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It’s 1959, OK

By crownfolio | Published: March 6, 2012

This has been sitting on my desk for a few weeks. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that it’s not a great example of graphic design nor interior styling.  But it has been making me think. Because this is Autumn 1959, the calendar is about to turn over into the 1960s.  That’s not the [...]

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Mr Black will see you now.

By crownfolio | Published: January 20, 2012

I haven’t finished with exhibition design, not by a long way.  A copy of Misha Black’s Exhibition Design recently arrived in the post. He’s a much droller read than Beverley Pick – as well as designing some rather nice exhibitions too – so parts of that will definitely be appearing on here one of these days. [...]

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Happy Christmas

By crownfolio | Published: December 24, 2011

From Daphne Padden and the coach companies.  And all here at Quad Royal of course. As befits my BBC past, there will be some repeats over Christmas and New Year; a normal service will return in January.  Have a good time until then.    

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Shop Early Post Early

By crownfolio | Published: December 1, 2011

Apologies in advance if this post ends up being a bit like the parish newsletter today, but there are a few things I’d to tell you about, even though they aren’t entirely related.  So bear with me, and the flower rota will be at the end. Firstly and also excitingly, the BPMA have also got [...]

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Refined Lard

By crownfolio | Published: October 10, 2011

Today something alarming but also brilliant, the Sainsbury’s Own Label book by Jonny Trunk. It’s alarming because I’m now old enough for people to be digging up forgotten bits of my past and selling it as retro.  In this case, supermarket packaging.   We always shopped at Sainsbury’s when I was small, so these designs [...]

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Brave New World, again

By crownfolio | Published: September 27, 2011

I’ve just got round to watching Saturday night’s Festival of Britain programme, and wanted to draw your attention to it as it’s only  on iPlayer until this coming Saturday.  (Apologies, as ever, to those of you who are outside the UK and so can’t get hold of it.) There are quite a few things to enjoy [...]

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