Just a little did you know fact...

Imagine you are standing on a street corner in New York. A Japanese tourist comes up to you and asks you what the 'Block' was called. You would admittedly look at him strangely and tell him that where he was was at the corner of 5th and Main. "No, but i want to know what the Block is called" he repeats. You assure him that Blocks don't have names, roads have names, the Blocks are the unnamed spaces between the named roads.

Interestingly , if you found yourself lost in Japan and you went up to a Japanese man and asked him what the road you were on was called he would look at you very confused. "Well this is Block 19 and that is Block 18...?" he tells you. You see in Japan, Blocks are named, and the roads are the unnamed spaces between the named Blocks. So a typical address in Japan is House 23, Block 19, District 3 etc..

Also if you were a post man in Japan it can sometimes be very confusing where houses are as they don't follow any real number system, at least not as we know it.

In Japan the first house built on a plot of land would be house number 1. Then the second development would be house number 2 (house number 2 doesn't have to be near house number one at all, it can be the complete opposite side of the block).

Sometimes we assume that different cultures act, think, do the same things as we do. I think sometimes we take that for granted.

- Jamie

(By-the-way, if you don't believe me google map it)

Some Contact Details

If anyone wants to get in contact here are our Facebook details. Feel free to add us. London next Wed, need to do some graft this week get it all drawn up ... then Road trip!

Right - I'm Excited

London again next Wednesday, travelling down in Jamie's wagon - Ben and Davey Mac also coming down. Cannot wait to get back into agencies. So far we have crits lined up at Mccann's, RKCR/Y&R and Mother (x2, thanks Paddy!). Lots of graft to do this week. Amendments to past campagins, new campaigns and writing up a couple of comedy sketches we have, to put in the book (why not, eh!?).

Huge thanks to all the guys who are letting us pop into see them! Top people!

Howay.

- Thompson

This Past Weeks Work:

Work to follow, i'm trying to sort out my scanner.

Campaigns for Jif (lemon juice) and Lilt Zero will be posted, along with the idea for Tipp-ex we posted earlier on in the week!

Cheers

Simpler Times...

Sometimes I wish I could go back to these days, everything was simpler, your only worry was: "Which picture am i going to colour in today, the one of the happy go-lucky squirrel? Or the fortuitous friendly dog nibbling at a ragged shoe?"

- Jamie

The genius of David Doublilet.

David Doublilet is a photographer for National Geographic. His wildlife pictures, in my opinion, are second to non. In this series, one example shown here, where the camera is on the water line has prompted an idea. If you take the idea of the image being shot in line with the tarmac, imagine a street scene with people shopping on the top section, then below them is the floor, ground, wires, tubes and dirt. Under all of this is an underground rave. I mean RAVE. hundreds of people dancing with strobe lights and and a DJ. The Brand Fred Perry-Subculture is about getting bands recognised by targeting music lovers who are at the fore front of music, interested in going out and searching for new music and "underground" music. This idea would have many different executions, showing just how diverse the genres of music are on the site.

- Jamie

Clever Thinking

Genius.

- Thompson