50. Xmas Magic

Monday, 28th of November, 2005 @ 11:11am

An advent calender made by granny for my girls. The sweets and goodies are mysteriously disappearing.

Liz x

49. Wooden type tray

Thursday, 24th of November, 2005 @ 10:06am

Filled with bits & bobs.

Dave B

48. M and N

Thursday, 24th of November, 2005 @ 8:44am

Consecutive woodcut letters, given to Melissa and I from an incomplete alphabet purchased in Norman Road, St Leonards on Sea.

Nathan

47. ABC

Thursday, 24th of November, 2005 @ 8:28am

The Concise Oxford Dictionary, i’m rubbish at spelling so it’s always close by!

Liz x

46.  Stencils

Thursday, 24th of November, 2005 @ 7:13am

An Interlocking stencil pack found in the studio, brought in a flea market in New York.

Vik

45. Rubber Stamps

Thursday, 24th of November, 2005 @ 5:51am

From Tokyo.

David

44. Bakelite slide puzzle

Thursday, 24th of November, 2005 @ 5:46am

£3 at Angel antiques market

Dave B

43. Food offerings

Thursday, 24th of November, 2005 @ 4:45am

Balgowan Primary School Harvest Festival 2005.

Liz x

42. Lunch

Tuesday, 22nd of November, 2005 @ 12:42pm

Chick pea yahini with rice. Mild.

David

41. No need for labels

Tuesday, 22nd of November, 2005 @ 5:26am

My mum’s carefully organised collection of spices.

Vik

40. Fridge Magnets

Thursday, 17th of November, 2005 @ 11:15am

Collected on my travels, re-arranging passes the time whilst waiting for the kettle to boil.

Dave B

39. Small world

Thursday, 17th of November, 2005 @ 4:11am

This is me enjoying a nice cup of tea at the Kit Kat Cafe.... 6 years ago, it’s been up on my mirror ever since.

Liz x

38. Kit Kat Cafe

Wednesday, 16th of November, 2005 @ 4:23am

Always open for a hot chocolate, whatever the weather. Camber Sands, East Sussex.

Nathan

37. Landfill Alert!

Thursday, 10th of November, 2005 @ 8:24pm

Every teabag in the US comes individually wrapped. Make mine a Double Bergamot Earl Grey.

36. Rosie Lee

Wednesday, 9th of November, 2005 @ 6:18am

A South London wall advertisment.

Vik

35. Wallflower

Tuesday, 8th of November, 2005 @ 3:54am

Dave B

34. Wallpaper Flowers

Monday, 7th of November, 2005 @ 2:13pm

This is the wallpaper in the toilet on the top floor of our house in St Leonards. We’ll get round to redecorating at some stage…

Nathan

33. 501 Hudson NYC

Thursday, 3rd of November, 2005 @ 10:36pm

Corner deli with flower stand.

David

32. Stay out of the black…

Wednesday, 2nd of November, 2005 @ 9:25am

...and into the red nothing in this game for two in a bed. Super, smashing, great.

Liz x

31. Dot Matrix Door Number

Wednesday, 2nd of November, 2005 @ 3:45am

401 Union Street’s Dot Matrix door number.

Vik

30. Dot Matrix DIY

Monday, 31st of October, 2005 @ 8:38am

Bang in the 155 nails (template provided, nails not provided) to create your ‘Thread Sculpture’ (thread not provided). © Copyright reserved 1975.

Nathan

29. Cheesy Type

Monday, 31st of October, 2005 @ 4:14am

Dave B

28. Cheeeeeeese!

Friday, 28th of October, 2005 @ 10:39am

A favourite treat of those furry little critters.

Matt

27. The Whole World Can Talk For Free

Thursday, 27th of October, 2005 @ 5:37pm

From Alexander Graham Bell to Skype.

David

26. The Telephone Centenary

Tuesday, 25th of October, 2005 @ 5:06am

Celebrating the first call by Alexander Bell in March 1876. I wonder who he called?

Dave B

25. Fun Post

Monday, 24th of October, 2005 @ 3:07pm

An invitation to a children’s party, filed conveniently… in the roses, I saw this at no 70 when visiting for tea.

Liz x

24. Red Post

Monday, 24th of October, 2005 @ 9:00am

Red envelopes, widely used in Chinese festivities such as weddings and New Year to wrap cash or jewellery as gift. Photographed on studio floor. This translates as “Double Love”.

Vik

23. Telegraph Post Code

Sunday, 23rd of October, 2005 @ 7:18pm

Telegraph posts in our neighbourhood, TN37, are adorned with numbers and letters.

Nathan

22. Die Laughing

Thursday, 20th of October, 2005 @ 4:47pm

Neighbourhood Watch, upstate NY style.

David

21. Neighbourhood Watch

Wednesday, 19th of October, 2005 @ 4:12am

Mrs Miggins @ No.43, the human CCTV camera.

Matt

20. Dirty Laundry

Tuesday, 18th of October, 2005 @ 10:40am

Dave B

19. The things you accumulate….

Tuesday, 18th of October, 2005 @ 4:27am

This Anti-war protest sign is in my laundry room, it was found discarded on the streets of Soho after a drunken night out a few years ago, we decided it needed a good home, among the knickers and cat food!

Liz x

18. Fibre Place

Monday, 17th of October, 2005 @ 6:40am

A mantle piece museum showcasing ‘The mobile phone’ throughout the years.

Vik

17. Living My Life

Sunday, 16th of October, 2005 @ 3:11pm

We don’t have a cassette player in the house, but we do in the car. Occasionally a cassette will finds it’s way into the house. Grace Jones - Living My Life (1982) was a tape called a 1+1, a pre-recorded album on one side with the ability to record another album of your choice on the other side.

Nathan

16. I Feel Love

Wednesday, 12th of October, 2005 @ 5:21pm

A different country, another attic. We found this cassette of Donna Summer’s greatest hits when we moved in. We hadn’t unpacked our music so we played it on a borrowed boombox and danced around the empty house. It found it’s way to the attic where it became covered in sawdust while the house was re-roofed.

David

15. Dad’s ipod

Wednesday, 12th of October, 2005 @ 5:42am

Having a good ol’ dig around the attic, I stumbled across my Dad’s reel to reel player. These things used to be the dog’s business back in the day… or so my Dad says. None of these little devices that store thousands of tracks… this beast uses 2 reels for one album!

Matt

14. i spider…

Tuesday, 11th of October, 2005 @ 4:59am

...with my little i pod. Took some coaxing but managed to get the little (or rather big) fella to walk across my ipod.

Dave B

13. Insey Wincey Spider….

Monday, 10th of October, 2005 @ 5:29am

...climbed up the water spout. Taken at my mates birthday party. A fab afternoon of live music, Stella and young men!

Liz x

12. Things you can Find in a Tip

Monday, 10th of October, 2005 @ 3:28am

This table/record player - record player/table was found over the weekend at Crown Hill tip in Milton Keynes, it’s amazing the things people throw away.

Vik

11. Name that Tune

Friday, 7th of October, 2005 @ 9:52am

Picked up on Southwark Street, London. Photographed on the floor in the studio.

Nathan

10. Joe 4 Supervisor

Thursday, 6th of October, 2005 @ 10:10am

Halloween is a month long retail opportunity in the US, and for some a political opportunity too. Joe Moskowitz from Arkville is running for supervisor in the Town of Middletown. His black and white JOE signs have been popular - Joe has had to file several complaints with the state police regarding the theft of a dozen signs from supporter’s lawns in recent weeks. The investigation is continuing.

David

9. Message on a Fence

Wednesday, 5th of October, 2005 @ 9:20am

This is the Crossbones Graveyard SE1, a unconsecrated burial ground for local prostitutes and paupers from the 1600s, all the tombstones having been removed, it is now being offered to the public as an ‘eligible building site’.

Vik

8. Lazy Typos

Wednesday, 5th of October, 2005 @ 5:52am

Clockhouse train station, Beckenham, Kent.

Liz x

7. Abandoned Ducks & Geese

Tuesday, 4th of October, 2005 @ 3:50pm

Unwanted pet ducks, geese and typos.
Bowral, NSW, Australia

Dave B

6. Stuffed Birds

Sunday, 2nd of October, 2005 @ 12:54pm

I’m not sure if these birds could make a good gumbo but they do look special. Courthouse Lane junk shop, yours for £60.

Nathan

5. You are special

Thursday, 29th of September, 2005 @ 8:56pm

So is chicken gumbo w/rice. Bowery, NYC.

David

4. Hungry?

Wednesday, 28th of September, 2005 @ 6:03am

Lunchtime on Union Street SE1. Full English – 2 eggs, 2 bacon, sausage, beans, tomato and 2 toast. Only £3.30.

There goes the diet.

Liz x

3. Old Skool Till

Wednesday, 28th of September, 2005 @ 4:34am

I’ve been going to this chip shop in ‘Bletchley’ (Bletchley Park is where Alan Turing broke the ‘Enigma’ U-boat code in 1942) since I was a kid, I especially like the 1/2 button on the till.

Vik

2. Join in the Fun

Sunday, 25th of September, 2005 @ 2:40am

Fun with fireworks and fonts. An example of a utility message board – used primarily as an indicator of price: CHIPS £1.10, PICKLED ONIONS £0.80 – transformed simply by the creative use of the type characters. This caught my eye in a local information centre in Hastings Old Town.

Nathan

1. A Course in Miracles

Wednesday, 21st of September, 2005 @ 4:14pm

Where do I sign up? This sign is on the wall of a store on Main Street, Margaretville, New York. I love how the stuck on pink wooden letters have transformed a bad painting into something quite special.

Fibre are going to play “photo association” - like word association but with pictures. This is the first photo.

David