Recently we completed the identity for Hôp Namô a Vietnamese street food restaurant which just opened in Boxpark Shoreditch. Namô is a well know restaurant in Hackney with a great reputation for top quality Vietnamese food and Hôp Namô will be no different. The food is made from traditional recipes with a modern twist. It's delicious and a very nice place to spend a long lunch or just grab a quick bite. You can have a look through the identity we created here and don't forget to pop by for a bánh mì and to check the place out.

It's easy to forget we are so close to so many amazing things working on Southbank so this afternoon we took a stroll over to the Tate Modern for a spot of Christmas shopping and to have a look at the Tacita Dean installation part of the Unilver series. It's quite amazing, you should go and check it out for yourself. More info on clicking www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/unilever2011/default.shtm

We've done a couple of events for Freedom from Torture now and they're always brilliant. This one was no exception. We did the catalogue, invites, signage and website for their 2011 Art Auction. A special event which raises a substantial amount of the money needed to keep their doors open. Art was kindly donated by established artists such as Julian Opie, Antony Gormley, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Quentin Blake and Paula Rego to name a few. The final figures aren't in yet but based on the furious bidding on the night it went very well!

And hey, they even painted a 12 foot tall mural of the event logo 3fish created on the wall outside!

Have a look at art.freedomfromtorture.org to see the work that was up for auction.

www.freedomfromtorture.org

We've said it before and we'll say it again, the 3fish twin situation is getting out of hand. Today we had two sets! Behold Dan & Phil and Em & Vish.

A few months ago I decided to treat myself to an apple product only I didn't know what to get. In the end size won out and I got an iPad. Everyone thought I was mad. Why an iPad when I didn't have an iPhone? I couldn't explain it fully, but I knew I made the right decision and ever since I've been happier than a pig in the proverbial. Until the other day that is, when I ordered something on a very nice Friday afternoon. Everyone else has one and it's hardly a shock for a designer to have an iPhone but I do. So now I have finally succumed to the pressure of Apple's marketing and I feel great about it. Of course Jo and Duncan think I'm silly (they have Androids) and there's a bit of debate over black versus white and whether or not Siri is a load of codswallop but for now I'm chuffed.

I love minimalist design, I love things that make sense and I love things that make me go 'how did I live without this before?'

My iPad was the last one I got, my macbook was the one before that. Now I have my new wallet designed by Kristen Wentrcek in Wintercheck Factory. It's brilliantly simple and very easy to use and that's why i love it. Gone are the days of sitting slightly sideways due to a wallet full of receipts and useless tat.

The fact that it can only hold a few cards and notes and that's it makes it great and I've learned to not carry everything I've ever owned around with me. They're out of stock as I write this but pick one up if they come back at their online store here.

Life is pretty good here at 3fish and a big part of that is the amazing projects we get to work on. Often they take us on a whirlwind journey of paper sizes, pixels and pantones. Occasionally they take us somewhere else. 

One of the last projects I was fortunate to work on was for the Freedom from Torture event at the top of the BT Tower. The event was to celebrate the 20th anniversary of John McCarthy's freedom. 3fish created the invitations & handouts for the morning flight pass, a wondrous trip to the 34th floor and the evening event, an auction in aid of Freedom from Torture also held atop the tower. The event was a sellout and it was pretty clear that all who went were thrilled by the experience.

Head over to http://www.freedomfromtorture.org/feature/5404 to check out photos of the event and see the good work they're doing.