April 2009
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Why Not Associates
British designers, Why Not Associates recently updated their site with work done for the Crawley Library. After seeing this a few places months ago, the library is now open with the sandblasted tree trunks taking centre stage. Also featured recently in Creative Review.
Apr 2nd
March 2009
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IdN Magazine: The Craft Issue
The latest issue of IdN Magazine is all about craft. It features many excellent designers and is definitely worth picking up if you get a chance. For more info on the issue, click the above link
Mar 22nd
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The Inspiration Blog
I promised the first Dirty Weekend workshop participants that I would upload info of the designers featured in the Inspiration part of the workshops. After collating the information I decided that it would be best delivered as a blog, allowing me to update you with more designers and work as I find them. If you want to subscribe to the feed using a reader such as Google Reader then click the RSS...
Mar 22nd
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Roel and Job Wouters
Dutch brothers Roel and Job Wouters created the amazing “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz” with Roel’s son, Gradus. The video shows the well trained hand of Job Wouters juxtaposed with that of the young Gradus Wouters. The video works on two aesthetic levels, from the confident, high skill of letterforms of one, to the innocence and playfulness of the other. Checkout more of Roel...
Mar 22nd
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Marion Deuchars
All 5946 words in the D&AD Annual Review from 2002 were hand written. Illustrator Marion Deuchars worked with Vince Frost of Frost Design to create a visually arresting piece that cleverly uses the formal language of an annual report while also referencing the design charities coveted award.
Mar 22nd
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The Changing Face of Letterpress at London College...
The Changing Face of Letterpress at the London College of Communication is an experimental letterpress workshop seeking to challenge the boundaries of the process.
Mar 22nd
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M/M Paris
If you haven’t heard of the legendary M/M Paris before then you owe it to yourself to checkout their site. I showed selections from both the Alphabet and the Alphamen typefaces. A poster is available on their site.
Mar 22nd
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Julien Vallée
Julien Vallée is a Canadian motion/graphic designer based in Montreal. The work shown was the Tangible: High Touch Visuals book jacket by Gestalten  available here. I showed an interview which can be seen in full on the Gestalten website here.
Mar 22nd
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Sara De Bondt
Sara De Bondt is a Belgian graphic designer based in London who taught me at Central Saint Martins. The work shown was the British Council Newsletter, which can be seen here.
Mar 22nd
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Workshop Playlist
The songs were played in a random order, but everything that you heard at the workshop is in the list below. Click the links to open a preview of the each track in iTunes. Go! Team - Get It Together Ratatat - Wildcat Dan Deacon - Pink Batman Teddybears feat Mad Cobra - Cobrastyle Prototypes - Je Ne Te Connais Pas Professor Murder Rides the Subway - The Mountain The Daniel Pemberton TV...
Mar 22nd