Project in aid of UNICEF’s Haiti Earthquake Emergency Fund

We love design, we love art and we’re pretty partial to large helpings of creativity. Those ingenious creatives, Thunder Chunky and Ben The Illustrator, have come up with a creative, imaginative and really freakin’ awesome idea to help raise awareness and, more crucially, funds for Haitian little people affected by the recent earthquake. Read more…

Neon Monster’s new website, The Bestiary, opens its doors to the public!

Watch these fluorescent monsters as they maraude around their facility but please, refrain from feeding or petting them!

There is a Doctor obsessed with neon, a chicken-obsessed Mouth, a psychedelic Psnail, a proto-robotic Robotephant and a conglomeration of eyeballs with a viscous ectoplasm loosely binding them together aka Panoptes. Read more…

Exclusive Mitch Plush from Neon Monster

Neon Monster kicks off 2010 with an all-ages, eco-friendly plush rendition of their monstrous character, Mitch!

Founded in 2007 by four collectors who wanted to share their love for limited edition collectibles, Neon Monster continues to solidify its place as San Francisco’s premiere destination for art toys with its own line of exclusive character figures. And today is the day they unleash Mitch on the public! Read more…

Fixing “JFolder::files: Path is not a folder” Joomla

A rather strange error that can crop up in the menu manager of Joomla.

This is simply a case of Joomla looking for a folder that is not there, in this case it’s the folder images / stories, Joomla looks for this folder for the menu images and if it cannot find it, or it has incorrect permissions, it throws this error. Read more…

A new generation in the design industry’s trade awards

The brand new “Working Class Awards” created by Monsieur Cabinet (Dave) and Tigz, both emerging talents in the field of illustration, aims to be “the people’s people guide to the year in visual communication” which includes, though is not limited to: Advertising, Graphic Design, Digital Media & Illustration. Read more…

Land & Sky | Lizzy Stewart & Christopher Bettig

Here Gallery, Bristol

21st January – 27th February 2010

Christopher Bettig, the highly acclaimed artist, designer and member of the Vannen crew, will be doing a mini tour of the UK this January; he’s got an exhibition with the brilliantly talented Lizzy Stewart @ Here Gallery in Bristol. The exhibition, entitled Land & Sky, opens on Thursday 21st January from 7-9 pm. Read more…

Call to action: We need you to help us to create a blog you like!

Typically our blog covers things we love, projects, product launches, packaging, web design, joomla tutorials amidst a wide variety of other random design or geek related fancies. But we would like you to help us create a blog you like! Read more…

Doodlesplatter, the custom blog designed to serve as an online “artkive” of Jon Burgerman’s work celebrates its 500th post with Doodle Beat.

Jon Burgerman probably requires no introduction to most of you but, for those yet to discover this artist, it’s pretty safe to say he is one of the world’s most prolific doodlers! His professional doodling skills are highly acclaimed and can be seen bringing colourful cheer to the globe at niche exhibitions, renowned galleries, on all manner of merchandise and in a vast array of designer art toys and one-off customs. Read more…

What is the 365 Resolution?

Twenty Ten | 365 Resolution is a 365-day photographic resolution shared publicly on Flickr! Quite simply, take one picture every day for one year to represent your Twenty Ten. Easy. Read more…

Happy 2010. Let’s make it count!

Every now and then, the Neon Hivers attempt to tow the line and do things the traditional way. Not often, but sometimes. In keeping with an old school tradition, to honour the new decade and to give an insight into our colourful world, we figured we should share some of our New Year’s Resolutions with you. Read more…