The
Cutting Edge documentary Artful Codgers was on 4 (that's Channel 4 if you're over 25) last night. It's the fantastic story of a family from Lancashire who fooled some of the country's best experts into believing a series of superb forgeries of ancient pieces of art (like the one above) were real. They had some of them exhibited in museums, sold at auction, they even sold one for about £400,000.
One of the funny things about the story is how lovable the family are - more like Great British hoaxers than criminals - they never spent any of the money they made "I've got six pairs of socks in that drawer I've never worn, what else do I need". Also impressive is the amazing talent of Shaun Greenhalgh, who recreated the pieces with great craftsmanship and skill. And for some reason, it's funny to think of the country's best experts being fooled by a pensioner from Bolton and his family.
If you missed it, it's worth a watch on
4OD - that's if you have a pc and
not macs like us (come on Channel 4).
I can't help wondering if it was all an excellent story by Peter Kay though.
Paul Middlewick spotted the first animal on the underground map (the elephant) in 1988. Since then, more and more have been spotted, some of them really very clever. Check out the interwebnetsite, where you can buy merchandise that also supports the International Fund for Animal Welfare. It's got us looking at Harry Beck's design classic in a different way.
The Cutting Edge documentary Artful Codgers was on 4 (that's Channel 4 if you're over 25) last night. It's the fantastic story of a family from Lancashire who fooled some of the country's best experts into believing a series of superb forgeries of ancient pieces of art (like the one above) were real. They had some of them exhibited in museums, sold at auction, they even sold one for about £400,000.
Hello folks, just a quick update on the Junior Designer job here at Sell! Sell! towers. Thanks to everyone who's got in touch so far - we have a had loads of applications from some really talented people, so it's taking a bit of time to go through them. We will be getting back to everyone, so if you haven't heard from us yet it doesn't mean you're out of the picture.
The people at way-more-stylish-than-us magazine Wallpaper* have enlisted Anthony Burrill to create four covers for their June issue - very nice they are too. Have a look at them here on the CR blog. We have the 'Work Hard And Be Nice To People' up in the office here, it's a great sentiment. We also noticed in this pic on the blog that the nice folks at Creative Review have our Wall-Chart up in their office...
How nice. For those who didn't see it first time around...
VIA CR BLOG