seagull's eye

Rome Type Map

2011-11-09T11:53:00.001Z

Latest addition to the typographic map series is out now.

Lettering is based on Trajan (font) which letterforms are based on an ancient Roman form of writing.
Includes the seven hills of Rome, parks such as Villa Borghese, Centro Storico including Spagna, Fontana di Trevi, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Circo Massimo, and Vatican City, Trastevere and Janiculum to the west of the Tevere.

Details
Limited color edition of 100, slate gray/silver, signed and numbered by the artist, printed on Somerset printmaking paper. Available at Seagull's Hut, Bouf and Culturelabel.

Lino Stamp

2011-10-25T18:59:00.002+01:00

Here's a sneak preview of a new typeface I'm currently working on. It's based on printed lino-cut letters. Letterforms imitate Futura Bold Condensed. A demo version is available at dafont.com/lino-stamp.font.

Greater London Type Map

2011-07-21T16:13:00.003+01:00

Finally the long awaited the Greater London Map is ready for sale.

Includes Enfield in the North, Sutton in the South, Southall in the West and Romford in the East. Prints have been produced in London. It is a limited colour edition, screen printed on archival paper. Available at Seagull's Hut and culturelabel.com

Featured in Completely London

2011-06-13T17:17:00.001+01:00

I'm very excited to see my work featured in the latest edition of award winning Completely London Magazine. The article is quoted below.

GEOGRAPHY LESSON

Typographical artist Ursula Hitz puts your borough on the map – created exclusively for Completely London
Swiss-born artist and resident Londoner Ursula Hitz has a way with words. Her distinctive brand of prose reaches beyond paperbacks and on to the city maps she creates out of a visually charming jumble of hand lettering. There’s order among the apparent chaos, as the typography represents the boroughs that make up each city – Zurich, New York and Paris have all been laid out. Why the passion for place names? ‘I love becoming fixated on their intricacies, before taking a step back and seeing a bigger structure evolve,’ she explains. ‘Unlike regular maps, mine don’t focus on streets or buildings. Instead, they build an organic texture of words that grow from the centre – in the way that most cities have grown.’ · Donna Hardie

The readers' edition (limited edition of 100, signed and numbered, black/pearl blue), is now available at CultureLabel and Seagull's Hut.

Letters to...

2011-05-27T09:24:00.005+01:00

Letter to Sex

Letter to Laughter

Letter to the ones we've lost

Fascinating series of letters made of colour snippets by Spanish artist Catalina Viejo Lopez De Roda. See more of her work at Saatchi Online.

Type Map of Zürich

2011-04-22T13:56:00.003+01:00

Excited to see the Zürich type map in printed. Nothing like the smell of fresh ink! Letters are based on Helvetica typeface. Includes Kreis 1 - 12, Affoltern and Seebach in the north and Goldbach in the south. Available at Seagull's Hut.

Kate & Will Forever

2011-04-04T21:18:00.006+01:00

Friday 29 April. Not just any old day. But one that sees His Royal Highness Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton tie the knot. It’s a chance for us Brits to remind ourselves just how spiffing we really are. Champagne will flow. Duchy biscuits will sell out. And Corgi marketers from across the UK can expect a much-needed economic boost. This made-in-Britain, limited-edition* print commemorates history, heritage …and an extra Bank Holiday. Just like Kate and Wills, it’ll be love at first sight. Aww.

Available only at Seagull's Hut and Grapefruit Gallery, London.

(*3 colour limited editions of 95, signed and numbered, Somerset Satin archival paper, 38 cm x 56 cm)

NEW IN - NYC type map (2nd colour edition)

2011-03-27T19:40:00.003+01:00

Limited edition (100 - anthracite/pink/blue) screen print. Now available at Seagull's Hut.

NEW IN - London type map, colour edition

2011-02-26T13:01:00.000Z

3rd colour edition of the London Type Map has arrived! They've been screen printed in Brighton. Available at Seagull's Hut and at Grapefruit Gallery (near Parsons Green) in London.

On Stealing Ideas

2011-02-01T16:21:00.000Z

Liberating :) Stumbled across this today, browsing selected-stuff.de

New York Type Map - Limited Edition

2011-01-25T15:41:00.003Z

Finally the long awaited New York Map (limited edition of 100, anthracite/turquoise) silk screen prints are in stock :) The map includes neighbourhoods of Manhattan, Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn. Available at Seagull's Hut.

Conventional Wisdom

2011-01-23T16:16:00.003Z

Stumbled upon 'things we forget' – a collection of post-it note sketches, each illustrating a common wisdom. They were 'left to their faith in public spaces', now available as posters. I want one! See more on thingsweforget.blogspot.com

Central London Limited Edition Map

2011-01-17T14:46:00.003Z

The original version of the hand-lettered Central London map is now available as limited edition silk screen print. Format 38cm x 36cm. Silk screen print on Fabriano archival paper. Signed and numbered by the artist. It can be purchased at Seagull's Hut (or click red tab 'hut' at top right)

Collage by Lucy Atherton

2011-01-12T23:38:00.002Z

I love this collage of a cityscape by Lucy Atherton. See more of her work at lucyatherton.com.

Antique Letterpress Characters

2010-12-12T18:32:00.008Z

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:

Type Map of Paris

2010-12-08T11:02:00.005Z

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's Hut.

If at first you don't succeed - call an airstrike

2010-11-07T21:42:00.000Z

Photographed in San Francisco, October 2010.

Type Map of New York City

2010-11-07T00:46:00.009Z

Limited colour edition screen prints of hand-lettered New York City. Limited editions blue/anthracite and turquoise/anthracite are now available at culturelabel.com

Rob Ryan

2010-11-02T22:19:00.001Z

Inspiring prints and paper-cuts by Rob Ryan. Check out his website for details of his autumn exhibition in London 1st Nov - 20th Nov 2010.

London Map • Limited Edition Screen Prints

2010-09-25T18:34:00.027+01:00

Today I've picked up 100 beautiful Limited Edition silk screen prints of the hand-lettered London map I'd designed earlier this year. The map shows Victoria, Hyde Park, Regents Park, West End, Paddington, Soho, Marylebone, Camden, Euston, Kensington, Fulham, Parsons Green, Chelsea, Chiswick, Hampstead Heath, Holborn, Bloomsbury, Clerkenwell, Old Street, Hackney, Brent Park, Hammersmith, Barnes, Richmond Park, Wimbledon, Tooting, Streatham, Norwood, Catford, Isle of Dogs, Greenwich, Stratford, Clapton and more.

Details
Limited Edition of 100 (black & blue)
Signed and numbered by the artist
Size: 56 cm x 76 cm
2 colour silk screen print on Somerset traditional printmaking paper, 280gsm

The print can be ordered at seagull's hut.

The print is now available from my online shop seagull's hut, at Leo Frames in Brighton at Leo Frames, leoframes.com and London at Grapfruit Gallery, grapefruitgallery.co.uk

Brush Stroke

2010-09-20T19:54:00.002+01:00

Brush Stroke, named by my very practical better half, is a based on characters painted with a fat brush. Every character is a gesture giving this typeface a spontaneous, expressive feel.
Brush Stroke is suitable for headings and short paragraphs. It is extended, containing West European diacritics making it suitable for multilingual environments and publications. For now it's only available from Seagull's Hut.

Doodle Pen

2010-09-16T20:45:00.006+01:00

Here's my latest typeface creation: Doodle Pen is a whimsical hand-drawn typeface. Characters are based on ballpoint pen multi-line drawings creating a scribbled texture and soft edges. This typeface will work well for headings, short paragraphs and scrap-book style designs. Doodle Pen is extended, containing West European diacritics making it suitable for multilingual environments and publications.
My latest font creation Doodle Pen is now available at seagull's hut, MyFonts and YWFT.

Phone box graffiti by Cassette Lord?

2010-08-15T23:09:00.003+01:00

Ursula Handschrift in Brighton & Hove 10:10 campaign

2010-08-10T23:15:00.002+01:00

Well chuffed to see Ursula Handschrift typeface used for local Brighton & Hove 10:10 Campaign :)
Find out more about the campaign. Find out more about Ursula Handschrift.

Cassette Lord Graffity

2010-08-02T21:04:00.001+01:00

Seen this giant cassette tape player 'graffity' near Brighton train station. A passer-by explained to me that he's from the 'underground' (yeah.. whatever) and knows that Banksy is not one person, but a collective of people who created the Banksy brand to make a lot of money.. Funny, I've never thought of that.

Unisketch

2010-07-15T16:55:00.009+01:00

Unisketch is now available on MyFonts. This typeface is an homage to my favourite font at design college: Univers by Adrian Frutiger. Unisketch with its worn, misaligned and slightly tilted characters still retains some of the qualities that workhorse body copy requires: It is legible at small sizes and produces a compact 'Schriftbild'. Available in bold and light.

Banksy in Brighton

2010-06-30T08:54:00.001+01:00

Got off my bike in the North Lanes to take this pic.

iPhone home screens

2010-06-25T00:59:00.004+01:00

Special Powers weather witch illustrations. Drag images to desktop. Sync with iPhone. Desktop wallpapers available from seagull's hut.

Hand-lettered map of central London

2010-06-16T12:31:00.009+01:00

Hand-lettered map of Central London, including Camden, Regents Park, St. Johns Wood, Marylebone, Paddington, Hyde Park, Kensington, Chelsea, Victoria, Battersea Park, Clapham, West End, Soho, Green Park, Piccadylly, Covent Gardens, Strand, St. James Park, Westminster, Pimlico, Whitehall, Embankment, St. Pauls, Holborn, Bloomsbury, Euston, Kings Cross, Islington, Grays Inn, Angel, Clerkenwell, Old Street, Liverpool Street, Brick Lane, Southbank, Southwark, Borough, Elephant 'n Castle, Kennington, Stockwell, Brixton, Clapham, Vauxhall

Please comment! Thanks :)

Sketch Script

2010-06-13T09:56:00.003+01:00

Here's a preview of my latest hand-made typeface. This shabby-chic calligraphic-style script will work well in boutique and vintage environments. Available at seagull's hut.

Crayon Hand

2010-06-07T13:52:00.000+01:00

Sneak preview of my latest typeface; Crayon Hand. Had fun drawing all characters with oil pastels :)

Swiss comix and sequential graphics

2010-06-02T18:45:00.001+01:00

I have finally received the eagerly awaited copy of 'Ostgeburt der Hölle'. It is a Sequenz 'Spezial Edition' beautifully produced book(let) presenting comix and sequential graphics by artists from the East of Switzerland, selected by Sequenz Verein. Illustration style ranges from experimental to classic. Find out more.

Poster designs by Tobler One

2010-05-29T10:17:00.007+01:00

Love silk screen poster and postcard designs by Tobler One, available at all-over.eu shop.

illustration by Dominic Clifford

2010-05-15T00:01:00.000+01:00

Check out more of his work dominicclifford.co.uk

Paint Hand now on MyFonts

2010-05-14T08:26:00.001+01:00

Paint Hand is now available on MyFonts for $15. Check it out.

Paint Hand

2010-05-09T08:40:00.006+01:00

Here is a sneak preview of the latest font I'm making. It's called Paint Hand and based on letters painted with an opened acrylic paint tube. A demo version is now available on dafont.com. Full version can be purchased at seagull's hut.

SuperPing in iPhone TV ad

2010-05-08T22:35:00.004+01:00

See if you can spot the SuperPing icon. Watch the TV spot online.

Illustration by Nate Williams

2010-04-08T22:13:00.014+01:00

Love this poster by Buenos Aires based illustrator Nate Williams. He also runs illustrationmundo.com, an illustratior's community site.

Inspiring branding

2010-04-07T22:59:00.001+01:00

Love the branding of this micro-brewery by danish designer Jakob Poulsen. Check out his website.

80% off Ursula Handschrift

2010-04-07T17:25:00.000+01:00

Limited offer valid until 30th April. Get Ursula Handschrift from MyFonts.com.

App icons for iPad

2010-04-07T17:02:00.039+01:00

java.doc.reader for iPad is a developer's reference manual by Marcel Lanz. The logotype /** represents the tag which is used to mark the beginning of any JavaDoc comments in JAVA code. */ used as watermark in the background is the JavaDoc end-tag. The icon for SuperPing, an ICMP Ping utility has been designed along a similar 'dual' concept: Ping & echo.

Threadless - Hawaianas Challenge

2010-04-01T01:04:00.011+01:00

My first ever Threadless submission has been accepted :) If you want to see it printed, please go and score it here.

50% off Habana Vieja Typeface

2010-03-31T12:39:00.006+01:00

Limited offer valid until 30. April 2010. Get it here.

Renegade Potters and Extreme Craft

2010-03-28T22:22:00.003+01:00

Went to see Ink-d's Renegade Potters & Extreme Craft exhibition at 96 North Rd, Brighton, on until 11th April. My favorite pieces are Dan Baldwin's vases, one of which is pictured above. For more info see The Argus review.

Special powers postcard series

2010-03-17T09:39:00.000Z

Habana Vieja & Ursula Handschrift now on MyFonts.com

2010-03-15T17:37:00.000Z

Great news! Both my fonts are now available on MyFonts.com.

Ursula Handschrift • $25

Ursula Handschrift is based on the designer’s handwriting. Individual characters are simple, soft and expressive; making it a friendly, organic script. It will work well in scrap-book style designs, comic books, for informal headings and image captions.
Ursula Handschrift is extended, containing West European diacritics making it suitable for multilingual environments and publications.

Habana Vieja • $16

Habana Vieja is a 3D font inspired by hand-painted signage in Havana’s Old Town. Based on a non-serif, bold-condensed font, it will work well for headings.
Habana Vieja is extended, containing West European diacritics, making it suitable for multilingual environments and publications.

T-shirt design

2010-03-15T16:35:00.000Z

T-shirt design for Boss Orange competition. Vote or find out more.

Habana Vieja

2010-03-07T22:44:00.002Z

Here goes a sample of my first attempt at designing fonts: Havana Vieja is a handmade, Cuba inspired 3d font with rugged edges.

Ursula Handschrift

2010-03-07T22:41:00.003Z

Here is a sample of my first attempt at designing a font. Ursula Handschrift is a simple, organic script based on my handwriting. Available at seagull's hut.

Apartemento - everyday life interior's magazine

2010-03-04T10:04:00.001Z

Unlike most interior magazines bi-annual Apartemento portrays living spaces of people, rather than constructed interiors. I'm looking forward to the next edition.

The Smartphone Economy

2010-03-03T23:57:00.000Z

A snapshot of the smartphone market. The task: to make numbers look engaging. Here's the outcome. Illustrated and designed for Red Magma.

Handmade Brighton

2010-02-27T12:33:00.001Z

Handmade Brighton is the name of 'Brighton's Monthly Alternative Craft and Fashion Market'. They've got a blog and facebook group. Pictured above is a doorstop by Junky Chicken.

Bad Ideas?

2010-02-21T10:56:00.001Z

As part of the
Brighton Science Festival
City Books present Robert Winston's
latest book Bad Ideas - The dubious history of science.
"How Our Finest Inventions Nearly Finished Us Off" celebrates humanity’s extraordinary inventions whilst warning us that our good intentions can sometimes end up as thoroughly bad ideas; weaponry, for one."
Brighton Science Festival programme.
Monday 22nd February, 6.30pm at The Old Market, Upper Market Street, BN3 1AS

Day return to Brighton

2010-02-14T00:29:00.002Z

Love this visual commuter's diary consisting of over 70 drawn-on day return tickets by sequential illustration tutor Margaret Huber. Check it out. All images © Margaret Huber 2008

Snooze guesthouse

2010-02-13T10:51:00.000Z

Beautiful vintage hotch-potch, shabby-chic style guesthouse in Kemp Town, Brighton with 10 uniquely designed rooms. Individual rooms can be viewed on their website snoozebrighton.com. (Already fully booked for Valentine's)

Slackers Club @ Duke Of York's Picturehouse

2010-02-10T20:01:00.000Z

Join the Slackers Club and get to see a free screening every month at the Duke Of York Picturehouse - if you are a student that is. E4 & Picturehouse Cinemas present E4 shows, classic movies and films yet to be released. Find out more.

Valentine's gift

2010-02-08T20:28:00.000Z

'Power of Love spraycan' and other spray cans by craftivist Carrie Reichardt aka The Baroness available on www.ink-d.co.uk, or at Ink_d Gallery and Studio, 96 North Rd, Brighton, BN1 1YE, Open: Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 12-4pm

Coworking in Brighton

2010-02-07T08:30:00.000Z

Coworking spaces in Brighton: Check out the skiff since 2008, the werks since 2007 and digitalunited, formerly known as chapel studios.

Typographic Brighton

2010-02-06T16:00:00.002Z

Logo on disused petrol pump, Seven Dials. Brighton.
Typographic Brighton by Owen Priestley co-author of blog 20three.

London to Brighton in two minutes

2010-02-06T12:27:00.000Z

For the commuters.

The Brighton Pebble Museum

2010-02-06T11:41:00.000Z

All about pebbels at the Brighton pebblemuseum.org.uk

Twitterature

2010-02-05T22:32:00.001Z

Spotted in shop window of City Books, 23 Western Road, Hove BN3 1AF, city-books.co.uk. Twitterature is written by Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin, published by Viking and Pinguin: twitterature.us.

Pulsating lights

2009-11-04T01:09:00.001Z

Flash intro animation for pure-escapes.com, animated for Conkerdesign Ltd, 2009

Vitaminwater summer poster

2009-07-06T03:19:00.000+01:00

Designed for Glaceau Vitaminwater poster competition, 2009

Magical cleaning service

2009-02-04T11:18:00.000Z

Promotional flyer designed for cleaning professional.