Digit 2005-04 - Clevernotions.com

SONY LAUNCH NEW JUKEBOX
Sony will launch a new version of its network jukebox in March in Japan. The NAS-A10
contains a 40GB hard drive, a CD drive, AM and FM radio and a MemoryStick slot.
The jukebox allows music stored on the disk to be transferred to either of the two prior
portable music players or onto a MemoryStick Duo memory card for playback in a device
such as the PlayStation Portable (PSP). It will cost approx $600 (around £340).
www.sony.com
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SNAP ABBEY
Abbey bank has developed personalized bank cards
in association with Endengene. The new photocard
service lets Abbey customers upload their own
digital images onto their cash and debit cards or
choose from a library. The card is then processed
in the normal way.
The Photocard has already proved a hit with
Abbey staff following its internal launch last year,
with the children of staff being the most popular
pictures. Abbey said: “This is the first to be available
in the UK and creates a distinctive position for
Abbey in the market.” www.abbey.com/photocard
WHAT WAS THE SKY LIKE
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG?
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Displaying the breathtaking confidence that
students have, 24 postgraduate photography
students at Central Saint Martins College of Art
and Design have embarked on a life-long project.
24:2004 saw 24 photographers document the
first 24 hours of 2004 and is now an exhibition of
the resulting 24 photographs. The same crowd of
photographers did the same thing for the first day
of 2005. They plan to keep this up for another 22
years – 24 hours, 24 photographers, 24 images,
24 years.
“How will the group, the project, and the
world it documents change over the next
quarter of a century?” asks the group.
You can see – at least a small part – for
yourself until March 19. 24:2005 is this year’s
selection of 24 images and is in Soho Square,
London, until 19 March.
Longing for London, left, by Nicky Willcock.
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PRETTY IN PINK
T-shirt design company UniForm has magazine
credits from ID to Wallpaper. Celebrity fans include
Pete Tong, Zoe Ball, and Sara Cox. UniForm’s new
collection, out now, is based on Op Art.
Launched in 1997 the brand now sells to retailers
throughout the UK, Europe, USA, Australia, and
Japan. This of course has been no mere accident.
The two founders, Paul West and Paula Benson,
have a design pedigree that includes art direction
and design for high profile campaigns including
Depeche Mode, Girls Aloud, Busted, The Faders,
Everything But The Girl, and MTV. UniForm is a
division of their graphic design studio, Form.
www.uniform.uk.com
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