Fibre
Thanks to all those who came down and battled it out in Fibre’s “Type Case Tiddlywinks” competition, at last weekends V&A Village Fete.
The atmosphere was tense, the players were focused and ready for gaming, some of the gamers were not ready to be defeated, but in the end there could only be two winners.
Friday night saw a calm and collected Sharmeen take the prize of a full wooden alphabet with a winking great score of 172. Frank stole the star prize of a whole set of wooden numbers on the Saturday, after managing to skillfully wink his way to record breaking score of 213!!
Catch some of highlights of this years competition here!
John Alexander
Posted on Monday, 27th of July 2009 Permalink
Join Fibre at the Victoria and Albert Museum Village Fete this Friday. Fibre is an annual regular at the V&A Village Fete, where designers and the museum crowd collide over fizzy pop and fruitcake.
This year Fibre’s typographers have devised a fiendish use for their old furniture – Type case Tiddlywinks. For just ten new pence you can have five pops in this game of skill and judgement*. Aim your wink at the Upper Case for a chance to win the star prize, or at the Lower Case for a tasty treat.
* Let’s face it, it’s random.
David Rainbird
Posted on Wednesday, 22nd of July 2009 Permalink
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
Fibre is looking for a Senior Designer and for help with New Business Development.
David Rainbird
Posted on Tuesday, 8th of January 2008 Permalink
Ho Ho Ho! here’s a Flickr set of jolly Santas – each drawn in one minute without lifting the pen off the paper. The challenge was set by Fibre last weekend at a charity event for Médecins Sans Frontières. At the end of the evening the winner (top-left - uncanny!) loaded his sleigh with a creative Christmas hamper. See also photos of the event.
David Rainbird
Posted on Saturday, 24th of November 2007 Permalink
Thanks again to everyone who entered Fibre’s “Quick Sculpt Queen Vic” competition at the V&A Village Fete last week. Over 200 people had five minutes to sculpt a likeness of her royal grumpiness. We had a few pro-sculptor hustlers on the day but we can spot them a mile away (usually a slightly shambolic, art teacher look). Our judges have been deliberating all week and have now declared the winner of the creative hamper – Frank Pope. Also commended are Gavin Knight and Andrew Rae.
Above left is Frank’s masterpiece, on the right the original by J.E. Boehm in 1887 (um, or is that the other way around?)
See all the sculptures here and photos from the event here.
Also don’t miss last year’s Quick Draw Queen Vic stall and drawings.
David Rainbird
Posted on Monday, 6th of August 2007 Permalink
Fibre’s sculpture masterclass at the V&A Village Fete this weekend was a great success, with over 200 eager students picking up the plasticine to create a worshipful likeness of her majesty Queen Victoria. Everybody captured a different side of our favourite monarch – shown here: regal Victoria, Skeletor Victoria, googly-eyed Victoria, and of course giraffe-with-it’s-tongue-out Victoria. Judging takes place this week and a Flickr set to follow shortly after. But whoever wins the coveted creative hamper everyone graduated with honours.
Big thanks to Simon and Steve from Not Actual Size for helping out this year!
David Rainbird
Posted on Sunday, 29th of July 2007 Permalink
It’s Village Fete time again at the V&A! Nearly 400 people took Fibre’s challenge last year to draw Queen Victoria in one minute (without lifting the pen off the paper). This year it’s Quick Sculpt Queen Vic:
“The worshipful craftspeople of Fibre Design offer the opportunity for all loyal and devoted subjects to once again fashion a likeness of her royalness Queen Victoria.
Your great and sacred mission is to assemble the instrument of the plasticine in the divine image of the sovereign in the allotted time applying the immutable laws of beauty and symmetry. The artist of the noblest resemblance will be awarded a hamper of the finest craft equipment.”
More details here. Hope to see you there!
David Rainbird
Posted on Wednesday, 25th of July 2007 Permalink
Mr Bingo, illustrator and winner of last years Fibre V&A Village Fete, ‘Quick Draw Queen Vic’ competition, has produced a series of limited edition silkscreened prints of hair. There are 4 beautifully detailed prints to chose from, Details on the set and how you can get your hands on them here.
Dave Brown
Posted on Tuesday, 15th of May 2007 Permalink
Last summer we asked visitors to the annual V&A Village Fete to draw a picture of Queen Victoria in one minute without lifting their pen from the paper. We called it “Quick on the Draw” and 393 loyal subjects took part. Some of the drawings were reasonable likenesses, some were a little more expressive and some were… ahem. And the best bit? after a few months of scanning they are all now online for the first time here.
David Rainbird
Posted on Thursday, 5th of April 2007 Permalink
