Our new website is alive. Check it out…

http://dropp.co.uk

Watch this space…

We’ve all heard of and are now using Spotify. Not being people who like being complacent in life we decided to try and put a face to the voice that is Roberta. The sexy voiced lady who drifts into your aural pleasure with the sprightly words “Hi, I’m Roberta from Spotify” to tell you more about the wonderful paid features in Spotify.

So without further ado, this is the face behind the voice…

Roberta from Spotify

@sparcd has pointed out a very addictive but interesting little Flash app. You can find it here http://bit.ly/NaikH.

It’s addictive so be prepared to end up in a state of trance while drawing pretty patterns.

Good things come in small packages, and our latest web venture is no exception. Friend & Co is possibly the smallest gallery in the world featuring some of the biggest names in urban art.

The gallery is owned and run by Tom Friend and is based on the Gloucester Road in Bristol. Take a look at their online store to see some of the amazing pieces of art that they have available.

http://friendandco.bigcartel.com/

With our sister company McFaul handling the design of the new site, we’re putting all the backend loveliness into it.

Watch this space for some big things from small spaces to come.

Thanks to the talented and sightful eyes of @alanwardle our attention was drawn to this hilarious bit of artistic license.

Using the My Little Pony range of toys, Mari Kasurinen has transformed these garish plastic ponies into a series of iconic characters from some much loved movies (yes He-Man was a movie as well).

We like it! See the whole range here http://tinyurl.com/c6m77w

We really love innovative ideas and this really is no exception. Tugboat created this clever concept for toilets at major Ski resorts in Japan. The ingenious idea was developed to market Georgia Max Coffee.

Using a series of standard wraps the only area of branded content is the toilet roll holder which bears the web URL www.maxcoffee.jp along with the slogan “Seriously kick-ass intensely sweet for the real coffee super zinging unstoppable Max! Taste-explosion!”.

I bet sitting in these cubicals must really help scare the shit out of you.

Downhill ski jump anyone?

Apple have today announced that on March 17th a special media event will take place to offer a sneak peak at the 3.0 OS for their iPhone. The event takes place at Apple’s Town Hall building in Cupertino at 10am Pacific Time and is by invite only.

This event will allow developers to see what changes and new features have been made to the SDK. While it’s not a full realease it shouldn’t be long before it is available through iTunes.

One of the features that people are rumouring as a possibility is push notifications, along with a big sigh of desire for ‘copy & paste’ functionality.

Watch this space for more news.

Some iPhone OS 3.0 Graphic

Toni Morrison once said “A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double” and it is for that reason we decided to set up Mcfaul Studio’s new sister company, Dropp, to handle a special kind of work.

Dropp was founded to specifically handle and expand on the ever increasing digital projects that McFaul Studio has been building up over the last few years. Comprising of the dream team of James White, George Parker and our very own Ross Curzon-Butler, the formation of Dropp has been created to handle all the interactive, motion graphics and moving image work that was previously heralded under the McFaul Studio banner. Dropp is also set to handle the research and development of new technologies, providing even more scope for the sexiness of McFaul Studio to appear.

The people involved in this new venture have so far been a main part of the success on projects for Microsoft, Toshiba, Nokia, Fuse TV and Publicis Dialog, among many others. With the creative and technical excellence of these guys, fused with the gorgeous Art Direction and creativity of John McFaul, some interesting things are happening.