Childhood

60s Moon Age Day Dream

On August 26, 2012 By Paul Fillingham

Today we mourn the passing of former astronaut Neil Armstrong who was of course the first man to walk on the moon. The space race provided a backdrop to my childhood. JKF’s dream made real – putting a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.

Mercedes-Benz Product launch App

On March 21, 2011 By Paul Fillingham

Cultural trails needn’t be limited to museums, galleries and country walks, they can work in commercial spaces too. Here’s an example of digital locative-media being used within the context of a sales environment.

Sparky Festival App

On June 3, 2011 By Paul Fillingham

Things are warming up at Leicester’s Spark Childrens Arts Festival which takes place from the 31st May through to 12th June 2011.

Dream Racers

On March 5, 2010 By Paul Fillingham

Like many creatives, I am fascinated by letterforms. It was therefore interesting to read the Creative Review piece on Racing Car graphics. About a year-and-a-half ago I visited the Grand Prix Collection at Donington Racetrack which is based in the East Midlands within easy access of Leicester, Derby and Nottingham. The displays had a ramshackle [...]

Teletext Chuckle

On December 12, 2009 By Paul Fillingham

On the day the UK’s antiquated commercial Teletext service closes down, my eight year old Son is watching Chuckle Brothers on the BBC iPlayer via his Nintendo WII. in a matter of fact way that clearly demonstrates how ubiquitous multiplatform media consumption has become. Teletext was of course a uniquely British phenomenon, developed in the [...]

Sherwood Air Raid

On October 19, 2009 By Paul Fillingham

Today we had a trip out to Walesby Forest Scout Camp where my son has been learning to canoe. The centre is located within 250 acres of Sherwood Forest and the landscape appeared very familiar to me. Growing up with Sherwood Forest as a childhood playground instilled a natural affinity for its myths and mystery. [...]

Friendly Feather

On September 19, 2009 By Paul Fillingham

I found a feather on my dewy lawn on Sunday 13th September 2009, shortly before embarking on a family trip to Skegness. During WWI and II the white feather symbolised cowardice and was offered to non-combatants as a form of challenge. But the white feather does have other meanings. As a child growing up in [...]

Enquire Within – A Victorian adventure

On September 7, 2009 By Paul Fillingham

In the early 1970′s my adopted Grandmother Alice Meason gave me a book that bore the intriguing title ‘Enquire Within Upon Everything’. She had been presented with the book in 1915 as a reward for good attendance at the Rosemary Girls’ “Evening” School. Although the book’s origins went back to the Victorian era, some of [...]

A fist full of graphite

On August 6, 2009 By Paul Fillingham

I’m reliably informed that a Creative Nottinghamshire Blog is taking shape. The site advocates the development of Web2.0 communities in the context of social inclusion or ‘Digital inclusion’ as it is known in political circles. I tried to explain the idea of ‘Digital Inclusion’ to my Dad. He’s an intelligent man and given that he [...]

Forestry Escape – Dream

On August 1, 2009 By Paul Fillingham

I walked down the path backing onto the gardens on Sherwood Avenue. Turning left into the forest; dense and foreboding. I stopped at a place marked by a fat tree stump, to inpect a den of sorts. A white pickup truck arrived in a clearing around three hundred metres away. Then movement; a warden most [...]