From casual chat to tangible artwork:
Manchester-based designer Danielle Molyneux (working as Dotto) has launched Pop Talk, a new collection of hand screen-printed pieces that lift everyday phrases out of casual conversation and give them physical, typographic form.
Each print starts with a moment of language that might otherwise fade away... a throwaway phrase from friends, family or group chats and turns it into a visual statement that’s funny, awkward, sincere, and surprising all at once.
By isolating these words and re-printing them by hand, the series shows how words that seem light and simple can carry real meaning when given shape and pause.
Read the full article online.
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Latest on Explores is @d.okuart
I’ve been lucky enough to meet David in person a few times through the Adobe community events. Alongside being a phenomenal illustrator, he’s a warm, wonderful presence on the creative scene. Championing others through collaborations and now through his new podcast, Hidden Layers. His back catalogue of illustration work is so extensive it’s pretty intimidating!
A Beautiful Rebellion in Battersea. Meet Illustrator, Animator + Creative Powerhouse, David Oku.
Read on dotto.studio/explores/david-oku
Thanks @shaun_sketxhbook for the visuals
The Northern Design Festival is back again next month. I loved making a poster for them with the specially made collab font ‘Lancer’ by F37. The theme was heritage so I drew inspiration from my St Helens roots. For those of you not well versed in northern industrial towns, St Helens was famous for its glass industry. Signs around the town hailed it as ‘World Class in Glass.’ My piece, Hot Furnace celebrates that.
I used the opportunity to get back to the print room. I’m still choosing whether to show the digital or the screen version at the NDF exhibition. The digital is super-slick and perfectly printed (of course). The screen version used up some old ink, so is a different colour from the original design, and has some visible imperfections.
Here’s both, What dya reckon?
Handmade Neon Fire or Digi Slick Pink?
@northerndesignfestival@f37foundry
Printed @hotbedpress@peopleofprint@theworldofglasssthelens
Enjoying picking up some projects I've not played with for a bit. Tiny Guides, City Series, Places + Spaces, whatever ya like to call them, they've had many names. This one in homage to beautiful Ghent. I love the challenge of stripping away to something way pared back with a simple colour palette. This is the shortlist but I'm yet to finalise, holler if you have a favourite colour combo.
Time for some letterpress again @eechrispletterpress ?
