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*NEW PROJECT*

On Friday I became the Creative Director on a project called Meddle – a group of influential, expert people brought together for 3 days to tackle a specific issue. 

The launch event all surrounding the topic "Dream Projects" will be at Temple Guiting Manor in The Cotswalds between April 16 - 18.

Included in the launch Meddle are an array of amazing individuals – 

Mike Reed (Middle Meddler) @ReedWords Copywriter. Foreman,2013 D&AD Writing for Design Awards. Underground sketch artist Joe Brett @JosephBrett Filmmaker. Co-Founder of End of the Road Films. Director of Little Tibet. Trevor Cain @DollsHouseMan Restorer of vintage dolls houses. Dolls House designer to Buckingham Palace. Anil Dash @AnilDash Entrepreneur, writer and geek. Founder ofActivate and ThinkUp. Board member, NY Tech Meetup Steve Emmons  International Master Trainer for Gordon Training International. Team-building expert Pete Forde @PeteForde Tech strategy consigliere. Founder ofUnspace andBuzzData.Photographer. Hacker Tourist Jessica Hische @JessicaHIrsche Letterer, illustrator, and crazy cat lady known for her silly side projects and occasional foul mouth. Ann Holm @AnnHolmNet Facilitator, certified coach, Myers-Briggs master practitioner, startup advisor Aidan Hornsby @AidanHornsby Filmmaker. Co-founder of Digital Flair. Graphic designer. Video director, MediaCore. Sarah Parmenter @Sazzy Designer. Founder, You Know Who Design Studio. Co-host, The Happy Monday Podcast. Mia Pearlman Installation artist and sculptor Ted Pearlman (Meddle Founder) @UsIsTwo Founder, Meddle andUs is Two. Professional super-connector. Trumpeter and Tenor Saxophonist. Cali Rivera @CaliCooks Chef, Cali Cooks,Prune, Gramercy Tavern. Caterer. Specialist in French cuisine. Kathryn Rotondo @KRotondo Interactive Designer. Web, mobile, and motion developer. Curator of Equalitism Peggy Seymour @mymblesdaughter Portrait artist andjewellery designer. Believer in castles and seas full of magical creatures. Abigail Shaw @thisisshaw Writer, reader, weightlifter. F1, football, and fashion. Ted's muse and craziness warning system. And me.

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Our LOLCAT Shop has launched!

www.lolcattehexhibishun.com/shop

Snap ‘em up!

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We’re in the Underground! At Pimlico. Also featured on @ArtBelow’s homepage www.artbelow.org.uk/ab/Blog.action – Meow!

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LOLCat Teh Documentary – Where art meets the internet

In order to create the LOLCAT film, we wanted to approach the piece in a style consistent with our own style, and unique to the genre. Most exhibition pieces are approached with an event videography style, whereas Other Finger Films want to tell stories; our passion is stories, so we treated the piece as a documentary, as a story of the people behind the event. The approach was to look at the power of self-belief, positivity and social media, so a story could be created and told.

Created by Other Finger Films (otherfingerfilms.co.uk), in association with Jenny Theolin from Soapbox and Sons (soapboxandsons.com/) and Richard Osborne from Green Goat Films (greengoatfilms.co.uk/).

Music from the amazing Miss Emma - “Une Glace au Citron [A Lemon Ice] (acoustique)” by Miss Emma (profile.myspace.com/emmanaveira), “Des poissons, des oiseaux [Fish, Birds]” by Miss Emma (profile.myspace.com/emmanaveira) and “Bubble Gum” by Miss Emma (profile.myspace.com/emmanaveira). Her awesome music allowed us to make this film what it is.

For more information on the exhibition, please visit lolcattehexhibishun.com

Directed by Jonathan Nicol Edited by Jonathan Nicol Assisted by Richard Osborne

Sponsors Artefact The Framers Gallery EventBrite UK Vestal Vodka

Volunteers Jolanta Zute Phoebe Fitzroy Andy Garland  James Oconnell

Special thanks to  All our artists Lulubelles Cakes Art Rabbit FAD Website Art Below Daniel Mather Screenprinting Ripe Digital Francis O Donnell Smith

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Part of the hugely successful exposure of LOLCAT. 

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DESIGN WEEK VOXPOP

My response to "What is your favourite design from the past 12 months?"

“‘The longlist for this year’s Designs of the Year Award is very long indeed. Very hard to pick my favourite, since many of the nominees require engagement and interaction. But, from reading through them all online, there are a few that stick out above the rest. The Gov.uk site is especially great, especially from an inclusive design aspect; I can’t help but have to try the Six to Start’s Zombie Run! App; and I’ve only heard excellent things about the Random International’s Rain Room – now I have to visit!’

See the full longlist here.

And all the voxpops here.

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Compared to being interviewed on Robert Elms on BBC London last year in the comfort of a studio talking face-to-face with Robert; doing the Instagram-themed BBC World Service WHYS round-table over the phone with a bunch of strangers was really rather difficult.

When I was approached about this program, it was pitched as a ‘twitter debate live on the radio'. Unfortunately, Twitter is very often just a string of monologues and very short opinions interspersed with the others mentioned. So, in light of this, it was exactly that. Anyway, this is not a blog post about Twitter.

Editor in one ear, the other guests in the other; trying to follow a stream of monologues without being able to jump in at appropriate times to give my pittance was not the easiest, but I hope it made some sort of sense!?

Here are my condenses thoughts on this whole Instagram malarky:

• People are too quick to judge and do so uninformed.

• Twitter users love commotion and to collectively complain about a service/brand/person evokes mob and sheep mentality.

• How ironic that the Instagram-related riot in Sweden was on the same day as #Instagate on Twitter. Coincidence?

• Be more vigilant with the terms. “If you are not paying, you are not a customer, you're the product being sold.*

• The more your read and question T&Cs, the better and more user-friendly they will be written.

• Keep discussing new apps and technologies; revisit old ones and, most importantly, have fun!

• Apologies for saying 'pissed'. 

Read more / Download the program here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/whys Follow the program here: @BBC_WHYS

Great article on the subject: Everyone Who's Angry About Advertising On Instagram Is A Total Idiot 

 * Metafilter user blue_beetle via @DanieleDorazi

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Been asked by Design Week what inspires me. This is what I said...

Read the full article here. 

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New Schroders Trade Campaign 

Client: Schroders Investment Agency: Muirhoward 

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Super excited to be published in David Airey's new book, WORK FOR MONEY, DESIGN FOR LOVE' which "answers to the most frequently asked questions about starting and running a successful design business".

Below is an extract from my section in Chapter 11.

"For two years running, London-based designer Jenny Theolin set aside four months of her extracurricular time to devote to the Design Business Association's Inclusive Design Challenge, when she would work with care centers and nursing homes to develop a new generation of inclusive products, services, environments, and communications. Here she explains why:

“Described as the ‘combined Oscars and Olympics of the inclusive design world,’ this is not to be confused with a normal design industry award. The Challenge didn’t offer me any promise of an end product beyond the satisfaction of taking part and designing ‘for the greater good,’ ‘for our future selves,’ and of being at ‘the cutting edge of innovation.’

“The Clinic London trio I was part of won the 2010 Challenge, and our work was featured in the resulting exhibition in London’s V&A museum and has since traveled all around the world.

“However, we made absolutely no money..."

Buy the book here.

(Image from http://www.workformoneydesignforlove.com/)

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A Clowder Of LOLCats Feature and interview about ‘LOLCat – The Exhibihshun’ in Design Week today.

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Recommended Photographers

This post is dedicated to my photography friends. I get asked on numerous occasions to recommend photographers, so I thought I would include them in a post. Obviously, they all come highly recommended.

Simon James www.shotbyjam.com Simon James, otherwise known as Jam, is a photographer who lives in Stoke Newington, London. He specialises in portraits for editorial and commercial clients and shoots his own artwork. Simon was part of the Alien Nation Exhibition I curated in 2010 – Photograph below.

And here is another example of his work:

Man Cheung http://www.mancheung.com/ Portrait and editorial photographer based in London. Man was also part of the Alien Nation Exhibition I curated in 2010 – Photograph below.

And here is another example of his work:

Mikael Johansson http://www.mikaeljohansson.co.uk/ Mikael Johansson is a Swedish Photographer now living and working in London. I adore his work.

And here is another example of his work:

Rupert Tapper http://www.ruperttapper.info/ Australian fashion, portrait and editorial photographer based in London.

And here is another example of his work:

Adam Tiernen Thomas http://www.straighttothe.com/ All-round snapper based in London. Adam was also part of the Alien Nation Exhibition I curated in 2010 – Project below.

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The logo for my blog, www.junkfunk.tumblr.com

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Turner Media Innovations Won pitch to reposition, rebrand and relaunch company

• Brand and positioning work so successful rebranding extended to parent company

• Completely overhauled Audience Insight initiative, creating new branding, activities and materials – and trained team to deliver new sessions

• Delivery of trade campaigns, events, PR ideas, presentations and more 

Agency: Clinic London

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Nudist Beach, Spain

More of my photographs can be found on www.jennytheolin.tumblr.com

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Sex Pistols

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Latest campaign product ad for Standard Life Investments.

Agency: Muirhoward