
2015 Christmas Card from Ian Rogers
Well here we are yet again, another tour around the sun and we find ourselves back at the Christmas part. As always, I have made Christmas cards and sent them out to everyone on my mailing list… if you are…

Mile End Type
As a photographer, history buff, lettering nerd and inhabitant of Montreal’s Mile-End neighbourhood, this lovely project neatly brings together a number of my personal obsessions. “A growing collection of vernacular typography and lettering in the Mile End. Created as…

R.I.P. Adrian Frutiger, 1928-2015
Adrian Frutiger, one of the best-known typeface designers of the 20th century, has died. His work includes such ubiquitous font families as Univers, Avenir, and of course, Frutiger. We’re talking a guy whose career started in the era of metal…

Rodin at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
As my more faithful readers will know already, I’m pretty seriously into Rodin. There is a fantastic touring Rodin show that is currently being exhibited at he Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal. This show…

Breaking out of Prison with Art
By now many of you will have heard of the convicted killers, Richard Matt & David Sweat, who recently escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate New York. These deranged killers have eluded the authorities for weeks, and are…