Building on its successful performance in the US, The Style Glossy has debuted in the United Kingdom. Recognised as the personal style resource for women, the award-winning online programme will create content tailored specifically to the region’s interests.

Produced by Studio One Networks World Service, the programme delivers high-quality, must-have content that is available to partnering websites at no cost. The programme is already in partnership with, and carried by, Life In Images, BoBelle and Hair Trader websites.

The four main content areas of The Style Glossy, updated weekly, feature articles concerning beauty, hair care and styling, fashion and new trends. The programme offers high user interactivity via polls, quizzes, Tips of the Day and videos on how to re-create celebrity hairstyles. Readers can also voice their own opinions, choose between contestants in the Battle of the Beauties tool, and engage with first-hand expert advice in the blog section.

The managing editor of the programme is Michelle Margherita, a freelance beauty writer, who covers beauty for mirror.co.uk and is a contributor to Elle UK. She has written for magazines from Cosmopolitan to Glamour, as well as industry hair magazines.

Peter Sikowitz, Senior Vice President of Content and Programming at Studio One Networks, said, “We've put together an expert team of writers, editors and style professionals to produce The Style Glossy. It’s our pleasure to share this programme’s insider secrets, up-to-the-minute information and fun, interactive features with women in the UK”.

Established in 1998, Studio One Networks pioneered the discipline of Internet content syndication for megabrands and major media partners. Today, Studio One is the oldest, largest and most successful firm in the field. The company has amassed a loyal base of sponsors and programmes, including P&G (The Dog Daily), Symantec (Your Security Resource) and Bridgestone USA (Driving Today). Every day, Studio One reaches more than 197 million viewers globally through 500 syndication partners in 14 languages.

Left to right: Louisa Buck - writer and art correspondent for the Art Newspaper; Gary Hume - leading British Artist; Jonty Colchester - Head of Private Clients (UK), GAM; Jeremy Smouha - Director, GAM; Alex Sainsbury - Collector, Patron and Curator; Lulu Li - prize winner; Lucy Garnett - GAM's Art Consultant; Nina Miall - Gallery Curator of the Haunch of Venison; Professor Chris Wainwright - Head of Colleges for Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon; Brian Chalkley - Course Director, MA Fine Art at Chelsea College; David Garcia - Dean of Chelsea College; Nigel Carrington - Rector of the University.

Lulu Li was this week announced as the winner of the inaugural GAM Gilbert de Botton Art Prize for new talent. The Chelsea College of Art and Design student was selected for her series of five temporal installations and was presented with the award at the opening of the College’s annual postgraduate show.

MA Fine Art student Li transformed her studio space into a gallery - each day creating a unique show lasting for one day only. Working with everyday objects, each installation was a reaction to the space itself, exploring the narratives between situation, space and object.

Li was deemed most likely to significantly impact the contemporary art world by the judging panel, including collector Alex Sainsbury, Haunch of Venison curator Nina Miall, artist Gary Hume, art critic Louisa Buck and GAM Director, Jeremy Smouha. She was recognised for her outstanding aesthetic ability and subtle yet assured work. Beating off fierce competition from fellow students at Chelsea College of Art and Design, Li receives £5,000 from GAM to help nurture her talent and develop her work in the early stages of her career.

GAM is a committed supporter of the arts and emerging artists. In addition to awarding the Gilbert de Botton Art Prize, GAM are offering financial support to the College. They are also lending their support to Future Map 2010, the annual exhibition of the best emerging talent from the current graduating year at University of the Arts London.

Jonathan Colchester, Head of Private Clients (UK) at GAM, said: “We are very proud to award the 2010 GAM Gilbert de Botton Prize to Lulu Li. She was selected unanimously by our esteemed group of judges, together with significant input from Course Leaders, who carefully considered not only her MA piece, but the full body of work she has built up over the course of her MA year.”

The award has been created to honour GAM's founder, the late Gilbert de Botton, a visionary financier and well-known patron and leading collector of modern and contemporary art. His legacy at GAM is an organisational culture that seeks to identify and nurture talent, whether that is in the world of asset management or in the arts.

The first ‘bpma Design Innovation Award’, sponsored by 3M, has been won by Andrea Pisa, a design student at Brunel University. The Competition challenges UK based undergraduate design students to create a new product idea for the promotional merchandise industry.

Launched by the bpma, the annual competition seeks to create new British designed products for the promotional market, and to focus UK design students on the large and thriving UK promotional industry that will be largely unknown to them.

$24 billion global technology company 3M, the perfect sponsor for the Award, has been creating innovative products for over 100 years, and of course invented the Post-It Note - one of the most versatile successful and popular promotional items ever.

“3M has always put a premium on creativity and innovation, so getting involved with this Award makes perfect sense for us” says Simon Edwards, 3M UK brand manager.

Finalists also spent a morning at 3M HQ in Bracknell, and were given an outstanding and inspiring presentation tour of the 3M Innovation Centre.

Winning designer Andrea addressed the universal issue of safeguarding personal belongings in bags and backpacks by designing an easy to use lock that requires two hands to open it, thus deterring most thieves who work on a quick sleight of (one) hand. Inexpensive and with plenty of branding space, the concept can be tailored to protecting business computer bags, backpacks for kids, and ladies shoulder bags for instance, and would be a must for commuters on busy bus, rail and metro journeys.

Bpma director general Gordon Glenister was delighted with the first Design Innovation Award, and said: “I am always fascinated by the design talent this country has to offer and was particularly excited to receive over 120 entries for this first year award. Any industry needs fresh innovative ideas and lateral thinking and some of the products we saw have definite commercial application."

Smoking Gun PR, the Manchester based PR agency, launched earlier this year by Rick Guttridge, has scooped another double win. Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses and Greenhalgh’s Craft Bakery Ltd - both north-west, family-owned, artisan food companies - boost the agency’s burgeoning portfolio of brands.

Butler’s Farmhouse Cheeses, based in Lancashire, has awarded a contract to the Manchester agency to help drive media coverage following a rebrand. Butler’s Cheeses is bringing its multi-award winning Blacksticks range under the Butler’s brand to make a clear link for consumers between the family and its famous cheese.

Smoking Gun PR will focus on securing media coverage in the key sales period of November and December. With the help of Smoking Gun PR, Butlers Cheeses will branch out for the first time into social media. A blog is currently under construction to allow the Butler’s family to keep their loyal customer base up to date with events at the farms and dairies - watch this space for news of cow-cam!

Greenhalgh’s Craft Bakery enlists Smoking Gun PR to handle consumer communications. The family company aims to support its newly established Liverpool branches, which face competition from established players in a popular Local, tactical activity to drive footfall, combined with national news field grabbing stunts will raise brand awareness across both Merseyside and the UK.

Rick Guttridge said: “The team here love food and drink, so it’s especially pleasing to add two such ‘tasty’ clients to our roster. We’ve already noticed an increase for requests in meetings at our offices as other clients and partners are hoping for some gastronomic goodies!”

"What's all the fuss about? We spend every night together and nothing EVER happens."

James Whitworth is a topical cartoonist and writer. He has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines, including Creative Boom...

Three leading brands operating in the home enhancement market have turned to Hangar Seven for their retail photography requirements.

The Cheshire-based photography studio has been appointed by national fitted kitchen and bedroom retailer Betta Living, bathroom specialist Bristan and Silentnight beds.

Silentnight will be launching an exciting new campaign in Autumn 2010 featuring products shot by Hangar Seven. It has tasked the agency with creating a range of room sets for a portfolio of lifestyle images and cameo images that will be used in its ongoing national marketing – including press adverts, PR and in store POS.

Betta Living is also investing heavily in its photography this year and has opted for CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) – the new hot trend in commercial photography. Hangar Seven will be producing photorealistic lifestyle images featuring at least five new Betta Living kitchens and bedroom ranges that are being rolled out within the next few months. Images will be used in brochures, digital marketing and PR. Hangar Seven is also developing a long-term photographic strategy for the fast growing retailer.

Part of the Bristan Group, Bristan is the UK’s leading supplier of bathroom and kitchen taps, showers, shower enclosures, decorative heating and bathroom accessories to the DIY market and builders merchants. Bristan has briefed Hangar Seven on helping them to create standout from their competitors in terms of its PR photography. The agency is developing a complete photographic strategy for the brand that will result in a new portfolio and photographic style that will be rolled out across their brand. In addition to PR, the room set photography will be used to support product launches in B&Q.

Andy Rosson from Hangar Seven said: “The kitchen, bathroom and bedroom industry has always been reliant on strong product imagery to help to inspire consumers and allow retail brands to differentiate themselves, but in an economic downturn where competition is ever-more fierce, coupled with an increase in internet research as a major part of the customer buying journey, brands are putting more emphasis on trend-led lifestyle photography to create desire and point of difference.

“Every consumer touch point has the potential to sell, be it a website, piece of DM, press advert or POS in-store, so photography that creates desires is essential; while at the same time it has to reflect the brand and product’s overall design credentials that the consumer is buying in to. Therefore, the attention to detail in the photography and styling is vital to its success. Brands are recognising this and, as a result, photography is getting a greater share of a brand’s overall marketing spend.”

Barry Rourke of Betta Living added: “Strong product photography can make the difference to a sale in a competitive market place, but we’ve previously been faced with the dilemma of the costs involved of building a kitchen set and photography. We were so impressed with Hangar Seven’s CGI photography, which is so close to the real thing even we struggled to see that it wasn’t a real kitchen. Opting for CGI has helped us not only hit long lead publication times ahead of our products being fully available, but it reduces the wastage of supplying a full fitted bedroom or kitchen for shoots. It also provides flexibility in terms of colour ways and minor tweaks to the image.”

The autumn edition of UK Handmade magazine brings with it a flavour of Japan, with recipes including Japanese-inspired cup cakes, a fabric 'Furoshiki' gift-wrapping tutorial, how to make your very own 'Amigurumi' crochet Woodland Bunny, and screen-printing. To read the new autumn issue, click here.

Editor, Anna Stassen, describes why autumn is her favourite season: “Autumn in Japan brings with it brilliant shades of reds, oranges and yellows that mark the start of “Kouyou” (autumn leaves). Many people love Spring time in Japan with the famous cherry blossoms, but I think Autumn just pips Spring to the post as my favorite time of the year in this land rich in cultural and artistic heritage . This issue we have brought some of that Japanese magic to the pages of UK Handmade."

This edition also marks the start of a fascinating series called “The road less travelled”. The article's author, Kirsten Miller, explains: “Ever since I gave up my legal career to follow a more creative one, I have met a lot of people who have done the same. We live in changing, challenging times, but I’m struck by how many people are taking a fresh look at their lives and finding out what they value, so they can live a more rewarding life.”

Within the beautifully designed pages is also an interview with the winner of the British Craft Trade Fair Craft & Design Newcomer Award 2010, Jacqueline Harold: “I have been very lucky to have won any of my awards and they are all in turn very important to me, however, winning the Craft & Design award this year was fantastic.”

Of course the autumn edition wouldn't be complete without its fair share of Halloween goodies including tutorials on how to make elegant butternut squash lanterns, your very own polymer clay 'wee pumpkin cat' figurine and a delicious recipe for pumpkin pie, as well as all the usual business tips, interviews and events articles.

UK Handmade magazine is a zero carbon footprint magazine, published quarterly. It can be accessed here: Ukhandmade.co.uk/magazine.

Artists, designers and makers can join UK Handmade at: http://ukhandmade.ning.com/.

The UK Handmade blog can be read here: http://ukhandmade.blogspot.com/.

Charlie Boots is the latest name in ethical fashion this week after a new label was launched in Bristol.

The label “Charlie Boots” is the brainchild of Charlie Harrison, a local fashion designer who creates original, stylish womenswear from ethically sourced materials which are then fabricated to a very high standard by a small team of talented seamstresses in the Bristol area.

The ethics of the fashion industry have been thrust under the spotlight recently after a series of exposes uncovered the true cost of high street fashion in relation to the environment and the human cost of the workforce needed to produce the high volume/low quality garments it demands.

Charlie Harrison’s vision is clear: “I want to show the fashion world that you do not have to compromise when it comes to style and quality when the ethical history of your clothes is important to you. I believe that people will love my clothes for their innovative designs and for the care and attention to detail with which they are made: the fact that they are produced from ethically sourced materials and made by people being paid properly for their expertise is simply the way modern fashion should be. As consumers, we shouldn’t expect anything less.”

Charlie Boots offers its customers an exciting range of day and evening wear that utilises Fairtrade fabrics, re-claimed fabrics, organic cottons, vintage fabrics (such as 1930’s ‘feedsacks’ and kimonos from the '50s onwards) and bamboos. Each design is limited to only 10 items and due to the rarity of many of the fabrics, some are complete one-offs. To find out more visit Charlieboots.com.

"Hold on everyone, you won't believe what I've just found."

James Whitworth is a topical cartoonist and writer. He has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines, including Creative Boom...

It's been in the pipeline for quite some time and sure enough, the new Creative Boom design will be launching very soon. We're very excited and hope you'll like it because it's the first time we've stepped away from Wordpress themes and created something bespoke.

We've been working with Ant Goodwin at Design Embraced who has created the entire design, which we absolutely love. And we're currently working on the back-end with the support of a number of freelancers, including Kirsty Burgoine from Shropshire.

As part of the new design, we'll still be giving you the chance to design web banners for us on a regular basis. But this time, it's even better because we'll have four new sections: Inspire; Social; Work and Fun. Not forgetting all 26 of our regional Hubs.

If you'd like to design a banner for Creative Boom, then the brief is as follows:

• First of all, decide which section of Creative Boom you'd like to design a banner for. Will it be for Inspire; Social; Work or Fun? Or would you like to create one for your local Creative Boom Hub?
• Whichever section you choose to design a banner for, be sure to include the name of that section into your banner design, e.g. 'Inspire' or, if it's a regional Hub, 'Birmingham' or 'London'. See example in the banner design above created by Natalie Rose Smith who looks after Creative Boom Cardiff.
• Dimensions are 596 pixels wide by 181 pixels high
• Submit your banner in Jpeg format please
• Please email your banner to banners@creativeboom.co.uk

Finally, once you've emailed your banner design, please bear with us - we receive lots every month and publish them on a first come, first served basis. But with the new design, there's plenty of room for everyone.

What's the benefit of designing a banner for Creative Boom? You'll get a great free plug on a website that gets over 10,000 visitors every day and more than 650,000 hits per month. Plus you'll benefit from a raised profile and hopefully gain some business from your efforts.

Business:
ONE-WE ARE THIS Ltd.

Location:
London

Website:
www.one-wearethis.com or www.fireball-film.com

Describe yourself in three words…
Creativity-bent Superwarrior

Tell us about your background…
I started from a cultural wilderness: I didn’t even know that actual humans made films and there was no TV (no kidding!), so it was
a complete shock to look at the High School notice board and see “film” under the possible vocations section. I’ve wound my way haphazardly from film school to a thriving short film, music video, and commercials career only to pack it all up to create my own Universe and build a company dedicated to “entertainment with smarts” So here I am, with the first project, short film FIRE BALL, the first of a bunch of stuff I’m pressing out there into the planet.

Tell us about what you do!
I trained as a cameraman but it was pretty clear from the start although I had a talent there I wasn’t good at taking direction, so I did the next best thing, and became a director. But I can’t separate my writing from my directing, it’s one and the same for me.

What inspired you to launch your own business?
Doing music videos and commercials was great because I’m such an abstract thinker and feeler, so it gave me grounding. But I’ve got things up my sleeve to present to the world that are unique to me, so it seemed logical to create a business model that suited not only my creative voice, but my idea of the MANNER in which they should be created, and what my world in general should look like.

What’s your proudest moment so far?
My proudest moment was winning the Gold Hugo for my (not too) short (50 minutes) film “Born With Glasses”. It was the first time I’d done something that I felt was really, really mine, and to have others appreciate it, yeah, I felt pretty Golden.

And your greatest project?
I have loads out there looking for the right partnerships, they’re like my glowing kids, I can’t choose between them, they’re all kinda shiny in their own unique ways. I’m pretty excited about FLYCATCHER which is both a film screenplay AND a stage play. I put the play on before Christmas at the prestigious Theatre 503 in London with only 10 days rehearsal and two weeks notice, and even I was stunned at how good it played out on stage. It was really moving. I’m now looking to put it on in a larger venue with a bigger capacity and a longer run – and use it to attract some finance from film investors. It’s a complex piece – especially for the theatre - there’s 83 scene changes! It’s pretty amazing, if I do say so.

Who or what inspires you?
I’m hugely inspired by people who balance creativity, business, and entrepreneurship – making the world better through their art somehow. That is who I hope to be.

What do you hope to be doing in five years time?
ONE-WE ARE THIS was established to initially create the stuff that I’ve written that needs to get out there – but also I’m committed to putting 10% of all the project’s profits into creating my own breed of transformational advertising – ultimately feeding into education.

That sounds kind of New Age and you can take it that way, but I work on the Levi’s theory which is my way of saying: if a piece of blue fabric can be sold through advertising to create the cultural phenomenon that became Levis jeans, then selling ourselves back to ourselves should be a no-brainer, and what better product is out there in the world, than us? Don’t get me going. It’s about making moment-to-moment choices that transform who you are, and therefore the world around you – and from there, I think we start having a pretty good crack at building a planet we ALL want to live in.

I love the idea of creating great stuff that people can enjoy on a variety of levels, but feeds back into the world. I think that also makes the new breed of media investors feel pretty rosy too.

When you aren’t running your creative business, you are…?
To be honest there’s been no time for anything but getting FIRE BALL out there in the biggest way possible, and the larger projects are like spinning plates, I can’t let any of them slow down. I’m trying to be better at taking the world around me in - luckily I have a square right outside my window I can run into and hover in the very fleeting sunshine for a few seconds at a time. And I go to see films!

Anything exciting ongoing or in the pipeline?
FIRE BALL, which is a short film I want out there and out there globally – I’m looking for over 11,000 producers. Whether I can get PayPal to slash their charges will depend on the exact number but the budget is £11,111.11. You can only put a single British Pound in.

That’s it – no more, not even if you offered us a million pounds! Having had times where I didn’t even HAVE a single pound in my pocket, I understand how disconnected people can get. It’s soul destroying. You feel like you’re a ghost. I wanted to make a project that people from any walk of life could connect physically to – put a pound in, get a producer’s credit – and/or contribute other stuff too, if you want (check out the site!) Just being a part of something larger than you think you can be a part of, to some people that sounds obvious, but when you’re really really struggling and things are horribly grim and you feel like that ghost – being able to connect, that’s massive and important.

In a different way, I’m also keen on the very very rich feeling the experience of being asked – and limited to – only being able to put that one single coin in. How many multi-millionaires get offered the chance of re-valuing themselves through the act of being limited to only giving one pound? I want equal co-creation in this, it’s exciting, and something I would have loved to have been on the plate when a pound was the world to me. it still is: I haven’t a pot to piss in right now! so I’m speaking from experience when I say how great it is to feel like you are a part of creating something. The website is linked to the company site but you can go straight to it by going to: www.fireball-film.com. Come play with me!

Finally, any words of wisdom to other creative people?
Boy yeah: be a great Life Editor. I have been really stubborn with certain ideas and that has been good and also it’s made me miss some really valuable lessons and tools. So you got to know WHAT to edit out and what not to and that’s a tricky dance. I think to avoid a long-winded series of stories, the best and most succinct advice is: KNOW THYSELF. That sounds easy, and pat, but dude, that is such a crucial phrase and if you do know yourself, you’ll make the choices you need to make for all the right reasons, cause there’s stuff gonna be flying every which way at you sometimes, and sometimes so much nothing you feel like you’re going to implode.

I’d also say beyond that learn everything from acting to dance and movement – everything that even vaguely might come into play. You’d be surprised, as well, even if you don’t have that kind of interest, what comes out of the Self Help and New Age world – simple stuff you can use and put into your art, it’s all there to feed you. I’d also say the words I would have totally shut down to earlier on: learn another vocation. Seriously.

If all you can do is direct and the world collapses and you got to wait things out, you’ll go crazy. You’ll be broke, like I’ve been, and not even be able to get a job as a Barista. I’m talking if you’re going for the long-haul – whatever it takes to get where you want to be with authenticity and integrity, do what you need to do to cover your ass. ‘Nuff said.

Working closely with his subjects – many of whom have since become household names – Peter Anderson's photographs capture the energy of an era when music, fashion and politics first collided. It is a time that is still deeply influential today.

Anderson’s huge, five foot by four foot photographic prints currently sell alongside works by Warhol, Basquiat and Banksy. They reflect a fascination with what is now called “Urban Art” that started when the Royal College funded his first trip to New York, where he made iconic images of early hip-hop street style.

Then and There, Here and Now is a new exhibition that includes portraits - some never before seen - made while Anderson was a staff photographer at New Musical Express. The subjects represent a Who’s Who of music, including Madonna, Iggy Pop, Mick Jagger, Tom Waits, Run DMC, Marvin Gaye, Paul Weller and Blur’s Damon Albarn. A young Bono stands with fists raised, ready to take on the world as it turned out. The Clash’s late Joe Strummer gazes intently into the lens in a haunting portrait taken on London train tracks.

Anderson’s work is concerned with energy, often translated into movement. Far from the careful, artful poses that are often characterise the image-conscious 80s, these spontaneous shots reveal the sheer vitality of the era. In retrospect it becomes a blur of ideas.

From music, Anderson moved on to other areas. His portraits of film directors and actors, including Lindsay Anderson, Robert Altman and John Hurt have been the subject of an exhibition. His shots of one of his heroes, J.G.Ballard, presage a Ballardian interest in the car as metaphor. Frieze magazine described a previous Anderson exhibition as “a passionate exploration of the world of high performance cars in which landscape, individuals and vehicles were joined in religious ecstasy.” Some of this work will be shown at Then and There, Here and Now, together with more recent work that spans powerful portraits of young men serving in the armed forces, and photography of found objects made directly on old Devere and Lietz enlargers, in the experimental spirit of early art photography, characterised by Man Ray.

The Observer’s music writer Paul Morley, Anderson’s colleague at NME in the 80s, has written the introduction to the accompanying publication.

Links
http://www.photopeteranderson.com/
http://www.pymca.com
http://www.wearetbc.com

Listings Details
Peter Anderson Photographs. Then and There, Here and Now

1st September – 26th September 2010

Art at The Book Club, 100 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4RH

PRIVATE VIEW: Wednesday 1st September 6pm – midnight Free exhibition.

Following the success of last year, international digital arts festival North East of North, NEoN, returns to Dundee this November with over a month of various exciting and inspiring events and exhibitions, all focused on this year's theme of 'character'.

The new programme is set to showcase each element of digital art innovation; everything from design and art exhibitions, sound and moving image installations, digital animation to music performances. In addition to the displays of digital art, festival goers will be able to attend and take part in the extensive programme of salons, workshops, design competitions, and debates. The festival week will culminate in an entertaining digital music and arts event taking place in a multi-story car park in Dundee city centre.

Donna Holford-Lovell, Chair of the NEoN organising group, said, “It's incredibly exciting to be involved with this year's North East of North festival. Last year's event set the bar very high, with some inspirational speakers and guests. This year we have moved up several gears, to create something wholly new which incorporates even more content and a much wider variety of topics. The theme for 2010 is 'character' – exploring the abstracted or physical agent in a work of art; investigation of the fictional or psychological systems; observation of the unit of information, symbol, sound or written language. Within that remit we have some truly captivating speakers and events we hope to tell the world about very shortly.”

In the run up to and during the festival, a series of public debates, salons and workshops have been planned. The discussions will explore aspects of the digital world and the topical issues faced by creators and indeed consumers of the new generation of digital content. From digital Dundee to technology and the museum, the debates will take place in various venues across the city.

The University of Abertay will host a series of debates and sessions in its new Centre of Excellence on November 11 and 12. Experts from every corner of the digital world will present and chair discussions covering a range of diverse issues currently affecting the digital community. In addition, a range of workshops and hands-on sessions will give participants the chance to find out more about the latest software and technologies from many of the world's leading digital companies.

Dundee will be the home of a brand new conference and 'AppJam' during November 8 - 10. Focusing on the creation of Applications (Apps) for mass-market platforms such as the iPad, iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Facebook, the AppCon will bring together speakers from many of the world's largest mobile and online companies for three days. The AppJam, a 48 hour development competition is set to produce some exciting innovations in App design and production, challenging teams to create a new and original App in only two days.

In addition to the exhibitions, debates and workshops, both the Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre and Hannah Maclure Centre are planning themed movie-screenings to run across the week of NEoN to compliment the concept of the festival.

Many of the NEoN events including the salons, debates and AppJam are free of charge. Tickets for the NEoN conference, App Conference and AppJam are available for purchase now. Visit https://reg.istrations.com/delegate/events/DNDNEON2010 for an events programme in brief, and ticket information and purchasing.

The full line-up of speakers, participants, sponsors, events, movies, parties and venues will all be announced over the next several weeks.

For all of the latest news and updates to the programme, visit www.northeastofnorth.com. To get involved with the NEoN community, join www.northeastofnorth.ning.com or follow us on Twitter: @weareneon.

Revolve Gallery, a new art gallery showcasing the best contemporary Northern artists, is to open in the Ribble Valley.

The gallery has relocated from Manchester city centre to 30, Castle Street, Clitheroe, and is open to the public before an official opening by motorcycle racing legend Carl Fogarty at a private party on September 9th, with food provided by La Scala in Clayton-le-Dale.

Revolve’s launch exhibition features work from a selection of Northern artists including Michelle Leigh, Chris Mcloughlin, Christine Lawley, David Lunt, Anthony Barrow, David Stanley and John Loker, whose work is in permanent collections at the Tate Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum and he is a regular at the Royal Academy of Art's Summer Exhibitions.

Sophia Smith, owner of Revolve, said: “The new venue will enable Revolve Gallery to bring the talents of Northern artists to the heart of the Ribble Valley. It is a privilege to open with new work from this selection of artists and a particular honour to show John Loker's beautiful pieces, which engage you with their dynamism and embody the ethos of Revolve Gallery. When you see his work it is understandable why he continues to have global success.

“I will also be championing original Northern art in the Ribble Valley, as there is so much talent yet to be seen in this region.”
Revolve will open from 10:30am until 5:30pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

For more information visit www.revolvegallery.co.uk.

"Some bloke wants to know in which over you WON'T be delivering a no ball."

James Whitworth is a topical cartoonist and writer. He has contributed to a number of newspapers and magazines, including Creative Boom...

Expansion continues at The fresh Group in Cheshire as Michael McCabe joins as Director of Video and Interactive, working alongside Judith Ross, Head of Interactive, and Gareth Crook, Head of Video.

Previously of Logistik, working as the Account Director for video, interactive and design, Michael will develop the video and interactive departments further as stand-alone divisions of the Group, working on some new, high profile projects. Furthermore, three contract extensions with existing clients mean 2011 is already looking busy.

“I’m really looking forward to taking both divisions forward, working with fresh clients and building on the fantastic work already produced’

Group MD Nick Porter said: ‘'2010 has been another great year for the group and we are once again on an expansion drive with 5 new team members joining next month. We are targeting top level people like new Head of Group Finance Antony Wilson and the recent promotion of Patrick Howells to Business Development Director has given the team a solid top level structure that will enable us to develop to the next stage of our ambitious business plan.”

A new venture has been launched which includes a collection of short films made in and around Yorkshire, following recent funding cuts within the local creative industries.

Yorkshire Telly is an online platform for artists from all over the UK to share their work, network and potentially form collaborations.

Any artist from any artform can apply for a shoot and they meet them at a location of their choice anywhere in Yorkshire. The shoot is conducted in one take with a broadcast quality camera, shot in High Definition and uploaded onto their site. The shoot is free - all they ask is for petrol expenses from shoots that take them away from Leeds, where they are based.

A spokesperson for the venture said: "We help promote artists and hope that the artists will support each other and reach a new cross cultural fan base. We launched three weeks ago and the response has been fantastic. Musicians have been booked for gigs and dancers have found musicians in which to collaborate with. It's really encouraging.

"And for the Artists, Musicians, Poets, Dancers, Actors, Comedians, Storytellers and Artistic Practitioners involved it is an opportunity to be filmed, to make a statement, collaborate, network and be a part of a growing community."

If you’re feeling inspired then get in touch. The team at Yorkshire Telly would love to hear from you and will send you an information pack and be happy to answer any questions you may have.

To find out more visit http://www.yorkshiretelly.com.

Becky Pearce, aka Red Bird Jewellery designs and makes contemporary jewellery using silver, copper, gemstones and pearls. Using simple lines, and taking inspiration from nature, Becky's designs are unfussy, and easy to wear.

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http://www.etsy.com/shop/redbirdjewellery
http://www.folksy.com/redbirdjewellery
http://www.redbirdjewellery.blogspot.com/

Our contributor and loyal friend Abi Daker has created this week's banner design. And it's one of the last banner designs to feature on the home page as a brand new website is launching soon.

Creative Boom's redesign will still give you the chance to create bespoke banners but in future it will just be for the regional Hubs. We'll tell you more about that when we go live with the new site... which will be in the next few weeks.

In the meantime, Abi has created this submission especially for us! Thanks Abi!

Of course, Abi is an illustrator and artist who grew up in Stoke on Trent and now lives in Cyprus. She has worked as an illustrator for several years and is featured in Amelia's Anthology of Illustration.

You can see more of her work on her website at http://www.abigaildaker.com.