tokyo, Berlin, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

DRAW is the largest contemporary drawing exhibition to emerge out of New York City. The exhibit debuted in October of 2006 at Fuse Gallery to phenomenal response from audience and press alike. It had an equally impressive showing during the SXSW 2007 Music and Interactive-Film Festival in Austin,Texas.

DRAW is now making its much anticipated trip across the Atlantic. The 300 piece collection will open in London at StolenSpace gallery from 6th to 23rd March 2008.

DRAW is curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey with guest curators by Jamie O’Shea, Tim Barber, Jacaeber Kastor, Damian Weinkrantz,Les Barany, Brendan Fowler, Mike Aho, Sto, Victoria Perez and D* Face.

Fun  05/03/08

Posted By: Nick

I had to try really hard to NOT send this earlier. 

http://www.tony-b.org/  

British Sports  04/03/08

Posted By: Gary

The state of British sport this week.  With three of our football teams (at the time of writing) through to the last eight of the Champions League, the week belongs to the professor and his brilliant Arsenal tutees for a truly awe-inspiring performance in the San Siro? And let's also not forget Andy Murray's exploits out in Dubai, seeing off the seemingly invincible Roger Federer. What's not to love?

Shunt  03/03/08

Posted By: Nick

Shunt Vaults underneath London Bridge tube station.  A genuine eye-opener and jaw-dropper for the most hardened of London cynics; get yourself down to London’s premier sub-level speakeasy before it disappears

http://www.shunt.co.uk/

For anyone who can't draw  03/03/08

Posted By: Nick

I can’t draw. Never have been able to.  Which makes this especially impressive

http://344design.typepad.com/

Girls rule, boys drool  02/03/08

Posted By: Shirin

Southwark Council kicks of a 10-day tribute to la femme with International Women’s Week. Highlights this year include a fasion show in aid of the Mayor's charity appeal, a Different Women, Different Places seminar at Tate Modern and Women in the creative industries at the Design Museum.”

http://tinyurl.com/3yv2x2

Home, sweet, London Lite  29/02/08

Posted By: Shirin

We love our daily free papers—but they do tend to pile up. Nine-and-half-tonnes worth a day in London, apparently. Sculptor and artist Sumer Erek is addressing the issue by building a house out of newspapers brought to him by the public.  The public art installation runs March 3-9 in Gillett Square, Dalston N16.

www.myspace.com/newspaperhouse

The Playground Weekender   29/02/08

Posted By: Clare

Australia’s answer to the Big Chill, the Playground Weekender is set on the banks of the Hawkesbury River at Wiseman's ferry, an hour and a half drive from Sydney. Aside from a killer line-up (Crazy Penis, Tom Middleton, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Norman Jay, Steve Bug, Ben Lee, Ralph Lawson, Will Saul) the boutique camping festival also features an outdoor cinema, swimming pool, cabaret acts, a cocktail bar, a healing area, yoga, international food and market stalls, and fancy dress on Saturday. See you there...

http://www.playgroundweekender.com.au

Prologue @ The Scala  29/02/08

Posted By: Mark

Electrohousenrocknrollmashup! featuring live performances from Deadset, Black Mariah, Def By Disco, Metroline
plus Matt Tolfrey (Fabric Left Room) and Big Daddy G (Playtime)
Saturday 8th March

Cookthink  28/02/08

Posted By: Liz

craving + ingredients + mood = recipe

What a GENIUS idea.  Dammit!

 http://www.cookthink.com/  

Eco-slogan tee's  27/02/08

Posted By: Niki

New eco-slogan t-shirts at Topshop.  £12 Fairtrade cotton t-shirts with great illustrations to promote a greener world

http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=0&viewAllFlag=&catalogId=19551&storeId=12556&categoryId=59923&parent_category_rn=42317&productId=624603&langId=-1 

London Word Festival  25/02/08

Posted By: Shirin

Check out the London Word Festival as everyone from poets to troubadours and bloggers to comedians unite for a month-long lovefest to the written and spoken word.

www.londonwordfestival.com

Mini-memoirs  23/02/08

Posted By: Shirin

SMITH magazine challenges you to sum up your life story in six little words.

We think, therefore, we are Splendid. ;-)

Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia  23/02/08

Posted By: Shirin

When the common toilet met the art world. View the avant-garde works of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia at the Tate Modern from now until May 26,2008.

http://tinyurl.com/3bqpvr

Peter Doig at Tate Britain (til 27 April)  20/02/08

Posted By: Naomi

If you only see one exhibition this year make it this one!

Arguably Britain’s leading painter, no other contemporary artist matches his ability to evoke such a strong sense of atmosphere on canvas

'easily the most enthralling show in town' The Observer
'a latter-day Turner" *****' The Evening Standard
'a modern master of landscapes' The Economist
'I don't believe Doig is capable of making a boring painting' The Guardian

'bloody marvellous' Naomi


http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/peterdoig/ 

FFFFound  19/02/08

Posted By: Liz

http://ffffound.com/

Hype Machine   15/02/08

Posted By: Pete

Hype Machine is an Mp3 blog aggregator.  Essentially Google for new music geeks, it allows you to use one site to sift through the thousands of music blog posts made every day, download the latest cutting edge tunes and create a radio stream personalised to your tastes.

www.hypem.com

Huxington Tea House in Shanghai’s Old Town  15/02/08

Posted By: Nick

We English thought we had ‘Tea time’ nailed.  A brief wander around the Old Town in Shanghai soon showed us differently.  Pointing 3 different tipples from of a menu of Philip Pullman proportions set the tone for the experience.  The teas each came in their own glass pot to allow you to watch your tea flower before your eyes (AS good as drinking it) and came served with soy-pickled quail eggs and tofu-meets-pitta-bread nibbles.

http://www.geocities.com/penjing2000/shanghai_old_town.htm

Transient  13/02/08

Posted By: Mark

Valentines weekend...and if music be the food of love, play on! This weekend…join us at what is perhaps the perfect example of a modern day love story as some of the hottest DJs around will be winning the hearts of a fervent crowd of high-spirited party revelers in what's fast becoming one of the most talked about parties in the East End.  On Saturday February 16th Transient will be back to get that floor shaking as The Electric Press's Tom Taylor joins our residents Ad Jones & Dan Kinasz in getting us all hot under the collar…

The Horse & Groom, 26 Curtain Road, Shoreditch EC2A 3NZ, 8pm-2am£5, Tom Taylor, Dan Kinasz & Ad Jones

www.myspace.com/transientrecordsuk

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly  08/02/08

Posted By: Shirin

Julian Schnabel’s beautiful and haunting adaptation of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby book. At 43, Bauby had a stroke that left him totally paralyzed--except his left eye. Using his eye to blink out his entire memoir, he describes his ‘locked-in’ world and the memories of his life. The film is a work of art. 

http://www.thedivingbellandthebutterfly-themovie.com  

Eddie Izzard   08/02/08

Posted By: Niki

Eddie Izzard’s new stand up performance…especially his gags about giraffes and flys…must see funny!

Batbox  08/02/08

Posted By: Liz

Miss Kittin’s new album ‘batbox’ – the latest chick on the techno, electro-pop scene

http://www.myspace.com/kittinmusic    

Darren Almond at White Cube (Hoxton)   07/02/08

Posted By: Naomi

A chance encounter led the artist to start practicing night photography – using moonlight and an extremely long exposure. The result is a series of landscape photographs that are bathed in an eerie brightness, seemingly transforming night into day, an effect on critic describes as “a kind of fog of knowing and unknowing, revealing and concealing.”

Waterfalls and gushing lakes become pools of static steam and a pounding sea is calmed to a thick, solid fog. Always unpopulated, his landscapes suggest the possibility of another existence, a dead-of-night world without the seething masses of humanity.

http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/da_wc_hs/

Til 23 February 2008 

Footy fun   06/02/08

Posted By: Mark

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EvWenPV7yDw

The Mind Chair  04/02/08

Posted By: Liz

The Mind Chair is the creation of London designers Peter Marigold and Beta Tank and is an amazing chair that utilizes sensory substitution technology developed in the 1960s to send and display high-definition moving imagery into the mind of the person seated in it. The design uses a standard plastic chair with a special electronic device attached to the back of it.

This devise makes use of science attributed to Dr Paul Bach-y-Rita and looks like something you would find on the back of your TV or DVD player, but it is this device that transmits via the seated persons skin, the high definition video imagery. In reality the seated person will mentally ‘see’ the transmission sent by the Mind Chair in all its Technicolor glory. The Mind Reading Chair cannot be far off…

The simplistic design masks the thought-provoking abilities of the Mind Chair and for a closer look at the chair it will be exhibited at the forthcoming Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition at MoMA in New York. What can or will the Mind Chair be used for? 

http://www.beta-tank.com/#mindchair

Taxidermy   02/02/08

Posted By: Niki

London Taxidermy has some of the most beautiful and collectible taxidermy in the country.  In particular the bird skeletons are like pieces of art.  You can view a small amount on the website, but for the full range make an appointment to go to the store in Hampton Court…well worth the visit if you’re into this type of thing.

 www.londontaxidermy.com,

Time stands still in New York   02/02/08

Posted By: Shirin

Improv Everywhere’s latest brilliant stunt—200 agents simultaneously freeze to the bewilderment of commuters and tourists in New York’s busy Grand Central Station.

http://www.improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/

Music production made easy  01/02/08

Posted By: Nick

http://www.tony-b.org/

Vampire Weekend  30/01/08

Posted By: Naomi

Despite the name there is not whiff of garlic, crushed velvet or crucifixes, and this is in fact a refreshingly upbeat, playful new debut album from the ‘indie’ guitar scene.  

Mixing up popular African guitar riffs (reminiscent of Peter Gabriel) alongside Western Classical music, these New York college drop-outs describe their sound as ‘Upper West Side Soweto’. Hotly tipped for 2008; worth a listen if only to hear them rhyme “oxford comma’” with “Dharamsala”……

http://www.vampireweekend.com/

www.myspace.com/vampireweekend

The Evening Standard Headline Generator  28/01/08

Posted By: Rax

Strangely addictive and totally surreal. Keep clicking to get new and even more obscure headlines from London’s Evening Standard newspaper

http://thesurrealist.co.uk/standard.php 

The Pantaloons  25/01/08

Posted By: Caitlin

A 5* Edinburgh Fringe performance group who bring free theatre to the masses. They are doing a 3 month door with their Victorian circus-esque performance of The Taming of the Shrew from May

http://www.thepantaloons.co.uk/

Radio with a difference...  24/01/08

Posted By: Haran

New internet radio station. Difference is you can search using mood and tempo…

http://www.musicovery.com/

Create your own Pollock  24/01/08

Posted By: Haran

A cool viral site for people to create their own Jackson Pollock

http://www.jacksonpollock.org/ 

Human Tetris  11/01/08

Posted By: Nick

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=G0LtUX_6IXY

World's Best Bars   11/01/08

Posted By: Liz

The Cocktails section of this site has a useful tool – you select the alcohol and mixer(s) and it tells you what cocktails you can make.

http://www.worldsbestbars.com

Baby Disco  10/01/08

Posted By: Alec

http://babylovesdisco.co.uk/locations/london/

Anthony McGall’s light show at the Serpentine  08/01/08

Posted By: Kiran

Anthony McGall is renowned for using light in an innovative way in film and is known as one of Britain’s most prolific artists during the 1970’s.

http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2007/04/anthony_mccalldecember_2007_ja.html

Yo Yo  08/01/08

Posted By: Ben

Mark Ronson's weekly party, Yo Yo - best night in NYC - everyone pays $10 no guest list total old school style....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRkIOOfqX98

Tablet Hotels – Hotels for Global Nomads  07/01/08

Posted By: Ben

A trusted source to discover and reserve boutique and luxury hotels worldwide. Each hotel is regularly reviewed by Tablet and reviews are current, frank, informative and incredibly well-written. That’s then coupled with a lowest price guarantee for the perfect resource. 

www.tablethotels.com

Festival of 2007  01/01/08

Posted By: Emma

Forget Glastonbury, it was all about La Tomatina in Bunol, Spain for Splendid.

Click here to view our very own video from La Tomatina.  

Arts happening of 2007  01/01/08

Posted By: Naomi

Anthony Gormley's Event Horizon for the sheer force of its creativity and because it made us smile.

Click here to view it

Fashion moment of 2007  01/01/08

Posted By: Gary

To celebrate its silver jubilee, the second coming of the Nike AirForce 1.

 

Click here to view it  

Sports event of 2007  01/01/08

Posted By: Gareth

Easily the high point of British sporting achievement in 2007 ... the Croatian national anthem somewhat misinterpreted.

Click here and watch to the bitter (sweet) end

Tunes that had toes tapping in the office in 2007  01/01/08

Posted By: Tori

CSS - Let's Make Love ... and the whole album for that matter The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control Bob Sinclair Live at Playboy Mansion.  

Click here for CSS on youtube

Click here for The Gossip on youtube

Click here for Bob Sinclair on youtube

Beat a fighter pilot!   19/12/07

Posted By: Mark

In the season of daft internet games, try your hand at this when you have a spare 18 seconds: 

Instructions: drag the red square to avoid the blue squares.....you are genius if you last more than 18 seconds.

US fighter pilots can manage 2 mins, apparently......

http://www.wwk.kiev.ua/squares.html

David Hepher at Flowers East (Kingsland Road)  13/12/07

Posted By: Naomi

Over thirty years ago, David Hepher made a painting of the Durrington Tower high rise on the Wandsworth Road Estate. Exhibited at the Hayward Gallery in 1975, the painting marked the beginning of Hepher's sustained exploration of the monolithic and sculptural forms of South London's twentieth century skyline. Recently he has revisited the site - now emptied of the idealistic impulse from which it sprang - anxious to paint its soaring modernist structures before they are reconditioned or else demolished.

This exhibition features a number of paintings, two epic triptychs and a diptych among them, based on the Estate and its complex history. They are painted on a base of shuttered concrete and/or enlarged photographic images building up layers of images and graffiti text. Hepher exploits the interplay between representation and realisation. By incorporating the real materials of architecture into his paintings, he seeks not merely to represent the tower blocks, but to take over their very substance.

Interesting stuff and worth a peek if you are passing. 22nd November - 12 January

http://www.flowerseast.com/Originals_Exhibitions.asp?Exhibition=07DH&OE=1  

Great youtube virals   20/11/07

Posted By: Mark

Viet Grill  16/11/07

Posted By: Niki

This sister restaurant to Cay tree serves some of the best Vietnamese food in London.

Great signature dishse, and Malcolm Gluck has even created the wine list.

 

Black Cab sessions   12/11/07

Posted By: Nick

http://www.blackcabsessions.com/about.php

New Guinness ad   02/11/07

Posted By: Liz

 Fans of Guinness® advertising are set to be on the edge of their seats as anticipation builds for the next in the series of the iconic “Good Things Come to Those Who Wait” ads.  Created by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, it is set to be one of the most talked about and awe-inspiring Guinness ads to date. 

Expectant fans will have a chance to see the ad shortly before it goes on air by cracking a series of clues via an online challenge at www.guinness.com.  But, unravelling the clues will be no mean feat – a character, Juan Ramon leads the hunt to complete eleven interlinked tasks, introducing friends and acquaintances along the way via a journey through the virtual world.   With the ultimate reward of seeing the ad, only when all 11 clues have been answered, is the code unlocked and the magic of the ad revealed. 

The online challenge launches at www.guinness.com this weekend. The TV ad breaks at the beginning of November.

 

Michael McMillan exhibition  02/11/07

Posted By: Gary

 In the front room at Rivington Place. Great exhibition and a lovely guy

http://www.thefrontroom.org/

Volupte Lounge  01/11/07

Posted By: Emma

An afternoon of fine teas, delicious cakes and teatime treats...plus a large dollop of burlesque!

Have your Afternoon Tea served by the wonderful Teasemaids while you enjoy some kitsch, and utterly scintillating, burlesque and vintage performances…

http://www.volupte-lounge.com/inside.php

Bat for Lashes at Koko, 29 October  30/10/07

Posted By: Naomi

Mercury-nominated Bat for Lashes music has been likened to the work of Björk, Cat Power, Tori Amos, and Kate Bush.  Not only does singer Natasha Khan possess a beautiful voice, she seems to be able to turn her hand to a multitude of instruments, and was accompanied on stage last night by an additional 9 musicians. Highlights included a Tom Waits cover and preview of forthcoming single.Watch her rather Donnie Darko-esque most recent video here:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8

http://www.batforlashes.co.uk/

Smirnoff photographer   30/10/07

Posted By: Ben

This guy who's shot the new SV ads stuff is amazing - definitely worth checking out some of his other work

http://www.liquidsculpture.com

Zero Degrees  22/10/07

Posted By: Rax

On Friday, I had the pleasure of going to see one of the Last London performances of zero degrees - a remarkable collaboration between four of today's most respected artists.

Moroccan-Flemish Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is best known for his work with Les Ballets C. de la B. while Akram Khan is renowned for developing his own 'contemporary Kathak' style, winning numerous awards including a Time Out, Critic's Circle and South Bank Show award. For zero degrees they bring their unique styles together.

Mercury Award winning composer/producer Nitin Sawhney adds his own East-meets-West sound with a specially commissioned score played live by four musicians, and Turner Prize winner Antony Gormley has contributed the staging - two life-size casts of the dancers.

zero degrees explores borders - between countries, cultures and, most importantly, between life and death. It challenges, prompts and inspires, in a seamless fusion of dance styles, music and contemporary art.

Try and catch this show next time it tours – trust me – you’ll be blown away! Video link below…

http://www.sadlerswells.com/show/zero-degrees

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXGNP-cg0-Y

Battles at Koko, 11th October  12/10/07

Posted By: Naomi

Brooklyn band Battles create music which is both technically captivating and rhythmically infectious. A truly joyful riot, last night’s gig proved the perfect antidote to a long day in the office

See their most popular track (and a great video) here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGp-22t0lU

Float Therapy  10/10/07

Posted By: Rax

Floating, floatation, float therapy...whatever you choose to call it, it's quite simply the most incredible means of stress relief and relaxation available. Essentially, the tank contains 10 inches of super-saturated salt solution, which enables you to float effortlessly on the surface. The water is heated to skin temperature (93.5 degrees) so it feels like floating in mid-air.

Unless you are an astronaut (my boyhood dream), this is the only situation where your body is completely free from the harmful forces of gravity, with every muscle allowed to totally relax. I mean… Chillax!

http://www.floatworks.com/  

Salad Fingers   28/09/07

Posted By: Caitlin

David Firth after a years wait has produced another episode of his terrifying and yet highly addictive "Salad Fingers".

With his high pitched voice, obsession with rust and whose only friends consist of finger puppets, this strange green man has become a definitive cult hit. Freaky, indeed!

www.fat-pie.com

A night at the theatre darling  28/09/07

Posted By: Mark

 Check out dark comedy Ellin by Simon Bent starring John Simm (Life on Mars) and Adrian Bower (Teachers) currently running at Trafalgar Studios.

Adapted from the cult film (and originally a novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen), odd ball Ellin (Simm) and his best mate, a sex-obsessed 40-year old virgin called Bjarne (Bower) are released from a mental asylum.

In order to prevent a swift return to their padded confines they must convince their social worker that they are able to lead a "normal" life. Fortunately for the audience, both of them are properly nuts.

Good fun!

Mini Strike  28/09/07

Posted By: Ben

Something missing in your life? Turn your Mini into a giant bowling ball...

Check it out here

Smirnoff Black at Volume  27/09/07

Posted By: Kiran

Volume Magazine’s first ever art exhibition at the AKA Bar was the place to be as artists, singers and designers gathered to view work from featured in the design/fashion/music title. 

Entertainment included drinks from Smirnoff Black, new south London based singer Elvin, soul and disco from the Volume DJs, live graffiti artists and even some spoken word.

Those enjoying the vibe included Jack Penate and Peaches Geldof.

Blyk animation  25/09/07

Posted By: Naomi

Check out the new Blyk animation here

Animoto  23/09/07

Posted By: Rax

http://animoto.com/play/fullscreen/8af3dc8d35a9577b293c13eee253eaa1 

Life - Japanese Restaurant/Bar Shop  19/09/07

Posted By: Andy

Great new Japanese Restaurant / Bar Shop on Old St Near The Goswell Rd called 'Life'
  
Food is brilliant, service is Lost In Translation, which makes it even better! 

Lightwriting  19/09/07

Posted By: Rax

This cracking video features lightwriting in London by the Lichtfaktor crew. An amazing new technique achieved by setting the camera to long time exposure and writing with flash lights on the landscape.

You can see more of their work by visiting www.skymovies.com/starwarsvstartrek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F5RnaJkIeA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Freader%2Fview%2F

We Feel Fine   07/09/07

Posted By: Rax

An amazing database exploring human emotion on a global scale. It contains millions of human feelings, increasing by 15,000 - 20,000 new feelings per day.

You can ask questions like:  Do women feel fat more often than men? Does rainy weather affect how we feel?  Which are the happiest cities in the world? The saddest? And so on.

 http://www.wefeelfine.org/

Art is my hustle  03/09/07

Posted By: Stella

Under the 'Mash the Tate' artwork outside the Splendid UK offices is a new piece, ‘art is my hustle’ by an artist called T.Magic.

Starting off as a graffiti artist, he sprays slogans including art is my hustle and Grime is my Beauty (my favourite) around his estate which has escalated into a clothing range. Check him out…

http://artismyhustle.com/

La Tomatina  28/08/07

Posted By: Kathryn

The Splendid team got ridiculously messy at the infamous Tomatina festival in Valencia.
Imagine 30,000 people, a maze of cobbled streets, a river of tomatoes, and world's biggest ever food fight. Pure carnage!  All inhibitions were down, with frenzied pelting from all directions.
Hilarious, ridiculous, and totally surreal, it's a day we'll never forget!
Click here to see our video

Buy your own football club  28/08/07

Posted By: Andy

People power – buying your own football club

http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk/

Mash the Tate  26/08/07

Posted By: Andy

Come and check out the graffiti opposite our office.

http://www.nellyduff.com/index.php/art/artists/eine

The Green Man Festival  21/08/07

Posted By: Naomi

Amazing festival, named The Guardian’s ‘best of the year’’ in 2006 and just as incredible in 2007 despite the mud!

It even included our IT man Rudy rocking out on his mandolin…..

http://www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk/

Mirsch Masala, E1  21/08/07

Posted By: Niki

A great Indian restaurant without having to face the queues at the famous New Tayyab around the corner. It's just as authentic and full of locals.  You can even bring your own beer. 

111-113 Commercial Road. London. E1

http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/restaurant/1o22089/mirsch-masala   

Eco Nag  20/08/07

Posted By: Emma

The website for anyone who wants to help save the environment, stop sweatshops or become greener. Sign up and receive one eco-nag a month with a simple tip to help you do your bit without any major thought involved.

 www.thenag.net

Yuko Shimizu  17/08/07

Posted By: Sarah

Incredible New York based Japanese illustrator Yuko Shimizu.

Her images are currently being used on the front of Word magazine’s covermount CDs but her clients include MTV, The New Yorker, The Times and loads more.

She also does amazing Asian inspired illustrations, especially her re-workings of some of the famous wood block prints by Kuniyoshi which are also used in traditional Japanese tattooing.

www.yukoart.com

Frankie Valli Viral   06/08/07

Posted By: Alec

http://www.spring69.com/spring69_frankie-valli.html

Freecycle  27/07/07

Posted By: Niki

Instead of throwing out your old sofa, stereo or shell suit, list it on this site and people tell you why they and not the local landfill site should should give your item its next home. 

http://www.uk.freecycle.org/

Fionn Regan  27/07/07

Posted By: Naomi

Mercury Music Prize nominee, getting heavy ipod play and my thumbs up for the big prize

http://www.fionnregan.com/ 

All Star Lanes, Shoreditch  27/07/07

Posted By: Emma

London's best boutique bowling alley is about to launch its third branch and where better than our very own Shoreditch? Think brick-exposed warehouse, American-style diner and fabulous cocktails which don't help the bowling but make for a great evening.

http://www.allstarlanes.co.uk/

Tesla Roadster  27/07/07

Posted By: Alec

How to be an environmentally-friendly boy racer; the new sports car from Tesla. Faster than a Ferrari and powered by electricity, about $100K and you can buy it online. Thanks to Adam Thacker (Solarlab) in House magazine

http://www.teslamotors.com/ 

http://www.solarlab.org 

Dexter, FX Channel, Sundays 10pm  25/07/07

Posted By: Alec

Overdosed on CSI repeats? This one’s for you. Dexter is a respected member of the police force by day (a blood splatter expert no less) who harbours secret homicidal tendencies and fills his leisure time by murdering and chopping up baddies. Starring the gay character from Six feet Under and one of Samatha's conquests from Sex and the City. Check out the amazing Hitchcock-style opening credits.

 Recommended if you can get FX otherwise check http://uk.myspace.com/fxchannel

The Garden Festival, Croatia  24/07/07

Posted By: Kathryn

Petrcane in Croatia played host to what must be summer’s most enticing boutique festival, The Garden Festival.  Set on the breathtaking  peninsula of the Pinija hotel, it featured a host of great music talent, beach and boat parties, and the original sixties club Barbarella’s Discotheque. Definitely one to check out in 2008 if you missed out this year.http://www.thegardenfestival2007.com/

Apples, by Richard Millward   22/07/07

Posted By: Kiran

British author Richard, currently studying at Central St Martins, wrote the book when he was just 15 years old growing up in Middlesbrough.  Fascinating insight into the diet of the MySpace generation, that includes bunking school, double dropping Ferraris, boys, girls, Friday nights and falling in love.

 

Oh yes, it's coming!  20/07/07

Posted By: Andy

http://www.whatgoodisyouroldphone.com/

Johnny Vulcan  29/06/07

Posted By: Andy

http://www.boingboing.net

Shoreditch House  29/06/07

Posted By: Alec

Sunday Times Style called it the UK’s coolest club and we agree. East London’s creative community enjoys cocktails by the pool on the roof terrace bar and it all feels very ‘LA’. The weather, of course, feels very ‘East London’ but who cares?

http://shoreditchhouse.com/

Exit Festival, Serbia  25/06/07

Posted By: Alec

With Glastonbury so over, its now all about this fast-developing Balkan festival with a ridiculously cool line up that includes our very own Mark and his electro rock band Black Mariah headlining the Future Shock stage. Wellies not essential.

www.myspace.com/thebigblackmariah

http://www.exitfest.org/

Guillaume at Bennelong, Sydney Opera House  25/06/07

Posted By: Alec

Is this one of the best restaurants in the whole world? Iconic location, great service and an amazing menu featuring many local specialities including the unmissable Moreton Bay Bugs.

http://www.guillaumeatbennelong.com.au/

The collection from the V&A, London  25/06/07

Posted By: Kiran

To mark the V&A's 150th anniversary Smirnoff Black hosted special cocktails at the launch night for one of the V&A’s biggest events to date.  Attendees included Giles Deacon, Tracey Emin, Sir Jasper Conran, Ozwald Boateng, Anya Hindmarch and Gilbert & George.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/

New tapas bar for London, Pinchito, EC2A  25/06/07

Posted By: Emma

Opened only two weeks ago, it brings an authentic taste of Spain to this part of town.  Very cool, understated bar with the quirkiest matches you’ve ever seen.  Perfect for spending many a summer evenings drinking elderflower Sangira (Pinchito’s special, yum!) and munching your way through the delicious tapas…   

http://www.pintxopeople.co.uk/site/pages/pinchito.php

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