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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #8


A beautiful and glamorous number 8 - Tim Walker's, 'Pictures' book.

After seeing his exhibition at The Design Museum earlier this year I have yearned after this book. His images are so dreamy and pretty and at the same time a little weird which I just love.

The book is not only a collection of his gorgeous images but an insight into the way Walker works; his reference, sketches, thoughts and ideas.

There are some copies (old and new) on Amazon from about £40 which is not a bad price for such a lovely book. Some of his images are available as posters here.

Images copyright Tim Walker.

Mon 08 Dec 2008

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #7


This book is probably on every designers Christmas wishlist (unless of course they're lucky enough to already own it!).

It's 'Herb Lubalin; Art Director, Graphic Designer and typographer', a retrospective of his lifes work, crammed full of his wonderful typography, Avant Garde spreads and iconic logos.



I have found a few copies for sale but they're not cheap! A bit more affordable though, is the Japanese, Idea Magazine #329 with a special feature on the 'Typo-Graphics of Herb Lubalin'. Understandably it's a sought after issue, but it covers a large amount of Herb's renowned typography and design and is only 39.50 Euro (thanks to Ryan at Sell! Sell! for this great tip-off).

There's also a great tribute to Herb Lubalin's work online here.

Images from Typogabor.

Sun 07 Dec 2008

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #6


Ok so no. 6 is only a concept, but this is a wishlist! It's a Full Size Chocolate Keyboard, the idea of Russian product designer, Michael Sholk. This would make such a great Christmas gift.

If you really want a chocolate keyboard for someone this Christmas, you can buy one here, but it doesn't look anywhere near as good as Sholk's one and is nowhere near full size.

Image copyright Michael Sholk.

Sat 06 Dec 2008

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #5


An appropriate No. 5 - Jonathan Borofsky's, 'Big 5' from the Number 3253776, 1990.

It's a 78" x 59 3/4", 1 color woodcut/relief from an edition of 25. There's something very beautiful about giant type, especially in black and white, unfortunately though it's $2800!

Interior image copyright Christine Lane Interiors.
Big 5 image copyright Gemini G.E.L. and Jonathan Borofsky.

Fri 05 Dec 2008

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #4


A rather large item for no.4 and one I'm sure you're all familiar with - an original red telephone box.

Unicorn Kiosks restores all models of phone boxes (and Royal Mail letterboxes), from Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's first production cast iron kiosk (K2) distributed only in London due to high costs, through to Brue Martin's 1968 streamlined, modular K8.

Restored kiosks are taken back to bare metal and built back up using only original period correct parts (prices start at £2995), but they are also available unrestored (from £750) and come with the correct paint and original glass, making them a totally unique gift for any serial DIYer!

Images copyright Unicorn Kiosks.

Thu 04 Dec 2008

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While we're on a type theme…


I've just bought a set of these Type Trumps from Face 37. They're really great and at £9.99 they're a super stocking filler for any designer.


Via Notcot.
Images copyright Face 37.

Wed 03 Dec 2008

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #3


Now this wasn't on the original list of Delicious things, but I saw it today and really want one - it's a Sharpie pen designed by Plexifilm to only write in Helvetica!

You can't actually buy one, as they are only available as a free gift with any purchase from the 'Helvetica' merchandise range while stocks last, but unfortunately I can't find any mention of them now so it looks like they have already sold out.


It is sold with a warning though - "If you are John Downer or Marian Bantjes then the pen will actually write in Helvetica. Otherwise, your results may vary. Do not swallow. Keep away from open flame and co-workers. May cause drowsiness".

Via the fabulous Hero Blog.

Wed 03 Dec 2008

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #2


Number 2! A wonderful design book that has been on the most-wanted list for a while now, 'Schweizer Industrie Grafik (Graphic Design in Swiss Industry)', Hans Neuberg, 1965.

It's packed full of great typography and graphic diagrams, many of which look like they could have been designed now - not 43 years ago!


These images are from Aisle One's Flickr Group where you can see a large selection of pages from the book. They do come up on Ebay every now and again, so maybe one day it will be mine!

Tue 02 Dec 2008

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #1



December the 1st - day one of the 24 Delicious Days of Advent!

We don't have an advent calendar this year, so instead we're going to post one Delicious thing a day from our Christmas Wish list.

Behind door 1 is this fabulous Jamie Reid, 'Nevermind the Bollocks here's the Sex Pistols' original 70's billboard poster (150 x 90mm) from Art Republic a bargain at £1295:

Mon 01 Dec 2008

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British Design Classics






On the 13 January 2009 the Royal Mail are issuing a new set of stamps to commemorate 10 British Design Classics.

This great series includes the Mini (Sir Alec Issigonis, 1959), Harry Beck’s design of the London Underground Map from the 1930’s, the classic Red Telephone boxes (Sir Gilbert Scott, K2 Design, 1926), RJ Mitchell’s Spitfire and Concorde (Aérospatiale-BAC).

The stamps will be launched alongside a prestige stamp book which will provide more information about the celebrated design icons and their history.

2009 also marks Mini’s 50th birthday and Concorde’s 40th birthday and to celebrate the Royal Mail are issuing a generic sheet of 20 stamps for each also available in the New Year.

Via CR Blog.
Images copyright Royal Mail, from the CR Blog.

Fri 28 Nov 2008

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Type Tea Towels


I love these Tea Towels, they're so nice I want to frame the big 't' and put it on the wall!

Via SwissMiss.

Fri 21 Nov 2008

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Food Wheels


How cool are these food wheels? They're made by Chew On This a New York company started by chef, Carlin Greenstein and designer, Annie Stranger to educate people on the benefits of eating locally grown produce.

The top left wheel is an Illustrated Guide to Forty Culinary Herbs, designed to help the user identify the most commonly used herbs and gives tips on the reverse for storage and recipes.

The top right wheel is The New York Area Food Wheel, a guide to the best and most widely available, locally grown produce (local to NY that is) at different times of the year.

I absolutely love moving diagrams and charts, so hopefully the kind people at Chew On This will mail to the UK. Not sure the NY Area wheel will be much use to me over here, but it will look great!

Images copyright Chew On This.
Via SwissMiss.

Wed 29 Oct 2008

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The great Hans Schleger


Art & Industry covers (colour coded by month), 1950


Manual covers for Fisons Pest Control, 1956-64


Type style and shop posters for Mac Fisheries, 1952-59


Showcards and adverts for W.Raven & co Ltd., 1946-50

I found a copy of 'Zero: Hans Schleger - A Life of Design' last week and have been absorbed in it since - there are just so many truly great pieces of design in it. Schleger's wife and design partner, Pat Schleger collated the book in 2001 as a retrospective of his work.

Schleger was originally from Berlin and became one of the first 'émigré' artists/designers to take the modernist approach of European advertising to the US in the mid 20's. He returned to Berlin briefly in 1929, but emigrated to the UK when Hitler came to power. Pat joined his studio as a designer in 1949 and they married 7 years later. Together as Hans Schleger Associates they created identities and promotional material for high profile clients including Penguin, British Rail and the Edinburgh International Festival. Hans died in 1976 but Pat kept the company going and continued producing fantastic work for the Royal Academy and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

I particularly love the work they did for the Edinburgh International Festival (below) from 1966, when they designed the first festival logo, through to 1978.



All images copyright Pat Schleger.

Wed 22 Oct 2008

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The Criterion Collection



I came across The Criterion Collection over on Sell! Sell! this morning. It's a series of classic and contemporary films, re-released on DVD with restored picture and sound quality. Each title also has an original, newly designed cover to complete the package and some of them are really great - above are my favourites.

Sat 11 Oct 2008

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Stamps at Present & Correct


Animal Stamp Block, 1967, Amsterdam


Fairytale Stamp Block, 1973, Amsterdam


Beetroot Stamp Block, 1971, Holland

These beautiful sheets of stamps are available to buy over at Present & Correct. I'm loving the bright colours and bold graphics.

Images copyright Present & Correct.

Sun 05 Oct 2008

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