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A wonderful arts project has begun celebrating 240 years of drinking and thinking in the Manchester’s Northern Quarter.

Northern Quarter Stories created, curated and produced by Mark Babych and Michael Trainor aims to collate and publish ‘The Complete History of Drinking in the Northern Quarter’ spanning 240 years from the industrial revolution to our modern day creative community through contributed stories.

We’ve kick started our support by contributing a beer mat design promoting the project, currently under a nice pint of gentleman’s bitter on a well worn bar table in the NQ somewhere, keep an eye out. Also, visit the Northern Quarter Stories website for how to get involved and contribute.

Plenty of stories are already online with more information about the NQ. We love the section on ‘Ten facts you may not know about Manchester’s Northern Quarter’, especially #7 ‘When Factory Records. opened their seminal ‘Dry Bar’ in 1989 the coat hooks were designed by the little know French Designer Phillipe Starck‘.

Learn more at northernquarterstories.org

Hello… we’re Eskimo Creative and we’re on the hunt for our next design intern.

If you’re a design graduate who’s keen, inquisitive, open, bright minded, appreciative, and not afraid to explore new avenues of working, thinking and creating. Have a passion for design with a hunger for nurturing ideas and creativity then we’re a perfect match.

This is an opportunity to learn, develop and nurture your skills through collaborative working and exposure to a broad range of projects. It’s all about being positive, analytical and a real stickler for the details, shining optimism, spirit and a willingness to question and debate.

If you’re in tune with our work ethic or think you could be, please contact us we’d love to meet you.

Email us… interns@eskimocreative.com

Subject line: Design Internship 2012
Send: us:
1. Covering email – why you + why us?

2. CV

3. Design portfolio & web links

Timing: 3 months – full time

Location: Manchester City Centre

Salary: This is a paid internship

Deadline: Friday 18th May
Start date: Monday 4th June

*This is a position for a graphic designer, we appreciate all forms of creativity but please only apply if you fit that description.

Whilst we’re all praying for the sun to appear between juggling projects we took the time to add a bunch of teaser images to our website holding page. We’re cracking on the with the build of our full site which will be online this summer but in the meantime for more information, enquiries or new business please email hello@eskimocreative.com or be traditional and call us on +44 161 832 5698

We’d love to talk to you.

12-6pm, 21st March 2012
The Great Hall, Manchster Town Hall
Albert Square, Manchester M60 8AD

Following the success of the 2011 Design Symposium Design Initiative present the second Manchester Design Symposium, bringing the design world to the city with presentations from leading thinkers and practitioners focusing on the theme of The Value of Design.

This year’s event will explore the complex relationship between design and the economy, bringing to question whether the UK’s place at the top table of world design is under threat as emerging economies invest more in their ‘knowledge economy’ – and whether design and innovation has the potential to power the UK out of a recession.

Speakers include Adrian Shaughnessy (Unit Editions), Morag Myerscough (Studio Myerscough), Alex Bec (It’s Nice That), Jason Smith (Fontsmith), Vera-Maria Glahn (Field), Malcolm Garrett and David Kirkwood.

The GF Smith Heritage Exhibition, ’126 Years of Print,’ will also be on display showcasing the company’s impact and influence on the success of graphic design in the last century.

We are again proud to be part of the design team behind Manchester Design Symposium and excited Manchester will be home to another cracking design event.

Website is now live Manchester Design Symposium 2012
Tickets are now on sale! [here] go get em and we’ll see you there.
Check out MDS on twitter too twitter/MCRDesignSymp