Some behind-the-iron-curtain reading at the Standard Designs...

Some behind-the-iron-curtain reading at the Standard Designs library today. Soviet Space Graphics from @phaidonsnaps which magically makes the future feel very old, and The East German Handbook from @taschen which equally magically makes the eerie emptiness of back then & there feel strangely contemporary. #queuing #artbooks #reading #design #illustration #eastgermany #ostdeutschland #soviet #space #spacerace #magazines #poster #ephemera
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nxHTjBJak/?igshid=ing9aabuo8ye

Things I never had a chance to finish, number 697,842. #drawing...

Things I never had a chance to finish, number 697,842. #drawing #collage #phototransfer #vintage #retro #band #orchestra #oldtimes #hollywood #print #printmaking
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_lECHQhtxY/?igshid=j4m4wvtxg0g3

A close-up of my Bruce Springsteen ‘Born In The USA’...

A close-up of my Bruce Springsteen ‘Born In The USA’ album-as-books print. Tap the image to see the whole thing. #brucespringsteen #bornintheusa #flag #starsandstripes #redwhiteandblue #penguinbooks #pelicanbooks #bookcollection #reading #igreads #bookshelf #shelfie #giftideas #gift #print #printmaking #art #artprint #poster #homedecor #standarddesigns
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_igGWhBEpK/?igshid=1qdrybqw0ziv0

Today’s sketch. Based on an original lunch by me. #avocado...

Today’s sketch. Based on an original lunch by me. #avocado #superfood #sketch #drawing #truegrittexturesupply #ipad #food #adobedrawing #adobefresco #art #artistsoninstagram #lunch #salad #green #illustration
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_fSZLKho43/?igshid=jplkb96gvr96

Some bedtime reading. Which I have summarised pretty well in the...

Some bedtime reading. Which I have summarised pretty well in the second image. #codedesdouanes #internationaltravel #franglais #oldbooks #frenchliterature #posterart #protestposter #blackandwhite #handlettering
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_dV48rBKNi/?igshid=1dqipur4wjgp6

Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ album reimagined as books. Get this...

Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ album reimagined as books. Get this beautiful art print for your home with free UK shipping (free international shipping for orders of 2 or more prints) from the Standard Designs website - where you’ll find loads of other classic albums transformed into literature. They’re perfect gifts for book-loving music fans.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_cVc_PBUmU/?igshid=14e3wf3lgvkxp

Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love Album as Books print. One of our...

Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love Album as Books print. One of our range of prints reimagining her albums as collections of novels instead of songs - tap the image/link in bio to see more. #katebush #houndsoflove #katebushfans #homedecor #print #penguinbooks #pelicanbooks #bookcollector #bookcollection #bookspines #shelfie #design #graphicdesign #dormroom #gift #giftideas #housewarming #house #home #retro #vintage #runningupthathill
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Zo669hC6G/?igshid=1ec6gw1s6l9j2

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Album as Books print. From our...

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Album as Books print.
From our series of prints reimagining Bowie’s albums as collections of Penguin books. Find your favourite now!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ZmaPTBS-r/?igshid=5sex2n8x357f

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Album as Books print. From our...

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Album as Books print.
From our series of prints reimagining Bowie’s albums as collections of Penguin books. Find your favourite now!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ZmODVBTNC/?igshid=ca6l093o02e2

The Cure’s album ‘Wish’ reimagined as a collection of Penguin...

The Cure’s album ‘Wish’ reimagined as a collection of Penguin Books. Released 28 years ago this week - the album, not this print, which you can pick up on the Standard Designs website (click the photo/link in bio). #thecure #anniversary #robertsmith #albumasbooks #albumsasbooks #bookspines #bookstagram #art #shopping #red #favouritealbum #album #reimagined #cure #curefans #wish #thecurewish
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VguUfhxDp/?igshid=1lgiaxthsc8x3

Started work on a new album-as-books print today....

Started work on a new album-as-books print today. #workinghardorhardlyworking #lockdown #penguinbooks #pelicanbooks #bookshelf #albumasbooks #standarddesigns #shelfie #igreads #print #printmaking #novel #paperback #poetry
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QVbm4BiwR/?igshid=131qtwplq5xjn

“The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or...

“The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking.” Some very nice moloko packaging from the Soviet Union #aclockworkorange #moloko #milk #packaging #productpackaging #typography #design #sovietunion #retrofuture #redwhiteandblue
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_LTjPOBod0/?igshid=er7lqqmfb81j

The team’s new signing was a bit sluggish on the ball....

The team’s new signing was a bit sluggish on the ball. #standarddesignsmansion #hockney #groundsman #gardening #landscapegardening #football #commentary #snail #gastropod #wildlife
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_IoDysBViB/?igshid=h0ewatolfsa8

David Bowie’s ‘Aladdin Sane’ was released 47...

David Bowie’s ‘Aladdin Sane’ was released 47 years ago this past week. Here’s my print of it reimagined as a collection of books, available on the Standard Designs website (tap image/link in bio etc.). #davidbowie #aladdinsane #bookcollecting #penguinbooks #pelicanbooks #bowielightningbolt #1973 #70smusic #design #typography #classic #retro #vintage #bookshelf #shelfie #igreads

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_H4pzphp-r/?igshid=1bllpb9uby0t6

Testing out my new font (it’s pretty much finished) with...

Testing out my new font (it’s pretty much finished) with something bah-humbug and something bah-furniture. #normanwisdom #france #paris #may68 #poster #posterdesign #font #typeface #fontdesign #design #graphicdesign #typography #silkscreen #fauteuil #nonsequitur
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_F5s8JBdWE/?igshid=y14mmhtl69ku

There’s something wonderfully dotty about branding on biscuits....

There’s something wonderfully dotty about branding on biscuits. It’s branding that you actually eat (or at least partially dissolve in tea first). #branding #advertising #biscuits #tea #teatime #timefortea #typography #graphicdesign #design #food #sainsburys
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_CplTjht1p/?igshid=1tug9amqryt1o

Work on my new font continues apace. Well, maybe that’s...

Work on my new font continues apace. Well, maybe that’s overstating it. Now I know why font design can take years. I thought I had the circumflexes sorted today but… they need more boeuf. #font #fontdesign #typeface #typography #design #paris #france #may68 #1968 #posterdesign #lettering #handlettering #glyphr #adobefresco #adobeillustrator
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_BKCHRhcxM/?igshid=vctibryga4rd

The Cure’s album ‘Faith’ was released on this day 39 years ago....

The Cure’s album ‘Faith’ was released on this day 39 years ago. ‘All Cats Are Grey’ is still one of my Top 10 favourite Cure songs. And this print reimagining the album as a collection of suitably grey books is available from the Standard Designs website. #thecure #anniversary #robertsmith #albumasbooks #albumsasbooks #bookspines #bookstagram #art #shopping #grey #gray #nonemoregrey #allcatsaregrey #favouritealbum #album #reimagined #cure #curefans #faith
https://www.instagram.com/p/B–W1AehYwW/?igshid=1n7jvromt54rk

Working on/tinkering with my new font today. It’s about halfway...

Working on/tinkering with my new font today. It’s about halfway there maybe. The versioning is haphazard and error-prone - but that’s a bang-on reflection of the font itself really. #asifheknowswhathesdoing #font #fontdesign #typography #glyphr #glyphs #paris #may68 #lettering #handdrawn #design #graphicdesign #france #french #mac #macos #desktop
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-7tVvCh_SE/?igshid=1dpkbk5w4a4h7

Spring doing its thing today (and tomorrow Sprang will do its...

Spring doing its thing today (and tomorrow Sprang will do its thang). #blossom #cherryblossom #cherries #garden #gardening #easter #stayhome #london #doubleexposure
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-5Nl9UhLi8/?igshid=144d75ltx4rjl

First fruits of my font are pretty promising. Luckily it’s...

First fruits of my font are pretty promising. Luckily it’s designed to be haphazard & very handmade-looking which, er, may help disguise some of its dodgier points (but those will be sanded off in version 0.2) #asifheknowswhathesdoing #font #fontdesign #typeface #handmade #typefacedesign #typography #graphicdesign #france #french #mustard #butter #redwhiteandblue #lettering #handlettering
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-0BwgwBDn0/?igshid=ntevkd9u0h50

Began designing a font this week. This was the moment it started...

Began designing a font this week. This was the moment it started to get real. There’s something pretty satisfying about building yourself tools to accomplish jobs you want to do. #font #fontdesign #typefacedesign #typography #glyphr #glyphs #design #alphabet
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-zmqCWhxPt/?igshid=dz78henvl896

You know what they say - big tie, big box with a lighthouse on...

You know what they say - big tie, big box with a lighthouse on it. This questionable sartorial choice comes from the @phaidonsnaps book ‘Designed in the USSR’. #design #packaging #retro #vintage #russiandesign #tie #smartdresser #lighthouse #illustration #cardboardbox #whitetie #phaidon #artbook #designbook
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xMu42hzun/?igshid=1danci1hm2rcr

“Bringing you all the top stories from a field in Birmingham.” A...

“Bringing you all the top stories from a field in Birmingham.” A glimpse of the age of radio journalism before… pretty much everything. #avoidbridges #radio #logo #brmb #birmingham #localradio #retro #aerial #journalism #news #24hournews #1970s #70s #1978 #field
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-sTPY0hb3-/?igshid=t1na0mqpz1v8

Can’t get to the countryside so I’m travelling there using these...

Can’t get to the countryside so I’m travelling there using these transportation devices today #tedhughes #poetry #poet #grahamsutherland #painter #artist #tate #tatebritain #penguinbooks #penguinmodernpainters #vintagebooks #bookcollector #collection #countryside #london #lockdown #spring
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-pM0nwhXco/?igshid=1xompbaza3dul

The sky, as seen from London. Now all it takes is for one rogue...

The sky, as seen from London. Now all it takes is for one rogue skywriter to go up there and write BOLLOCKS in white smoke and, you know, job done. #lockdown #london #bluesky #noplanes #heathrowflightpath #blue #jamesturrell #skywriter #skywriting
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-nQHmphutO/?igshid=10ofio13bhlcc

Our crowbar tree is cropping early this year. #gardening #fruit...

Our crowbar tree is cropping early this year. #gardening #fruit #tools
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kykXSh-B3/?igshid=i1zcqxt0bjbt

Good news, shipping is now FREE in the UK for all our prints,...

Good news, shipping is now FREE in the UK for all our prints, including our acclaimed album-as-books series, on standarddesigns.co.uk and standarddesigns.etsy.com - Plus international orders over £50 are free on the former and US orders over $35 are free on the latter! #shopping #standarddesigns #print #poster #gift #giftideas #eastergift #albumasbooks #books #igreads #etsyseller #etsysellersofinstagram #penguinbooks #pelicanbooks #bookcollector #davidbowie #bowie #bowiefans #homedecor #dormroom #design #typography #stayhome
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-jd0MSBQ6o/?igshid=tupcr100dasp

Fun audio surrealism moment: the evening peacefulness of...

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Fun audio surrealism moment: the evening peacefulness of birdsong and very little traffic noise today was gently interrupted by the faint sound of people playing table tennis somewhere. It was really quite wonderful. #surrealism #evening #garden #quiet #peace #peaceful #birdsong #tabletennis #london #covid #lifeduringlockdown #lockdown #surreal #audio #relax
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-h_iwtBiDf/?igshid=13us5rys2qz0a

If only they’d given Philip Larkin a recording contract! He’d...

If only they’d given Philip Larkin a recording contract! He’d have really ‘cut a rug, daddio’. (Print available from the Standard Designs website standarddesigns.co.uk and on Etsy standarddesigns.etsy.com) #philiplarkin #larkin #poet #poetry #johnwain #kingsleyamis #barbarapym #johnbetjeman #jazz #jazzrecords #bookworm #poetryreading #poster #record #LP #jazzposter #literature #englishliterature
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-c8f5NhKBf/?igshid=1bbcgnvnequlk

Frost sur les fleurs this morning. #flowers #flora #gardening...

Frost sur les fleurs this morning. #flowers #flora #gardening #ice #frost #pattern #gardening #london #garden #plantlife #franglais
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cfdrjht97/?igshid=13bvm357t2pmc