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lost words

the art of lost words

caliginosity

Text/Gallery is a new experimental showcase for art and design projects inspired by the printed and written word.

The Art of Lost Words is an exhibition of design, typography and illustration inspired by well, forgotten words.

47 participants have chosen from among the dictionary’s lost but lovely words, with an open brief to create an original work inspired by their choice.

Lovely words such as Murklins, Kexy, Jussulent, Molrowing and Fubsy to name but a few.Stephen Fry would be proud.

Shown above is Caliginosity by Andreas Pohancenik meaning dimness. UV varnish and invisible UV ink were screen printed on ebony plike 330gsm.

All items were/are for sale, but alas some have already been snapped up. Proceeds from sales go towards the National Literacy Trust.

 

Studio Number One; numder one for good reason

saks and fairey’s studio number one

 I have to give it up to Studio Number One, this new work is amazing. 

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I’m sure you’ve seen snippets here and there of Shepard Fairey’s Studio Number One artwork for the Saks Fifth Avenue Spring 2009 WANT IT! Campaign ~ featuring some very propaganda style imagery, but i’ve yet to see it all in one place, or up close… Luckily just got a hold of the high res images of all of the artwork, and freshly couriered over were a copy of the latest catalog as well as some of the bags to check out up close. As you can see, I got indecisive in picking the main image to show first, so you get two!

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