World class skater, don't worry its not one of us...

Me and Dan headed down to Ice Sheffield to see figure skater/fashion designer Sophie Whittam in action. Some research into the field of skating for a new project we have on...


She along with co figure skater Lawrence posed for the photographer whilst we looked on in awe of how high they were jumping! Spins, triple axle's and instant stopping skills were displayed, which made both of us eager to get on and have a go.
But we will have to wait until one fine sunday morning then all three of us will be there trying our best..and having Sophie as our coach i'm sure we'll rule the ice! haha!


Here she is posing and performing!

As fashion designer and costume creator to the stars of skating, she's made TV's 'dancing on ice' and the Britsh Olympic skating squad's costumes. She continues to produce bespoke costumes for most of Sheffield's figure skaters taking part in international competitions at www.sophiecostumes.com

Good little day trip...

Ollie

Websites from the 90's.

We're updating the site so i've been perusing websites for a little idea on how to improve ours, got a little bit side tracked and came across these older versions of popular sites today. 

1. google.com - launched in 1996

2. apple.com - launched in 1987 (screenshot from 1996)

3. amazon.com - launched in 1995

How It's Made, sort of...

Our Lad Dan

August '09 our lad Dan Taylor working with True Reflections in Manchester.

Thoughts on a train.. (no..not another sequel to snakes on a plane)

On a recent flying visit to our capital city, the Sheffield St Pancreas train carried me through the English countryside with no more than a pen, notebook and colleague for company.

I like to travel by train as it gives me time to think and dream.... anyways, on this particular journey i found myself inspired by a runaway inflatable ball i noticed floating across some baron fields. This strangely got me thinking.... what if that ball was to do something, if it was rolling round for a reason. So, after a little bit of ideation, free thinking and talking rubbish, we decided to give this ball a job, maybe it could test PH levels in the soil, keep track of farm animals, scare away crows, plant seeds, relay weather data, maybe it could even herd the animals!

After minutes and minutes of suggestion and scribbling, we decided to question how? Would it charge in a small solar powered container in the corner of the field? Where would it live? Would it work constantly?

There's something about "thoughts on a train" that help the creativity flow, maybe it's the speed of travel, or the sometimes uninteresting company provided by the great British public. Whatever it is, i like it...

Sometimes these thoughts drown, never to surface again, but in this case i promised that i would tell someone, that someone being you.

Just an idea of how we work /slash/ think... dan

Singapore Travels

I've recently returned from Singapore. Paying a short visit to the Red Dot Design museum on the first weekend of the month in which they host MAAD - is a Market of artists and Designers. A space for exhibiting, performing, selling, shopping, chit-chatting, surprising and experimenting. A much cheaper and fulfilling alternative to a country club membership. A campaign to save, support and sustain Singapore's creative souls. A chance to try something for the first time. A place that does not discriminate against pet-owners or small children.

Our dream Office.

We had a nice tour around the Electric Works this morning including a slide down the helter skelter. Theres an abundance of little clusters of Vitra furniture throughout the building.  Also included is a games room complete with ping pong table and Nintendo Wii.

Away from the glamour i wanted to share this. Rather interesting stuff about real design showcasing African ingenuity. The stories of innovation are inspiring. It's testament to Africans bending the little they have to their will, using creativity to overcome life's challenges.

Borealis

Behind the scenes footage of the Borealis project which Ollie helped build along with our friend and furniture designer Alan Smith in October 09.

Diverting from landfill

Ok.. so i lied. But now i promise to update regularly. 


We've had a busy week at the yearfourcreative towers putting quotes together for some big brands :) looking forward to showing everyone what we've been doing exactly.


The website is one step closer thanks to the help of a Mr Ben Foster, hopefully soon this blog will reside within the site pages.


We know how the environment is always a big topic and everyone is rightly banging on about it. So heres a little something to add to the discussion. We only filled our kitchen bin half full this week due to diverting two weeks worth of recyclable waste! (see image below) 


It seems pretty great that all that packaging is now easily recycled but we generally buy fresh food since we don't have a freezer and we rarely buy any kind of 'ready meal' so why are we left with all this waste still?

Welcome

Were going to keep a small blog about what we're up to, so much is happening at once its difficult to keep everyone up to date. This way you can choose wether you want to hear about what were up to - which im sure you all are?

We're keen to hear what everyone else is doing too, so it would be awesome if everyone could comment and share stories and ideas etc etc.  

The website will be one step closer to completion tomorrow, and we're also popping down to Sheffields Valentines market. Regarding this sunday I found this. Its more for football fans although i found it enjoyable while eating my pea soup this afternoon.

Hope you come back soon, im aiming to update fairly regularly for now ill leave you with some photo's of our logo fresh off the laster cutter!!