Tag Archives: illustrations

Do Not Feed the Culture Vultures?

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Karie

Glasgow does visual arts so very, very well and every year we get the added bonus of a four-day art fair. Guess what? It’s that time of year again.. Today we went to the Glasgow Art Fair and enjoyed ourselves … Continue reading →

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Life’s A Cabaret, Old Chum

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Karie

Some time ago my partner, David, bought us tickets for the one-year anniversary of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School – a burlesque-meets-art school monthly event. David and a pirate had attended a previous Dr. Sketchy’s and loved it. What happened? A … Continue reading →

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Webs We Weave

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Karie

How badly do I want this uppercase scarf? Pretty badly, I tell you. The scarf led me on a typographic journey of the net which yielded new interesting sites: the & Blog, Bembo’s Zoo which is seriously cool, FontStruct which … Continue reading →

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Brain Bling

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Karie

How good are you at recognising fonts? I got a measly 24 right out of 34. At least I still know my Helvetica from my Arial. It’s all in the curves, baby. I have actually been watching quite a bit … Continue reading →

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They Used Wine Presses, You Know

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Karie

Me mam’s apparently doing a bit better. It’s slightly strange to be in another country and not being able to rush to the hospital. Somebody at BBC is my new friend. Stephen Fry & the Gutenberg Press is showing on … Continue reading →

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Stranger Things Have Happened

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Karie

If somebody could explain to me why I spend an entire day feeling excruciatingly guilty over telling my manager that I’m still ill and, no, I do not know when I’ll be back at work, then leave me a comment. … Continue reading →

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Saturday Linkage

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Karie

This week I rummaged around on the net and almost accidentally joined a book club based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Thankfully the members correspond with each other online. The idea is that you set yourself up for reading 20 books within … Continue reading →

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