There’s been a lot of interest about Use Hearing Protection: The early years of Factory Records at The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester. I was excited to head across The Pennines one November morning…
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We now have a dedicated Matchbloc website selling the book and prints! There are currently over 80 prints available in various sizes from A3 up to A1 with more being added soon. So far we’ve…
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…
Between 1938 and 1964 Raymonde Isidore, a local cemetery worker in Chartes France, covered his house, furniture and garden with intricate mosaics of broken crockery, painting and sculpture. Known as La Maison Picassiette – Picassiette…
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…
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…
Travelling around Finland we were lucky to visit Villa Mairea and Jyväskylä Town Hall. The Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä was brilliant for interpreting the design, construction and production of Aalto’s work under one roof….
Svenskt Tenn is a Stockholm interior design store set up in 1924 by Estrid Ericson, an art teacher who produced pewter objects. In 1934 the Austrian architect Josef Frank was given safe haven by Ericson…
Printing The City is a group exhibition exploring Bradford through Risograph Printing. Bradford based Freelance Designer Ben Holden purchased a Riso machine in April 2017, he invited friends to help him explore the creative possibilities…
I love the work of Studio Arhoj; simple forms, rounded, smooth, interesting glazes, beautiful colours and, best of all, fun! During a recent trip to Copenhagen I visited their shop. Filled with ceramic goodness and…
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