Tuesday 25 August 2015

September Summer Seminar at the Ecole Bleue: La Boulangerie

Research & writing the brief for the September Summer Seminar 2015 at the Ecole Bleue. The subject: La Boulangerie Française - a global design assignment.

Sunday 23 August 2015

Great British Type Designers UK Royal Mail stamps

Design proposal from Darren Scott of agency Truth, for a series of Royal Mail stamps celebrating Great British Type Designers. I am waiting to stick these on my mail.

Friday 21 August 2015

Make in India campaign branding.

The new Make in India campaign initiative branding. A major new national program, designed to facilitate investment, foster innovation, enhance skill development, protect intellectual property and build best-in-class manufacturing infrastructure.
www.makeinindia.com

Thursday 20 August 2015

No progress in postage stamp design in France!

No progress in postage stamp design in France! Embarrassingly bad illustrations contrast with the UK Royal Mail's celebration of British Innovation & technology.

Wednesday 19 August 2015

'Sgraffito' facades on Renaissance Palazzo's in Bogo degli Albizi

'Sgraffito' facades on Renaissance Palazzo's in Bogo degli Albizi, Florence and on the left bank of the Arno. From the Italian word 'to scratch', these monochromatic designs are scratched into the painted facades with a sharp tool.


Monday 3 August 2015

Typographic facade of the Art Deco Bourse de Travail in Bordeaux

Great typographic facade of the 1935-38 Art Deco Bourse de Travail in Bordeaux. An Art Deco masterpiece by Jacques D'Welles and a listed historic monument.
http://www.vernacular.fr/?post/2007/10/05/356-bourse-du-travail-bordeaux