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A view to kill for

Friday, February 8th, 2008

A really nice piece of web kit has just caught my usually very cynical attention. It’s called PicLens and is a very simple to install extension for browser of choice, Firefox.
piclens, image search, interface design, firefox extension

Firedog in .Net

Friday, January 18th, 2008

We were kindly requested by Jason Walsh, tech and design visionary / journalist, to come up with what we thought would be big in 2008. The article can be found in the latest issue, on the newsstands now. There are many interesting tips and insights from designers and developers within the industry. Enjoy.
dotnet, […]

Web 2.0 logotypes. Childsplay?

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Firedog has recently been commissioned by a very dynamic web 2.0 outfit who are poised to send tremors through the online landscape within but a few months. A large deal of the initial branding work centred around research of the web 2.0 landscape and branding online.
web 2.0, web 2.0 brands, web logos, […]

Under the bridge downtown

Friday, July 13th, 2007

I spotted this nice piece whilst getting off my 149 on Kingsland Road this morning.
hoxton, shoreditch, graffiti, street art

The shockingly new London 2012 logo. Oh dear.

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Not to jump on the band wagon and pan a fellow design company, but Wolf Olins have really got it wrong this time around. (Or at least the third time around for the fine purveyors of the BA tailfin fiasco and the off-brand Abbey dibacle). For a brand logo to work it has to follow […]

We go to the dogs for fifth birthday

Friday, May 25th, 2007

In celebration of firedog’s fifth birthday, we decided to drag our creative butts up to the center of cultural london that is the Walthamstow Stadium Greyhound Racing Track (aka, goin’ ta the daaaags).
walthamstow, greyhound racing, the dogs, london culture

Interpol, new album. Great cover.

Friday, May 18th, 2007

One of my favourite (spelt ‘favorite’ in the bands home town of New York) bands Interpol, is releasing a new album later this year in July.
interpol, album art, natural history, hunting prey