As we saw at our last gathering, the design and creative community in Lancashire has a significant role to play in defining the look and feel of the New Preston. With this in mind, we’ve decided to road test a new venue for our Bruno Maag event in November.
A great solution for an ‘invisible’ destination.
‘If u r reading this you’re not looking up at John Kay’s Fish ‘n’ Chip restaurant’.
‘Can we go shopping in Preston on Saturday?’ - six words that make my heart sink. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a shopper, I buy design books that I can’t afford, curious trainers that no one appears to like, but me. And somehow - I’m still not sure how - I even managed to convince [...]
Brilliant.
We finally managed to track down a photo of this poster that was put up after the window of richer sounds was broken. We rarely see such clever poster work in Preston. It’s good to see Richersounds taking full advantage of this advertising opportunity.
After someone, not naming names, put the wrong paper into the printer and bust it, we decided to produce a commandment using the ruined rollers so it wouldn’t happen again.
Just thought we would show you the air guitaring video our new junior creative Mark starred in to win full weekend tickets to Preston’s Radio One Big Weekend last year. Enjoy.
Music is always a big topic of conversation in the hub-creative studio, whether we’re listening to slow jazz or the latest and greatest in indie electro, we’ve always got one ear on the iTunes.
A conversation yesterday about the first LP we ever bought got us thinking about how important music has been in shaping our [...]
Tip of the hat to Jon Hicks
The Forum / Winckley Street / Preston
Speakers from 6.30pm / Networking from 8.30pm
Entry Free / Register here
Speakers//
Prof Stuart Walker / ImaginationLancaster
Prof Rachel Cooper / ImaginationLancaster
Mark Beever / thomas.matthews
Chair: Steven Johnson / The Hub
Further speakers TBC
Never short on ambition, GroupHub’s July event will be asking, “Can design save the world?” If design is about solving [...]