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1st March, the official start to British Pie Week 2010!

Obviously this has absolutely on bearing on the design industry per se but we couldn’t let the occasion go unmarked. After all, pie, mash n’gravy is surely the stable part of most creatives’ diet, no? Read more…

Mother’s Day 14th March 2010. Don’t Forget!

Stuck for ideas for Mother’s Day gifts? Do not panic.

We have compiled our quintessential Mother’s Day gift guide… erm, it is a lil’ bit bonkers, but I’m sure you would expect no less! Read more…

The Cupcaketologist’s recipe for making magic, marathons and money… in aid of Christopher’s Smile

On March 21, our filly from Philly, the super rad Jessica Pizzo a.k.a The Cupcaketologist (pictured above with her father) will be putting in some hard miles (just over 13 of them in fact!) in the Fleet Half Marathon to raise awareness and vital research funds for children’s charity, Christopher’s Smile. 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…

Christmas Shopping in Chichester just got exciting!

Those creative ladies at Winter’s Moon, Rebecca Joy and Julia Grant, have yet again demonstrated their resourcefulness by opening a temporary Christmas Pop-up shop in the heart of Chichester. An empty premises in Crane Street is now looking a little brighter thanks to their local business, Winter’s Moon, which is selling vintage, recycled and handmade items for Christmas. Read more…

Coz kids get cancer too.

September 10, 2009 was a big day for me. For those of you who read about Swim2Bestival this will come as no surprise, for those that are yet to read it, please do. On that sunny Thursday morning eleven rubber-clad strangers and I nervously congregated in an empty car park at Stokes Bay, Gosport. Not the usual start to my daily routine I can assure you! Read more…

Wedding wishes and thoughts from Blighty

Greta & Jeremy Brautman

For those of you that don’t already know, and you really ought to, today is the day Greta and Jeremy will remember for the rest of their lives. Early this week they hitched a ride on the love train from Berkeley to Brooklyn. Today they got married.

Judging by Jeremy’s emails and tweets over the week gone by, in the unavoidable and frantic lead up to “the big day”, things appear to have been bizarrely reminiscent of a Woody Allen movie, “the difference is the location” (Jeremy’s words). Read more…

Delboy swims the Solent for charity and a free Bestival ticket!

3.5 miles in cold, choppy waters across a busy ferry route…

Our very own Delboy was among 12 festival goers who opted to swim 3.5 miles across the incredibly cold, choppy waters of the Solent from Gosport to Ryde, Isle of Wight, in aid of charity. The event, Swim2Bestival, aims to help raise awareness and money for 3 great causes: Imbala which supports putting underprivileged children through their education in South Africa; St Catherine’s, a national charity working with children and young people with speech, language and communication disabilities and; Christopher’s Smile, a campaign set up at The Institute of Cancer Research which is run by the parents of a 5-year old child called Christopher who died in June this year from a childhood cancer called ‘medulloblastoma’. Read more…

The all-nighter is something that many people (particularly creatives and nerds) find themselves having to contend with. I prefer to work at night; I find I get more done in the hours of 12pm – 5am than I will most days. No phone calls, no emails, no meetings. Silent. Bliss. Having pretty much mastered the art of the all-nighter over the last few years, I figured I’d share some pointers. Here’s my Official All-Nighter Survival Checklist: Read more…