Another tutorial to talk about my favourite artist material: Banksy has his stencils, Damian has his spots, I have PowerPoint and Grayson has his pots. I have also been known to get out the paint pots, messy charcoal and glue. My fingernails are testament to some mixed-media assemblage, but I also dabble in the dark... Continue Reading →
Existentialism for the office
I hope to high heaven I have spelt it right, but I've been thinking a lot about the E word lately. For this post, I want to crack open the doors of perception a bit and explain what is going on in my head. Ghastly thought, I know. If we clear away all the chaff... Continue Reading →
Thoughts on Paul Rand and Alvin Lustig
Some moons ago, when I was working for peanuts and chained to the bottom rung of the ladder of career goals, I decided to inject a bit of modernism into the graphics for a particularly hideous finance presentation. I had been given a fantastic book on Paul Rand - the American graphic designer who along... Continue Reading →
What is an Artistypist?
An artistypist is a creative individual who has spent years in office-support employment, gladly contributing to the career excellence of others, only to discover a large pay gap and a career coffin lid nailed shut with hammer blows of low expectation. Rather than run off to HR (like any normal person) the artistypist will embark... Continue Reading →
So who were all these Russian Constructivists?
Love them or loathe them, the Constructivists wanted to bring art to the people and by doing so, improve the lot for those at the bottom of society. Well, don't we all? Here at Poodlepods we also aim to bring art to the little people. To vintage career dollies, plugging away and thinking, I... Continue Reading →
In 2016 we re-located to Narragonia
In December 2016, we all re-located to Narragonia to begin our secretarial live art project. Let's just say that our invisibility cloaks were getting a little itchy. Happily, we can now swig our gin and practice the art of admin in our own vintage career dolly refuge, a state of mind and a fool's paradise... Continue Reading →
Unleash your creativity – we tried.
Yup. Try as we might, we just cannot seem to come up with an inspirational quote for social media or a pastel photographic image that really sums up what we are attempting to achieve: No. We who now wallow in the dark arts of admin prefer to hit PowerPoint and go to lunch early -... Continue Reading →