Matt was just on the Today programme on Radio 4, having a nice discussion with Evan Davis about viral advertising. We’ll put a link up to the audio stream when it’s available.
Archive for the ‘London’ Category
aMap lift off…
Matt Golding - February 13th, 2009Our aMap launch party last night buzzed along nicely, in the friendly surroundings of Piada, the fantastic italian cafe under our Frith Street office. Thanks to all of you diverse media, film and political types who turned out to see our feisty new baby spread its wings. If you haven’t seen the project yet visit aMap here, where you can buy our selection of pre-made aMaps, or construct your own online to argue with your friends…
Snoho
Chris Quigley - February 2nd, 2009The Team Rubber London base was one of the only signs of life in Soho today. Snow had drenched London in a beautiful blanket of powder about 8 inches deep. Getting back into town last night, the taxi I took from Paddington did a 560 spin on Wigmore Street. Half of Oxford Street shut at 4pm and the Supermarkets and cafe’s have pretty empty shelves as none of their deliveries arrived. However, our trusty milkman arrived at our door on time, and the kids upstairs had built this fantastic fag smoking snowman outside our door. And everyone you see on the street has a massive childish grin on their face! (N.B. this was written by Matt not Chris Q – Matt’s a divo and lost his password for the blog so I’m his blog writing assistant extrordinaire . . .)
Five Bristol reasons
Andy Parkhouse - December 10th, 2008Recently we were asked for five reasons we’re passionate about Bristol. We said:
- Standing in the centre, surrounded by everything a big city can offer, and being able to see green fields.
- The wealth of interesting, scenic and/or cool places to live, work, shop, eat, meet, drink, party, stroll, pause…
- Everything is close, the city is diverse, and the areas are distinctive. You can meet friends quickly anywhere in the city.
- Dense clusters of creative businesses and people who care about being good on a global scale.
- The creative culture is built around openness, collaboration, sharing and unpretentious networking.
(London is great too).
We built this City on blog n soul
matthew pink - October 31st, 2008As I strolled out this morning into my new leafy Bristol hood of wide roads, whistling milkmen and gorgous autumnal palettes, I took a little mo’ to mourn the end of the Brand podcast but also to think back to this time a year ago. Beyond me milky, wispy clouds streamed across a pure blue sky, the squirrels chatted and the magpies nodded their approval and I felt that little kick of adrenalin I now feel in the mornings, well slept, unhurried and knowing how my short stroll into work seems to become more immeasurably beautiful every day. As happens most mornings, I exchanged my hellos with the blind lady who I pass on the curve of the hill, just before the steady decline allows me to take in the Avon panorama. I wish she could see it too, but there is something in her hello which tells me she has.
I’m heading into an office where people take time to talk and understand each other, and, steady now, even enjoy each others’ company. Pressure is evenly distributed and shared, and managers actually have time to manage in the true sense. Issues are raised, discussed and solutions found, quickly but without the sense of panic that comes from endemic fingerpointing cultures to be found elsewhere. People understand, and more importantly, believe in their common goal as well as retaining their energy, commitment and creativity. An authentic office team spirit, who would have thought it?
Contrast this to London mornings of a year ago, mornings of sullen faces, stuffy hot air in enclosed spaces, a 2 mile journey somehow managing to take 65 minutes, people snapping at each other over the turn of a newspaper page, busdrivers wordlessly leaving you dampening in the grey drizzle, arriving in an office where the time/work/quality equation is never going to quite add up, where people are passing ships in the night and where you are just a face in the crowd.
And I think, well done, my son.
How Team Rubber Celebrates Seven Years
Lisa Rex - October 13th, 2008How does Team Rubber celebrate it’s 7th Anniversary? By going on holiday, of course. Team Rubber recently returned from a seaside holiday in Dorset, filled with songs, laughter, food and a gale force wind or two.
Many of us enjoyed playing the guitar and the singing of happy songs (despite not always knowing the words). The weather was typically British. Friday was amazing – clear skies, sunny and gorgeous. The rest of the weekend, not so much.
Laura organised the lovely, seasidy holiday cottage for us. Cheers for that! It was situated right on the beach. Inside was “like a maze”, with “cozy” rooms, and “individual and idiosyncratic” beams (quite literally – they weren’t always structural!). There enormous dining room table received many compliments, which accommodated all 18 of us.
Thought the house was spot on, loved the sophisticated-rustic balance, the chance to fully enjoy the sea views whilst staying warmly cocooned from the gales and the fact that it was right next to the pub (allowing me to drink two whole pints of cider without blowing my designated driver responsibilities).” – Ben
I was happy to sit in the conservatory all day.” – Katrina
Amazing. We should buy it.” MattG
It suited Team Rubber. I want to go again!” – Michaela
The house did have it’s quirks, though (rattling windows, temperamental cooker and casual hot water!) but these merely added to the charm.
More photos on our Team Rubber Flickr group, including the awesome panorama.
What were your highlights of the holiday?
- Andy: Lanterns!
- Matt: Pizzas, Photography, Sky Lanterns, Discovering Thatchers Gold
- Katrina: Swimming in the ocean and being covered in crustaceans in the sitting room
- Laura: Untying knots and the Friday walk on the beach
- Tim: Going swimming in the sea, the food, the lanterns and watching our cross-dressers
- Ian: Eating big breakfasts and dinners together and seeing people outside of work — true colours!
- Michaela: The amazing sunny day walking on the beach and the general atmosphere
- Rory: Lanterns, Friday’s sunny weather, and pancakes and bacon for breakfast
- Jenny: Playing the guitar and singing, and lighting the lanterns
- Alex: Thursday was fun and drunken and Friday was really nice out on the beach with the lanterns and fire
- Lisa: Everyone scoffing my American pancakes, hanging out with everyone, walking up the coastline and the night-time campfire
- Matt: Dreamlike, tasty, magical
- Kirk: The lanterns, and swimming with Tim and Alan
- Jess: All sitting down to dinner together, being right on the beach, the beach at night and sitting around in my pajamas til 6pm
- Ben: Mostly just being able to legitimately ‘hang out’ with the good folks of Team Rubber who happen to be some of the nicest, coolest people I know (it always feels like a bit of a shame when all I get to speak to them about is projects, budgets, clients and the like). Also enjoyed the fire and lanterns evening, the frequency of Boggle games and the indulgent opportunity to play some cheesy social guitar without being laughed at
What three words describe the holiday for you?
- Alex: Beardy. Windy. Happy.
- Laura: Relaxing. Extreme. Snotty.
- Katrina: Bonding. Comfortable. Cute.
- Ian: Wind. Sea. Fire.
- Michaela: Relaxing. Fun. Epic.
- Rory: Pure Dorset Gold
- Jess: Chilled. Windy. Relaxing.
(Jess: Is chilled the same thing as relaxing? Me: Not unless you meant the other kind of chilled, especially at night) - Lisa: Great Mad Fun
- Kirk: Team Rubber Holiday
- Andy: Sun. Hurricane. Fire.
- Ben: Ace. More, please.
In summary, according to Jenny, it was the “Best fun you can have with your clothes on!”
