With beautiful full bleed images, a bold design approach and some almost Kandinsky-like illustrated elements, football magazine Shukyu takes a refreshing approach to creating a mag about the beautiful game. Sent into us by editor Kohei Ito, the only snag is that it’s all in Japanese. But the imagery more than speaks for itself, taking centre stage against a pitch green and white colour palette. This is the mag’s launch issue, focusing on the roots of the game, with some lovely features on the origins of the ball itself a photo essay on “the birth of football.”
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Illustration: Meet London’s best traditional sign painter, Bella Pace
There aren’t many things that ring of sheer joy more than hand-painted signs – probably due to their association with sunny leisure time spent at beaches, funfairs and food establishments. But just because those places call out for sign painters doesn’t mean that everywhere else can’t be decorated really, really nicely too. Thank God for the very talented Bella Pace then, who’s spending her days creating meticulously well-crafted, hand-painted signs for businesses all over London. From Brixton Bookmongers to food stalls in Borough Market, Bella’s signs are popping up all over the place, even in music videos like the one she made for Tom Rosenthal below. Long may Bella, and the age-old craft she has totally nailed, make the world a more beautiful place.
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