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PUBLISHED 8 Feb 2011 - 11:35am
AUTHOR: William Shaw
Sarah Hyndman of With Relish was one of the winners of last year's one-hour typography competition. She's has just designed a visual theme for the Philharmonia Orchestra’s autumn season of work, which will be publicly unveiled this week. With Relish have been working with the Philharmonia Orchestra since 2006, creating visual themes for each season. Vanessa Williams, Senior Marketing Manager at the Philharmonia Orchestra commented, “We’re really pleased with the identity With Relish has created for our new season: it’s high contrast, dramatic and conveys everything we want to communicate... More
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PUBLISHED 10 Sep 2010 - 5:24pm
AUTHOR: William Shaw
To have been picked by Dominic Lippa of Pentagram to design a poster for the London Design Festival is one of those sweet moments to add to your CV. Working with the organisation emerge, Lippa chose ten graphic design graduates to create posters for the Festival that will be displayed at four London Underground stations. You can see all ten at The Cube throughout the Festival. Each poster is themed on a letter or number. Collectively the posters spell out EMERGE2010. This is a very beautiful letter "G" by Caz Haigh. Find out more about Haigh's work Read about emege at IdeasTap emerge at the... More
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PUBLISHED 26 Jul 2010 - 10:21pm
AUTHOR: William Shaw
This September the London Design Festival will be eight years old. In what seems like an incredibly short space of time it's grown from around 40 events to the size it is today, hosting around 230 events right across London. Over the next few weeks in the run up to this year's Festival, we're going to remind ourselves of some of the milestones. This was one of them. 26 Letters in 2004 started with a simple request from the British Library. Sir John Sorrell remembers how it came about: 'The British Library came to us and said they would like to take part in the Festival. One of the... More
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PUBLISHED 23 Jul 2010 - 5:03pm
AUTHOR: William Shaw
Exhibition postcard, 210mm x 140mm. 1979.
The graphic designer Barney Bubbles committed suicide 17 years ago 27 years ago. Employed by Stiff Records in 1977 he had created the classic LP sleeves for Elvis Costello, Ian Dury and The Damned, as well as directing The Special's great Ghost Town video and creating the distinctive NME magazine logo. Bubbles' work often had a depth and wit that few other record sleeve designers have ever touched. There will be an exhibition of Bubbles' work at Chelsea Space, curated by writer Paul Gorman, as part of the London Design Festival: Process; The working practices of Barney Bubbles. ... More
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Small error: Barney died 27 years ago this November, maybe not too late to correct.

London Design Festival says:

My mistake. Thanks for that.

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Small error; now says "The graphic designer Barney Bubbles committed suicide 17 years ago 27 years ago" Interesting post though. I was researching a hair salon design article I was writing when I  stumbled here. I think it's sad that such a talented designer committed suicide. Thanks for the link, I'm off to explore more about Bubbles' work although unfortunately I'm unlikey to find myself in London to be able to see it, at least in the near future.

London Design Festival says:

... only on the front blog page. The strikethru doesn't seem to work there yet but if you click "more" it works. Paul Gorman's book is good - try that instead. 

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I love the textile field, especially after walking and standing 4 hours in the V&A. I'd love to see it stay, and possibly with a few more vibrant colours added to the palette. Mian

sam:

I went to John Pawson's exhibition at Design museum last year.
His sophisticated works were very impressive and inspiring.
I am looking forward to seeing this installation very much.

I like it very much!
It is much easier to find an exact place and information.
I will surely use this calendar for LDF this year!

It collaborated very well with installantion of Ron Arad called curtain call at Roundhouse.

Guest:

I love this calendar - it's really comprehensive and completely relevant. It's the first place I go when looking for something to do at the weekend. Thanks LDF! 

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