As Thomas Fuller used to say…
A book that is shut is but a block. I thought of this experiment as a tautology: shut books that are therefore just blocks used to talk about the fact that shut books are just blocks.
View ArticleBook as a block, block as a type = booksetting
The adaptation of Thomas Fuller’s phrase “A book that is shut is but a block” in the previous bookshelves installation was illustrated by my use of the book for their shape and colour, rather than...
View ArticleLove rubber
Research on contextual lettering, or how to get a word to say more than it reads. The typeface made of blue rubber gloves is called Marigold, the black leatherish one is Mapplethorpe.
View ArticleA book that is shut is just a block / poster
http://designmarketo.com/booksetting-poster/ A book that is shut is just a block is now available for sale as an A1 poster on DesignMarketo!
View ArticleMapplethorpe ll
mapplethorpe ll This is a second version of the Mapplethorpe alphabet, using the American photographer’s world as a mood board. This is part of my research on how to get a letter to mean more than it...
View ArticleUp a gum tree
The idiom up a gum tree, originated as like a possum up a gum tree, refers to being in trouble.
View ArticleA sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.
A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan Experimentation using branches as a matrix.
View ArticleAs Lewis Carroll used to say
I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read! Lewis Carroll The idea behind the experiment was to use a quote in another context to get...
View ArticleWOW!
Fitzrovia becoming Noho Square. Fitzrovia then, now and to be. This research aims at questionning/pointing out temporary hidden empty spaces, caught in between what’s gone and what is to come. This...
View ArticleType should move
“All is flux, nothing stays still, no man ever steps twice in the same river“, observed Heraclites. This intelligent (because human) letterform allows a message to change from an instant to another,...
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