Meet the Team - Carlos Eduardo Bet Carbonar

Name:

Carlos Eduardo Bet Carbonar

Role within Assembly:

3d Artist

What’s your favourite Assembly job you’ve working on and why?

Ham Yard, because we have been working in several images where we can explore the design of the building and the clients are really good to deal with.

What’s your favourite typeface / artist / building and why?

Tadao Ando, I like the way he uses the light.

What’s your favourite thing to do on a weekend?

Run by the river.

What’s your favourite dance-move?

I cannot dance at all.

What’s your favourite place and why?

I love Venice, is like being in another time.

What makes you laugh out loud?

Children's questions.

What makes you cry?

Home sickeness.

If you had to sum yourself up in 140 characters twitter style, what would you say?

I would describe myself as someone who never regrets what I do, only what I didn’t do.

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Meet the Team - Andy Bacon

Name:

Andy Bacon

Role within Assembly:

Interactive Production Manager

What’s your favourite Assembly job you’ve worked on and why?

Cole Jarman. Wonderful idea, client and creative loved it in equal measure. Technical execution on the button.

What’s your favourite typeface / artist / building and why?
Dinn, Dali, The Colosseum. Technically brilliant / dubious sanity.
What’s your favourite thing to do on a weekend?
Spearfishing with my boys.
What’s your favourite dance-move?
Derulo Rock.
What’s your favourite place and why?The Caribbean, hot, easy, rum, good diving.
What makes you laugh out loud?
Beadles About.
What makes you cry?Toy Story 3 when they’re going into the furnace / others’ self sacrifice.
If you had to sum yourself up in 140 characters Twitter style, what would you say?
Prefer smart work to hard work although they’re not mutually exclusive. Dad, son, big on reading, love football (cmon Argyle), happier hunting than shopping.

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We are recruiting............Business Development Intern

Internship, London, Expenses Only

We’re looking for an intern with a demonstrable interest in the business side of the creative industries; the position may suit a recent business studies graduate who is interested in a career in new business development or account management. The successful candidate will be a good all-rounder who, as well as carrying out the tasks outlined below, is willing to pitch in with any additional sales and marketing activity as required.

Campaign Research and Planning:

• Maintenance and updating of the CRM Sales System
• Research target markets, industries, sectors & compilation of mailing lists
• Administrative support to the Business Development Director

Business Development Campaign Implementation:

• Execution of telephone-based campaigns to generate appointments for the BD Director
• Following up warm leads by phone to give further information or generate appointments
• Keeping up-to-date with Assembly product knowledge and services
• Assisting with preparation and creation of documents for client pitches

In return, you can expect to get:

• The opportunity to grow your business development skills in a ‘live’ environment
• Experience of the business side of the creative industries gained within a busy design practice
• Opportunity to play an important role in a growing company
  

For further information or to apply for the position, please email richard@assemblystudios.com

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Meet the Team - David Moëd

Name:

David Moëd.

Role within Assembly:

Chairman.

What’s your favourite typeface / artist / building and why?

Royal Albert Hall and Albert Memorial – symmetry and location and reason it was built.

What’s your favourite thing to do on a weekend?

Fine Wine and good food with family and friends.

What’s your favourite dance-move?

The rock and roll spin when I turn my partner over.

What’s your favourite place and why?

Lulworth Cove – shows the power of nature and is beautiful.

What makes you laugh out loud?

Matt (only kidding) - sadly slapstick.

What makes you cry?

Matt (only kidding) – soppy stuff like families being reunited after 20 years...

If you had to sum yourself up in 140 characters twitter style, what would you say?

Hard working committed family man who values loyalty and friendship and enjoys good food, company and wine.

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A Sneak Peak at Our New Abu Dhabi Office

Here it is - twofour54 Abu Dhabi - our new Middle East office! For more information on working with Assembly Studios Abu Dhabi contact Jon Wells on +971 (0) 2401 2878 or jonwells@assemblystudios.com


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Two years to hand paint 100 million pieces of porcelain… time well spent? By Matt F

Two years to hand paint 100 million pieces of porcelain to make them look like sunflower seeds. Tip them onto the floor of the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern and get the public to wander around on them – Turner Prize? Or Turnips n’ rice?

Well, I bet Ai WeiWei, China’s answer to Andy Warhol, is a bit gutted as he couldn’t have known that such was the enthusiasm for such a dynamic and interesting installation (who are these people?) it would cause a harmful toxic cloud to gather only days after its opening, rendering it utterly futile – I mean, it was tenuous at best, before they had to stop people walking on it…

Now you can only view it from about 50 ft away, from the gallery above – which kind of makes it look like Brighton beach. In fact, these pebbles would look great on my terrace, but a provocative art installation? I’m not sure about that.

I appreciate you can’t expect it to stand up now that you can’t experience the installation as the artist intended, but I’m sorry, this is still hand painted gravel tipped on the floor of a room.

Is it really worth the effort?

I get it - it’s a symbol of the mass production that is taken for granted – you see it as a single material rather than each individual seed hand carved by a Chinese artisan. I just think it’s still a load of cobblers - whichever way you look at it, or walk on it - or not as it happens…

Meet the Team - Ross Cunningham

Role within Assembly:
Creative Director

What’s your favourite Assembly job you’ve worked on and why?
Currently working on a very exciting but confidential film project. The nature of the production enabled us to work for the first time with a choreographer and dance team.

What’s your favourite typeface / artist / building and why?
Typeface – Helvetica – I appreciate that’s the obvious choice but you can’t knock its versatility and longevity. Artist – William Eggleston – for his spontaneous compositions and for pioneering the use of colour in photography. Building – The Barbican – apart from the exhibitions and events, drifting around the building campus offers a rare and surreal moment of calm in the capital.

What’s your favourite thing to do on a weekend?
Taking my kids down to West Wittering beach for a paddle, followed by a healthy portion of fish & chips.

What’s your favourite dance-move?
The Zombie. Technically very challenging… a written explanation wouldn’t do it justice. I’ll have to show you sometime!

What’s your favourite place and why?
Haslemere – my current home town. One of the original founders of the national trust lived there and, as a result, the town is surrounded by acres of national trust forest parks and walks.

What makes you laugh out loud?
My kids’ re-enactments of pivotal Star Wars scenes, performed whilst on the trampoline (with lightsabers).

What makes you cry?
Show no weakness.

If you had to sum yourself up in 140 characters twitter style, what would you say?
Concise & efficient.