After a couple of months of reduced activity here at ShellsuitZombie towers (holidays, work commitments and suchlike) it seems appropriate to kick back into gear with this intensely claustrophobic spot for the treatment of psychosis, asking how long you would wait. They say:
“A bit like being under water, for someone experiencing psychosis things can seem different, but it can be hard for them to understand, explain or even notice. They might look the same on the surface, but underneath their world is changing.“
Check out the accompanying site here. Design and website by Venn Creative, based in lovely Cornwall (lucky bastards).
Our roundup of the ShellsuitZombie experience at New Blood is finally here. Offering a mixture of chat, live briefs, loud music, ‘itsa-bitsa’ style artwork creation and general stick-it-anywhere-we-aren’t-precious tomfoolery (oh-err) we managed to attract graduates and industry in their hundreds to our messy corner of the Kensington Olympia (helped by D&AD generously allowing us free air-time on the tannoy – apologies to anyone we disturbed). We collected cards, friends and email addresses in scenes akin to Bruce Bogtrotter and Augustus Gloop at a chocolate convention, met loads of you, got your opinions on us and the industry and had a hell of a lot of fun at the same time. There are some photos here, to see them all visit our Flickr and Facebook pages.
ShellsuitZombie Face-Offs
We held two official SSZ Faceoffs, the first was a two-way between Falmouth University and Staffs University advertising courses. In an atmosphere more ‘intense’ than a music festival (in tents…doesn’t matter) during which we had to hold back both teams from physical blows, the brief was set – come up with a 30 second advert for Lucozade. While the relative merits of the adverts are still being discussed by creative directors worldwide, on the day Staffs were declared victorious by public vote for their ‘joe bloggs beats Usain Bolt’ concept.
The second face-off was a four-way between Duncan of Jordanstone, Lincoln, DMU and the eventual Victors Nottingham Trent, all of whom were given half an hour to rebrand D&AD. For the judging not only did we have Matt Dent, recent (and youngest ever) black pencil winner for his coinage redesign, but a curiously phallic clap-ometer which induced giggles (from us at least).
The ShellsuitZombie Picnic
Our biggest event consisted of a free-for-all overnight brief to devise a campaign for a household cleaner – utilising any form of media necessary. As you can see we had nearly a hundred people taking part in 25 submissions – of which two teams were chosen for placements at BCL – a fantastic integrated agency responsible for Dove Natural Beauty and the current Lucozade Energy campaign. Reports on how they got on will follow. Thank you to everyone that did some work for this, the standard was very high.
Pecha Kucha
To top it all off, on wednesday they let us do a Pecha-Kucha, God knows why. Here is one of our slides, all of which were created in Microsoft Paint. Again, to see the rest have a look on our Flickr page. If anyone has pics of us doing it please let us know, we have none.
So Basically
We had an awesome time, we hope you enjoyed it too. Anyone who posted us your card, email address etc and hasn’t heard anything back, bear with us, you’ll be the first to know when we announce future events, and we will feature as many of you as we can over the next couple of months.
Thanks to:
Morph are a great digital agency from Shoreditch, London, who kindly sponsored the stand and print – Coming soon, a filmed interview and article with Anthony. Eyes Peeled.
Brave – Representing BCL who offered support and time, delivering a brilliant brief and giving opportunities to nearly a hundred grads through our stand at the event.
Welcome to the odd world of The Pit. Illustration that you have to look at twice; often rude, sometimes colourful, always deranged and beautifully rendered.
Visit his myspace here (just watch out for ‘Vogue’, you’ll see what I mean) and his flickr group here.
Central Saint Martins graduate Chris Seddon focuses much of his talent on illustrating the human form and fashion. Seddon claims to get his inspiration from various places including old photography, women, analogue electronic equipment like the Roland TR-808, helter-skelters, scafholding, and cranes.
VietnamTheMovie is an illustrator and artist from Gloucestershire with a wide-ranging portfolio covering editorial, cartoon, fashion and illustration. His varied and exciting use of colour, dynamic portraits and anime reflect the influence Japanese culture has had on his work.
“Shellsuitzombie is dedicated to exposing creative flair. We believe that a huge amount of untapped potential lies in the current student and graduate generation. Now, more so than ever, it takes more than a degree or raw talent to be a success and it is too difficult to find exposure as a young creative or writer. By mixing a variety of up-and-coming work with more established names we hope to bring unsung talent to the fore.”
Hello everyone and welcome to the first ever post on shellsuitzombie magazine. Above is our ‘mission statement’, the reason this project exists. We hope you enjoy using it as much as we enjoy writing it.
