Local Indie band Fine Lines are off to Scotland this weekend to do a few gigs and we were asked to do some posters. Thanks to Marc the printers for a lovely print job!

This weekend Carl, our studio manager, finally got to say hello to his daughter Nina after nine months of excitement, nerves and outright fear. We’re all looking forward to meeting her soon and finding out whether she’s as cute in real life as she looks in these photos!

How old do you have to be before you can use a Mac nowadays anyway?

We do type chemistry day in, day out here, but occasionally even we forget the atomic mass of Clarendon and whether or not Bodoni is a noble gas sometimes. Luckily we were sent this periodic table of typefaces so we have a quick reference for the future, thank goodness!

If anyone knows who created this let us know so we can credit them! This table was made by Squidspot (thanks Mark).

Rob and Graham (aka Teacake) are joining the Creative Spark team for the next couple of weeks after Noise Festival set them up with us through the Dream Jobs scheme. After just a couple of days they’ve bought us Fruitellas, made a few rounds of brews and initiated the welcome decision to go to Subway for lunch; they know how to endear themselves with us. When they’re not involved in an intense session of fruit-chew-purchasing, Team Teacake will be busting out some fresh design! We will keep you posted!

You can follow their progress through their own eyes at their Teacake/Noise Festival blog.

This week our latest work experiencer and fan of Japanese culture, Mark Adamson, brought us the tastiest Eastern treats we’ve ever been brought; assorted packs of Pocky ’stick things’. Opinions were divided on whether strawberry could topple the might of the obvious-but-delicious chocolate, but we managed to keep the rioting under control and everyone had a great afternoon wearing out the floor between their own desk and Mark’s, such is the almost Pringle-like addictive quality of those yummy little sticks.

Meanwhile Mark’s made a great start to his two weeks with us crafting some beautiful Eastery work that a few of our luckiest clients will get to see very soon!

We spotted this ‘handy’ little device in this months computer arts and the design ‘blew us away’. Made from hardwood and 20cm of designer attitude. Buy yours from atypyk