July 2010

Firefox have just revealed their new Persona range of exclusive headers for their browser! Why get stuck with the usual boring grey when you can customise your browser to any design you want-you can even design your own!

The method is simple, just follow the instructions on the website itself and in four easy steps you can upload the header and footer for free for others to use.

Fitting the description of an archetype perfectly, the Batman emblem is one that was in place when the Dark Knight made his debut nearly 7 decades ago, and one from which all subsequent designs have been based, some more drastically different than others, but all recognisable as Batman’s insignia.

The World Cup in South Africa is nearly upon us and we here at the office (well, two thirds) have started to get in the spirit of things: getting the beers and barbecue in ready for the big game, checking out the Rocky Horror Picture Show hairstyles of yesteryear, salivating at the prospect of our boys losing again, and buying the official World Cup sticker album! What better way to show your love for your country than by collecting the team in small rectangular form, showing your support for the players with ever so slightly crooked stuck on portraits? Those were the days!

The film debut of Brass Eye mastermind Chris Morris was always going to be an event to savour for some, and one to revile for others. The man did not disappoint. The subject for his debut comedy was unsurprisingly surprising: Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. A cornerstone of any great comedy.

Luckily for me I like my comedy dark.

I’ve tried to ignore it. I’ve gone with a lifetime habit and just said I’m not into it. It’s not my thing. Though not my choice, most of the time I welcomed the sound of a match as a nice change of pace from the usual bands or films we put on in the background, but that was the limit of my involvement, the peak of my interest. Just something different to listen to while at work.

My wife is pregnant with our second son and is blooming! Those of you who have had this amazing experience or are going through it will know that pregnant women are 'great'. My wife developed a heightened sense of smell which made her heave at the smell of most washing detergents and fabric softeners.

Creativitea* was approached to work with the Geek Squad, the 24 hour tech support team, the one “in cahoots with the Carphone Warehouse” on their new website launch video, and we couldn’t have been happier to do it (we can smell our own kind)!

We produced a short teaser promo for the Geeks to show to their chiefs, featuring full motion graphics depicting each page of their new site, and each feature of the page highlighted. Here’s the teaser in all its Geeky glory:

We are now in a day where there is an app for everything, our lives are pretty much run by small program applications from everything from deciding what to eat for tonight’s dinner to personal banking.

Currently my job role at Creativitea is so varied I need to be organised and need tools that are efficient and won’t break the bank.

Here at Creativitea we love creativity. All kinds of it, art, graphic design, illustration, photography, graffiti, the list is endless. But at times there is someone who captures our eye and ignites our imaginations, and Prole is this person. We simply love his work and love his creativitea!

Welcome to the first of our “a tea* Creative” blogs, a regular show case of creative ideas and graphic pieces form the team members here at Creativitea. We believe that creativity can come from anywhere and at anytime so this is our way of showing you the world from our perspective. Enjoy!

A tea* Creative: Snow fun.
By studio member: Lloyd Bedford
Piece Title: “I dont know about you, but I got stuck in the snow today”

Papio is ape about sky diving!!! He is a Mandrill baboon from the Mandrillus sphinx family.

Pantone, the global authority on colour and provider of professional colour standards for the design industries, has announced PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise as the Colour of the Year for 2010.

Video Title: HTML5 Image Uploader
Video Description: Mozilla’s Paul Rouget gives a demo of an image uploader created using only Open Web technologies.