Capsule Films Launch

SlidesTuesday, July 22, 2008

Good friends of ours Tom and Emma launched their web film production company Capsule Films last week. check them out here

Sea of Poppies

SlidesFriday, July 18, 2008

Good friend and regular at Social, Steve Johnston has designed this book cover for Sea of Poppies by Amitar Ghosh and we think it's hot! - you can see more of his work here.

A little about the book:

Sea of Poppies

At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving-ship, The Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts.


In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed villager, from an evangelical English opium trader to a mulatto American freedman. As their old family ties are washed away they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais or ship-brothers. An unlikely dynasty is born, which will span continents, races and generations.


The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of China. But it is the panorama of characters, whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, which makes Sea of Poppies so breathtakingly alive. A masterpiece from one of the world's finest novelists.

The Secret World of Sam King

SlidesThursday, July 17, 2008

The Secret World of Sam King is a show available from Universal music to BEBO users -  the show focuses on Sam, a kid working in the mail room at Universal Music but simultaneously running an undercover record label of his own, signing the best new bands around. We did the identity including logo, web pages and animated show package (titles etc).

Decoding Design

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