Maraid Portrait by YUK FUN
YUK FUN describe themselves as “an independent label making illustrated stuff for awesome people who love colour, animals and fun”. So now it’s offical we are awesome. We absolutely love our new portrait – it…
Glasgow Print Fair 2021
Now in its third year, the Glasgow Print Fair 2021 returns with another impressive roster of artists and printmakers, each of which have created a print based on the theme of travel something we think…
Our favourite songs of 2020
It feels like a good time for reflection, we’ve put together our favourite songs that have helped us through 2020. This year’s selection is dancey and upbeat but still nicely showcases a wide range of…
Glug Birmingham – Collectors Edition
Luke Tonge and Daniel Alcorn took Glug Birmingham online this year. They organised two talks from design collectors and asked me to speak in the first session. I created a pre-prepared video and joined them…
S’Express Mix – The Samples
I love ‘Theme from S’Express’, it’s magical and makes me happy every time I hear it. I started to get obsessed about how Mark Moore had created it and found a list of all the…
Le Corbusier’s Sainte Marie de La Tourette
Sainte Marie de La Tourette was architect Le Corbusier’s final building. Located in Eveux-sur-Arbresle, near Lyon in France it was completed in 1961, it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The building is still…
Maraid Portrait by Michael Driver
We first became aware of Michael Driver‘s work for Culture Trip, beautiful illustration for travel – what’s not to love? When Michael became a stallholder at the 2019 Glasgow Print Fair it was great to…
Glasgow Print Fair from home
Glasgow Print Fair from home is open! We asked a selection of artists across Europe to create new prints based on the theme of nature for this year’s event. We were overwhelmed by its success…
Books about collections
Happy World Book Day! Since publishing Matchbloc I’ve noticed how much I enjoy a book about collections. Specifically, similar items repeated with slight differences. I’ve posted a view of my favourites below, each book features…
Postage stamps from the Netherlands
I promised myself not to fall too far down the rabbit hole of stamp collecting as I really have enough small pieces of lovely illustrated paper in my life with matchbox labels – but I…