17 September 2009

UPTOWN TOP RANKIN

Tuesday night saw a joint Frank / Pilot outing to the vast Rankin Live show now in its last few days at the Truman Brewery. Apart from a slightly leaky roof, it was a truly impressive display, beginning with Rankin's college output, then through the iconic years at Dazed & Confused, and then ending right up to date with his recent work for Oxfam in the Congo, and of course the Rankin Live shoot itself. This is where he has committed to photographing 1000 'normal' punters - each of whom have paid £50 for the privilege (some of the money goes to Oxfam, after expenses of course!). While we were there, a few of his assistants were busy reviewing a recent shoot, and we stood and watched as giant projections of the very smiley subjects were evaluated by Rankin's minions next door.

11 September 2009

Typographer's corner


Frank towers had a most welcome surprise visit yesterday from old friend and collaborator Robert 'Bob' Stradling. Bob is an old-school typographer and hand-lettering wizard who is now kept busy creating entire fonts for a selection of worldwide clients. He'd just hot-footed it from Landor where he'd been imparting valuable typographic wisdom to Sophie Neilan and her team.

8 September 2009

Sketch of the week


Andy - Hugh Town


Nige - Casio watch

Sketch of the week


Nige - iPhone


Andy - CHIP FORKS