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While on a day out around London with my camera I stumbled upon an old style Police Call Post. Sadly not quite the same as the one in Dr Who and yes I did try and open it- no luck.
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Monday, 11 April 2011
ARoS
On a recent visit to Aarhus in Denmark I went to the art gallery ARoS.
The architecture of the building itself is a work of art and worth seeing even if your not interested in what it houses.
The architecture of the building itself is a work of art and worth seeing even if your not interested in what it houses.
Monday, 28 March 2011
Abandon Spoon!
Hello,
I've not been posting on this blog that much recently- this is due to me spending time on my other blog- Abandon Spoon!
This blog is dedicated only to food- my recipes, things I've baked and restaurants that I've visited.
Please have a look and I promise to update this one soon.
www.abandonspoon.com
I've not been posting on this blog that much recently- this is due to me spending time on my other blog- Abandon Spoon!
This blog is dedicated only to food- my recipes, things I've baked and restaurants that I've visited.
Please have a look and I promise to update this one soon.
www.abandonspoon.com
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Shape my Language
Shape my Language at the Design Museum. This a free exhibit in the atrium of the Design Museum and visitors can interact with it by tweeting to @shapemylanguage and the words of selected tweets appear projected onto one of the walls. Below are a selection of photographs I took of the letters hanging in the atrium.
From the Design Museum Website:
"Located in the Design Museum cafe and atrium, the Shape My Language installation combines a display by renowned type designer Bruno Maag, from the typeface and logo design agency Dalton Maag, with images from his work on the Ubuntu font project, part of the re-brand of open-source computer operating system Ubuntu.
Shape My Language, by Bruno Maag, was first shown in March 2010 at the Walking-Chair Gallery in Vienna and was comprised of a large collection of glyphs from the world’s many script systems. Recreated for 2011, and suspended within the Design Museum’s stairwell, the piece includes recognisable characters alongside more unusual forms from a range of languages.
As an extension to this display, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is offering visitors an opportunity to get involved with the Ubuntu user community. Large abstract letterforms will be displayed alongside a projection of visitors' tweets. Add @shapemylanguage to your posts on twitter to be part of the projection. These tweets will be displayed in the Ubuntu font. Top tweets will be selected to share with Design Museum visitors and Twitter users around the world.
“There are dozens of different script systems in use in the world today, giving shape to thousands of spoken languages. A typeface designer’s task is not only to visualise the emotion with which a message is spoken but also to ensure that the reader can absorb the message with a minimum of distraction.”
Bruno Maag, Managing Director, Dalton Maag.
Dalton Maag has been designing fonts and logos since 1991. It works with design agencies to provide logo designs and font solutions for clients."
From the Design Museum Website:
"Located in the Design Museum cafe and atrium, the Shape My Language installation combines a display by renowned type designer Bruno Maag, from the typeface and logo design agency Dalton Maag, with images from his work on the Ubuntu font project, part of the re-brand of open-source computer operating system Ubuntu.
Shape My Language, by Bruno Maag, was first shown in March 2010 at the Walking-Chair Gallery in Vienna and was comprised of a large collection of glyphs from the world’s many script systems. Recreated for 2011, and suspended within the Design Museum’s stairwell, the piece includes recognisable characters alongside more unusual forms from a range of languages.
As an extension to this display, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is offering visitors an opportunity to get involved with the Ubuntu user community. Large abstract letterforms will be displayed alongside a projection of visitors' tweets. Add @shapemylanguage to your posts on twitter to be part of the projection. These tweets will be displayed in the Ubuntu font. Top tweets will be selected to share with Design Museum visitors and Twitter users around the world.
“There are dozens of different script systems in use in the world today, giving shape to thousands of spoken languages. A typeface designer’s task is not only to visualise the emotion with which a message is spoken but also to ensure that the reader can absorb the message with a minimum of distraction.”
Bruno Maag, Managing Director, Dalton Maag.
Dalton Maag has been designing fonts and logos since 1991. It works with design agencies to provide logo designs and font solutions for clients."
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Design Museum- Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011
I went to the Design Museum today- never a great idea on a Sunday as its always very busy- I had to que outside the door. But as I work during the week I have no choice.
I always enjoy this exhibit, it has a nice mix of types of design, from fashion, to interaction to furniture. The exhibition only opened this week and it showcases all the nominees. The winners will be announced later this month with the awards ceremony on 15th March.
The photographs below are taken by myself and are a few of my favourites for the exhibition. I didn't spend very long in the museum- as I'm a member its free entry so I prefer to visit several times but for shorter lengths of time.
From the Design Museum website
"The Brit Insurance Designs Awards, "the Oscars of the design world," showcase the most innovative and forward thinking designs from around the world, spanning seven categories: architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport. Last year's winner, was the Folding Plug by Min-Kyu Choi that revolutionises a humble, but essential, piece of everyday equipment."
I always enjoy this exhibit, it has a nice mix of types of design, from fashion, to interaction to furniture. The exhibition only opened this week and it showcases all the nominees. The winners will be announced later this month with the awards ceremony on 15th March.
The photographs below are taken by myself and are a few of my favourites for the exhibition. I didn't spend very long in the museum- as I'm a member its free entry so I prefer to visit several times but for shorter lengths of time.
From the Design Museum website
"The Brit Insurance Designs Awards, "the Oscars of the design world," showcase the most innovative and forward thinking designs from around the world, spanning seven categories: architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport. Last year's winner, was the Folding Plug by Min-Kyu Choi that revolutionises a humble, but essential, piece of everyday equipment."
Monday, 7 February 2011
Chinese New Year
This Sunday I went to Trafalgar Square to watch the Chinese New Year celebrations.
They had a variety of different events with dancing and singing. They had a stage in Shaftsbury avenue and speakers throughout the streets of Chinatown broadcasting what was on the stage. Was a really nice atmosphere, but so many people and at some points it was almost like festival crushing. Below are a selection of photographs from the day, including a dragon and a wishing tree. I threw my wish back on, but sadly it didn't catch.
They had a variety of different events with dancing and singing. They had a stage in Shaftsbury avenue and speakers throughout the streets of Chinatown broadcasting what was on the stage. Was a really nice atmosphere, but so many people and at some points it was almost like festival crushing. Below are a selection of photographs from the day, including a dragon and a wishing tree. I threw my wish back on, but sadly it didn't catch.
Monday, 17 January 2011
Snowboarding
I havn't updated my blog in a while- I blame Christmas and being over fed too much by my parents!
I went away for a week snowboarding to Corcheval in France and it was amazing- best break in the world.
It's so beautiful, even if you can't ski or snowboard it's such an amazing place to visit.
So I will share with you a few photographs I took while I was away.
I went away for a week snowboarding to Corcheval in France and it was amazing- best break in the world.
It's so beautiful, even if you can't ski or snowboard it's such an amazing place to visit.
So I will share with you a few photographs I took while I was away.
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