BLAG: Sign Painting Craft, Community & Culture @better_letters
Adventures in sign painting craft, community and culture with BLAG (Better Letters Magazine), the only print and online publication dedicated to the trade. bl.ag Global Joined July 2013-
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@better_letters @stbridelibrary @SDS_uk I think its by L. Monk of George Brown Ltd, Clerkenwell. Its not online, but certainly @stbridelibrary will have a copy and it appears second hand from time to time
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride! - Hunter S. Thompson
This visualization by @mkorostoff is so good: mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ I am on the phone, so scrolling seems endless, but it’s worth it. Keep going past the already ridiculous Bezos figure and things get even crazier. Super wealth is immoral.
PUBLISHING INDUSTRY CONTRACTS - It can be very hard for new illustrators entering the profession to get their heads around things like what they should and shouldn't expect to find in a contract. It certainly was for me starting out. I wanted to write a short (long) #thread...
@better_letters More like pushed away, I hated WP for a while, but never had the time of the willingness. I knew of Small Victories for some time, and feel really tempted of using static blogs. And today it happened. Let’s see if it holds!
The greatest shot in television ever
Fascinating article on how jigsaw puzzles are made. Every piece in a puzzle has to be unique: nytimes.com/2020/04/08/bus…
Read library volunteer, Bob Richardson's, excellent new blog post, 'A Woj of Tipe' inspired the tradition of April Fools Day ... bit.ly/2UT62pQ
I’m always going on about how awesome @NotionHQ is. For work, I’ve used it for every project / documentation type under the sun. But now, using it to manage personal stuff — homeschooling, kitchen renovation, family isolation diary, etc. — I’ve fallen in love all over again.
David v. Goliath: my piece for The Economist on Bookshop.org, an online book ordering alternative to Amazon. What about it, people, should we all order #abookaweek from our local shop? economist.com/prospero/2020/…
This will wrinkle your brain.
@better_letters @ghostsigns @PAScribe @PaulShawLetters @ThinkingType @SarkyType @pincelsigns @TypeTasting @joanquiros They remind me of the old chalk graffitys in the Oxford Colleges about rowin. I think universitys started round XVI in Spain so might be something like that
@better_letters @ghostsigns @PAScribe @PaulShawLetters @ThinkingType @SarkyType @pincelsigns @TypeTasting @joanquiros Theyre called "Vitores" written in vegetal ink, from XVI cent. Restored in 2018, not very clear what they where celebrating but they say in a very elaborated way something like "Viva"
1. The govt strategy on #Coronavirus is more refined than those used in other countries and potentially very effective. But it is also riskier and based on a number of assumptions. They need to be correct, and the measures they introduce need to work when they are supposed to.
What’s the weirdest thing you have learned working on a client?
Chinese calligraphy with a brush that has black ink on the outside and gold paint on the inside gives you preoutlined characters when you use it! 🤯🤯🤯 (H/t u/windhiss)
If you like infographics... Graphic Presentation (1939). Full book here: archive.org/details/graphi… (Pics by Prof. Michael Stoll)
@better_letters @LovettPatricia @MichelangeloFdn Yes, I’ll send it through to you this week. 😃
I dont want to alarm anyone but at the end of Brussels metro line 5 there’s a factory outlet for chocolate maker Neuhaus and you can literally ‘try’ (eat) as much as you like for free
A whatchamacallit in different languages: 7. Thingamajig (English) 6. Chingadera (Spanish) 5. Himstergims (Danish) 4. Naninani (Japanese) 3. Zamazingo (Turkish) 2. Dingsbums (German) 1. Huppeldepup (Dutch)
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