It’s only ten days until Counter, an artist-led book fair, returns to KARST Plymouth for the second time to showcase work created by regional and national artists and publishers who experiment with the book/zine formats and styles of narration. This year, Counter continues to draw together both creative individuals and…
You don’t have to a synaesthete to be able to taste type. According to Sarah Hyndman, the writer of ‘The Type Taster book’, every font can create trust, mistrust, give you confidence, and even has the power to alter the taste of your food. Published as part of an ongoing…
Founder and Editor-in-Chief Peter Lundgren has described ‘T–Post’ as “the world’s first wearable magazine”, and indeed, T–Post has managed to redefine every term in the publishing and fashion equation by creating a unique piece of clothing and printing its content on the inside of a t-shirt with an aim to…
Legendary graphic designer, typographer, and letterpress practitioner Alan Kitching has released his latest publication dedicated to the huge wood-letter fount collection from his Typography Workshop. In collaboration with Angus Hyland, every letter featured in this publication was originally hand-printed. Flipping through a beautiful hardback is always a good experience, and…
I came across this amazing project via Vice.com and an unspeakable awe filled me. There has been a rising number of refugees in Germany and amid ongoing debates on this issue, it’s really hard to imagine how these refugees had to flee their homes and are now struggling to keep…
From today until 19th December 2015, London-based design consultancy Spin will be relocating to the Made North Gallery in Sheffield for the Spin: 360° exhibition. Spin has a penchant for creating unique visual personalities through elegant identity solutions, publications, marketing campaigns, motion graphics and websites. This is a really good…
One of our favourite festivals, ‘Graphic Design Festival Scotland’, is returning for its second year, bringing together creatives and studios from various disciplines to engage in discussion and debate about creativity, innovation, and design thinking. We had a nice chat with the GDFS organisers, Beth Wilson and James Gilchrist, and…
Truth is, we all rely on some degree of self-promotion if we desire to make a living from art, design, and other creative activities. Creativepool is one of the world’s largest online networks set up with an aim to build bridges between international creative companies and individual talents from across…
The upcoming exhibition at Eames Art Gallery, entitled ‘Picasso Suites’, presents Picasso’s most important and sought-after suites including engravings from ‘Carmen’ (1949), lithographs from ‘La Come?die Humaine’ (1954), and etchings from ‘La Ce?lestine’ (1968). This fine selection of Picasso’s works were originally created to accompany the prose and/or poetry of…
The search for the best emerging print designers has come to an exciting close and today it’s our sincere pleasure to announce the Top 10. Considered as one of our most inspiring annual gatherings of young creatives, the competition is now in its second year and we are very lucky…
Eight Hour Studio is a British luxury sleepwear brand set up by Sonia Padam who decided to take a giant leap from corporate to startup. With an aim to produce high-quality garments with delicate detailing, each Eight Hour Studio item is produced by hand using the traditional methods of woodblock…
No Walls Gallery has announced that it is to open a larger newly renovated space solely dedicated to a series of 100 new illustrations created by one of the most sought-after illustrators, Hattie Stewart. The ‘Pattern, Shape, Fluidity, Versions’ show will be the first major exhibition since Hattie’s debut solo…
It’s no wonder that self-published zines are currently in the spotlight. Self-produced zines allow makers, writers, and creatives to break the rules in order to create something unconventional. Vienna-based micropublishing collective ‘Soybot’ work between graphic design, print, and illustration. Their work is a departure from the traditional publishing models. It…
The annual Graduate Print Awards celebrate and honour excellence in print design. With a record-breaking number of entries this year, we received hundreds of wonderful projects from recent graduates from many different countries across the globe. We hope and aim to recognise the up-and-coming talents that have put time and…
For the world of fashion, you have to be creative under pressure and always keep fresh ideas pumping through collections. We last featured ‘Age of Reason’ in 2012 and now, three years later, Age of Reason loyalists will notice that Ali Taylor Mapletoft, the founding designer of Age of Reason,…
Are you feeling tense or sluggish this morning? If you’re nodding affirmatively, here’s a way to kick Monday blues to the kerb. To start off the week with something bright and cheery, nothing would be more perfect than Cachetejack’s new toy collections: ‘iPhoneman’ and ‘Top Feelings Memory Game’. These new…
The decennial year sees ‘Daniel Heath Studio’ launch a Kickstarter campaign with an aim to make a limited-edition run of one of their most sought-after wallpaper designs, ‘High Wire’. Daniel Heath Studio is known for their highly crafted wallpaper rolls and to mark the 10th anniversary of the studio, they…
Now in our second year, we had tougher decisions than ever before. Huge thanks to all the print enthusiasts who submitted their amazing work to the Graduate Print Awards 2015. We have seen all print techniques imaginable, old and new, and various different styles that were adopted to ensure the…
Steeped in history and character, London’s East End is a place where a new, old trend is on the rise. Published on the success of Hoxton Mini Press’s ongoing series of art publications, ‘Makers of East London’ is a brand-new hardback that celebrates the rebirth of craft-based work and the…
Friday has finally arrived and I decide to end the week in grand style with this exquisite set of silk scarves created by London-based print designers Heidi Pridham and Nick Hallbery. Having launched their first designs in June, ‘Heidy and Hallbery’ is now one of the most talked about topics…