Ace Jet 170

Future Print

Genii at work on FPO.

Ford Times

As I mentioned a couple of weeks back, Michael from Ph.D (Santa Monica) sent me numerous editions of the Ford Times that span decades. They're really interesting for a number of reasons but the stand-out edition is packed with superb Charles Harper illustrations. Dave at Grain Edit has more. 

      

More Charles Harper stuff here.

For Everyone Only

As reported by We Made This today, For Print Only is the brand new, must-read blog from the lovely people responsible for Under Consideration.

Save the MMOP

 

Daniel Neville (of must-read Nevolution fame) is amongst those responsible for this:

Melbourne Museum of Printing (MMOP) is a working museum of typography and printing. Since 1993 the museums focus has been on the retention of traditional printing methods and equipment. Initially established as the Australian Type Company – containing a comprehensive collection of printing presses, typesetting machines, types and other print-related artefacts in addition to its Monotype-based typecasting machines and matrix collection. In due course, it became the last remaining typefoundry in Australia and should, by commercial norms, have closed in the early 1990’s when proprietor Michael Isaachsen turned the whole collection into a non-profit museum.

The museum has hosted numerous workshops, tours and events including studio visits for hundreds of students of Visual Communication from Swinburne, RMIT and Monash universities. High profiled designers such as Tobias Frere-Jones and Patrick Thomas have visited the museum.

Over the past 2 years the MMOP has come under increased financial pressure and at this point is in a perilous position. Consequently a volunteer committee of artists and designers has been formed to undertake an extensive campaign to try and save the museum, and thus increase patronage and use of the museums print workshop facilities by artists and students. The committee is made up of designers, artists, students and print enthusiasts.

On Sunday May 17 2009 between 2 and 6pm, the museum will be open to the public. This event will take place at the museums print workshop located at 36 Moreland St, Footscray and will include live music by The Primitive Calculators, letterpress and typesetting demonstrations and a print exhibition and fundraiser – with works created by some of Melbourne leading contemporary artists and design studios.

PRINTS/EDITION OF 20, $200 EACH OR $3000 FOR A BOX OF ALL 22  

Artists: Jon Campbell, Anna Ephraim, Emily Floyd, Greg Fullerton, Matthew Griffin, Lucas Ilhein, Susan Jacobs, Callum Morton, Rose Nolan, Alex Selenitsch, Richard Tipping, Ronnie van Hout  

Designers/Studios: 3 Deep Desi, Alter, Chase & Galley, Fabio Ongarato Design, Hofstede Design, Studio Pip & Co., Studio Round, The Narrows, John Warwicker, Yanni Florence 

Hanna Hunting

Nick Asbury is trying to track down info on illustrator John Hanna, responsible for these lovely covers. If anyone knows anything, please drop him a line.

Meany

  

Graham from Zoot emailed me yesterday about the Ink Posters project, asking if I might feature their lovely posters here. I said I would but only if I got something back. Nothing big or costly, I wasn't specifically after a freebie. Some photos of them printing the stuff would have been OK; I just wanted to say more than just, "look at these cool posters". To be honest, he caught me at the wrong time and now I think I was a bit of a pain in the arse. Ace Jet's not about advertising other people's stuff really and I don't want to get inundated with requests but every now and then someone emails me about something really ace, like what Graham did yesterday; lovely posters.

So, sorry Graham, I know I wasn't rude or anything and you were equally polite, and I expect we'll be seeing a lot of your beautiful posters around the interweb.

Everyone else, go and have a look; personally, I like the architectural tree.

Annually Retentive

  

Master of the minor-measurement, Nicholas Felton, has done it again with another stunning record of his activities. See more of it here and other Felton work here.

      

Black and white, and read all over...

  

Ben and Russell have been up to no good. Pilfering material from here, there and anywhere to publish in their very own newspaper. Well I for one am outraged. How dare they! Wait a minute...

Page 11...Hey! That's me...cool, I'm in print – and a whole page too, just for me, in print...still, how dare they...ooh, there's that Iain Tait, he's a mate of whatsisname (Nicolas Poke?, no, hang on...)...and there's that bloke Coleman and that Muppet (no offence)...and Dan Hill, now he's very clever...

But as I was saying, outrageous...oh there's Mr Beirut, now I like him...and Anne with some bakelite, bakelite's nice...

   

   

...and some Morris Dancers...

Design and Paper No.25

   

This was a highly unlikely find; Newtownards is hardly a hotbed of creative industries; but it was down a side street, in a charity bookshop that I found this. For a pound.

   

   

   

Take it to the Bridge(t Riley Studios)!

I'm a sucker for linocut so when James Brown emailed me today about his brilliant stuff, well, you know...he got me. See more here and keep an eye on what he's up to here. Ideal Christmas gifts for the designer you love.

If you buy anything, mention the promotional code AJ170. It won't do you any good whatsoever. Nor me...or James...so best not to really...