This post is for my own benefit as much as anything else. I worked in pre-press for quite a while and at one point I knew all of the various sizes of paper off by heart as it was my job to not only order in the paper stock, but at times to also guillotine it up. Whenever I get a request to set up an A1 poster though I just cannot seem to keep the figures in my head and end up consulting Wikipedia. I am never too convinced at the accuracy of Wikipedia though, so in this case I have looked it up from an actual book (retro) and created a definitive list for UK folks anyway, of paper sizes.
We aren't in Creative Review. This is probably because we haven't paid them enough to feature, but the simple fact is they don't know that we exist because we haven't told them that we exist, so there's no point in being bitter. One day when I'm feeling full of care and maybe a little bit needy I'll be more interested in peddling ourselves round the design press. Not that I'm convinced it will turn into much work - but just because I want to start putting the word designer after my name or because I need to feel loved like some kind of sell-out, creative-whore like there's an artisitic equivalent to a WAG. Yuck.
Anyway, in the mean time I came across these fellows via Twitter this week and I heartily encourage all those of who have an interest in the pursuit of creative arts to dig about and find some interesting pieces to look at. http://www.notincreativereview.co.uk
We're on their too with my current version of our how it all started story, enthralling stuff: http://www.notincreativereview.co.uk/introduce-yourself
In late 2007 we found ourselves pondering the ponderous nature of the many places we had worked in and decided to do something better. 49th Floor is a creative partnership which began from the smouldering ashes of our previous employment within big, bully-boy agencies.
Together with some highly trained (but sometimes worryingly emotional) squirrels from the nearby woods, an ounce of pluck and a whole heap of mirth we aim to take 'em all on at their own game and hit the big-hitters right in the blue-chips.
We are on twitter @49thfloor and if my designers guide to Shoreditch is correct, this makes us cool. If I was a gladiator I'd be 'Vector' and Andy would be 'Bitmap' however and sadly this makes us un-cool. Because one of us wears glasses though, you can rest assured that we're smart.
Please take a look at our site to see a little of what we've been up to: www.49thfloor.co.uk It'd be really nice to know someone other than my mum and wife go on there from time to time. It's a great read, honest.
