Category Archives: Typography

Autumn 2013 catalogue

By Toby | Published: June 7, 2013

Thames & Hudson’s Autumn 2013 catalogue is bursting with exciting new titles such as 100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age, a daring yet convincing analysis of 100 artworks that are destined to stand the test of time; The World According to Karl, the ultimate repertoire of wit and wisdom from fashion’s sharpest [...]

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Fit Men Wanted!

By Toby | Published: August 31, 2012

Our new publication, Fit Men Wanted – Original Posters from the Home Front, showcases a selection of Britain’s wartime posters from the Imperial War Museums’ collection of over 30,000 – posters which exhorted citizens to do their bit for the war effort with proclamations that today seem charmingly innocent, quintessentially British, and often very funny. [...]

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Handmade Type Workshop – Amandine Alessandra

By Toby | Published: October 24, 2011

London-based graphic designer and photographer Amandine Alessandra is the subject of our latest Handmade Type Workshop contributor Q&A. Here she discusses the people that inspire her work and what the future has in store for Amandine Alessandra. What led you to making handmade type? Typographic installations allowed me to put together my two loves, photography [...]

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Handmade Type Workshop – Smart Emma

By Belinda | Published: August 26, 2011

Manchester-based designer and crafter Emma Smart is the subject of our latest Handmade Type Workshop contributor Q&A. Read on to find out what inspires her work and what the future holds for Smart Emma. What led you to making ‘handmade type’? Working as a graphic designer I seem to spend a lot of my time [...]

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Handmade Type Workshop – Karin von Ompteda

By Belinda | Published: August 22, 2011

Typographic designer and researcher Karin von Ompteda is the subject of our next Handmade Type Workshop contributor Q&A. Read on to find out what inspires her work and what the future holds.. What led you to making ‘handmade type’? I think at the time there was something in the air – a certain zeitgeist had [...]

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Handmade Type Workshop – Sneaky Raccoon

By Belinda | Published: August 12, 2011

Designer Anna Mullin aka (Sneaky Raccoon) is the subject of our next Handmade Type Workshop contributor Q&A. Read on to find out what inspires her work and what the future holds for Sneaky Raccoon. What led you to making ‘handmade type’? I simply enjoy drawing and exploring ideas. Typography seemed like on obvious route to [...]

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Handmade Type Workshop – Natsuki Otani Q&A

By Belinda | Published: August 5, 2011

Next in our series of Handmade Type Workshop contributor interviews is Natsuki Otani – a young Tokyo-born illustrator (and editor of Illustration Rally) who works with ink to create beautiful and bold freehand type styles. What led you to making ‘handmade type’? Working by hand is more natural to me, my illustration is mostly hand [...]

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Handmade Type Workshop – Mr Yen

By Belinda | Published: August 1, 2011

For the first in our series of Handmade Type Workshop contributor interviews, we spoke to Mr Yen (aka Jonathan Chapman) – a papercutting master from Leeds – who tells us more about his work and the resurgence of handmade styles in graphic design. What led you to making ‘handmade type’? I have always been interested [...]