30 July 2011

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? 

26 July 2011

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 ...

22 July 2011

MUNICH





YEP


MATH

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

12 July 2011

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.

09 July 2011

MICRO



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

07 July 2011

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.