Life

12.07.10

Matt

Living in a fantasy footie world

So the FIFA World Cup has come to an end — but what’s more important than Spain beating the Netherlands and lifting The Cup for the first time? The Dusted Studio Fantasy Football League of course. Congratulations go to Jamie for winning (some might say predictably, but Paul the Octopus didn’t see it coming). Read the rest of this entry »

24.05.10

Darren

Designing the perfect voting system

It may well have been the hot weather but more likely the fact Design Week called asking for a Voxpop quote, but last week debate in the studio raged over designing the perfect voting system for the next General Election. Here’s my response which Design Week printed, followed by the suggestions from Dusted staffers. See if you agree and let us know your thoughts. Read the rest of this entry »

17.02.10

Vilmar

The Man and the Brand

Paris Hilton, Damien Hirst, David Beckham, 50 Cent

On my MA seminar debate last week at Goldsmiths we discussed the ‘author function’ in relation to value-creation in the economic context, interrogating the notions of originality and distinctiveness posited by Foucault in his essay “What Is an Author?’. Read the rest of this entry »

23.12.09

Matt

Mince pie charts

Mince Pie
Throughout December we have been undertaking a very serious investigation. It’s taken a lot of effort but we feel it was necessary to look into the current state of mince pies in the UK at the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Read the rest of this entry »

09.10.09

Darren

Is online grocery shopping delivering the goods?

Shopping trolleys

Having never really been a huge advocate of on-line grocery shopping over physical human purchasing behaviour (I like to see what I’m buying – feel it, smell it), I find myself slowly becoming one of the statistics as the user experience and delivery of service generally lives up to expectations. Read the rest of this entry »

18.09.09

Sam

Welcome to the Fashion Revolution

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As we await in anticipation for London Fashion Week, I felt it was necessary to promote a major exhibition staged at London’s Somerset House with ShowStudio. Read the rest of this entry »

08.09.09

Matt

The Future’s BrightON – dConstruct 2009

dconstruct 2009
It was the eclectic range of speakers and associated subject matters that convinced me to return to Brighton having attended dConstruct in 2007. If you didn’t know dConstruct was a conference aimed at web designers and developers you certainly wouldn’t have gleamed that from looking at this year’s schedule. Read the rest of this entry »