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A a cloth covered box by the Chapman brothers containing reworkings of Goya's Disasters of War

Injury to Insult to Injury to insult and beyond

Got may hands on this fantastic postcard set from Jake and Dinos Chapman's - Injury to Insult to Injury. It's a lovely boxed reproduction their now infamous (a label that applies to almost everything they do) 2004 piece of the same name (see here). What…

a print of a jar of fireflies

The wonderful illustrations of Ian Phillips

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…

A cropped image of a book called The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects

Another beautiful book from the Princeton Architectural Press

Picked up a copy of The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (http://www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568988726). Yet another beautifully designed book from Princeton Architectural Press. Hats off to the designer Deb Wood for the great typography and managing to capture that essential 'englishness' in…

An illustration and catalogue for 300 by Gary Taxali

Gary Taxali 300

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

A piece of rubberstamp mail art. It's a large sheet of paper with close to 100 different stamps on it

More mail art from the early 90's

In 1992 there was an event called "year of the networker", which was about international collaboration between individuals and small groups. People were using bulletin boards, news groups and email but most of the creative work was still being done through the postal system. BW…

A postcard from Adbusters, spoofing the Absolut ads and showing a foot with a toes tag and the words Absolute on ice

Early Adbusting

These postcards are from some 90s Adbusters work. I think they came with the magazine.

A poster with the quote, Civil disobedience on grounds of conscience is an honourable tradition in this country and those who take part in it may in the end be vindicated by history

Sometimes judges are OK

Back in the days when we had other stuff to worry about. This was just after the DIY culture movement of the early 90s and was in relation to the growing environmentalist movements

A postcard showing the words missed it, by the CMYK offset is horizontal offset too much

Designer humour

Great visual pun for TimeOut magazine - even if it is a graphic designer joke. I love this little piece of promo work, it was one of the first bits of paper ephemera I picked up and kept. That's why I use it in the…

A postcard with bold text saying Websites are a waste of time and money

It'll never catch on

This postcard is from the late 90s. I found it discarded on the pavement, I think it was for a print agency.

A postcard showing a sock puppet made to resemble Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver

ITV digital promocards

The ill-fated ITV Digital sent out these promotional cards using the Sock monkey. This was way before PG Tips adopted the Sock Monkey and Johnny Vegas. I love the Raging Bull one.

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