Last week I wrapped up this cover for The Welcome Committee. Lovely guys to work with they seemed pretty pleased with outcome - always great to have a satisfied customer.
Below is an alternative option i sent them that i thought you might be interested in seeing. I actually like the composition of this one but the darker night scene seems to capture the new record pretty well. I dont always send an alternative over but sometimes its just hard to pick!
Here is a sneek peak of a poster to accompany the latest issue of FLOOD magazine - a publication on UK gig posters. This poster is tips and advice for people concidering to hire a UK poster artists.
Just finished this poster for the BBC's sound of 2012 winner, Michael Kiwanuka. A short run of these will be available in the GENERAL STORE from sunday 19th Feb.
Listening to: The Gaslight Anthem cover of Baba O'reily
Just finished this new Sign for the PERCIVAL pop up store in Covent Garden. SOme decent pictures will be taken this weekend and added to the works section. Might even make a new 'signs' project to house all of these hand painted signs.
This afternoon, Nic from Healthy Yummies gave me a shout to let me know the Logo and Lorry signage i designed for her some time ago had made its painty way on to her new catering truck named Theo. There will be some decent professionally taken photos posted up here soon.
While at the aforementioned antiques market i discovered a series of books from the 1940's called 'Britain in pictures'. I was imediatly drawn in by the cover illustrations...
From Shelf appeal:
'The Britain in Pictures series of books was published in the late 1930s and 1940s by Collins. It was edited by the then literary editor of the Spectator,Walter James Turner.
The overall aim of the series was to tell a social history of Britain, perhaps spurred on by the war and a subsequent re-appropriation of nationalism in all its forms. Although the series ran with the subtitle ‘The British People in Pictures’, the books were as much about writing as pictures. The roll call of authors reads like a veritable who’s-who of the literary, political and arts worlds of the period. From John Piper on British Romantic Artists, Cecil Beaton onEnglish Photographers and Edith Sitwell on English Women to Graham Greene on British Dramatists and John Betjeman on English Cities and Small Towns.
A uniformly designed set of over 100 books, they look great as a collection.'
After a little research i found that there are 132 in the series - listed HERE. I cant find many images online unfortunately, hense the rather awful ones here, but each has a wonderfully simple but delicate illustration on the cover. The type varies from title to title, but they all feel like a solid collection. I need to start this collection!!
There is nothing wrong with judging a book by its cover if the covers look like this.
This Morning i was up at 5 to head down to Sunbury for the antiques market. I found some lovely bits of type but could only sneak a few pretty poor quality shots when the stall owners weren't looking.
Firstly a massive thank you to the various people who looked after me and drank beers / coffees / root beers with me while i was exploring New york for the first time last week. I had an incredible time wandering around.
here are a few interesting bits of type i discovered on my adventures...there are more on my Instagram.
on my walk back to the studio from breakfast this morning i noticed this sign that i have somehow managed to miss everytime, i walk up hoxton street. Ive no idea how! I love the muted colout pallet and super simple icons.
Telegrammes reward and motivation programme has long been reliant on the power of hi-fives. A staple of our day to day work, the hi five builds confidence and is guaranteed to make you a happier and more successful individual. plus its just rad!
Wiki: The high five is a celebratory hand gesture that occurs when two people simultaneously raise one hand, about head high, and push, slide or slap the flat of their palm and hand against the palm and flat hand of their partner. The originator of the high five is a subject of controversy.
In a continuaton of GENERAL STORE project Telegramme have developed this Tshirt to help bring this Joyus celebration of awesome in to your everyday! Get this T shirt and schedule in some RAD!
THESE ARE LIMITED TO AN EDITION OF 25! 2 colour screen print on Gildan Heavy Cotton shirts, and come packaged in a hand sticked screen-printed packaging. BUY NOW
listening to: DragonForce – Through The Fire And Flames Not sure if this is an advert or a cry-for-help statement about the music industry? either way this is the happenings next to the studio today.
Our lovely agent, Synergy Arts hooked up with POOLGA, who provide the best in illustration for your all your Iphone wallpaper needs, to curate a week of exclusive wallpapers from a rad collection of synergy artists including US! We were also asked to put together a little celebratory type piece as seen here.
We've joined forces with the best art for hand-held outfits out there on a range of Synergy Art wallpapers for iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices. From today your humble hand-held can feature a unique piece of Synergy art, exclusively available for free download from Poolga.com. A new wallpaper featuring one Synergy artist will be available every day (for free!) for the next week.
We were asked by Hugh over at landfill to create a poster for their show at 'PICK ME UP' Contemporary graphic art fair over at Somerset house this spring. We Like bikes, Hugh likes bikes - Genius influenced type fun!
I am one half of a two part Telegramme. Living in an Old Peanut Factory in Hackney Wick and working At Telegramme Studios this blog is a collection of work that didnt make the cut and work that did, thoughts and feelings and ideas floating around my head.Why not leave a comment with your thoughts or get in contact With me : Robert@telegramme.co.uk.
