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It’s that time again folks, the Village Fete at the V&A is back! This year we’re giving punters the chance to show their darker side with a replica vintage Criminal Record:
“Impress your friends with the Fibre Correctional Facility Criminal Record. Walk in the footsteps of your celebrity heroes - Steve McQueen, Bill Gates, Hugh Grant, Bob Fossil - and get your very own bespoke Criminal Record complete with mug-shot, finger-prints and all your personal details, without the need to spend a second at Her Majesty’s pleasure.”
More details here. Hope to see you there!
Nathan Usmar Lauder
Posted on Friday, 25th of July 2008 Permalink
In conjunction with the Street Art exhibition at the Tate Modern, various works
have appeared in the area surrounding the Fibre studio.
Artists from Spain, Italy, France and Brazil were all showing works at the gallery
and in the nearby streets. Some placed legally, some appear to have been done
without permission. Either way, the message would seem to be the same:
Street art’s ok so long as the perpetrator’s not from Britain.
In a decision I support, the gallery purposefully excluded Banksy in an attempt
to draw attention to other just as accomplished artists and aspects of the art
form. Just a shame I think not to celebrate some more of our own emerging
and already established talent.
There is a map of the route available for download on the Tate website.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Monday, 16th of June 2008 Permalink
Things Magazine bring you The Pelican Project, hard to pick a favourite decade or cover, the 60’s and 70’s are where most of the superb graphic solutions are. My favourite changes everytime I visit the site, some are above, but today it’s ‘How Children Fail’
Dave Brown
Posted on Wednesday, 30th of January 2008 Permalink
Form wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Tidy New Library. See also the ‘making of’ movie on their site. Link (Thanks Nathan!)
David Rainbird
Posted on Tuesday, 11th of December 2007 Permalink
Ca L N Da R 2008 – geddit? Simple, witty, beautiful idea by Noa Bembibre.
My favourite month is Oh No, Casio Stole The Numbers. Now available at Noa’s site.
David Rainbird
Posted on Saturday, 8th of December 2007 Permalink
Get a festive design fix at The Design Grotto, at Somerset House next weekend (same place where you can make a fool of yourself on an ice rink every Christmas). It looks like a fun event with interactive stalls, creative workshops and unique gifts for under £20. Stallholders include Beyond the Valley, Multistorey, If You Could, Johnson Banks and Tatty Devine. Oh, and Michael Johnson will be Father Christmas this year (not really, but wouldn’t he be good?).
David Rainbird
Posted on Saturday, 8th of December 2007 Permalink
Time to brush up on your design history: Pentagram asked Hillman Curtis to make a short film about them. At the start Paula Scher narrates the partners’ various comings and goings (and demises) at breakneck speed – pay attention at the back!
Did you know that although named Pentagram for the five partners in 1972 (Alan Fletcher was reading a book on black magic at the time) the name only made sense for two years, when they grew to six? Mind you, with seventeen partners now, Pentagram sounds better than Heptadecagram. Link (via Core77)
David Rainbird
Posted on Saturday, 1st of December 2007 Permalink
I work with some fairly style-savvy folk. Today was a particularly good day for T-shirts in the studio. Link.
Gary Butcher
Posted on Friday, 16th of November 2007 Permalink
Sign found in Rutland, VT. They just need to cut the hole so that you can put your face through it, then it’s perfect. Reminded me of this.
David Rainbird
Posted on Friday, 19th of October 2007 Permalink
Stella Artois has just re-launched their site with a delicious piece of typographic film inspired by 1920’s poster typography. Artois has produced a flurry of great work lately (see here, here) and the animation is as striking and witty as any of their print ads. The film works as a tour around the site that brings together existing and new content including all the commercials. Link
David Rainbird
Posted on Tuesday, 9th of October 2007 Permalink
