Designed by David Pearson, with illustrations by Lucinda Rogers and Adam Dant, Baddeley Brothers tells the story of the family-run specialist printers whose work spans four centuries. With an account and series of interviews by Spitalfield Life’s Gentle Author, the book is as much a history of east London and its changing landscape, population and working lives as it is the Baddeley family.
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Jon Burgerman’s Famous Friends examines our celeb obsessed culture
Jon Burgerman’s Jon’s Famous Friends is one of those lighthearted, funny yet insightful projects that’s hard to resist. Different to his usual paintings and character work, the artist has been creating simple collages on his iPhone 4 where he superimposes himself seemingly interacting with a famous face. We see Jon licking Cara Delevingne’s forehead, ruffling Justin Bieber’s hair seductively and chilling out with Taylor Swift on a bench. “I was playing around with my decrepit iPhone and noticed Instagram had a new function where you could show two or more images together in a grid. It turns out this is perfect for collaging – no scissors or glue!” Jon explains.
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