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…
Posts Categorised: Found/Ephemera
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…
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….
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…
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…
Wio, Leokadio! Polish book illustrations
Since the 1950s Polish illustrators and publishers have been recognised for their unique and high quality work. During a recent trip to Krakow I spent lots of time in second hand and art gallery book…
Hema Dutch Matchbox Labels
HEMA is a Dutch store that sell homeware often made by the chain itself with original design. Founded in 1926 the store is still going strong. These wonderful 1970s matchbox labels illustrate their wide range…
Vintage Bulgarian lottery tickets
I have Tobias Frere-Jones to blame for this new obsession. His new Conductor font is influenced by Vintage Bulgarian lottery tickets and I have to agree they are things of beauty. He told me French…
Happy Birthday Sputnik
Happy Birthday Sputnik! A celebration of 50 years with vintage matchbox labels from the Maraid collection.
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…