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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.

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Book 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...

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Love 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.

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A 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!

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Mapplethorpe 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...

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Up a gum tree

The idiom up a gum tree, originated as like a possum up a gum tree, refers to being in trouble.

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A 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.

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As 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...

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WOW!

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...

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Type 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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