Almost 20 years ago the Guardian newspaper did a major redesign. It was a big one; full visual system, grid, typeface and format overhaul - which meant full press and production overhaul too. That's a lot on the shoulders of the then creative director: Mark…
You might have realised that I'm a big Emigré fan, I can't help it, I was a design student in the 90s. Something that made me very happy recently is that I'm still on their physical mailing list, and that they have started creating new…
A while back, Katrina picked up these 3 beautiful small prints by Charlotte Farmer. I absolutely adore them, the vibrancy and style make me smile every time I look at them. She has tons of great prints on her site. The British tea time treats…
So there's no denying that I've let this blog go stale. Over the last few years I've been busy dealing with life and neglecting my love of paper things, well neglecting sharing them on here at least. Now it's April 2025 and I've revamped the…
So it’s been a long time since I posted, and have a backlog for sure, but I had to get these up. I recently picked up two books from Atelier Éditions and they are such beautifully crafted books. They both look amazing but not only…
Recently discovered the wonderful small press Timglaset editions from Malmö in Sweden. Lovely range of concrete poetry and other forms of experimental and visual poetry and books. I couldn’t resist these two pieces: I love this idea; 50 transparencies of paths and routes to overlay…
I always had mixed feelings as student when I leafed through U&lc. The covers and size promised so much but often it didn’t deliver (at least for the style/idea hungry design student I was back then). Probably because it was ultimately a trade rag (back…