06 Jul

Matthew Lyons

Matthew Lyons has been around for a while and I’ve been tempted to add a post about his sun-bleached  illustration work for some time. He has recently started adding some new work to his portfolio, so I thought now would be a good time. His work sits somewhere between the lonely, wizened modernist backdrops of  [...]

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05 Jul

Tour De France

When the air temperature has warmed and the fields are growing rare in colour, a very fantastic sporting event takes place once a year. The Tour de France (Le Tour) has been the cornerstone of spectator sport for me since I was young enough to leave the stabilisers in the garage. As a keen (casual) [...]

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17 Jun

Daily Drop Cap

Typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische has been running her sideline project, Daily Drop Cap since last year. Although I’ve not been checking it religiously, I have recently revisited it and was totally surprised how it has taken off and just how much content she has added. What I love about this site is the spirit [...]

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25 Apr

Lost Typography

Whether it’s the fresh Spring days or me making more of an effort, I don’t know, but I seem to be getting out of the house a bit more lately. And, as a result, I’ve been doing my best to look around my surroundings a little more as it feels like Winter has closed down [...]

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25 Mar

Simon Goode

My old mate Simon Goode has been amassing printing, blocking, typesetting and paper cutting equipment since I’ve known him. I’ve never seen all this stuff in one place at once, but I just hope his ceilings are well supported. He doesn’t just collect this stuff; he utilises it all for his work first and foremost, [...]

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25 Mar

Geo. F. Trumper

The last week has been a blurry smudge of nervous excitement, apprehension and anxiety for me. A few weeks back I got a new job and since then I’ve been edging obliviously towards my last day with my current employers whom I’ve worked for over three years. A lot has happened during that time (not [...]

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15 Mar

Lego Packaging

At the weekend, I spent a fair amount of time playing with Lego. It actually rather alarmed me just how easy my brain fell so quickly into the mindset of a 7 year old… First there was my eye’s ranging manically over the tumultuous heap of multi-coloured bricks, scanning for that all-important flat sixer brick [...]

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18 Jul

History of DIN Typeface

Following on from my post some time ago about the functionally attractive German municipal typefaces, I thought I would post a link to a short but comprehensive history of one of the main families called DIN. There is something about this typeface that still does it for me. Whether it’s on the front of a [...]

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