If you’re not adverse to lashings of ‘quirk’ with a sprinkling of ‘impossible cool’ followed by a swig of ‘humour’ and a dollop of ‘spraff’ then our Team39 group on Facebook is the place to be. If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our club!

Edinburgh-based design studio, 39steps, has been appointed to completely redesign the Scottish SPCA’s member magazine... read more

JCI Edinburgh has secured patronage from design studio 39steps for the fourth year running, ensuring the professional and personal... read more

As part of our wee bit to help the planet, we’ve become members of The BEP... read more

A big thank you to all those who bought our festive range of Christmas cards and helped in raising lots of money for... read more

Make sure you check out our website where we now have a latest news section to keep you up-to-date with what’s happening at Step Central! We also now have our own newsletters archived online so if you’ve missed any then feel free to browse through some past classics!

Julie has mostly been trying to get used to the alarm clock again and cultivating her new-found painting and decorating skills, such as they are.
Top tip this month has... read more

Lewis has mostly been putting on weight, and is now looking for ways to burn fat that do not involve any exercise, but has now decided to row his way around the UK on a rowing... read more

Steven was gutted after the death of legendary motorcycling show-off Evel Knievel. It brought back nostalgic memories of a childhood spent making ramps and jumping lines of brave friends on a Raleigh Boxer. Steven has started a search for a replacement hero. Is there nobody left who will cheat death for our entertainment and inspiration? After living off dry roasted... read more

Waseem has been enjoying the festive break with the family. The house has sold and he’s now researching interior ideas for his new place. After spending most of the holidays looking at nowt but sofas he has come to the realisation that you really do need a full day at... read more

This month, we’re looking for contacts in the wine industry seeking ideas on how to promote their products and services best. Please contact Julie if you know someone who’d like a bit of 39 magic, or pass on our details! We’d love to hear from them and partake of their wares!

Contact Julie on +44 (0)131 220 3851 or
julie@39stepsstudio.com for more info.

This year is lining up to be a great one for movies. So many releases, where do we start? Well, here’s a small hand-picked selection to begin with...

Cloverfield
The top secret JJ Abrams produced monster movie had a great teaser trailer. Will the movie be even half as good? No idea. The film follows a group of friends in New York City during one January night when some kind of monster attacks. Release February 2008.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Not much can be said about the storyline, as it’s being kept tightly under wraps. George Lucas has said that Crystal Skull is more in tone with Raiders of the Lost Ark than any other film in the series. This makes us very, very excited. Release May 2008.

Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt
The follow-up to ‘Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan’, follows Cohen’s third ‘Da Ali G Show’ character Brüno, a gay Austrian TV reporter who interviews unsuspecting guests about topics such as fashion, entertainment, celebrities and homosexuality, with an emphasis on the latter as each interview progresses. Release TBC 2008.

The Day the Earth Stood Still
A remake of the classic 1951 sci-fi action film in which Keanu Reeves plays Klaatu, an alien who arrives on Earth accompanied by a large humanoid robot named Gort, with a warning to world leaders that their continued aggression will lead to annihilation by species watching from afar. Release December 2008.

That takes care of 2008, and we’ve not even mentioned The Dark Knight, X Files 2, Wanted, Ironman, Adventureland...