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letterpress amsterdam

this is a post i wrote as contributor to the amsterdam ad blog ‘something related to amsterdam’ column, originally posted on the 10th of january 2014…

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not everyone’s type

I just wanted to share a great place I discovered this week; situated halfway between our appartment and my office, on the Singel near Dam Square.

letterpress amsterdam is a small type studio that produces all kinds of exotic bespoke printed matter. The friendly owner Thomas spent some time to show me around and explain what he does with his two wonderful old presses, metal typesetting and some funky old wooden type blocks. I am certainly going to be going back there very soon.

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Oh yeah and pssst… try and keep it a secret otherwise everyone will want to go there too.

m / 10-01-2014 17:04 - tags: , ,  

a good book

…i love books. Yet I’ve never bought one just to own it. What fascinates me is their utility value: books can teach us things. It’s not only the writer that speaks to us. If we listen more closely, we can hear the voice of the designer or eavesdrop on the concert of materials. Books appeal not only to our eyes and ears: some we fall in love with the moment we take them in our hands. Many books also communicate non-verbally – they can flirt and seduce…

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a beautiful german archive site that documents books (via my top tipper this year mister ‘uwe’ thanks for all the great links mate)

m / 31-12-2013 11:39 - tags: , , ,  

old stuff for free

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in a similar move to the amsterdam’s rijksmuseum recently (and many other institutes) the british library has published over one million images from their collection online, free for personal use… largely consisting of book etchings/illustrations and victorian curiosa

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see also this guardian opinion piece on the collection and what is missing from it

m / 19-12-2013 10:32 - tags: , , ,  

from idealism to ideal

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well-written, designed and nicely executed campaign site for the new volkswagen van, which playfully pays it’s respects to the classic T2 (created by ‘achtung’)

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m / 11-12-2013 08:44 - tags: , ,  

no coincidence

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a website that aims to ‘name and shame’ those who blatantly plagiarise or steal other peoples work (the images don’t appear to load properly for me, in firefox)

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(link via folkert datema)

m / 11-12-2013 08:22 - tags: , ,  
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