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OK so now I am just another bod harping on about Bank bonuses.

But what really concerns me is Banking practices and if anyone has done any in depth research into them.

Whatever the cause of our recent banking crisis, I think that most of us will agree, the “credit crunch” was the direct result of non-existent funds; or a hole in the balance sheets of several global money institutions.

Hopefully we all also agree with adage “turnover is vanity, profits are sanity”.

So at a time when interest rates are so low and I don’t not know of any money apparatus that is able to deliver significant returns on capital; is it just I who hears alarm bells ringing when I read of overall banking remuneration being 30-40% of revenue.

I feel that either the banks are serving their clients exceedingly poorly or else they are rapidly building the next banking crisis out of absent profits.

Perhaps someone might be able to investigate if this is a case of the emperors new clothes, where it is us, the general public that is being fleeced?

Project Spotlight

Because Health is the Backbone of Your Business

Over the course of the year we have been honoured to help launch several businesses.

Giving a business an identity that is, simple, memorable and with which the owner is proud to be

promoted by, is a challenge that we particularly enjoy and are always keen to do.

One such business is Physio Kinetics, the brainchild of Sarah Mampuys. Sarah is a highly

experienced physiotherapist with a keen eye and attention to detail. Realising that many of her clients

injuries were caused by bad posture and habits that could have easily been avoided with simple

ergonomics within their workspace, Sarah saw the opportunity of offering assessment and advice for

office based businesses. To find out how Sarah could save your business lost time and money due to

staff sickness, please contact her at: sarah@physiokinetics.co.uk

We were able to work with Sarah, exploring several ideas, before creating an identity with which she

feels proud of, all within a very tight budget.

If you know anyone considering starting a new business, who would be pleased to do so on a solid

foundation, we offer a free initial consultation, and will always be pleased to hear from them;

tel, 01223 440153 email; studio@sharpcreative.co.uk

“I came to David for some logo's for my new company PhysioKinetics (East Anglia) ltd and

within 2 weeks David has come up with very unique ideas which resulted in 3 amazing

logo's that I am very proud to show off. He really took the time to brainstorm with me about

what I want to say with my logo's and paid attention to the little details and I felt I was

involved in the whole process from start to finish;which is not only great to see, but it also

forces you to really think about the message you want to send out and fine tune your

marketing ideas. If you are looking for a great graphic designer specialised in corporate

identities, then I can highly recommend Sharp Creative.”

Sarah Mampuys, Physiotherapy,

Hidden Posters at Notting Hill

A team of workers renovating London's Notting Hill Gate subway (tube) station recently unearthed walls of colorful posters that have been there since the last round of major repairs—in the late 1950s. The postwar posters include highly stylized advertisements for films of the day (Around the World in 80 Days, Too Many Crooks), events including the Daily Mail's annual "Ideal Home" exhibition, and consumer products such as Pepsodent toothpaste ("You'll wonder where the yellow went"). Don't bother crossing the pond to examine the treasure trove of vintage graphic design, which remains inaccessible to the public. Just head to Flickr, where you can view the London Underground's photos of the inspiring posters.
Click here to see them.

Footy Fun

A Germany-based animator, Fabian Moritz, is a man with a mission. Inspired by his love of football, he has spent thousands of hours recreating football matches using lego figures and stop-motion animation. And now inevitably, he has turned his attention to the World cup, working literally round the clock to bring you the latest action in plastic. Among the most popular so far: Team USA's opener against England, including our goalie, Robert Green's most embarrassing fumble. So even if you have only the vaguest interest, you can keep up with the action at his site: http://www.legofussball.eu/?Lego-Videos:WM_2010

The font of all founts

The web has just got much more flamboyant; at last you can choose something a little more adventurous than Arial or times for your website thanks to a new service from typekit simply opens up a huge pandora's box of delicious fonts to use!

Make your own fonts

" A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
Roald Dahl

Have fun, be frivolous on a Friday, make your own script for free with font capture:
fontcapture.com

Progress is regression

Oh what a silly silly boy. I was duped by the idea that apples new operating system, snow leopard would make me a faster, more productive person and on a whim I bought it. First off all seemed fine, then I had a few problems with a font that had previously worked fine, all very boring. Till I discover snow leopard no longer supports type 1 fonts (is this the beginning of the end for the marriage of Apple & Adobe). No worries I bought the font family again as opentype (put it down to experience) and got the job done and thanked my lucky stars that only one font family were affected.
The problems have started with automatic updates. First Word has been playing up but the disaster was yesterday, when an upgrade from Adobe actually knocked Photoshop out. Now the programme crashes on start-up!
A search of the message boards revealed that this is a known problem, which Adobe purports to have fixed.
Adobe support will only help me if I take out a support contract, but then they will only support the latest instalment anyway (I'm using the previous version). It appears however that even the latest version still has serious issues and a fully supported version will not be launched until April next year. When faced with spending a lot of money to upgrade to something that is probably unstable, or undo what I have done and rebuild the computer with the old system the solution is as far as I can see a "no brainer". So after a long deliberation I have chosen to upgrade!!!