AOC studio

architectural practice by AOC (job opportunities)

one dot zero 2010!

onedotzero_adventures in motion 2010 festival motion identity from onedotzero on Vimeo.

2010 one dot zero is coming 10 – 14 November!

Russian council in London

they've opened a new free service for visa advice – need to book in advance
russianassociation@googlemail.com
+44 208 426 6003
RIAs Community Premises
27 Northolt Road
South Harrow HA2 0LH

+ Pushkin house, centre for Russian culture in London, is even organising some exhibitions

boneshaker exhibition

exhibition opens this Saturday at Look mum no hands, bike-café near Old street

wonderful world of hugh hughes

website of Hugh Hughes – an emerging artist from Wales, performing at Barbican now.

Attack

work from Attack – creative team within W+K

wills moody jumblesale

Wills-Moody Jumblesale, 1st Sunday of every month (except Jul-Aug)
St Aloysius Social Club, 21 Phoenix rd., Euston (Google Maps)
'Since it's start in Feb 2005 the Wills-Moody Jumblesale has been a great success and given us plenty of happy times. Its a perfect day out for jumblers and londoners with late start, bar, Sunday music, cakes for charity as well as amazing finds such as records, clothes, books, comics, jewellery, vintage stuff, brick-a-brack and much much more.'

London Bike Week!

Bike2Work: 23 June 8-10am, King's cross (Ossulston st X Brill pl, free croissants for bikers)
Regents Park Bike Fair: 24 June 2-7pm
Midsummer Madness Ride: 21st June 2AM (see the sunrise at Primrose hill, starts at Beigel Bake, Brick lane, then meet with other cyclists at London Bridge, then to the hill. Sunrise at 4:43)

June-July London events

BIG Dance (3-11 Jul, some events before these dates)
Greenwich festival (24 June – 4 July)
Sadler's Wells: Bounce's Insane in the Brain (until 27 June)
Hayward gallery: Ernesto Neto (from 19 June)

London hiking groups

Meetups
CLOG
Inner London Ramblers
The London Adventure Group
Backabush explorers
Minty trips
Saturday walker's club
North London Rambling Club

AfroCup festival

RichMix: 'A festival celebration of African music, arts, culture independence and World Cup football.

Fri 11 June - Sun 11 July / All events FREE

25 days & nights of live music, DJs, film, art, food and football / All World Cup matches broadcast on our giant 15 x 10ft screen'

cycling in London

AOI and Transport for London organised an illustration competition to celebrate cycling!

Deadline for entries: 17 May 2010 by 5pm

Whoever you are and wherever you look a revolution is taking place. Cycling is quickly becoming a part of the fabric of everyday life in London. During Summer 2010, Transport for London will will join the revolution with the launch of its Cycle Superhighways and Cycle Hire Schemes as well as a host of other initiatives to improve cycle safety and security. In conjunction with these programmes, London Transport Museum and the Association of Illustrators are delighted to announce a call for illustrations featuring cycling as an emerging mode of transport in London.

Students and professionals are invited to submit entries that demonstrate the environmental, health and/or recreational benefits of cycling. It is the task of entrants to create an illustration that shows cycling as a fun and efficient way to get around the city.

The top three entries will receive a monetary award and may be used in an advertising campaign for cycling. The top 50 entries will be displayed in an exhibition at the London Transport Museum that will open in summer 2010 in conjunction with the launch of TfL’s cycling programmes.

Competition Prizes

Cash prizes will be awarded in three levels.

First prize: £2000
Second prize: £1000
Third prize: £750

How to submit your entry

The competion is free to enter and you can enter as many images as you wish.

1. Prepare your image
Your image should measure 1200 pixels on the longest edge, be in RGB mode and saved as either a jpg or gif. Name your file(s) sequentially and with your surname and initial separated by an underscore i.e.smith_f_01.jpg
Where possible use Photoshop's 'save for web' feature. Your resultant filesize should come in at under 1mb.
2. Accept Conditions of Entry
Read the Conditions of Entry below. If you want to proceed, click the Agree/Enter button.
3. Submit your entry
Upload your image and accompanying text information.

wordsearch

wordsearch – communications agency, Farrington (contacted)
specialise in Estate & Building branding, promotion, etc. (above – Battersea PS & New Dharavi)

london italian film festival

Italian cinema festival 16-25 April at Riverside Studios

battersea power station development

Rafael Vinoly architects are doing the Battersea development project:
'The masterplan for the Battersea power station – a grade-II listed, large former electric power plant along the river Thames – aims to create a mixed-use sustainable development offering commercial and retail functions as well as residential, cultural, and event spaces interspersed with community facilities and a zero-carbon energy plant for the adaptive reuse of the power station itself. The iconic historic structure of the power station functions as the focal point of the site’s regeneration, which aims to create a self-sufficient and vibrant new community serving as the anchor of the Vauxhall/ Nine elms/ Battersea opportunity area.

The primary design goal is to reinforce the presence of the power station as the main architectural feature of the site by setting it in a formal space ('the circle') defined by a reflecting pool and open to views to and from the Thames river and its north bank. Further, accessibility to the site is increased by creating three primary streets that link the power station to the site’s southern perimeter and through to a future extension of the waterfront park and river walk.'
Designboom article

put your business forward

'Ravensbourne Commercialising Digital Technology programme will provide you with consultancy and support to get your company's digital skills bang up to date; facilities for experimentation and exploration; ideas incubators; advice sessions and networking events. It will fill in the gaps in your knowledge or, if there are no gaps, it will help you preview the future and equip you to make the best of new opportunities and business models.'

In order to take part in all of the CDT events, workshops and courses, you need to fit the criteria below:

a) be based in London
b) be a registered freelancer or part of a small-medium company (meaning with 250 people or less)
c) and of course, most importantly, be part of the creative industries

creative networking

University of Arts ECCA presents Creative Networking / 15 March

Event details:
This session is designed for emerging creative graduates. Introduced and facilitated by Creative Careers, University of the Arts London, this will be an interactive experience to learn top tips from professionals on networking to further your career.

Creative practitioners, who have used networking effectively within their career, will help you improve your networking skills for success. Industry professionals include:

Lydia Thornley (Lydia Thornley design & consultancy)
Richie Manu, Creative Director (Consurgo) – helping graduates with portfolios!
Melanie Grant, CRE8 Photography Ltd and Chairman for BRX Mayfair (Business referral exchange, the Mayfair chapter)
Terry Iland, Director (award-winning commercials both in UK and internationally)
Sarah Rowles, Director (Q-Art London – London student and graduate Artist forum)
Victoria Holt, Designer (Fred&Ginger Ltd London)

Be prepared to get involved and get actively networking.

Networking drinks reception to finish session.

Date: Monday 15 March 2010
Time: Arrival 5pm for 5.30pm start until 8pm
Location: London College of Fashion, 20 John Prince’s Street, London, W1G 0BJ

Typeface movie

New documentary about type!
St.Brides library preview (21 Jan 7pm, £5)

Less and More: Dieter Rams' exhibition design

Wallpaper article about Dieter Rams' exhibition at the Design Museum
by Bibliothèque
also: CR monograph about the same

more London flatshares

craiglist
Moveflat
gumtree warehouses