and there will be unicorns http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog Design & Illustration blog of Thomas Burden Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:51:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 The Yearly Alpine Pilgrimage http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2012/03/the-yearly-alpine-pilgrimage-2/ http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2012/03/the-yearly-alpine-pilgrimage-2/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:51:47 +0000 Tom http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/?p=402 Just got back from a most excellent week shredding the gnar with the good folk of Ilovedust. I remained uninjured throughout, which I consider I great success.

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]]> http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2012/01/the-glossies-8/feed/ 0 Merry Boxing Day http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/12/merry-boxing-day/ http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/12/merry-boxing-day/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:48:26 +0000 Tom http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/?p=391 Merry Boxing Day, to all who, like myself, are still working. I salute you comrade. Wear your pallid, midwinter complexion and accompanying under-eye swelling with pride.

It’s been a crazy busy end to the year and I shall soon be updating the site with some choice graphical produce for the likes of Droga5 and Saatchi & Saatchi amongst others . For now, here’s a christmas stocking.

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]]> http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/10/vectors/feed/ 0 The broadsheets http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/10/the-broadsheets/ http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/10/the-broadsheets/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:16:22 +0000 Tom http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/?p=374 A little editorial in this week’s Guardian’s independent bookshops supplement. All about a science fiction bookshop in Edinburgh. I’m no expert, but as far as I’m aware there are only two visual memes within the context of ’science fiction’ and I will pipp for ‘camp-50’s/60’s’ over ‘The Matrix’ any day.

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]]> http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/10/the-broadsheets/feed/ 0 The Other Me http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/06/the-other-me/ http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/06/the-other-me/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:03:16 +0000 Tom http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/?p=362 As the discerning reader knows, the work I post on There Will be Unicorns is only roughly a third of my creative outputs, albeit my favourite third. As I am still yet to create a suitable internet dwelling for my other work, I have housed them temporarily, for all to see, on my cargo site. Should you not have time to click that link, then a few pieces are shown below.

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]]> http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/05/new-promo/feed/ 0 The Glossies http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/04/the-glossies-6/ http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/04/the-glossies-6/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:33:12 +0000 Tom http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/?p=347 A hugely generous amount of coverage in this month’s Digital Arts magazine. The issue is all about colour, hence the inclusion of half my portfolio in the headline feature ( I’ve never used a pastel shade in my life and nor do i intend to! ), alongside such talent as La Boca and Alice Stevenson amongst others. Thanks to Eva Peaty for the exposure.

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]]> http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/04/the-glossies-6/feed/ 0 ‘and’ 2009 -2011, an obituary http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/02/and-2009-2011-an-obituary/ http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/2011/02/and-2009-2011-an-obituary/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:00:35 +0000 Tom http://www.therewillbeunicorns.com/blog/?p=340 As no one ever noticed or referred to it anyway, I felt the time had come to gracefully retire/ euthanize the ‘and’ of ,’…and there will be unicorns’, along with its three, even more overlooked friends ,’.. &.’. There’s no place for confusing grammar or punctuation in branding, just ask Prince. Its departure thus rendered my logo obsolete, and so, after six months of consultation with a series of brand alchemists and consultancies, I took the controversial decision to totally future proof my brand and go full balls-to-the-wall uppercase with the logotype. Re-brand done.

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