wearehamper: Quids In: The Poundshop MCR Trolley-dash beautiful design at The Poundshop’s latest pop-up shop at Manchester’s Chinese Arts Centre.  The brainchild of three London design graduates, The Poundshop is the perfect double-whammy for budding young designers. It offers cash-strapped creative types the opportunity to pick up beautiful design oddments (from the functional to the frivolous) for £1, £5 or £10. More than that, it was established to encourage young designers to commercialise their ideas by giving them a platform to sell their goods. Win win.  BUY BUY BUY: The shop (with a quirky interior designed by Manchester studio Music) is at the Chinese Arts Centre on Thomas Street. You can also pick up a bargain at the online shop - both are open until 22nd June 2013. Is it ever too early to start Christmas Shopping? Hamper’s top purchases include: The gorgeously minimal Honey Club Urban Seeds pack. Save the bees by planting their favourite food in your urban garden. Then frame the packaging. £5 Custhom’s Totem necklaces - bag a fox, bear or owl online, or if you’re buying from the shop you can mix and match! Perfect for knocking out fellow festival-goers as you jump around in the sun. £1 Customize your cardi with Lizzie Bass & Amanda Scott’s Alphabuttons - they’d make great jewellery too, and the whole typeface is printed on the back. £1 What Does This Sound Look Like? Is Barbar’s fun addition: listen to the sound (via a url link found in the packaging), create your mask using the stickers provided, then upload a photo to their website to join their wall of sound. £1 Mina Bach celebrates the joy that is public domain with her little books - thanks to copyright laws, you are free to copy, reproduce, transmit, broadcast and lend her mini copies of Katherine Mansfield’s short stories however you wish. Let’s all share: BOOKS WILL MAKE US FREE! £1 SELL SELL SELL: From MCR to LDN - the next pop-up Poundshop is in the window of Selfridges. Click here to find out how to submit your designs and be in with a chance of selling your own product.  Happy Shopping, y’all :)
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Manda Scott and I are excited to say that we are official poundshoppers! Our Alphabuttons are going to be for sale at the Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester between the 8th and 22nd of June for the total bargain price of one pound! There are going to be loads of other amazing bits and bobs made by a talented group of established and upcoming UK designers so definitely worth checking it out Here
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linear-thoughts asked: i found your blog through 'To-the-passer-by'? as in Poppy's blog? and i remembered your name from high school. and id also like to let you know i think your stuff is really great!

I remember your name from school too, ha what a small world. thanks so much i really like your stuff too! 
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final book cover design for the big sleep
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the beginnings of a book cover for The Big Sleep
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