Stocking fillers? Christmas reading list
With Christmas nearly upon us, I’ve put together a list of books for the designer in your life. Or just treat yourself.
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Stocking fillers? Christmas reading list
Team CMYK make it a hat-trick!
There was much excitement last night as CMYK scooped three awards at the PPA Scotland Magazine ceremony. Aurora, the magazine for Highlands and Islands Airports won Customer Magazine, and FYi, produced for the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland took Best Magazine Design in the business & professional category. The much coveted Member Magazine
It’s a funny old Spiel
Approaching football in a way that blends whimsy, intelligence, humour and style is nothing new – When Saturday Comes, Nick Hornby and others were doing it decades ago. But the very arty Spiel, sent in our regular lucky bag from Stack Magazines, is taking it to a new level. A detailed account of the sport’s
Hairy Lipsum
With an epidemic of charitably patchy face-fuzz sweeping the country, a group of designers and copywriters have gotten in on the Movember action by offering Hairy Lipsum – a placeholder sure to bring that little bit more manliness to your mockups. It would, of course, be remiss not to mention my own efforts for the
Ivor Cutler’s long-lost answers
ROOTING through the CMYK drawers the other day we found two sheets of A4 featuring some rather shaky handwriting that caught our eye. It was a questionnaire filled in for Caledonia magazine by the maverick poet, singer and harmonium player Ivor Cutler. The ailing genius’s answers, posted to his native Scotland from his adopted home
Do my Rs look big in this?
Matt had the ink and paintbrushes out this morning for a spot of custom lettering. Whether any of it will make it to print is yet to be seen but I thought I’d share a teeny snippet. Always nice to get away from the Mac and draw something when you can.