me news

(almost) 100 years of ‘l’officiel’

french fashion magazine l’officiel has a fascinating online archive of all of it’s issues dating back to the start of the previous century (including all of the pages not just the covers) it shows an interesting development in the use of type and photography, not necessarily always for the better…

m / 13-07-2008 21:33

a 34 yr old former public school boy called ‘robin gunningham’

according to the BBC the infamous grafitti artist known as ‘banksy’ has been unmasked…

m / 13-07-2008 17:49

toronto goes underground

here is a very thorough and informative article written by ‘joe clark’ about the history of the type and signing system in the toronto underground

m / 13-07-2008 17:37

mai soixante huite

french publisher editions alternatives has released a book about the posters created during the student revolts in paris… ‘la lutte continue!’

m / 13-07-2008 17:34

evening tweed

a funny name for this UK design & illustration collective and i particularly like the customised fruit made by ‘sarah king’ one of the collective memebers… worth checking

m / 13-07-2008 17:29