Matchbloc in the media
One year on from publishing Matchbloc the first edition of 1000 has sold out. I thought it might be nice to collate some of the coverage of the book for which we were very grateful….
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MATCHBLOC the book
MATCHBLOC the book is here! The lovely Neal Whittington from Present & Correct and I have been working on this for a little while. If you have been following our instagram account you can now…
Estonian folk songs for children
I picked up the book ‘Eesti rahvalaule lastele’ in a second-hand shop in Estonia. It translates as ‘Bluebird, Estonian folk songs for children’ and was compiled by Ottilie Kõiva in 1971. The beautiful illustrations by…
Die Witwe und andere komische Monologe
I recently visited the island of Muhu in Estonia, home to writer Juhan Smuul. The Museum had many of his books for visitors to browse. The intriguing and unusual illustrations by Edgar Valter in ‘Die…
Why the sea is salty, a Karelian folk tale
On a recent trip to Estonia I came across this Russian children’s book in a second hand shop. I instantly fell for the style, colours and character illustrations. Once home I discovered the book is…
Peter Byrne ‘This Land’ book and exhibition
After spending a year travelling the US photographing cowboys at forty five ranches in twelve states, Peter Byrne has published the book ‘This Land – Cowboys & the Landscape of the American West’. Peter held…
Modernist Magazine: Issue 22 Games
I met Jack and Eddy from the Modernist Magazine at a print and publishing fair, we got chatting about concrete and design and ten minutes later I was on their contributors list. For the theme…
Zoz book by Norman Mommens
On a recent visit to Ken Spelman I found this book ‘Zoz – A Story of Glory’ written and illustrated by Norman Mommens. The book is an edition of 200, printed and bound by the…
Two books about boats
It’s World Book Day. I wanted to share two brilliant books about boats. One came from Mundal Norway, the other from a charity shop near our studio. Both written in 1975 and first published by AB…
David Gentleman’s illustrations for New Penguin Shakespeare books
For years I’ve bought Penguin paperback books for their cover design. In 2013 I came across a copy of the ‘The Rape Of Lucrece’ by William Shakespeare and instantly thought it was the most arresting…
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