You know how it happens… you bag yourself that cushy professional job where you are sat on your backside for a good 99% of the day… and you suddenly find yourself with a little more lard around the front, back and hips….getting up to perform those basic office/studio tasks starts to seem like a chore because you’re just lacking in that get up and go you once possessed when you were that perky art student….

Thankfully, with the advent of office furniture evolution, that now can be a thing of the past….

Like how…!?!? With the Hawaii Chair of course! You can hula your way to a toned tush without even moving from the safe haven of your Mac….

Please Justine, can Cuckoo give them a whirl….?!? (excuse the pun…)

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Following on the from Suzanne’s creative war theme, you will see what happens when the fight is taken off the screen to the streets of New York! Amazing video…


PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
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I wonder if my fellow creatives have ever found themselves faced with a revolution, a fight on their hands of screen proportions….? the rebellion infact, of their very own Flash creations….?

Perhaps not yet, but is it the sign of things to come!?

Some might say….“The Rise of the Machines”? as I recall a Terminator film subtitle once…

Hmmm, maybe not, but big things do always start off small…..

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The below video happens to be both extremely funny and quite topical, considering the weekend’s Oscar dramatics.

Last Sunday, 2 August, I was lucky enough to get to the Manchester Evening News Arena for the last performance of Walking with Dinosaurs.

The experience was truly magnificent & my 5 year old son Ben & I sat through the whole show completely open-mouthed!

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Starting a new job can be an unnerving experience. There’s the new people, the new surroundings, the new challenges, the new…smells? But at Cuckoo (who were lucky enough to employ a chap of my stupefying talent) – the hair-pulling, the name-calling and bruising from stolen lunch-money fisticuffs has been kept to a respectable minimum.

So far I’ve been designing and building the new Cuckoo website, which should be up and running very soon. The website should improve and simplify the current information flow, and should have some cool little things thrown in. Like, for example, an option of a larger view of the Cuckoo webcam, for the nosier among us. Also, there’s the option of choosing your favourite background for the website, which should provide hours of fun for all.

And, for those who missed it, Cuckoo are still looking for sponsors for their 10k Manchester run to raise money for the NABS charity – and you can see their rather entertaining Rocky-inspired training video here.

Stephen at colleagues at Cuckoo.

Stephen and colleagues at Cuckoo.

Over and out.

Stephen Fairbanks

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On Sunday 17th May 2009, 6 of our most Cuckoo colleagues will take part in The BUPA Great Manchester Run in aid of NABS.


Eye of the Cuckoo from cuckoo on Vimeo.

on the roads of France?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytfhzcSF-Y

Or how about a free Mcdonalds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27NX_MMIkLY&feature=channel

As an addition to Alex’s fitting homage to Lego classics in still-life, let me acknowledge the Lego classic of the Python…

I know these have been around for a while now but I’ve just been reminded of them again and I’d foolishly forgotten just how good they are!

Hand Of GodViet Cong CaptainLunch Atop a SkyscraperV.J. Day Times SquareTiananmen SquareRaising the flag on Iwo JimaChurchill PortraitTennis GirlTwickenham Streaker

More can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/