3 in a day...bit much? probably but I'm catching up

Ok so last one today I promise....unless i see something particularly cool. What is the topic for this little post I don't here you cry. Well, on Wednesday night, as part of the Cardiff Design Festival, there was a design battle. If you are wondering what a design battle is consider the following...2 macbook pros, 2 projectors, 2 wacom tablets, 4 teams and the geekiest couple of hours you could wish to witness. In essence it was awesome. The way the battle worked was 2 teams go head to head to design a CD cover. The name of the band, album and the genre are picked out of a hat by the two teams, then in a tag team fashion each member of the team takes it in turns to create the 45 minute masterpiece.

This competition was organised by the design company Burning Red (click the link, check them out...they are very good). Anyway, long story short a friend and I got roped into this competition due to people dropping out. We were not looking forward to it. However, during the first heat we got into it and really enjoyed it. Miraculously we won the round with a rather over the top hip-hop cover (it's what to expect form hip-hop right?). The final loomed, the tension was high...not really, we were drinking and having a laugh. Nevertheless we were there and had drawn our band, album name and genre. It was punk...time to grunge the crap out of it. Time passed and beer was drunk; then the final whistle. The crowd voted and for the second miracle of the night we won, again! Dumbfounded, we smiled away, completely surprised by the outcome. All in all a very enjoyable, if not unexpected night. Massive thanks to Burning Red and the Cardiff Design Festival for setting it up and of course the crowd who carried us to victory.


The team hard at work. Left to right Dan, Matt, Jon & Matt



Work in progress