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“And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.”

Preliminary dust jacket illustrations for ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak.

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2019-09-08

Some of the amazing ballpoint pen illustrations by artist, illustrator & 'professional doodler' Andrea Joseph.

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2019-09-01

Reimagining the British Banknote – with illustrations by Matt Blease, Michael Driver, Nadia Akingbule and Joey Yu – part of Zopa's 'FeelGood Money' campaign.

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2019-08-25

The 'otterly' wonderful reverse of the Bank of Scotland’s £10 note featuring the words of Norman MacCaig.

Created by Nile, O Street, De La Rue and Timorous Beasties.

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2019-08-25

Gorgeous illustrations from “Extracted from Shopfronts of London: In Praise of Small Neighbourhood Shops” by

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2019-08-18

This years marks 30 years since the Design Museum opened its door in 1989. To celebrate the occasion, tomorrow's from noon is eighties fonts.

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2019-07-06

Front Covers of 'Gebrauchsgraphik International Advertising Art' Magazine from August & December 1970.

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2019-06-23

Mnemonic alphabet by Jacobus Publicius, 1482 (with an unforgettable V)

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2019-06-16

Fósforos del Pirineo Matchboxes from the 'Abecedario Animal' series – designed by Cruz Novillo + Olmos in 1968.

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2019-06-02

One of my favourites 'Abeceda' by the Czech artist Karel Teige and dancer Milča Mayerová from 1926. I used to have all these characters up on the wall in an old studio, I'm yet to find another blank wall big enough. for

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2019-05-19

Not just a friend of type, but also a friend of ours – of the incredible is a master of (+colour) type! 🖤

https://t.co/lBwngjP9pN & https://t.co/ZPI08PDu4D |

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2019-05-19

In space nobody can hear you make a dental appointment

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2019-05-13

Exclamation marks on matchbox labels for

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2019-04-14

ooo! has 💕🧀 this is one of my favourite cheese designs... a fairly simple font but tricky to mimic in a sketch 💕🧀 i did the sketch for my for last year, i do love exploring grocery stores

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2019-01-20

C.F.A. Voysey's design for a wrought-iron hanging sign for Percy Heffer / Messrs. Heffer & Co's wallpaper showroom, 64 Berners Street, London. c.1902 Via collection

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2019-01-13

The Bix Beiderbecke Story - Volumes 1, 2 & 3 (1950 - 1952)

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2018-11-18

.’s fading fonts — Experimental typography found via

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2018-10-28

"I always used one word to make an image, a kind of image-based typography." – Wim Crouwel

'Soft Alphabet' Concept Grid & Poster designed by Wim Crouwel for the Claes Oldenburg Exhibition, Museum 1970.

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2018-10-21