With the up coming launch of Inscription: The Journal of Material Text – Theory, Practice, History #5 'Containers' on May 14th 2025, I thought is was about time I posted something about this wonderful journal. I have the first 3 issues, I missed issue 4, maybe…
I came across Fumi Yanagimoto's work via Instagram many years back (@fumiyanagimoto). Such beautifully sensitive illustrations of the animals we share a life with. A few years later a friend in Japan was putting on an exhibition of their work and we managed to get…
I Declare a Permanent State of Happiness is a stunning piece by Kenneth Goldsmith produced by Urtext, under the imprint Eris (originally listed under Marginalia). As with others in the Marginalia series, it’s a type of meta writing. Goldsmith takes 60(ish) pages of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s…
Reading Aaron Marcus' interview in Letraset The DIY Typography Revolution reminded me that a while back I took a few pictures of his work when on a visit to the Letterform Archive. They have a large amount of his work, which includes plenty of his Letraset…
Depero Bolted Book facsimile and the Reader's Guide by Designers and Books It's been way too long since I had something to post about, so when this arrived this week I was doubly happy. Some time ago I backed the kickstarter campaign to create a…
View fullsize Last week I came across a fantastic article on Hyperalergelic about mapping art movements, which in turn led me to George Maciunas' Fluxus timeline. I'd forgot how much I love his graphic design and typography. Luckily there's a pretty good facsimile version on…
I've been toying with getting a Gary Taxali print for a long time, no idea what held me back. Anyway I finally grabbed Wild Forever for Katrina for Christmas as it fits her perfectly. The illustration was originally commissioned by The New York Times' for…
I first discovered Ian Phillips via his Instagram account and I totally fell in love with his style, and his wonderful sensitivity for print and colour. When I checked out his Etsy shop and couldn't resist these little gems. The Fireflies print is extra special as…
Sylvia Beach and James Joyce in front of her Bookshop by Peter Blake. From: James Joyce in Paris, 1983-4 A series of 6 etchings Paper 33.0 x 25.1 cm Image 17.9 x 12.9 cm Edition of 75 I've had this print for a while and…
Superb book and exhibition covering contemporary Arab art, architecture and culture at Louisiana Museum, Denmark. The exhibition was truly inspiring with some amazing and very diverse pieces (more here: http://en.louisiana.dk/exhibition/arab-contemporary ). As always the graphic design around the exhibition was excellent and the accompanying book is…
Finally picked up The Book of Imaginary Lands, the partner to The Infinity of Lists both by Umberto Eco. These two are gorgeous books, and written in Eco's erudite but warm and accessible style. I was introduced to Eco when I was at art college, and…
A couple of years back I bought this fantastic Jaws X Peanuts mashup strip by Chuck Forsman. Finally found an apartment and a space deserving of it. still a few copies available here: http://oilyboutique.bigcartel.com/product/jaws-peanuts-mash-up-print thanks @trigjoh for reminding me.
So the visit to Louisiana Art Museum in Denmark was as inspiring as always. Not only a great exhibition catalog (Arktis) but also a fantastic range of accompanying books. I could't resist Printed Maps of Scandinavia and the Arctic 1482-1601 by William B. Ginsberg . This is…
Great catalogue and poster for the Arktis exhibition at Louisiana Art Museum Denmark. Superb use of the fluorescent orange with the dark blue, really reminded me of some of the work CYAN did in the '90s and their beautiful Form und Zweck magazine. However only…
Christien Meindertsma: PIG 05049 by Christien Meindertsma I've been after a copy of this book for a while. The idea of tracking all the 'uses' of an animal in the modern industrialised food chain was just too fascinating and macabre to miss out on. The book…
Went in a lovely little shop today on Davidshalltorg in Malmö called Liebling (http://www.byliebling.com/). Great little boutique that amongst the clothes etc had a few beautiful design objects. I fell for these children's animal puzzles immediately. Wonderful stuff. They also stock more of the Omm…
Mark's "little books" are lovely snapshots of his various obsessions. I picked these up a very long time ago (hence the slightly battered quality) and I'm really happy to see he's still going strong. His mix of ephemera, collected/found items, printing/production techniques and disposable culture…
This UK based art and technology newspaper took the format of a classic broadsheet, it was even on the same paper as the FT. It later changed into a standard format magazine, probably when the cost of newsprint went up. The mag is still going…
A few years back I saw some of Sam Winston's work at a Courtauld Institute show. He's London based and I really love his work, it ticks all the right boxes for me - language, literature, words, typography, process, patterns, story telling and humour. Last…
Picked up this cute little print in San Francisco at the wonderful shop, Little Otsu (http://www.littleotsu.com/). They are a small independent publisher with a store in the Mission district. The place is chocked full of gorgeous things - prints, books, t-shirts and all manner of design…
I've long been a fan of Gary Taxali's work. Picked up this little postcard size print with the catalogue from a recent show. To see more of his work, check out his site: http://www.garytaxali.com/home.php
Here's Issue 11, which I think was the last issue. I'd love some of the earlier issues, but they are pretty rare and are little out of my price range by the looks of things - http://brickbatbooks.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-arrivals-source-music-of-avant.html . For more on the magazine see wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source:_Music_of_the_Avant_Garde There's…
I first saw a copy of Source when I was a student. I instantly feel in love with it - a real treasure trove from the past, full of weird ideas and interesting people. The blend of art, performance and music (very challenging music to me…