Bloom's Blog
I'm bursting with pride on behalf of Bloom and its blog, which has just made Design Week's Best Design Blogs roundup. Even though it's nothing to do with me any more. If there was ever an agency that was made to blog it was Bloom: interesting and charming from the inside out.
saying my goodbyes
At the end of this week I left Bloom to gambol through digital pastures new (and confuse my mum with another monosyllabically named agency). And it's only right before those adventures begin to say a few words about the place I’ve called work-home for a while.
When Ben gave me my first proper break, back when I started freelancing with Bloom, I thought I knew all sorts of things. Of course it turned out I didn't really know the price of fish. Everything was in theory, and I will be forever grateful for the chance to put it into practice in such a brilliant environment. Bloom and the people at Bloom have made me believe in a very real way that it's possible to have enormous talent, but behave as if it were nothing at all, to come across, even, as if the main thing is to be as fun and warm as possible. And it's not affected (even thought I'm making it sound a bit like it is). It's just what happens when people have their priorities straight.
In particular, Ben has been an extraordinary boss, combining charm, astonishing business nous and a big sense of family to make Bloom the place it is. Credit must also go to him for lighting up the dance floor of my wedding with some truly ferocious bogling.
A special also to my planning colleague and comrade Ed, for too many things to mention here, but mostly for being the folk-playing, rave-promoting, scentless, nifty smudging, world's sole remaining (Edwardian) gentleman.
Ed as (Salt 'n') Pepa
I will miss them both a badly.
Worsley, of course, for being a comi-tragic hero in his own ongoing Shakespearian dog drama.
And the rest of Bloom for being the warmest bunch of people I’ve worked with yet. It's been grand.
new stuff
We've just done a new babycare range which is hitting the shelves now, and which you can read a bit more about over here. If you were so inclined. We're very excited.
bloom news
In a shocking turn of events this week Worsley's been shorn of his hair. He looks quite majestic in this shot. And very tall. With eyes like he's in the dog version of Heroes, or something. In real life it makes him look a bit chilly, and very charming. We're all trying to adjust.
smith 52
One of the lovely things about working at Bloom is that you might get the chance to work on the Mr and Mrs Smith collection. So we were dead excited to take delivery of the new events diary, Smith 52.
Isn't it beautiful? Even if I say so? Seeing all pages we'd designed one by one with their rainbow profile and the big solid cover in the flesh was brilliant.
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