Published on Monday, February 9, 2009 in England,
art,
artist,
britain,
british,
classic design,
creative,
culture,
eco,
eco-friendly,
graphic design,
iconic,
illustration,
stamps,
talent and
transport .
How very nice to see great British designs getting some deserving attention. These images are all featured on the current edition of stamps from Royal Mail, you can download a preview pdf from their site. One little tiny thing, it would be useful to have the year also listed but that’s just me nit-picking.
It is hard to argue with any of those choices. My fave would have to be Harry Beck’s London Underground map - what an absolute feat of patience and genius.
I am sure I was reading the other day that the City of London is working on commissioning a new eco-Routemaster bus based very firmly on the original design. Or did I dream that?
Published on Saturday, January 31, 2009 in Chorlton,
advice,
business,
event,
free,
help,
learning,
links,
manchester,
networking,
photography,
talk,
technology,
tips,
websites and
workshop .
For anyone in Chorlton or South Manchester thinking of setting up a website for selling this could be worth a look. It is a free event organised by Manchester City Council and the MDDA (Manchester Digital Development Agency) with 20 spaces but only 5 left at the time of writing. Hopefully it will be a good chance to pick up some good tips. Here is the info from the MDDA site and to book a place click here: UPDATE, SORRY THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.
In fact the MDDA site has some really useful articles, links and webcasts on this topic, including “How to attract customers to your site” “Marketing and Social Networks” and one I shall definitely be investigating “How to choose the right payment system for selling online“.
Published on Saturday, January 31, 2009 in advice,
blogging,
blogs,
canon,
eco,
eco-friendly,
environmentally-friendly,
fonts,
free,
green,
help,
links,
manchester,
printers,
sustainable living and
tips .
Many of us try and avoid having to print things out onto paper nowadays. However, sometimes the need for a hard copy is impossible to ignore. I stumbled across Ecofont the other day over at Manchester-based blogger Lucy Danger’s “3R’s Recycling” site and it sounds like an interesting idea.
Ecofont is a newly created print font which you can download for free onto your PC or Mac. It has a crisp modern feel but because of the holes within each letter it aims to use 20% less ink than any other font. Next time I need to do a printout I shall give it a go and report back. You can download the font and read a little more about it on the ecofont website.
Continuing in the recycling vein, I recently had to replace a whole load of ink cartridges on my printer and spent some time researching the best place to recycle them. It used to be difficult getting anywhere to accept Epson cartridges for recycling but it seem they are trying to improve their green credentials and now offer a free recycling box for companies which can be requested through their website. For individuals it is possible to log onto their website and request a freepost bag or use their freepost address with your own envelope.
I had HP and Canon cartridges and used greenertomorrow.org.uk; very simple just visit the website, request a freepost envelope and pop your old ink carts inside and post back.
The greenest option, if you live in a town or city, might be to drop off used cartridges at your local charity shop. Most of them offer this facility and the charity can sometimes get a small financial reward in the process.
Published on Saturday, January 24, 2009 in 2009,
Barack Obama,
Grammy's Typography,
New York Times,
Projects,
White House,
advertising,
art,
artist,
award,
blogs,
creative,
culture,
emerging,
illustration,
photography,
portraits,
talent and
websites .
It has been a visually interesting week. I have browsed through the Obama official photograph taken by Pete Souza (the first taken using a digital camera -a Canon 5D) and the portrait project on his support staff in the New York Times (which for the record I really liked whilst many didn’t, but there you go) taken by Nadav Kander. But for me two great bits of work really stood out these past 7 days:
- 2) An interesting photography project by Simon Hoegsburg called rather bleakly “We Are All Gonna Die - 100 meters of existence”. This is a huge 100m wide photo he has created by combining hundreds of images taken of Berliners (is that a word/not sure!) on the same spot on a bridge over a period of 20 days in 2007. It documents, it fascinates and tells lots of stories. On first viewing I scribbled:
[check out the bikes YEP]
[check out the two people with eye patches .... weird !]
[trendy berlin. great snapshot of city dwellers, only a few people clocked the photographer]
Hoegsburg is based in Denmark but studied in London and he isn’t just a one trick pony. Have a look at his website, there is plenty of other strong work. He even has a series on a cycle trip he took using a heavy Copenhagen city bike which you can hire there for one Danish krone. He took off for Istanbul and went in search of the goodness in people. When so much photography (art in general) can be a little po-faced, I found his work open, fresh, focussed and powerful. One to watch out for.
scatterdrum is a personal blog by Gill Moore. Gill is a professional photographer based in Manchester in England.
She works for commercial and editorial clients together with shooting personal projects. This side of her work often includes exhibiting, publishing and working with like-minded collaborators on an environmental theme.
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