All posts tagged: graphic design

There is art inside…

We’ve had a gallery wall at home for the last 18 months. It’s grown a fair bit over that time. As has my taste in art and design in general I guess. Bits and pieces have been added, changed, updated and moved about. Photo by Oliver Gordon It’s not a huge wall, but big enough to do something with. We can’t place furniture here or hang shelves as a door opens onto it. It’s not big enough to take a statement piece of art either because of where the light switch is. It’s a pretty limited space actually, but that hasn’t stopped me having itchy fingers. I wanted something more compact. A more cohesive look. I also wanted to save money by re-using the original frames. So, bright and early on a Sunday morning, the frames were taken down, walls filled and sanded, skirting board masked up, sheets put down and paint pots brought out. I was armed and ready. I’d also already received a cheeky little delivery earlier that week. Cue, Desenio a Stockholm based online art retailer …

The Italic Poster

  The Italic Poster How cool is that? The Italic Poster by Eivind Molvær. I spotted it during a little peruse through at{mine} and it sparked me to do a bit of research and find out why a) I’d never seen it before and b) why I don’t own one. How is this even possible? It was designed and produced in 2007 which is when I really started getting into art, prints and all things “wall”. It’s such a simple concept, but aren’t the best ones always simple?! A clean, monochrome poster with three simple words in bold, cap locks typography. But whack the traditional poster shape on it’s head, make it Italic, and you’ve got a completely genius piece of art. “If only i’d thought of that??”   rikiki The first run sold out pretty quickly by all accounts, but another run of 77 (good number) was done in collaboration with rikiki in Germany. They’re currently for sale at €75 (about £53). Not bad for a limited edition, signed, and numbered piece of genius. Although I can foresee trying …