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Mozart & Me

Mozart & Me

A lucky bookshop find takes us back to the 1770s and the 1960s.
books classical music design music Pelican Books Penguin Books typography
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.
books design drawing
Graham Sutherland Inside A Penguin

Graham Sutherland Inside A Penguin

A pleasantly colourful surprise
art books Graham Sutherland painting
Favourite Book Covers

Favourite Book Covers

Oasis frontman in rare manual labour appearance?
books design Oasis
Atlantic Rock

Atlantic Rock

Rocks as modernist artworks, all spotted at the edge of Europe.
art geology Ireland painting rock
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
art exhibition London painting tate britain
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.
art drawing sketchbook
Beatriz Milhazes at White Cube Bermondsey, April-July 2018

Beatriz Milhazes at White Cube Bermondsey, April-July 2018

  Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes’ paintings never fail to lift the spirits with their powerful use of patterning and gutsy colour combinations...
art Beatriz Milhazes exhibition London painting
Fun With Picasso In 1932

Fun With Picasso In 1932

This is what it looks like when an artist at the top of their game takes their foot off the gas.
art exhibition London pablo picasso painting tate modern