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Iain McGuinness

Best things in life aren't things!

About Me

I'm an artist, film-maker and graphic designer. I'm a really creative, fun guy. I love to cook, and my friends and family are consistently amazed by my culinary skills.

I'm Managing Director of new media agency, Clyde Internet Media Ltd. , which I started up after leaving school. I didn't see the attraction of university, so I decided to become one of those entrepreneur types instead. I've never looked back. I've also got into digital film-making.

I recently directed my first documentary, Post-Blitz Clydebank , and a 3MW for Channel 4 . I'm now working on a documentary called Bad Mind .

I'm a member of YCN , an organisation created to stimulate, support and showcase emerging talent in design and communication.

http://www.bebo.com/iainmcguinness

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=iainmcguinness

My Interests

Creating anything (art, films, graphics), family, friends, pukka food and t'ai chi ch'üan.

I'd like to meet:

Any interesting person, like-minded or otherwise. Feel free to add me.

Music:

Desi beats, drum & bass, hip-hop, reggae, rock and soca. And a lot more besides.

Movies:

A Clockwork Orange
Abre los ojos
American Beauty
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Biggie and Tupac
Central do Brasil
Dear Frankie
Donnie Darko
Duratta
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
His Big White Self
Hotel Rwanda
Layer Cake
Lola rennt
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Munich
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Rain Man
Se7en
Shallow Grave
Taxi Driver
The Breakfast Club
The French Connection
The Godfather
The Last King of Scotland
The Usual Suspects
Trainspotting
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Y tu mamá también
Young Adam

Television:

Air ais air an Ran Dan
Dragons' Den
Extras
Have I Got News for You
Hustle
Ideal
I'm Alan Partridge
Later with Jools Holland
Little Britain
Look Around You
Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere
Modern Toss
Most Haunted
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Only Fool and Horses
Peep Show
Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Rome
Saxondale
Shameless
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
South Park
Still Game
Taggart
That Mitchell and Webb Look
The Apprentice
The Office
The Sopranos
The Weakest Link

Books:

Lucky Man: A Memoir
No Logo
The Broker
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
The Da Vinci Code

And lots, lots, lots more.

Heroes:

Dame Anita Roddick DBE
Duncan Bannatyne OBE
Michael Wolff and Wally Olins
Rosa Parks
Sir William Wallace
Stanley Kubrick
Tracey Emin

My Blog

Rats life

Haha, I think this is great. It’s advertising agency, Wieden + Kennedy’s latest window display at their office on Hanbury Street, E. London. These rats are probably better behaved than man...
Posted by Iain McGuinness on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:56:00 PST

Guid places tae veesit in Lunnon

Especially for my fellow Scots  but anyone, really  here are some good places to visit in London. At least, in my opinion, innit?! Entertainment Electric Cinema191B Portobello Rd., W11 2ED (Ladbrok...
Posted by Iain McGuinness on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:30:00 PST

Hollie, weee got the font!

I’ve written about fonts before, in Happy birthday dear Helvetica. Well, as part of the design of a new Web site, I’ve created a font for my good friend, Hollie  from her handwriting. She...
Posted by Iain McGuinness on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:47:00 PST

Show Off

As someone who has to trawl through a sea of email messages every morning, I think I could be forgiven for savouring those rare days when an interesting piece of snail mail comes through the letterbox...
Posted by Iain McGuinness on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:48:00 PST

Happy birthday dear Helvetica

The great sans-serif standby of graphic designers the world over, Helvetica, is fifty years young. You'll see it everywhere on the High Street, used by retailers such as Currys, Gap and Orange. Maybe ...
Posted by Iain McGuinness on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:28:00 PST

Happy Easter!

Our agency has won the pitch to develop a Web site for cbuk" (City Barbers UK Ltd.), well-known hair stylists, located in Buchanan Street, Glasgow. The Web site will include online shopping and bookin...
Posted by Iain McGuinness on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:28:00 PST

Sir Iain McGuinness

I received my knighthood in the post this morning. Alright, it's only on paper. To be more specific  on a mailshot from a business mortgage company. But it gave me a chuckle. Cash for honours? Certa...
Posted by Iain McGuinness on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:23:00 PST

90% crap, 10% good

"I can be as raw and uncut as you like. I'll create a buzz  at least, for a while. I'm an escape. I'm passed around at get-togethers like responsibility at Prime Minister's Question Time. They can't ...
Posted by Iain McGuinness on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:01:00 PST

Are you a young entrepreneur?

AND / OR PRODUCTIONS-- is producing 4 × 13 m mini-documentaries about young entrepreneurs and their businesses, with each programme exploring a day in the life of a particular company. If you're aged ...
Posted by Iain McGuinness on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:47:00 PST

All the best for 2007!

And so, back to work after relaxing on my forty foot yacht off the Cayman Islands (I wish). I had a great time up in Dundee, though  with a well-earned break (not all of the time, of course) to recha...
Posted by Iain McGuinness on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:43:00 PST