Sunday 12 December 2010

Antique Letterpress Characters


I'm now happy owner of this beautiful tray of assembled Victorian wood letters used for posters (and some cast lead characters) found at Brighton Street Market.
And here's a bit more about letterpress (in the US): A heartwarming trailer to a movie called Typeface, which is a documentary about Letterpress, Hamilton Wood Type Museum and the people behind it:



Wednesday 8 December 2010

Type Map of Paris

Here are pictures of the freshly printed limited edition (100) silk screen printed map of Paris. Areas include Arrondissements, Place de l'Etoile, Champs Elisées, Trocadero, Rivoli, Châtelet, Ile de Cité, Bastille, Belleville, Buttes Chaumont, Montmartre, Saint Germain, Odéon, Place d'Italie, Paris EXPO and more. Now available at Seagull Hut