I found Darren Hopes the other day on my seemingly endless search for illustrators, he has some lovely work, including this olympic stamp, very nice stuff.

I took the trip from East to West in London last weekend and headed to the impressive Serpentine Pavillion at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park. Designed by Jean Nouvel, the building is a temporary structure, a public space for fun, games, eating and drinking.

I really like the way it contrasts the greenery of the park and how the inside creates a unique environment. It’s a striking piece of architecture that feels really fresh and exciting. I would definitely recommend a visit and despite the overpriced cake there is free ping pong! It remains amongst it’s contrasting surroundings until the 17th October 2010.

I spent some time in a sunny park this weekend with Baseline 58. Always a good read, the magazine continues to remain one of the best critical pieces of design literature around, the quality of the writing is, in my view, second to none, and the magazine is always finished to highest standards and is a joy to read, so important for print since the arrival of the iPad. Of note in this issue is Steven Heller’s piece about stencil typography, I would recommend it. The education feature in this issue focuses on The Caseroom Press. I was fortunate enough to be taught by Barrie Tullett at Lincoln, and it’s nice to see some of the work of the press which he founded in 1995 getting some recognition in print form.

I found this type made up from bricks on the side of a building just off Three Colts Lane the other day, thought it was quite nice. Would make a nice typeface for an identity I think.

I Found a book the other day called ABZ – Alphabets and other signs. Published by Redstone Press. It has some great type specimens from classic modernist books and magazines that are well worth a look. One such example that I’ve scanned is the image above. Looks like there are limited copies left, buy it here

Well it’s been a while but I’ve decided to start blogging again, hopefully slightly shorter and much sweeter this time. To kick things off here’s a very nice book about making books. Produced as an homage to Jan Tschichold’s ‘The Form of the Book’. It comprises of 7 essays by authors including James Goggin and Richard Hollis (whose pieces I really enjoyed). The book is edited and designed by Sarah De Bondt and Fraser Muggeridge, published by Occaisonal papers and printed by Calverts. The essays all focus on different but equally resonant aspects of book design and – as you would expect – It’s a lovely object to hold and read, and I think it’s got a cracking cover, but I am a sucker for yellow. Buy it here