Gum art and four other finds
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It’s November
Quick, chuck those pumpkins on the compost heap, scoff those treats and scrub that fake blood from your sleeve. It’s November which apparently means it’s Christmas already. Well if you’re Starbucks it is (urgh). We’re not quite ready for an eggnog latte yet so here are five more timely finds instead.
Studio side, it’s a bit of a change in the seasons too. We’re working on wrapping up some smaller projects and building some case studies, with some bigger projects just around the corner. Our latest work, updating Yarn’s website, has just gone live and you can read more about that below.
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Keith / Founder
Playful type
Space Type Generator – created by Kiel Danger – is an interactive online tool for experimenting with type animation through coding. There are lots to play with like this one called ‘Pow’ which felt right with Bonfire Night just around the corner.
Image: ‘Millennium Gum’ © Kevan
Gum art gone for good
If you’ve ever looked down at your feet crossing London’s Millennium Bridge you might have seen one of Ben Wilson’s artworks painstakingly painted onto discarded chewing gum. Sadly, with engineering works due to be completed on the structure, his tiny pictures are under threat.
Image: © The Royal Mint
Conservation coins
The Royal Mint has unveiled the new designs for official UK coins. As the first coins to feature the profile of King Charles III, the new designs are inspired by flora and fauna found across Britain and reflect his passion for conservation and the natural world.
Image: © Finestre Aperte, Artwork by Malika Favre
Open Windows
Finestre Aperte (Open Windows) was born from the idea of imagining what could be seen inside ‘walled windows’, that can be seen around Cremona, Italy. 10 artists have been commissioned to apply their artwork and creativity to 20 windows. The open air exhibition will run from the 22 October to the 10 December 2023 or you can view them all online.
Image: © David Shrigley (Photo credit: Alun Callender)
Pulped Fiction
In 2017 a charity bookshop in Swansea made headline news as a result of exhibiting several hundred copies of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code with a sign requesting that no more be donated as no one wanted them. To solve this problem, artist David Shrigley has created ‘Pulped Fiction’, pulping the unwanted paperback and making them into paper to be reprinted as George Orwell’s 1984.
Studio news
Website update
Words that make things happen
We’ve recently relaunched the website of our friend and close collaborator Sophie Titcomb (Yarn). After developing the visual identity a few years ago, the site needed a refresh to coincide with changes to the business.
