a small article on the letterproeftuin and their wonderful mini printing presses which i saw in action, in eindhoven recently… great fun
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graphic pioneers #2
the blog is going to be a bit slow for a while as we take a short break: so i will be posting some stuff that has been lying around for a while waiting to be posted…
here are some more images from the amazing graphic pioneers blog (see earlier post)
graphic pioneers
the blog is going to be a bit slow for a while as we take a short break: so i will be posting some stuff that has been lying around for a while waiting to be posted…
spanish designer emilio gil contacted me earlier this year about his amazing design archive blog about a field of which i know little: spanish graphic design from the period between 1939 to the mid 70’s of the last century… here are some of my favourite pieces, but it is all worth a look… so enjoy
memory stamp
interesting collection of preliminary sketch work for vintage dutch stamp designs
via harm, via design observer, via ‘het geheugen van nederland’
short stories
the stone twins have devised a postage stamp with a story for the irish post office, nice…
according to the press release: The Irish post office, An Post, has just launched a special stamp that features a complete short story. The stamp, by Amsterdam-based The Stone Twins, celebrates the recognition of Dublin as a UNESCO City of Literature. The design solution is quite unorthodox and avoids the usual visual clichés – such as images or quotes from the giants of Irish literature (Joyce, Beckett, Yeats and Wilde). The Stone Twins instigated a competition, in collaboration with Roddy Doyle’s ‘Fighting Words’ creative writing centre, that invited young people to write a story. The winning entry is by teenager Eoin Moore, and seeks to capture the essence of Dublin. The refined typographic solution is printed on fluorescent yellow.