“With music by Damon Albarn, and imagery by Jamie Hewlett — the duo that brought us the Gorillaz — I am loving BBC Sport’s marketing campaign for the Chinese Olympics.” Via Drawn. ...full story at Virtual China
from Virtual China on Mon, Aug 04 2008
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