The Formula for Good Luck

July 8, 2010| All, Motivation |
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lucky dice

Do you kick yourself when you see your competition getting all the good luck? They always seem to get the best opportunities, the priceless leads, the ingenious ideas, the great deals and the massive pay-rises. It’s about time you started to get your slice of the action and get the luck coming your way. The good news is that this is more than possible, there is no hocus-pocus involved and it really is a very simple formula. The bad news is that you’re going to have to exert a fair bit of good old fashioned hard work to achieve it. It’s your diligence and determination that will set you ahead of the competition and in lucks path.

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12 Stunning and Magical Water Photographs

June 21, 2010| All, Inspiration |
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David Lynch – Interview Project

June 15, 2010| All, Articles, Inspiration |
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david lynch

The legendary and much admired David Lynch has produced a series of short interviews, collected across 70 days and 20,000 not so desolate miles of American road trip. It provides a glimpse into the hearts and minds of 121 regular people found in random locations across the states.

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Release Anxiety – Release Potential

June 11, 2010| All, Motivation |
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worry

Anxiety is worry about the future, will you achieve this how can you improve this. It’s healthy and indeed productive to have these thoughts in small doses however a strong emphasis on these things can cripple you. There are few things less productive than worrying about what may or may not happen. If you can stop this worry you can achieve better motivation, clearer – more efficient thinking along with a happier more care free attitude to your work and private life.

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Best of the 14th Annual Webby Awards

May 27, 2010| All, Inspiration |
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Today the ‘Internet Famous’ winners have been announced for the 14th annual Webby Awards. It celebrates excellence on the Internet in different media categories: Website, Interactive Advertising, Mobile, Online Film & Video.

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Murals as Advertisements

May 19, 2010| All, Inspiration |
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Hand painted advertisements are all but extinct in our fast paced modern times. Hundreds of vinyl adverts are now printed out of industrial printers on mass and pasted up wherever possible. We forget how quickly times move, it was only a few generations back that hand painting was the only option available for mural sized advertisements. It is a precise and painstaking technique not to mention somewhat precarious. Mastering the appearance of a painting that will never be viewed from less than a hundred meters away is quite a tricky business.

This short film has been funded by Stella Artois. Yet despite this maintains an authenticity and rare sight into this dying art and its painters. The techniques will live on through large scale paintings in art gallery exhibitions, but its reign over the streets we walk is well over.


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Do You Need a Hug? 6 Ways to Get Back on Track

May 18, 2010| All, Articles |
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do you need a hug

Everyone feels down from time to time, feels like they are climbing an ever growing mountain of expectations, tasks and targets. Is it any wonder if you stumble and slip down into the dark land of inertia from time to time? Sometimes we can be our own worst critics. Whatever creative field you are in, you are bound to get disillusioned from time to time and find it difficult to move forwards. It is all too easy to see the failures rather than the successes when you’re down. That’s when you know it’s time to give yourself a break, give yourself a hug. Then check out these top 6 ways to get back on track.
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Derelict State Design – New Site Release

May 11, 2010| All, Updates, Web Design |
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derelict state design website screen shot

New site created by Swankoid Design. Co-designed with Derelict State Design and web coded by Swankoid Design.

Inspiration : Do You Steal it?

May 9, 2010| All, Inspiration |
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inspiration

Inspiration can come in many forms and does not have to be restricted to a singular method or aesthetic standard.

A person accomplished in their technique is indeed admirable, but isn’t one who attempts to draw inspiration from many sources even more inspirational? As they draw parallels and connections in interesting and previously in-conceived ways?

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Derelict State Records – New Site Release

April 1, 2010| All, Updates, Web Design |
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derelict state records

New Site released by Swankoid Design. Co-designed with Derelict State Design and created by Swankoid Design.

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