logo-bigger.jpg You've heard the oft-belabored phrase, 'Kill your little darlings.' nom_1067_t1_bc07c.jpg nom_1067_t1_bc07c.jpgWell, the Chip Shop Awards are where all of advertising's little darlings go to die. With categories like, 'Best work for a relative or friend,' 'Best reject,' and 'Best work for any brand you haven't a hope of winning,' all those great ideas now have a home.
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so you need a typeface
The phone calls ran like this: —The intranet's broken. —When you say, 'broken,' can you be more specific? —It doesn't work. —Okay, which bit isn't working, exactly? —I can't get to [obscure page that by uncanny chance, was only ever used by this person]. —Ah. ... I don't suppose you had a chance to read that email sent out a couple of weeks ago, in which we let you know that you'd need to upgrade your browser in order to use the new site, did you? —Oh.
Read MoreKai's egg
The egg is absolutely gorgeous; I'd asked for it to be in the colors of Kai's fur, and she did an incredible job of making the egg glisten just like the sun did on Kai's fur.... I don't know what I'm more touched by -- that she took it upon herself to do this to help me, or the kind words in her post.
Read Moreworking in the big house
Many people think that my job as an art director is glamorous, which makes me spit coffee from laughing so hard. Mad Men gives the impression that my job consists of spending my days dreaming up witty copy as I order my fifth martini at lunch.
Read Morecoffee, by Christoph Niemann
An excerpt: "In New York, I was always envious of people who could walk into a coffee place and the guy behind the counter would know them so well he would just start fixing their order, without any exchange of words."... I walk into the cafeteria of my office building, and the manager gets my coffee ready, at 6:02 a.m. I walk into the Peet's near my office, and they start making my order without my having to say a word.