Well the recent marketing material I produced for York Test Laboratories was very well received, so I hope that's the beginning of a beautiful relationship (professionally speaking of course) and am now onto some advertising for Clive Sutton (in dear old London Town) and the next newsletter for deliciouslyorkshire. Oh and talking to the headmaster of my daughters school (Richard Taylor in Bilton) about doing a newsletter and other bits and pieces for them (freebie of course).

The Howabout hi-fi has been grooving to the likes of The Cure, Sly and the Family Stone and The Clash lately (and Arlo Guthrie too - well I gotta listen to 'Alice's Restaurant' when I've got a daughter called Alice haven't I?!).

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A new week and some new and exciting projects to work on. First off, some tweaks to some visuals I am doing for Blue Stripe Web Design in Harrogate, and then on to some events graphics for Beaucare, also in Harrogate, before moving on to some marketing collateral for York Test Laboratories.

Oh, and the Howabout hi-fi is currently throwing out some top tunes by the Super Furry Animals.

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End of a busy week in which Howabout Creative Solutions have managed to win a new client with the potential for quite a volume of work! V exciting... It does seem like we are becoming a stronger brand in Harrogate and beyond... more details to follow, but for now, over and out...

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I've just joined Twitter - follow me at benthompson70 if you fancy it! Just become a full member of Harrogate B4B too. Been busy working at York for a few days which was very nice, and will be out that way again shortly for a meeting for some potential new business with a new client. V excited about that!

In the meantime, here are a couple of pix for your viewing pleasure. One from the recent holiday at Eweleaze Farm in Dorset (that's me in the middle!) and another of a recent project I did for the Regional Food Group (cover shot of the Food and Drink Alliance brochure).

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Its been a busy couple of weeks for Howabout Creative Solutions since we returned from our holiday 'darn sarf' with an interesting and challenging mix of work including advertising, publication design, exhibition design and a chunky interactive pdf. I've been working on location in Leeds at Savvy, on location in York at Red, as well as burning the midnight oil on a plethora of other projects back home in Harrogate - long may it continue!

The BforB breakfast meetings in Harrogate continue to be interesting and informative (I have already made contact with one or two web designers and have met some wonderful people), and I am pleased to say I have been invited to join as a full member - an opportunity I am more than happy to accept.

Despite all these long hours, and multiple projects to juggle, there has still been time to fill the Harrogate air with some good old noise pollution, this time featuring The Stooges, Rolling Stones, Quantic and those Howabout favourite's, Mudhoney. Oh, and talking of music, I thought the recent BBC programme 'The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E Smith' made for some excellent viewing. Subtitles would have come in useful here and there, but there you go...

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Back after a weeks camping in Dorset with old friends from my days in London - had an amazing time and am now refreshed and ready to go again with Howabout Creative Solutions. Already things are looking quite busy with an exhibition stand to do for Beaucare (as well as a hefty catalogue), some work lined up in York with my mate Andy at Red Publications and an enquiry about producing some city maps for the tourist trade. Added to that, the next issue of Solace Focus is imminent, and hopefully some work from OCS too. Could be a busy end to the summer...

On the decks this past week or two... St Etienne, William Orbit, Mudhoney and, err, The Theme from Charlie and Lola...

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I have been busy the last few days creating some concepts for Beaucare for their latest catalogue, which will be going into production soon - it should be an exciting project to be part of. More pressing at the moment is our up and coming camping holiday to Dorset, although it looks like we should be preparing for a wet few days. Never mind, it'll be a welcome few days break before I get back to what I hope will be a busy end to the summer.

(Fleet Foxes, Penguin Café Orchestra and Led Zeppelin have been supplying the sounds in the Howabout studio recently, although my daughter still insists Gorillaz are the best thing since sliced bread).

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