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

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Remembering that time I drew Ernest Hemingway as a sack of...



Remembering that time I drew Ernest Hemingway as a sack of potatoes/slab of granite. Prints are available on the website. Or, as Hemingway might have written, “Prints were still available from the website, and they were good prints and they hung on the wall well, and in the springtime with the mountains in the distance we did not go to the mountains, and the prints were still on the wall and they were good prints, and they were available from the website”. #printsavailablefromwebsite #hemingway #ernesthemingway #writer #writers #novelist #modernist #modernistliterature #literature #books #igreads #booklover #bookstagram #portrait #penandink #blackandwhite #print #homedecor #interioirinspo #standarddesigns (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cba1nmbIOdV/?utm_medium=tumblr

Monday, 21 March 2022

Wherein I write the word ‘flowers’ until I find one that has the...



Wherein I write the word ‘flowers’ until I find one that has the right amount of wrong (because too wrong doesn’t make a right). #artphilosophy #lettering #handlettering #print #printmaking #art #flowers #gardening #textart #artprocess (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbYTVUvIny1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sunday, 20 March 2022

The Sahara Desert from above (and, simultaneously, from below)....



The Sahara Desert from above (and, simultaneously, from below). #lastweeksweathertoday #sahara #sand #saharasand #storm #weather #england #britishweather #spain #landscape #meteorology #space #dustbins #londonweather #london (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbVbKJEIt84/?utm_medium=tumblr

Saturday, 19 March 2022

Today’s artishtic tinkering is ‘G for Gorilla’, the simple story...



Today’s artishtic tinkering is ‘G for Gorilla’, the simple story of when old encyclopaedia met photocopier met sandpaper met wooly jumper (it’s a specialist technique I’ve developed, very hush-hush) met Photoshop and finally met itself four times.
#art #photocopyart #artist #artistsoninstagram #gorilla #primates #printing #printmaking #overprinting #photoshop #adobe #arttechniques #artschool #design #graphicdesign #anarchy #grid #gridsystem #illustration #enclyclopedia #vintageillustration #vintage

https://www.instagram.com/p/CbSyqNPoPAs/?utm_medium=tumblr

Thursday, 17 March 2022

Strong colour overlay effort from the workmen down the road this...



Strong colour overlay effort from the workmen down the road this morning. Keep on optically blending, lads! ✊🎨🚧
#colouroverlay #printing #printmaking #opticalblending #misregistration #printtechniques #roadworks #foundart #art #red #blue #everystreetisagallery (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbM3nCComOq/?utm_medium=tumblr

Tuesday, 15 March 2022

A quick half hour on the photocopier today using the...



A quick half hour on the photocopier today using the @nationaltheatre January 1980 programme (courtesy of @oliverwoodsphoto ) summoned up a rather spectral image of the seating plan for the Olivier Theatre (so spectral in fact that the seat prices - which will make you CRY with nostalgia - have disappeared into the analogue/digital fog). Anyway a bit of jiggery-pokery and it’s transformed into this little visual ditty.
#photocopy #photocopier #photocopierart #nationaltheatre #oliviertheatre #seatingplan #1980 #january #retro #london #londontheatre #theatreland #southbank #eighties #design #typography #graphicdesign #print #printmaking #art #artistsoninstagram (at National Theatre)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbJAcnAoK_q/?utm_medium=tumblr

Monday, 14 March 2022

Brutalist enthusiasts! I snapped a couple of pics of the...



Brutalist enthusiasts! I snapped a couple of pics of the Trellick Tower while walking in west London last week, and I’ve used them in today’s photocopier workout. #goldfinger
#ernogoldfinger
#brutalist
#midcenturymodern
#architecturalphotography #urbanphotography
#urbanstyle
#londonarchitecture
#brutalistarchitecture
#modernist
#modernism
#modernistarchitecture
#midcenturymodern
#midcentury
#midcenturymodernarchitecture
#postwararchitecture 
#photocopy
#photocopyart (at Trellick Tower)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbF2iERgMyX/?utm_medium=tumblr

Friday, 11 March 2022

“Mind the doors please, mind the closing plastic miniature...



“Mind the doors please, mind the closing plastic miniature doors.”
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#foundart #everystreetisagallery #wasteart #transport #londontransport #londonunderground #art #minimalism #design #recycling (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca-lkbWLhC1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Thursday, 10 March 2022

Looks like @transportforlondon have started putting up signs...



Looks like @transportforlondon have started putting up signs naming various shades of green. Spotter’s badge if you find SAGE, OLIVE, LIME, or I THINK THAT CHEESE SANDWICH MIGHT BE A BIT OFF, MATE. #green #transportforlondon #signs #signage #detournement #naming #nomenclature #london #londonbuses #londontransport #roadsigns #art #colours #paint #painting (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca797yErU7N/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Some bits of a print I’ve been working on. It’s gone from Fresco...



Some bits of a print I’ve been working on. It’s gone from Fresco on the iPad to Photoshop to the photocopier (several times) to Photoshop (again) then to Illustrator, and I haven’t even got to the part where I crochet it with leeks or something. Now THAT’S an ‘artistic process’, fact fans! #art #process #adobefresco #photoshop #illustrator #photocopy #photocopier #photocopyart #flowers #floralart #floral #botanical #botanicalart #flora #printmaking #silkscreen #retrosupplyco #truegrittexturesupply #adobe (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca5c4DeLFfs/?utm_medium=tumblr

Monday, 7 March 2022

Tony goes cubism. . . #hamletgoesbusiness #tonythetiger...



Tony goes cubism.
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#hamletgoesbusiness #tonythetiger #akikaurismäki #cubism #art #arthistory #modernart #cubist #teatowel #kitchen #fold #fabric #cooking #breakfast #cereal #frosties (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca0CJ6br3VJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sunday, 6 March 2022

Today’s jiggery-pokery. Saw a squashed Mc-You-Know-Who bag...



Today’s jiggery-pokery. Saw a squashed Mc-You-Know-Who bag a-blowin’ in the wind. Photographed it, messed around with the photographs & etc. Creativity versus cholesterol. #packaging #packagingdesign #typography #lettering #foundart #logo #logodesigns #printing #printmaking #art #sketch #sketchbook #experimentation #artistsoninstagram (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaxpQbcL0M3/?utm_medium=tumblr

Saturday, 5 March 2022

No Y-fronts were harmed in the making of this...



No Y-fronts were harmed in the making of this picture.
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#filmstills #titlecard #blackandwhite #classicmovies #filmnoir #art #design #typography #movies #film #moviestills #cinema #cinemahistory #historyofcinema #artistsoninstagram #spoof #supermarionation #filmedinsupermarionation #moviemaking #underpants (at London, United Kingdom)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CausmSTrzBa/?utm_medium=tumblr

Friday, 4 March 2022

Might make a print of this or similar. A title card from...



Might make a print of this or similar. A title card from ‘Forchettes Contre L’Ennui’ directed by Jean-Paul Sartre. It’s the old story of “boy meets girl; gitanes-gitanes-gitanes; revolution”, but utterly compelling and with a great score by John Cage on the harpsiwhatnot.
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#sartre #jeanpaulsartre #existentialism #philosophy #film #cinema #titlecard #typography #design #print #printmaking #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #johncage #revolution #nouvellevague #newwave #jeanlucgodard #françoistruffaut #louismalle #graphicdesign #music #avantgarde #avantgardemusic #1959 #satire #simonedebeavoir #debeauvoir
https://www.instagram.com/p/CasOpAEL3Sq/?utm_medium=tumblr

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Ah, punk rock. In 1977 you could form a band, write a song, do a...



Ah, punk rock. In 1977 you could form a band, write a song, do a gig and split up live on stage all in the space of a single week. This poster celebrates those, er, wonderful days. It’s available NOW on the Standard Designs website & Etsy shop - BUT MAYBE NOT FOR LONG!!!!!
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#punk #punkrock #gigposters #poster #retro #vintageposters #vintage #localgig #1977 #70s #70smusic #newband #typography #design #posterdesign #graphicdesign #art #artistsoninstagram #artprint #artprints #gallerywall #modernart #plakat #affiche #homeinspo #artforsale
https://www.instagram.com/p/CanKyMvrTk7/?utm_medium=tumblr