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Norrin

Putting the punk in punctuation.

About Me

I am a professional writer and art director working in advertising. I’m also working on some screenwriting projects .
My other creative outlet is photography. Previously, I have mainly shot landscapes but hoping to do some studio work soon

Photos on my travels:
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To see latest work click 'videos.'

...not sure this is a very accurate test but hey! I'll settle for genius any day!

My Interests

Staying awake!

I'd like to meet:

Creatively open-minded people, people for creative collaboration, or anyone just plain interesting.

Music:

Marilyn Manson, Misfits, New York Dolls, Stones, T-Rex, Johnny Thunders, Danzig, The Transplants, The D, Foos Fighters, Rob Zombie, Kid Rock, Skynard, Outlaws, Offspring, Lemonheads, Zappa, Husker Du, Chilli Peppers, Sugar, Courtney Love/Hole, Purple, MSG, Bif Naked, Legs Diamond: you get the picture..

Movies:

Ektachrome, Elitechrome, Fuji Velvia

Books:

Will Self, Hunter S Thompson, JG Ballard

My Blog

Will work for money plus cake

I've spent the last few weeks freelancing for a start-up agency in& well , in borrowed offices in the West End. They're called 'Adam & Eve', but we aren't working in the Garden of Eden.Ten people arou...
Posted by Norrin on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:13:00 PST

Nobodys good enough

Last night, the great and the good of London's advertising and design industries sat down at a $400-a-head dinner to see what had won at this year's prestigious D&AD awards.For those unfamiliar with ...
Posted by Norrin on Fri, 16 May 2008 08:43:00 PST

Still Hear!

Last week we were shooting the last of our recent concepts for Capital OneThis time the fun involved a kitchen filled with 'Dub' speakers instead of kitchen cabinets. Thankfully they weren't plugged i...
Posted by Norrin on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:58:00 PST

More than just wallpaper.

If you haven't seen it already, I strongly recommend you watch Moving Wallpaper/Echo Beach (Fridays 9pm ITV1).Not only is it really insightful but it's a totally original concept.Even better though, i...
Posted by Norrin on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:56:00 PST

Not done for Christmas yet...

If you enjoy a good Christmas pantomime, you should come and work in advertising.In the true spirit of working your agency into the ground, last week we were given the task of getting 3 shoots done fo...
Posted by Norrin on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:53:00 PST

Back to Barrandov

So having said I'd never do it, I'm currently back working in a big ad agency again.I got called into this Paddington-based 'shop to work on a print campaign for Capital One, the credit card people.Th...
Posted by Norrin on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:05:00 PST

Late night poker

So I'm making money from poker.Alas no, not taking the cash at the tables, but writing the ad campaigns. At 5pm today our latest pitch for a top-secret online betting account (Unibet, shh!) was reject...
Posted by Norrin on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:42:00 PST

Reveal all!

Last week I fulfilled to 3-year ambition to shoot with the director David Kerr. David's reel was brought into RCKR by his production company rep a couple of years back and had some great work on it...
Posted by Norrin on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:15:00 PST

Is it possible to take a bad studio photo of Cheyrl Cole?

I would have thought not, espcially if your a professional snapper, but it appears to have been done. I saw the latest Sunsilk ad campaign today. It features a terrible shot of  the Girls Aloud s...
Posted by Norrin on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PST

Jury service over (for now)

Last Thursday was the D&AD Global Student Awards.Design & advertising students from over 40 countries descended on Old Billingsgate to chew their fingernails and look nervous.Now, I'd never been to th...
Posted by Norrin on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:57:00 PST