Work placement skills at the ready? Or not yet?
Work placements are undoubtedly extremely valuable activities, as no amount of learning can beat learning by doing. Undertaking a work placement can eventually help a young person obtain a better […]
Travel by Book
Penguin books are running a summer holiday reading campaign called Travel by Book. Great idea. I took part in their quiz and was told I should be “walking the […]
Ladybird – measuring life
Above: Shopping with Mother, Harry Wingfield, © Ladybird Books Ltd, 1958 In the way that many cultures and religions track the passage of time via rituals at specific times, so I tracked my childhood life, and continue to do so today, from what I learned about the passage of time from […]
Audubon’s Birds, Audubon’s Words
Above: The Birds of America, Plate 311, American White Pelican, 1824–38 Running until next Spring at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is a show of the most famous bird illustrations of all time, the work of John James Audubon (1785-1851). We might know of him today in our overly-commercial world as […]
Memory Palace
How can you exhibit a piece of graphic design and still make it look interesting? Moreover, how can you exhibit a book and make it interactive and engaging? This challenge has been accepted at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London where Sky Arts Ignition are showing The Memory Palace, […]
Easter Greetings
Easter Greetings to everyone. This image is from NGA images and shows a German woodcut from the 15th Century called Easter Calendar Beginning with the Year 1466. The Graphic Design Project has a great project for this season called Easter Image, which as well as helping you with graphic design […]
Henry Lillie’s Alphabet of Monograms
This beautiful Victorian book of 1865 shows printers and designers how to create monograms. The word monogram means “one line” and some of Lillie’s monogram designs do indeed seem to be made from one continuous line. The book sets out each letter showing different styles of combining it with other letters, […]
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