Final stamp designs

British Firsts: Lesser known inventions

Pencil, 1564. Traffic Lights, 1868. Tin Can, 1813.
Rubber Band, 1845. Magnifying Glass, 1262. Light Switch, 1884.

As an additional element, I am now designing the stamp booklet that this set would come in. It will feature a little paragraph explaining what the set is and when and by whom each invention was invented.

Hope

Unless you've been hiding under a rock today, you'll know that a devastating earthquake and tsunami has hit Japan. This is terrible and saddens me particularly because I love Japan. But it shouldn't happen anywhere.

This Quoteskine sums it up.

"So, this is my version of that graphic, because when you don’t believe
in praying the best thing to do is hope." - Lee Crutchley, Quoteskine

I love this.

A Guardian April Fools joke, from the 70s, taken from the brilliant (as far as I have read) Just My Type. Typographic jokes are great.

Census

WHAT?

Designer's cats

This is a blog where designers and illustrators draw their cats.
I feel like I should join in.
Here are some favourites for now:

Poppy (my cat) would definitely be eyeing up a bowl of milk in my illustration.

Coffee

Today, I wrote my name inside a coffee cup.

Deanna Halsall

These illustrations are beautiful. Just my cup o' tea. Deanna Halsall.

If you believe...

Man with moustache seems prominent (monopoly man?)

Such textured detail in the sea-beard.

The Beauty of Books

I've watched all four episodes in BBC 4's The Beauty of Books series, but the last episode is the best. I really do love the book.

Book design. Penguin. Words. Language.
Just the physicalness.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00z1z0d/The_Beauty_of_Books_Paperback_Writer/