A few months back we were asked by Gestalten if we would like to contribute to a new bicycle culture and design book, we jumped at the chance! and are very proud to annouce that the book is finished and is due for release here in the UK this month. The name of the book is Velo: Bicycle Culture and Design Book. Edited by R. Klanten / S. Ehmann and published by Gestalten.

Velo introduces a wild bunch of passionate cyclists – frame builders, urban planners, artists, photographers, and those who ride professionally – who are making an impact. They are not only shaping styles, but promoting cycling as a primary form of transport. The book also explores the aesthetic of today’s cycling culture and presents custom-made frames and art bikes as well as a selection of contemporary illustration and design influenced by the cycling movement. Geared toward anyone who has a personal or professional interest in cycling, Velo is the fast lane into a current topic that is both entertaining and socially relevant.

For more information please visit Gestalten

Heres a short clip of us silkscreenig the house of caslon three colour poster for the event held at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) in association with uktype.

We have been invited by the nice people at TYPE to take part in their 'House of Caslon' event on Wednesday 5th May. We have designed a special Caslon poster and tee which we will be printing up live throughout the day. All prints will be available to buy for just £10

"Type is once again collaborating with the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design at Birmingham City University on the production of a new project: 'The House of Caslon'. This is a short animation about the life, work and influences of another of the region's typographic alumni: William Calson I, who was born in Cradley in 1692."

Production on the animation has now commenced all typographers, lettering artists, calligraphers, cartoonists, illustrators, musicians and other creatives will participate in a day of filming. Artists will be recorded whilst creating work of their choosing which has been produced in celebration of Caslon the man or the typeface.

Filming is scheduled for Wednesday 5 MAY 2010, 1000-1600 and will take place at the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Corporation Street, Gosta Green, Birmingham B4 7DX.

Hope to see you all there

Last thursday night, on a suprisingly warm thursday evening in ye olde London town on a busy Brick lane, locals from far and wide were introduced to the phenomenon that is LYRICS AND TYPE at Shoreditch's East Gallery with the opening of LYRICS AND TYPE: VERSE 2. With barely any room to move inside the gallery people kept singing their way down in the hundreds throughtout the night to gawk at the lyrical interpretations by the 14 Verse 2 artists from famous musicians. Their styles were varied and their concepts unique in what was a truly amazing show and one that left everyone in the house leaving with smiles on their faces and a hum in their head.

It's really something to get such great feedback about a show that brings together so many people in a project celebrating 2 of lifes most precious gifts… music and type! So thanks to everyone that came down to East Gallery.

All prints are now available online at Lyricsandtype.com

We’ve been invited to take part in Wooden Toy and VNA’s Lyrics and Type exhibition.

The 4th installment of Floodit is happening on Wednesday 10th March and features:

Live Music from two of Thrill Jockey's finest:

PONTIAK
Pontiak is made up of three brothers from the Blue Ridge farm country of Virginia, Van (guitar, lead vocals), Lain (drums, vocals) and Jennings Carney (bass, organ, vocals). Their music is swaggering guitar rock that treads the line between Lungfish and Crazy Horse - yes, they really are that good! Their broad song structures allow ample room for three-part vocals, drums, organ and stellar slide and lead guitar to stretch and captivate. Julian Cope described them as, “straddling a wide sonic rift valley, with references that stretch from the southern latitudes of Spain’s Viaje A800 to the northern majesty of Black Sabbath and Harvey Milk via the Doors.”The adjectives often used to describe their music could also easily describe the musicians. Raised on a farm, the brothers are distinctly rural in their close ties and understanding of the land and our relation to it. When touring they often skip the comfort of the motel bed for the delight of camping under the stars. Live they are loud, make that very very loud, pushing the PA as they push their amps. There is a swing to Lain’s drum playing and often in Jennings’ bass rhythms that can be felt and almost seen. One merely needs to stand back to watch the crowd weave in unison, lost in their ocean of sound. Although they formed in Baltimore, it was not long before they returned to the farm country of their youth. There they built their studio, and on their subsequent Thrill Jockey albums, by combining disparate elements that alone ring familiar, have pioneered a sound that is entirely their own.

WHITE HILLS
Hailing from Brooklyn, White Hills were originally formed to help bring space rock into the 21st century. Straddling the chasm between Hawkwind and Mudhoney, White Hills craft psychedelic swirls of feedback, bottom heavy bass riffs and soaring guitar solos that take listeners on journeys into the farthest reaches of the mind.

THE CULT OF DOM KELLER
Dom Keller sound like they've fallen from the back of Ken Kesey's legendary LSD loaded magic bus, down 'n' dirty slabs of fried freak beat are sumptuously decoded within a swamp infested heavy beatnik chassis, part acid laced shade wearing psyche and part heavy stoner goo, a wasted baby laced with hazy 60's sourced keys and looping gridlocked riffs of mind expanding proportions; a bludgeoned blues bastardisation spewed out by a tranced out Brian Jonestown Massacre amid an impenetrably squalling sonic wall feedback fisticuffs with a volatile 13th Floor Elevators.

Live Art From:
Waste
Martha Glazzard
Jennie Webber
Billy

Wednesday 10th March 8pm - midnight
£4.50 adv from HERE

Design for Boom Bears Spring/Summer 2010 clothing rang

Tommy Hilfiger announces the launch of two limited-edition t-shirts for its Spring/Summer 2010 Hilfiger Denim collection. Collaborating exclusively with Wasteyourself—a U.K. based design studio—Hilfiger Denim has commissioned two original artworks for the men and women limited-edition t-shirts. The t-shirts are available in Tommy Hilfiger retail and wholesale stores across Europe in January 2010.

Inspired by iconic American imagery. The t-shirt for men features the design studio’s interpretation of iconic America, and uses Uncle Sam—a national personification of the United States—in its design. Their artwork comically combines imagery of the all-American figure that is Uncle Same with illustrations of Apple Pie and Hot Dogs to produce unique graphics that match Hilfiger Denim’s edgy looks. For women, the t-shirt features the infamous American eagle, equally designed in a quirky and eclectic fashion. Both artworks for men and women are printed on white t-shirts and come with complementary bags, designed in a Calico plain-woven cotton fabric.

Custom Droplet for the Crazy Label & Jam Factory vinyl toy launch in Bristol

The Anyforty Limited edition tee range has now hit the shops and are available direct at the anyforty shop. The tees have been lovingly hand screened by the talented white duck in limited edition of 50 and include designs by

• Waste

• Jam Factory

• McFaul

• Niark 1

• iLK & Gorey.