FLAT & NOT FLAT

I've always liked this cover by Alvin Lustig. Its flat patchwork is offset by the incorporated type. Also I think it's impossible not to like vintage handwriting. Interesting how handwriting trends change, no? 

TODAY

On the way to a dinner in Wood Green.

PHONE PICS

Sometimes I don't have my camera with me so take photos on my phone. I never bothered to get them onto my computer until now. I like the film still effect. Bottom from F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night, hardbound Penguin edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, spotted at a party recently ...

EFFICIENCY

MUNICH

YEP

MATH

From my MA work, Distillates Wallpapers on display at the Rochelle School. Photo by Siyu Chen.

SMART

Images from 50yearstorm, a blog full of nice typography and tasteful babes. Not sure, I think dude made the illustrations. They rule. Typefaces from Andrew Woodhead, Paris-based typographer/designer, and BALTIC CENTRE for Contemporary Art in Newcastle, UK.

MICRO

Grains of sand photographed by Gary Greenberg. Sent to me by a friend, found here.

LUSH

Rhea Thierstein is a London-based art director and set designer. The top photo is a work in progress Selfridge's window shot, from her blog. Makes me think of hand-dyed silk. Above photo from an Italian Vogue photoshoot shot by Tim Walker. I love how Laura Ashley it feels. Found via here.

HYDE PARK

Picnic time.