This is the bit of film I did to go with the pavement studies.
Try and bear with me to the end.

Looking down in Hackney from Ally Capellino on Vimeo.

Looking down in Hackney - I've become obsessed with the patterns on the pavements.

India has taken to moulded plastic chairs like a duck to water. Maybe squatting is on the way out now. The chairs seem full of character and individuality and I had real trouble editing down to this little crowd.

life saver chair

shy petrol pump attendant chair

audience chairs

tribal medicine chair

bus station chairs

chair family

ATM chair

singleton chairs

old couple chairs

shy and less shy chairs

final serious chair.

Here's the annual look at the lovely leaves.

The return of the blogging – sorry, I’ve been busy with other stuff.

Inspired by the photo album that I found in Berlin, Aggie and I decided to take a trip on the 50th anniversary of the original journey: Berlin to Nessebar on the Black Sea. We started in Prague and I was excited to see the graphics so strong and so alive on the streets. I loved seeing photos and posters hanging up and somehow the language seems to lend itself to great graphics. I came back and bought a book about Czech Avant Garde book covers by the Josef Čapek which is full of inspiration.

Maybe there is an alternative to bags.

What were they thinking? Are these the new hero products?

I knew that I wanted to have our new shop on Golborne road from about a year ago - it's such a great mix of people and shops and feels so busy all the time. We opened a week ago and all the neighbours have been in to introduce themselves and give their opinions as to whether we're needed there or not. Mostly it's been super friendly and we're looking forward to making some great friends.

Yesterday I took a walk with Leila to look at the food on offer - she was in charge, and purposefully marched into each place and pointed out the stuff she loved and the things I might have missed. Here are a few of the things we saw, all displayed in such a way as to get us properly excited. I bought these for Hamish, hope they fix his throat.

At the Garage.......

On a road that could hardly be more bleak are these lovely blue gates. Every time I see them I take another photo.

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