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Milton Glaser Honoured

The word ‘legend’ is banded about all too easily these days. Having said that, a real living legend—Milton Glaser—was recently honoured with the 2009 National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama. This year, Glaser was one of twelve recipients of the award ...

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Richy Lamb

Scottish designer Richy Lamb has just launched his new site, featuring a strong range of identity & print work and some very nicely produced artists’ books.

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Post-it Philosophy…

I’m assuming that most of you learned design-types out there enjoy reading Mr Michael Johnson’s Thought for the Week from time to time. Even so, I thought this rather charming entry was worth sharing. It’s a series of anonymous Post-it notes from students ...

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Anthony Burrill @Analogue

The guys at LongLunch have asked us to remind those of you within shooting distance of Edinburgh to get yourselves down to Analogue Books tonight. Anthony Burrill is still in town and his exhibition is opening at 7pm — so get down there for ...

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Egelnick and Webb

A very slick and sumptuous portfolio from London-based studio Egelnick and Webb. Featuring some stunning art direction and nicely crafted typography, print and web work for a range of top fashion brands, as well as a few other household names.

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Onesidezero

Onesidezero is the the illustration and design work of Brett Wilkinson. Brett’s work has been featured in campaigns for the likes of Panasonic and the Big Chill Festival, as well as numerous international books and publications. The man himself sums up his approach rather ...

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Central Station Dundee Pop-up Tour

Here’s another Central Station flavoured update which will be of particular interest to those of you who reside in or around the Tayside area. (Good old Dundee—miss the place!) There are loads of events planned for the Central Station Dundee Pop-up Tour on Saturday 6 ...

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Open Call for Art/Roc/Doc Film Titles

The nice folks over at Central Station have asked us to spread the word about a film project being produced by some of its members, Art/Roc/Doc. The film documents Glasgow band Isosceles’ trip down to London in October 2009 to play a headlining show ...

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Roger Willems

I found a note of Dutch designer/publisher Roger Willems’ URL and a message to myself, ‘Post this on FFF.’ I can’t remember how I happened across the site in the first place, but the work on show is definitely worth having a look at. Lovely ...

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ISTD Typographic Awards 2009

I received the ISTD 2009 International Typographic Awards catalogue* through my letterbox the other week and what a little gem it is. The variety and undoubted quality of submissions make it a fantastic contemporary reference for anyone interested in typography and graphic design. Special congratulations ...

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  • Graphic Design: A User’s Manual—Book Review

    Of all the design related books on my shelf How to be a Graphic Designer, Without Losing Your Soul is definitely the most thumbed. Its tatty corners and mucky cover hint at its usefulness since I bought it about five years ago. And you ...

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  • HelloMuller Poster Competition—Winner

    The lucky winner is Jack Osborne. Congratulation to Jack for winning our HelloMuller signed poster competition. Commiseration's to everyone else who entered. There's always next time. So keep checking back for more competitions and features and best of luck for next time. We'd also like to thank ...

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  • Made & Sold—Book Review

    Made & Sold charts the efforts of designers outside the usual 9 to 5 bill paying work. Published by Laurence King and edited by FL@33 towards the end of last year; FL@33 have built themselves a reputation for editing ...

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  • Fully Booked—Book Review

    Fully Booked is a tome representing some of the best examples of cover art and design for books. Hitting our doormat with a real thud, Fully Booked is a hefty title announcing itself as an authoritative reference point on book design. Everything about it has been ...

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  • Sixpack Zines

    1998, Sixpack opens it's first store in Paris, with no business strategy & no daddy's boys socializing, the first Sixpack tee-shirt is made. 2009 and Sixpack is still collaborating with incredible artists around the world, from Steven Harrington to Parra. Famous for ...

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  • Papercraft—Book Review

    Papercraft is the fourth book from Gestalten documenting the growing trend of hand crafted creations. Following on from Hidden Track , Tactile and Tangible, Papercraft focuses on paper as a means of creation and expression of ideas through this common ...

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  • Visual Aid 2: Competition—and the winner is…

    To mark the recent release of Visual Aid: v. 2: You Can Never Know Enough Stuff, the people kind people at Draught Associates are giving away one of their brand new poster from the book. Visual Aid 2 is the sequel ...

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  • Boxed and Labelled—Book Review

    Boxed and Labelled takes a fresh look at packaging design, illustrating how it has developed it's own graphic language in today's over crowded shelves. A solid body of work, showing off some of the best examples of contemporary packaging design. Documenting various aspects from ...

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  • HelloVon Interview

    Continuing on with our video interviews feature, we spoke with illustrator and exhibiting artist HelloVon at his London studio. HelloVon has worked with some big name clients and agencies including one of his design idols, Non-Format. To help make your commute to work less boring, ...

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  • BIMA Awards 2009

    The clever people at the BIMA Awards have shortlisted FFF in the 'Best blog' category. I say they're clever not only because they've shortlisted us – which was clearly a stroke of genius – but because they've managed to get a load of bloggers ...

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