Burill at Beach

In december, there was this nice exhibition of Anthony Burill at Beach London. 

So good that he will be in Offenbach for Afterschoolclub II (ASC) soon.

design collective GRAPUS (1970–91)

For 20 years they provided inspiration to graphic design 

students all over the world, with their idealistic principles 

(of bringing culture to politics, and politics to culture), 

and their highly distinctive form of image-making: an 

accessible and unpredictable mixture of childlike scrawl, 

bright colors, sensual forms and high-spirited visual pranks. 

(McQuiston, Liz (1993) Graphic agitation : 

social and political graphics since the Sixties 

London: Phaidon. p.56)

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The design collective Grapus was founded during

the student revolts in France in 1968. Members

were Pierre Bernard, Gerard Paris-Clavel, Francois

Miehe, Jean-Paul Bachollet and Alex Jordan.

In graphic design, on the one hand they saw a

means of bringing the protests and social ideas

forward and on the other hand they wanted to

re-invent the function of graphic design itself from

being a selling tool to a tool that communicates

visions of living together and social change.

http://www.aubervilliers.fr/rubrique113.html
http://www.noustravaillonsensemble.org/1789.html.fr

3 things to keep in mind

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1 favourite picture of the punk graphic design exhibition 

(see blog post punk / graphic / design)

2 seen in Peckham 2 days ago

3 found it while researching screenplay-covers

poster for a word: awkward

Finally, I found a reason to stretch type. (A tribute to awkwardness.)

letterpress 01 / 99

Finally, I started working in the letterpress workshop. It is AMAZING.
And addictive. Unfortunately, I have to wait till January to go on.
I started with setting the weather forecasts - just with the aim to get
into working there. James, who runs the studio asked me if this is an
on-going project and if I will make many of them. I did not think about
it before, but: YES, I will! (this one is set in Bembo, 60 point and Bembo
italic, 12 point. Unfortunately I just recognized that there was is a
wrong o in the case. >>Try to find it)

this print comes in an edition of 12.

and on light blue paper in an edition of 14.

St Bride Library

The World’s foremost printing and graphic arts library

http://www.stbride.org/

camberwell cookbook / cover

The second assignment: a collective cookbook. 

Everybody designs his/her own recipes and makes a proposal for the cover. 

For my cover, I made a typeface out of prints from vegetable pieces. 

(Try to identify leek, potato, pepper, onion, celery and carrot.)

new look for books / cover versions project

Go to the library. Chose a book with a bad cover and an interesting content. 

Design a new dust jacket for your chosen book. My choice: PAOLO FREIRE

Education for critical consciousness. The original jacket shows fish (on the left). 

My new jacket is a simple and striking typographic solution (Helvetica bold).
The changing position of the "O" is a symbol for the head and the change of
consciousness. Printed on sugar plant paper, which is rough and has a nice colour.

stationeries #2

I just couldn't resist them. How they are meant to be equal and
how different they are. The paper. The colour. The type.
And finally I know where the name of this website comes from:
http://pleasedonotbend.co.uk/

Thank you cash machine.

For sharing intimate moments. And speaking german with me. 

I like the way, typography is set. 

Something is wrong with the letter spacing. 

It's lovely.

Thank you, Edward Johnston (and Eric Gill) for designing this beautiful fond for London Underground system in 1916.