So this is my second post on Pick Me Up 2015. Oh look, it’s Sophie & I doing a sensible photo 🙂 As I explained in my overall Pick Me Up post, I was drawn to the smell of ink and the sight of a printing press. What I discovered was that Sope, a creative studio, were offering the chance to print your own unique print. So how does it work? You pick a pattern...
At the weekend there was an unintentional ‘Lincoln meet-up’. I spent Saturday walking around Shoreditch in the beautiful sunshine (in a massive coat – WHY!?) with Jack, Sophie, Sara and Rebecca (who was visiting Sara for the weekend). The first place on our list was the Business as usual exhibition at The Book Club. Sophie is a keen sign painter herself, so was keen to check out her ‘competition’, and the rest of us all just...
To most Friday 28th was Black Friday, but for Font Fanatics it meant a Typography edition of the Friday Lates at the V&A: What the Font!? After I had booked the day off and braved starting my Christmas shopping (without realising it was Black Friday – stupid move) Jack & I headed to the V&A for some culture… After the day I’d had, I thought the Stressed/Desserts installation by Netta Peltola was quite fitting! There...
WARNING!!!!!!!!!!: I am NOT going to pay for any eye tests so read this post at your own risk! Bela Borsodi’s Alphabet typographs (typography photographs) are so eye boggling, wouldn’t you agree? What I love about this work is that it’s a bit like what I would imagine its like being on drugs! I, of course, haven’t been stupid enough to do drugs so cannot be sure BUT what I mean by this is that you...
I know my blogging performance has become shockingly non existant this month, but as always I have the perfect excuse/person to blame; the male species 🙂 (note the smile) Yes, it would appear I am under the spell of a gentleman… so blogging has taken a back seat for a little while! HOWEVER there is no doubt that my passion for all things Graphique is still very strong, only the other day I found myself drooling over a book....