Standard Designs Blog

HBO's 'Chernobyl' Typography

HBO's 'Chernobyl' Typography

A look into the typography of the HBO/Sky Atlantic miniseries 'Chernobyl'.
"Heroes" - Bowie's 1920s Berlin Movie Career

"Heroes" - Bowie's 1920s Berlin Movie Career

What happens when you fold artistic output and artistic influences back in on themselves?
Mozart & Me

Mozart & Me

A lucky bookshop find takes us back to the 1770s and the 1960s.
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From the Studio

From the Studio

News on new Standard Designs print in progress
album-as-books Print
Disaster Awaits

Disaster Awaits

Cartoon chaps who really should step away immediately.
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Graham Sutherland Inside A Penguin

Graham Sutherland Inside A Penguin

A pleasantly colourful surprise
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Favourite Book Covers

Favourite Book Covers

Oasis frontman in rare manual labour appearance?
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Atlantic Rock

Atlantic Rock

Rocks as modernist artworks, all spotted at the edge of Europe.
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New Print: John Lennon - 'Imagine'

New Print: John Lennon - 'Imagine'

Lennon's classic 1971 album is reimagined in this latest print.
album-as-books John Lennon Print
Tate Britain Greatest Hits, Winter 2018/19

Tate Britain Greatest Hits, Winter 2018/19

A roundup of golden nuggets on display at Tate Britain during the winter of 2018/19
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Love Or Confusion With Jimi Hendrix

Love Or Confusion With Jimi Hendrix

The problems of turning Are You Experienced into a print when there are many different running orders.
Dinner Date

Dinner Date

A couple of recent sketches based on a fabulous piece of 1960s editorial photography.
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