In 2007, I had just turned in my MA dissertation at Reading, and spent a few weeks volunteering at St. Bride to help them shift books and boxes around the building so they could renovate. One day, James Mosley and his wife dropped by, because the library had asked James to finally clean out a … Continue reading "A small tribute to James Mosley"
I’m quietly obsessed with this dance sequence that kicks in about 10 minutes into Gaspar Noé’s film “Climax”. It is sublime, and there is more to notice every time I watch. I regularly re-watch the sequence, just trying to follow the movements of individual performers in the ensemble. Sometimes, I just like to let the … Continue reading "Climaxing"
I went to Bangkok, Thailand, for the first time last month, attending the the BITS design conference with a few colleagues on behalf of our employer. While I was still in town after the conference I was invited to stop by the Cadson Demak podcast. (See just the bit in English on Monotype’s Foundry Platform.) … Continue reading "A bit from BITS"
My much-loved, rarely used Risograph machine started making some troubling noises not long after I finished up Pink Mince #17, and effectively stopped working at all. I was pretty sure from the sound of things that it was mechanical trouble, and I had no idea how to even begin tinkering with such a complicated machine. … Continue reading "Back in Bijou Business"
Since the inspirations for Bijou typefaces (so far) come from the research I have been doing into the history of gay magazine publishing, I get particularly excited when my typefaces are used for projects with a bit of queerness to them. So happily, the first use of Buckram by anyone besides me was for Brief … Continue reading "Brief Encounters"
For the past couple of years, a small town near the foothills of the Italian Alps has welcomed a dozen-or-so passionate typographers and I to spend our holiday not on a beach or by a pool, but rather immersing ourselves in Italian type history. Summer in the Veneto has plenty of charms for the typical … Continue reading "Finding a creative jump-start"
No one tagged me, which is no surprise because this project has been so dormant for so long, but there’s a set of blog questions going around that has had me thinking about my tentative efforts to paying attention to this platform once again. Why did you start blogging in the first place? My participation … Continue reading "Meta post"
That last post was a tease, because this was in the planning stages: This new tattoo is adjacent to the overall theme, but I’ve wanted it for a while, and I’m glad I waited until I had the nerve to go big and bold with it on the available real estate on my back. The … Continue reading "Look for the Union Label, part 2"
