Tuesday, 7 June 2022

Amazing to find this ancient artefact for sale at our local...



Amazing to find this ancient artefact for sale at our local garden centre… just look at the beauty our ancestors imbued that Arial Bold with… 🤔 Marvellous! #typography #fonts #arial #arialbold #antiques #decoration #garden #gardencentre #type #design #gardening #tat #ancientartefacts #artefacts #ancestors (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CehI8k_I7HU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sunday, 5 June 2022

The Standard Designs Mansion’s gardens continue to provide an...



The Standard Designs Mansion’s gardens continue to provide an endless supply of late-80s & early-90s album cover art à la 23 Envelope et al. I’m guessing this one is for David Sylvian’s 1987 triple-album ‘Aeneas’s Transom’ featuring Robert Fripp on kettle and Rod Hull & Emu on reversed xylophone and Prophet-5. #ripdavesmith #albumcover #albumcoverart #garden #gardening #foundart #ready@ade #art #design #photography #gardener #elderflower #stones #rocks #davidsylvian #robertfripp #rodhull #emu #prophet5 #davesmith #23envelope #1980s #80smusic #1990s #90smusic
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ceb3DmkIvuo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Saturday, 4 June 2022

Today’s typographic doodle. It’s been raining a bit a lot....



Today’s typographic doodle. It’s been raining a bit a lot. #adobefresco #truegrittexturesupply #riso #risograph #rain #london #londonweather #spring #typography #design #art #sketch #doodle #lettering
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeYyV4_oaIt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Wednesday, 1 June 2022

I was a bit intrigued by the ‘Andy Warhol Diaries’ series on...



I was a bit intrigued by the ‘Andy Warhol Diaries’ series on Netflix so imagine my surprise when I discovered there’s already a book out about it! 🤪 Seriously though I realised I’d never read the diaries, only ‘A to B & Back Again’, and so got this slab of late ‘70s/early & mid ‘80s upper stratosphere NYC, a time & place in history I’m forever fascinated by. And it’s kinda great, very flat - I can imagine Aki Kaurismaki turning it into a a 4 day long film called ‘Warhol Goes Business’.

#andywarhol #warhol #warholdiaries #thewarholdiaries #popartdiary #newyork #nyc #1970s #1980s #newyorkart #newyorkartgallery #basquiat #akikaurismäki #business #books #bookstagram #artbook #netflix
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRhSOfo_rG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Side 2B or not side 2B? That is the question. . . #shakespeare...



Side 2B or not side 2B? That is the question.
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#shakespeare #johngielgud #gielgud #theater #theatre #drama #hamlet #williamshakespeare #thespian #stage #lp #recording #vintagerecords #vintageads #advertising #retro #londontheatre #westend
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Thanks to @oliverwoodsphoto for the source material. (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeO99_0IBa3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Monday, 30 May 2022

Secondhand booty: a 1972 effort from Book Club Associates 😫....



Secondhand booty: a 1972 effort from Book Club Associates 😫. Check out the swashtastic Bookman font on the cover! “It’s like, how much more 1972 could this be? And the answer is none. None more 1972”. Anyway looking at, er, bijou items like this, it’s clear that punk was inevitable. Next week on The South Bank Show…
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#spinaltap #nigeltufnel #bca #bookclubassociates #britishmuseum #britain #museums #1970s #70s #70sdesign #70stypography #bookman #swash #typography #font #indulgent #1972 #bookcover #bookcoverdesign #thesouthbankshow #melvynbragg #secondhand #books #bookshopping (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeMaMUwoUYA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sunday, 29 May 2022

One of the best things about May is making elderflower cordial,...



One of the best things about May is making elderflower cordial, a delicious and refreshing drink that strengthens the mind by forcing one to block out the thought that there’s probably over a dozen insects in every gulp. #nopesticides #garden #gardening #elder #eldertree #elderflower #elderflowercordial #bbcgoodfood #drink #summerdrink #homecooking #diy #selfsufficiency #digforvictory #lemon #mind #mindpower (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeJyAu7oMNh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Friday, 27 May 2022

By popular demand we’ve created a t-shirt version of our...



By popular demand we’ve created a t-shirt version of our much-loved ‘Anarchist Gardening Now!’ print. Now you can garden haphazardly… in style! They’re available today on the Standard Designs website.
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#gardening #hackney #greenwich #london #horticulture #garden #gift #giftideas #gardener #standarddesigns #scandistyle #vogue #illustration #abstractart #gardenersworld #localpolitics #tshirt #tees #gardeninggear #giftsforgardeners #anarchistgardeningnow #anarchist #rebellion #allotment #allotmentuk #allotmentlife #teeshirt
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeEMoGAKqMJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Working & busy & occupied & grafting & where’s...



Working & busy & occupied & grafting & where’s that cup of tea? And biscuits.
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#design #art #texture #adobedrawing #adobefresco #handlettering #brain #working #hardwork #mindfulness #grit #thinking #tea #teaandbiscuits
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeDhRseqjck/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Wednesday, 25 May 2022

Caution: this logo may induce eye-freakouts and brain-frazzlery....



Caution: this logo may induce eye-freakouts and brain-frazzlery. Goodness knows how the diners must have felt clocking this on their menus while ordering.
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#food #restaurant #logo #logotype #1970s #70s #70sdesign #70stypography #typography #design #london #thecut #theatre #blackandwhite #opart #psychedelicart #psychedelia #maze (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd_irotIKTK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Found in a theatre programme from the 1960s kindly donated by...



Found in a theatre programme from the 1960s kindly donated by @oliverwoodsphoto - Maggie Smith and Kenneth Williams on the same bill? Where’s my time machine! (Honorable mention to Ralph Richardson also for whatever he was doing further down the page).

#maggiesmith #kennethwilliams #westend #theatre #londontheatre #theater #comedy #stagecomedy #1960s #60s #theatreprogramme #typography #design #blackandwhite #monochrome #typography #ralphrichardson #actors #thespian #actor #actorslife (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd9A3TOow6B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sunday, 22 May 2022

A groovy little gem discovered at @tate Britain last week. The...



A groovy little gem discovered at @tate Britain last week. The Drury Lane Arts Lab was where David Bowie used to brush up his mime act and John Lennon and Yoko Ono exhibited their first collaborative artwork. It’s probably a chippy now.

#design #logo #typograohy #1960s #sixties #60s #artslab #drurylane #london #johnlennon #yokoono #davidbowie #fishandchips #londongallery #londongalleries #groovy #swingingsixties (at Drury Lane)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd3mq9JIG6i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Saturday, 21 May 2022

The 10s 6d image from the other day came from the endpapers of...



The 10s 6d image from the other day came from the endpapers of this book of Tony Hancock scripts (kindly donated by @oliverwoodsphoto ). Superb early 1960s design.
#hancock #tonyhancock #comedy #britishcomedy #tvcomedy #sitcom #hancockshalfhour #bookstagram #bookdesign #1960s #bbc #bbccomedy #design #typography (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd0rWhsoO42/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The 10s 6d image from the other day came from the endpapers of...



The 10s 6d image from the other day came from the endpapers of this book of Tony Hancock scripts (kindly donated by @oliverwoodsphoto ). Superb early 1960s design.
#hancock #tonyhancock #comedy #britishcomedy #tvcomedy #sitcom #hancockshalfhour #bookstagram #bookdesign #1960s #bbc #bbccomedy #design #typography (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdzDipeoxHu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Friday, 20 May 2022

Today’s sketchcercise: snapped some McWrongalds packaging on the...



Today’s sketchcercise: snapped some McWrongalds packaging on the street this morning, traced it in Adobe Fresco, erased bits haphazardly, 15 mins at Gas Mark 7, voila.

#adobe #adobefresco #packaging #packagingdesign #fastfood #drawing #ipad #ipadart #collage #sketch #art #artschool #exercise #recipe #artlife (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdysQbRIdgJ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thursday, 19 May 2022

That’s about £927,546.27p in today’s money. #book #endpapers...



That’s about £927,546.27p in today’s money.

#book #endpapers #predecimal #typography #vintagetype #poundsshillingsandpence #hancock #tv #tiein #design #inflation #grot #grotesquefont (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdwP21XIWd3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

Happy 150th birthday to Bertrand Russell. He may be gone but the...



Happy 150th birthday to Bertrand Russell. He may be gone but the memories of his legendary DJ-set-and-lecture evenings linger on.
#bertrandrussell #russell #philosophy #philosopher #banthebomb #poster #posterdesign #illustration #adobefresco #gillsans #djset #dj #lecture #designinspo #interiorinspo
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdtQYwRI1fv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Monday, 16 May 2022

Just a brief reminderette that my record cover price tag prints...



Just a brief reminderette that my record cover price tag prints are still available on the Standard Designs website (tap the image/link in bio etc. etc.)
#recordcover #pricetag #coversticker #artprint #musicposter #musicprint #artprint #affordableart #artforsale #homeinspo #interiorinspo #bedroom #popart #musicart #recordstore #recordstoreday #popmusic #recordcollector #wallart #housewarming #giftidea #musicfan
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdoOmp5okPs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sunday, 15 May 2022

Some highlights from the Sickert show at @tate Britain. It’s a...



Some highlights from the Sickert show at @tate Britain. It’s a good show and well put together - particularly when showing how much he learned from Degas and Whistler. And yet Sickert never really had a Number One hit, did he? He maybe had three or four Top 10s, a dozen or so in the mid to low Top 40s, and apart from the rest dropping briefly in and out of the Top 100 that was about it. Is he therefore the Ultravox of British art, with ‘Ennui’ as his ‘Vienna’? And if so, who is the Joe Dolce Music Theatre? Harold Gilman? #stretchedmetaphors #top10 #ukcharts #sickert #waltersickert #tate #tatebritain #londongallery #londonmuseum #londongalleries #londonmuseums #ultravox #joedolce #80spop #joedolcemusictheatre #onehitwonder #shaddupyouface #britishart #haroldgilman (at Tate Britain)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdl6MvoIbg4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thursday, 12 May 2022

Old Chestnut just keeps coming out with ‘em. ‘Relentlessly,...



Old Chestnut just keeps coming out with ‘em. ‘Relentlessly, gratingly upbeat’ says the Daily Sketch. ‘What have we done to deserve this?’ asks the Northampton Southampton & Littlehampton Advertiser. ‘Please contribute to our appeal to buy him a one-way ticket to the South Pole,’ pleads Apathy Weekly.

#theoldonesarethebestones #oldchestnut #jokes #jokewriting #typography #fonts #vintagefonts #design #retrosupplyco #chestnut #newspapers #botanical #botanicalart
https://www.instagram.com/p/CddoLqqqRQD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Bonjour tout le everybody. Mon «Ça Va Okay» print est still...



Bonjour tout le everybody. Mon «Ça Va Okay» print est still available chez mon website, oui?

#franglais #print #printing #art #design #poster #artprint #artprints #interiorinspo #gallerywall #galleryposter #plakat #affiche #homeinspo #artforsale #exhibitionposter #artexhibition #vogue #elledeco #interiordesign
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdZCH7eI5wF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sunday, 8 May 2022

Ephemera-a-gogo at the Surrealism Without Borders show at @tate...



Ephemera-a-gogo at the Surrealism Without Borders show at @tate Modern. Surrealists loved a bit of short-run self-published verbiage. Because of course you can change the whole world’s consciousness with words, as long as you elephant-piano-egg-beach-eyelashes-thimble-dromedary hard enough at the typewriter.

#surrealism #tate #tatemodern #art #artmuseum #london #surrealismwithoutborders #surrealist #gallery #exhibition #londongalleries #melvynbragg #southbankshow #londongallery #writing #nonsequitur #ephemera #pamphlet (at Tate Modern)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdSvEUWIH0U/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Saturday, 7 May 2022

Shhhh! It’s Barry* the Redacted Horse. *Not his real name. His...



Shhhh! It’s Barry* the Redacted Horse.
*Not his real name.
His words are spoken by an actor (Richard Burton**).
** Not his real name.
#ephemera #vintage #vintageillustration #victoriana #illustration #horse #equine #design #typography #art #surrealism (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdQLzhyI2-k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thursday, 5 May 2022

A few highlights from the Surrealism Without Borders exhibition...



A few highlights from the Surrealism Without Borders exhibition at Tate Modern, which has an inspiring premise (‘Hey kids, Surrealism wasn’t just a bunch of French dudes doing lots of wobbly anthropomorphic stuff, there were people all round the world doing their own Surrealisms’) and starts off well, but as it goes on it increasingly becomes a lot of people from round the world doing wobbly anthropomorphic stuff just like that bunch of French dudes, and so kinda shoots itself in the foot. Maybe there wasn’t sufficient work available to fully support the thesis, but I suspect it’s more that too narrow an interpretation of Surrealism and its potential methods of deployment was used. Anyway, despite all that it’s still worth seeing and I’m glad I went. Next week on the South Bank Show…

#surrealism #tate #tatemodern #art #artmuseum #london #surrealismwithoutborders #surrealist #gallery #exhibition #londongalleries #melvynbragg #southbankshow #londongallery (at Tate Modern)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdMIdlpoIqa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

Time to put my feet up. I’m presuming I have an understudy to...



Time to put my feet up. I’m presuming I have an understudy to cover my appearance this evening…?
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#theatre #acting #typography #woodtype #silkscreen #printing #orintmaking #theater #thespian #blackandwhite #design #poster #posterdesign (at Soho and the West End)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdJcbXvoBi1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Monday, 2 May 2022

Sumptuous colours at @wakehurst_kew today. The place looks...



Sumptuous colours at @wakehurst_kew today. The place looks lovely all year round but it gets really spectacular beginning about this time of year. Totally worth a visit if you’ve never been. #wakehurst #kewgardens #kewwakehurst #garden #horticulture #rhododendron #plants #flowers #gardening #conservation #flora #botany #flowerphotography (at Wakehurst Place & Kew Millenium Seed Bank)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdEYjyhI9qG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sunday, 1 May 2022

This is the map equivalent of ‘Yeah it’s over in that direction,...



This is the map equivalent of ‘Yeah it’s over in that direction, mate. Good luck!’ #dontgetlost #map #cartography #ephemera #paperbag #collecting #collection #design #typography #souvenir #france #lafrance #français #generalities (at France)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdBcNL4Iv-w/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Saturday, 30 April 2022

Some of my recent collage pieces are now available as prints on...



Some of my recent collage pieces are now available as prints on the Standard Designs website. Tap the images/link in bio, etc. and get that ‘Spring refresh’ you’ve been meaning to get on with done it a click or two.

#art #collage #photocopier #printmaking #photocopyart #typography #words #literature #philosophy #contructivism #modernart #abstractart #poster #posterdesign #design #artforsale #newart #artprint #artprints #interiorinspo #gallerywall #scandistyle #plakat #affiche #homeinspo #springrefresh #springcleaning #minimalism #minimalistart (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc-GlNYIADZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thursday, 28 April 2022

From the @thersc 1978 production of The Tempest, as depicted in...



From the @thersc 1978 production of The Tempest, as depicted in a special pull-out section of the Coventry Evening Telegraph. I mean… wow! ‘70s-tastic!

#1978 #coventry #royalshakespearecompany #hair #makeup #theatre #theater #shakespeare #thetempest #70s #70sfashion #70sstyle #drama #newspaper #vintage #vintagenewspaper PS thanks to @oliverwoodsphoto for the source material. (at Royal Shakespeare Company)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc5wpAXIeVy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

The Musical Tribes Of Britain is our new series of prints...



The Musical Tribes Of Britain is our new series of prints celebrating - light-heartedly - different music scenes over the past few decades. We thought it would be nice if there was a series of postage stamps commemorating everyone who bought the records, wore the fashions and drove all night in a friend’s dodgy VW to take part in the wonder that is popular music. So we created these, and they’re available now as prints in three wonderful sizes for you to pop on your wall and go ‘Ah yes, I was there… I think.’
#popmusic #music #tribes #newromantic #acidhouse #folk #newromantics #folkrevival #raveculture #raveon #madchester #stamps #postagestamps #philately #stampcollection #duranduran #spandauballet #japan #visage #ewanmaccoll #ralphmctell #mumfordandsons #theunthanks #poster #art #musicposter #typography #graphicdesign #design #posterdesign (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc0h8UlqITT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sunday, 24 April 2022

“All your weekend viewing, brought to you by ATV”. (Bit of a...



“All your weekend viewing, brought to you by ATV”. (Bit of a coup for them to get Sidney James to star in The Sid James Show - apparently Laurence Olivier was unavailable).
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#tv #atv #associatedtelevision #britishtv #60stv #sidjames #laurenceolivier #patrickmagoohan #dangerman #theprisoner #culttv #newspaper #newspaperads #print #printmaking #vintage #typography #oldnewspapers #archive #tvlistings (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcuqxOkI9lV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Friday, 22 April 2022

Today’s photocopier tomfoolery uses a subscription slip from a...



Today’s photocopier tomfoolery uses a subscription slip from a 1960 copy of the literary magazine Stand and accidentally turns it into a Constructivist-fest. I’m not a subscriber to Stand Magazine by the way, but I do have a lifetime subscription to Sit Down (incorporating Put Your Feet Up and Have A Cup Of Tea).
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Thanks to @oliverwoodsphoto for the source material.
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#collage #photocopy #photocopier #photocopyart #art #print #printmaking #texture #photoshop #standmagazine #literature #literary #literarymagazine #design #graphicdesign #typography #foundtypography #foundart #readymade #collageart #constructivist #constructivism #typographicart #minimalism #minimalist #minimalistart (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcqNM0AoQra/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thursday, 21 April 2022

“DAHHLING! That’s MY kind of audition! Now, shall I give you my...



“DAHHLING! That’s MY kind of audition! Now, shall I give you my Lear?”
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#acting #poster #print #ham #shakespeare #design #newsprint #typography #theatre #theater #art #printmaking #posterdesign (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccnp2KsoZm3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tuesday, 19 April 2022

Josef Albers had a tough day and decided to cut corners....



Josef Albers had a tough day and decided to cut corners. #ayethangyew
[Drawn with the new risograph set from @retrosupply ]
#josefalbers #albers #homagetothesquare #circles #riso #risograph #print #printing #printmaking #abstract #abstractart #geometricabstraction #abstraction #retrosupply #retrosupplyco #art #artjokes (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcifDklIuIC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Saturday, 16 April 2022

Today’s new piece - with its palette inspired by the bonanza of...



Today’s new piece - with its palette inspired by the bonanza of earth colours seen in the Postwar Modern show at @barbicancentre gallery - started off as a ‘Souvenir Picture Edition’ badge from the masthead of the 11 March 1961 edition of the Reading Evening News, before my process walked it into a pea-souper of toner fog. (Thanks to @oliverwoodsphoto for the newspaper)


#newart #print #printmaking #art #barbican #barbicanartgallery #postwarmodern #modernart #britishart #typography #collage #photocopier #photocopierart #reading #newspaper #newsprint #earthcolours #artexhibition #toner #fog (at Barbican Art Gallery)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcbRGBMIZLx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Friday, 15 April 2022

Walking round The Barbican yesterday, such a fantastic place -...



Walking round The Barbican yesterday, such a fantastic place - always something new to discover/some other way to get lost.
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#barbican #thebarbican #london #architecture #brutalism #brutalistarchitecture #psychogeography #detournement #modernism #modernistarchitecture #lostinlondon (at The Barbican)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcYouR4IKm2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thursday, 14 April 2022

Close-ups of some of the many highlights in the Postwar Modern...



Close-ups of some of the many highlights in the Postwar Modern show at the @barbicancentre art gallery. It’s great, kids! (Images: 1. Nigel Henderson, 2. Alan Davie, 3. Magda Cordell, 4. Lucian ‘call me Lucian’ Freud, 5. Robyn Denny, 6. Francis Bacon, 7. Gillian Ayres #barbican #barbicanartgallery #painting #exhibition #london #londongallery #postwar #postwarmodern #modernart #britishart #nigelhenderson #alandavie #magdacordell #lucianfreud #robyndenny #francisbacon #gillianayres (at Barbican Art Gallery)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcV9CVKIvCk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Wednesday, 13 April 2022

Super-cute halftone-tastic character work in these illustrations...



Super-cute halftone-tastic character work in these illustrations for a guide to the Caves of Han in Belgium (although the chap with the peaked cap looks like he might have slightly authoritarian tendencies). I’m guessing it’s mid- to late-60s? Kindly donated by the wonderful @oliverwoodsphoto
#illustration #halftone #cartoon #cartooning #design #graphicdesign #vintageadvertising #cavesofhan #tourism (at Belgium)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcQzg4kor38/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sunday, 10 April 2022

‘We’. So good they cut it out of the sign twice (although they...



‘We’. So good they cut it out of the sign twice (although they did the second one backwards, which is showing off a bit). #linguistics #language #we #ew #signage #metalsigns #london #park #parksoflondon #countrypark #stencil #typography #design #spring (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcLZVuCoS0D/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Another secondhand bookshop find: ‘The Spirit of London’, first...



Another secondhand bookshop find: ‘The Spirit of London’, first published 1935, this edn. 1950. Full of fascinating period sights (and a few trim-looking chaps).

#books #bookshop #bookshoppjng #secondhand #secondhandbooks #london #vintage #vintagebooks #photography #vintagephotography (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcDrlSUIN1T/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wednesday, 6 April 2022

Today’s score at the local secondhand bookshop was this fine and...



Today’s score at the local secondhand bookshop was this fine and authoritative tome, first published in 1958 and on its *10th* edition in 1974. I used to tell students there were no right or wrong answers in art - well, as this book *clearly* demonstrates, that was a load of old hogwash (though I’d suggest - if you look at the final image - that the greater ‘Beginners mistake’ was missing out the bleedin’ apostrophe 🤪). #art #painting #oilpainting #artschool #teaching #teachingart #howtopaint #howtodraw #pedant #grammar #grammarpolice #punctuation #pedagogy #secondhand #secondhandbookshop #bookshopping #bookstagram #bookcovers #1970s (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcA8ox5Ii47/?utm_medium=tumblr

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Tonight’s photocopier-based foolery features the word PHILOSOPHY...



Tonight’s photocopier-based foolery features the word PHILOSOPHY set in the extraordinary font Chevauchantes and the phrase IT’S WHERE THE BIG BUCKS ARE set in Fantasie Haut. Because I’ve been on the superyacht Jean-Paul Sartre (registered in Panama) and it’s mahoosive. #philosophy #superstardom #rich #bigbucks #philosopher #fortune #superrich #jeanpaulsartre #art #print #printmaking #design #typography #adobe #adobeillustrator #photoshop #adobephotoshop #typeface #vintage #vintagetype
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb–fgxoBrq/?utm_medium=tumblr

Saturday, 2 April 2022

Doing a spot of gardening this weekend? Super, your garden will...



Doing a spot of gardening this weekend? Super, your garden will thank you for it. And this print is for you - visit the Standard Designs website to buy one (link in bio). Free shipping for all UK orders and qualifying international orders.
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#poster #posterdesign #gardening #horticulture #garden #gardenposter #print #printmaking #gift #giftideas #housewarming #gardener #standarddesigns #scandistyle #vogue #interior #wallprints #postershop #artprint #nordicstyle #illustration #abstractart #scandihome#gardenersworld #localpolitics #posterhistory #environment #environmentalism #thankyouforgardening #lawn (at Kew Gardens)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb14rFDIhzK/?utm_medium=tumblr

Doing a spot of gardening this weekend? Super, your garden will...



Doing a spot of gardening this weekend? Super, your garden will thank you for it. And this print is for you - visit the Standard Designs website to buy one (link in bio). Free shipping for all UK orders and qualifying international orders.
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#poster #posterdesign #gardening #horticulture #garden #gardenposter #print #printmaking #gift #giftideas #housewarming #gardener #standarddesigns #scandistyle #vogue #interior #wallprints #postershop #artprint #nordicstyle #illustration #abstractart #scandihome#gardenersworld #localpolitics #posterhistory #environment #environmentalism #thankyouforgardening #lawn
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb14KAGozro/?utm_medium=tumblr

Thursday, 31 March 2022

How the creative process works: 1. Observe snow out the window...



How the creative process works: 1. Observe snow out the window at the end of March. 2. Remember weather forecast said ‘chance of snow’. 3. Feel exceedingly pleased with oneself for reversing that to make ‘snow of chance’. 4. Decide to superimpose both phrases on top of each other as part of daily art exercise. 5. Notice there’s a much more interesting but in the middle. 6. Show that bit instead and pretend it was what you were intending to do all along. 7. Remember: DON’T tell anyone about that snow thing. #art #artprocess #theartistatwork #collage #textart #typography #print #printmaking #design #retrosupply #snow #weather (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbx8yG2I1Sj/?utm_medium=tumblr

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

The new print on the Standard Designs website takes the phrase...



The new print on the Standard Designs website takes the phrase ‘Too Shocking For Words, We Present It Only As Pictures’ and turns it into a lovely collage-y picture… made out of words. Oh the irony! Great big bold colourful stuff for any lover of the printed word.
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#print #printmaking #art #typography #collage #artist #artistsoninstagram #typographicart #photocopy #photocopyart #igreads #bookstagram #books #giftideas #artprints #artgallery #colorful #colourful #homeinspo #housewarming #library #plakat #affiche #gallerywall #artforsale #bookish #bookworm #booklover #design #posterdesign (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbse5HaoRd6/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sunday, 27 March 2022

For sanitised biographies and clean jokes maybe?...



For sanitised biographies and clean jokes maybe? 🧐
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#themarvelsoflidl #writing #pens #themodernworld #biography #cleanjokes #lidl #writer (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbmopoPoj2f/?utm_medium=tumblr

Thursday, 24 March 2022

Do you ever feel the world would be a better place if only...



Do you ever feel the world would be a better place if only people would just stop doing stupid stuff? So do we. That’s why we created this print, in association with the Dagenham & Upminster North Gardeners (DUNG) and the Middlesex/Uxbridge Local Conservationists & Horticulturalists (MULCH). It’s available on the Standard Designs website - but because it’s pro-peace and pro-generally-being-decent-to-one-another the algorithms will probably take it down soon, so grab one while you can…
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#flowersagainststupidity #flowers #gardening #horticulture #peace #print #poster #art #artposter #antiwar #flowerpower #garden #artistsoninstagram #design #homedecor #giftideas #homeinspo #givepeaceachance #flora #gardenersworld #allotment #posters #artprint #silkscreen #retrosupplyco #plakat #affiche #standarddesigns #benicetoeachother
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbf0J7RooQ4/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wednesday, 23 March 2022

“This be the edge o’ the precipice, my boy. On one side, London....



“This be the edge o’ the precipice, my boy. On one side, London. But on the OTHER side lies… another bit o’ London. CHOOSE WELL, MY BOY, and if ye DARE set foot beyond this line, REMEMBER: bring me something nice back from the takeaway, ARRRRRR!” #piratesoflondon #boundary #sign #signage #boundaryline #sutton #merton #rusty #rustysign #vintagesign #vintagesigns (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbddDG8KSB_/?utm_medium=tumblr