Dirty Mouse // Food For Designers’ Dirty Little Mice

Dirty Mouse is having a 2 week break whilst we go on honeymoon, but we’ll be back soon after we’ve had our fill of sun and sea. Please keep sending in the links so when we come back we can hit the ground running!

Well, this is it! In only one year we have smashed through the 1000-post mark! So I’m taking this opportunity to say thank-you for all your submissions and those who read the blog on a daily basis which makes it all worthwhile. I’m sorry I can’t respond to you all in person, but over 90% of all the work displayed on the blog now is directly from your submissions, and it’s hard to find time to respond to you all!

Please keep your submissions coming - most of them make it on. You can find the address to mail them to over on the right there —>   Also, we are moving to a new home soon, and will hopefully have a brand spanking new site and features. Keep your mince pies peeled!

Yet more server downtime. Sorry. Pipex are a bunch of fucking retards, it’s shocking how often this happens now. We have a new home to move to next week though, so fingers crossed we can get some stability back.

Judith over at Delicious Industries has tagged me for the Seven Songs of Spring, which is where I have to list 7 songs I’m listening to at the moment. So without further ado, here’s 7 on my current playlist, top and tailed by the fantastic Johnny Cash.

The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
Beautiful (Benny Benassi Remix) - Moby
Windowlicker - Aphex Twin
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Featuring Eloisia) - Nouvelle Vague & Eloisia
This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets
Street Spirit - Radiohead
In My Life - Johnny Cash

So I therefore tag David, Antonio, Jack, Bungers, Quad, Bob and Teacake……  Get on it chaps!

Well, it’s that time of year when a shed load of fresh young talent pours out from universities everywhere.

If you’re one of these such people with a splendid portfolio you want to pimp around, get in touch and we’ll feature you! Get in front of the many thousands who visit this site weekly - all you’ve got to do is send us a nice email (or some nice printed stuff) and you could have your own shiny post!

Changethethought, a nice daily design blog ran by the talented Chris Cox (check out his work), is looking for new writers to continue its growth. If you’re interested, then head on over to Chris’s blog here for more information.

The Strange Attractor is opening its doors in its search for new authors. Do you think you have what it takes? Click here to find out more.

Today is my birthday, so I’m having the day off from posting. I’ll be back over the weekend with some fresh stuff that landed in the inbox yesterday. If you’ve got any links, sites or news, then send ‘em in to the email address over here—->

This article from Design Week over average salaries in the UK market makes for interesting reading. The figures seem a touch higher than I’d expect, but Design Week report “salries are holding strong, and it’s still a buoyant, candidate driven market.”

As money is the subject of this post, then it seems appropriate to mention the winning new Royal Mint coin designs by Matthew Dent. Very nice.

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while since Andreas Widman, a current Hyper Island student, let me know that Creatives Unlimited was released.

We originally posted about the teaser-trailers on the site, but now it has had its full release, so to check out some of the hottest work from some of the finest graduates, go and have a peek at the site.