To mark the Underground’s 150th birthday, an exhibition at the London Transport Museum presents150 of the most significant posters created for the tube. Within this history of London Underground posters lies the history of the poster itself. From the purely typographic examples of the late 19th century, through the first illustrated tube poster in 1908, [...]
DuDug is an international street art collective that has taken over an abandoned ship on the beaches of Llanerch-y-Mor in North Wales, repurposing its deserted carcass as a large canvas for their graffiti art project referred to as The Black Duke. The once highly revered cruise liner known as the Duke of Lancaster was left [...]
A new exhibition at the British Library traces the history of crime fiction through an enlightening illustrated alphabet. From the foxed pages of the earliest forays into crime in the late 19th century to the rubbed spines and cracked joints of well-fingered contemporary paperbacks, there are some choice books on display. Illustrated covers of crime [...]
David Bowie is a man of many faces, a fact borne out by the selection of 45 7-inch single sleeves soon to be exhibited at The Vinyl Factory in London’s Chelsea. The exhibition, entitled David Bowie Nacht Musik, follows a near-identical format to the recent Kraftwerk 45RPM show. It will feature the collection of original [...]
Inspired by a pinhole workshop taught by Justin Quinnell, UK based photographer Matt Bigwood created a a six month long exposure using a beer can converted into a pinhole camera. The setup is very simple – an empty beer can with the top removed and a hole made with a needle or pin, a card [...]
For the record, bombs are not cool. Bombing people, is not, in any way…cool. But this interactive map that explores the London Blitz during WWII made us say “WHOA!”. The shock factor behind the awesome Bomb Sight website is unrivalled. It was developed by a team at the University of Portsmouth and gives a detailed [...]
London’s eagerly anticipated landmark, The Shard is set to open its doors to the public on the 1st February. The View from The Shard as it’s so fittingly called is about to become prime location for both Londoners and visitors from all over the world. The only place in the capital where you can actually [...]
Dave Brown is probably best known for playing Bollo the gorilla in The Mighty Boosh, but he is also a graphic designer and photographer. He has a new exhibition of portraits of 50 well known comedians at London’s Strand Gallery. Entitled Tough Crowd, the exhibition features the likes of Adam Buxton, Bill Bailey, Julian Barratt, [...]
In the clearing of a small wooded area between the towns of Fleet and Farnborough in Hampshire, England stands a deserted structure of concrete, metal and glass. Abandoned and decaying, the building is nonetheless imposing. And for reasons that will become obvious as you look through these photographs, the location is a magnet for intrepid [...]
The Great Smog of ’52 or Big Smoke was a severe air pollution event that affected London during December 1952. A period of cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants mostly from the use of coal to form a thick layer of smog over the city. It lasted from Friday [...]
