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'Bacon en toutes lettres' at Centre Pompidou, Paris

'Bacon en toutes lettres' at Centre Pompidou, Paris

Visiting the Pompidou Centre's show of late-period Francis Bacon paintings.
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Unpublished Prints

Unpublished Prints

An ongoing series showing the prints you didn't get to see.
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More Prince Prints: 'Around The World In A Day' In Books

More Prince Prints: 'Around The World In A Day' In Books

Because one Prince album-as-books print is never enough.
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Work In Progress

Work In Progress

Images from the studio, late September 2019.
New Print: Prince's '1999' Album As Books

New Print: Prince's '1999' Album As Books

Prince's 1982 opus is the latest album to be reimagined as books in our ongoing series.
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Félix Vallotton at the Royal Academy

Félix Vallotton at the Royal Academy

The mini-exhibition of this Swiss artist’s work at the Royal Academy showed his graphic works were better than his paintings.

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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
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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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