Shh, Its a Secret 5
At the weekend I visited the annual Secret 7" exhibition in Shoreditch, combining both my favourites of art and music. 700 individual 7" vinyl sleeves had been designed by a variety of photographers, illustrators, painters, sculptors and graffiti artists. All the sleeves are unnamed so it is a guess to who has done what and to what song. These blind designs are then sold for £45 a pop on April the 19th to raise money this year for War Child; who support young people in Afghanistan.
Famous names included that of Paul Smith and Karl Pilkington, plus a few personal favourites such as Chrissie Abbott and Kate Moross. There was also a few awesome folk that popped up who I know personally that were exhibiting, MysteryMeat and Bread Collective who do some great hand painted work!
The exhibition space had the usual Shoreditch twang about it, with a coffee bar inside, large typographic wall mural and a DJ playing some good indie tunes. I liked the way in which the pieces were displayed all split into sections as it didn’t overwhelm you with stuff to look at all at once. There was a fantastic mixed bag of styles from 3D work, illustration, hand crafted to digital.
Below is a selection of the sleeves that I have picked out which particularly caught my eye and would purchase if I was around next weekend to do so. Any guesses to who you think cold have done them?
This really is a great charity fund-raising event and it also allows lesser known creatives to have their work shown amongst top talent. This is something I would loved to be involved with next year. Find out more at www.secret-7.com
2014-04-13
In with the old and out with the new 5
I am finding inspiration everywhere at the moment and have taken it upon myself to try and visit every possible museum, art gallery and studio space if I can in the hope to expand my knowledge of hand painted typography to enhance my personal projects.
Vintage typography seems to be the trend at the moment and recently I visited the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum in Northern Ireland which had a stack of it. There was vast amounts of old product signage as well as beautiful hand painted lettering on the various methods of transport from trams, trains to planes.
After seeing the signpainters talk I really appreciate the skill and time that people apply to their craft. It is something that seems to have started to be lost in recent years with the advancement of technology; which I why I wish to apply hand painted methods heavily within my personal project work and carry on documenting what I find in my journal.