Design blog featuring arts, crafts, fashion and culture
Each of the above has rolled off the vintage press of Green Chair Press. Susan Angebranndt combines her love of type, poetry and old cranky machines to make prints, fine press books and ephemera. Using an 1890s Chandler and Price platen press, she prints from handset type and photopolymer plates.
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The Best of Manchester is back. The annual competition that celebrates innovation in art, music and fashion is now open for entries.
Organised by Urbis, led by Peter Saville and judged by a panel of industry experts, the Best of Manchester spotlights the work of Manchester’s creative professionals. There is no age limit, no hype[.....]
The people over at origin68 like t-shirts and like good design. They merged the two together and their funky, Manchester-based label was born.
They also like working with other like-minded designers and so if you have an idea get in touch.
And check out their online shop at www.origin68.com.
If you’re feeling a bit sluggish after the Bank Holiday, sit back and relax for a few minutes and read all about Elizabeth Carnahan of Longcroft Soap and a typical day in her life.
The Day Begins
My day usually begins at 7.15. The first thing I do is make my way to the kitchen and[.....]
The company name, Mysterious Cats, was enough to draw me to this quirky little DaWanda store.
After receiving a gift of crochet hooks and yarn, designer Ana Yogui began creating her own bags and accessories. She now sells them, along with sparkly jewellery and cute plushies at http://mysteriouscats.dawanda.com.
From 19th to 22nd June, Design Show Liverpool will showcase a selection of exciting new designers and well-known brands from the North West, the UK and the rest of the world. It is a flagship event and a key part of the European Capital of Culture 2008 programme.
There will be over 150 exhibitors from[.....]
Badges, cards, purses, bags – you can find them all at Littleclouds, complete with quirky and humorous illustrations. The artist focuses on ‘the less glamorous, undesirable and unpolished side of life. The mundane, the boring and the in between.’ Though the illustrations themselves are anything but mundane. See for yourself at[.....]
‘Beautiful Original Cheerful Jewellery’ is the strap line for the Lucy Wallis collection and you can see why. It all started with a chance meeting. A couple of years back Lucy met up with a friend and couldn’t help admiring her beautiful glass lariat. This triggered something in Lucy and she began[.....]
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