Adrian Shaughnessy
@AJWShaughnessy
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Graphic designer, writer, publisher, art & culture zealot, and tutor RCA.
United Kingdom
Joined January 2009
RT @implausibleblog: Isabel Oakeshott complaining about people working from home, while working from home, in her bathroom .
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RT @ECMRecords: Zakir Hussain 1951-2024. “Everybody wants to play with Zakir Hussain,” Herbie Hancock once said. “He is able to transcend….
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RT @arabictype: Last chance to sign up to study with me and the great @MamounSakkal! Tomorrow we start the Intro to Arabic Type Design clas….
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RT @StudiodotBuild: If this doesn’t get funded then I give up —
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The first book dedicated to the work of a pioneer of design for public service, a groundbreaking typographer and recipient of this year’s New York Type Directors Club Medal
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Margaret Calvert Drives Out is a track from Bas Jan's album Back to the Swamp. Lyrics and video by Sally O’Reilly. Also, check out the crowdfunding page for Margaret’s first monograph – Woman at Work
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We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? via @38degrees.
you.38degrees.org.uk
What would Jesus do if he owned 108,000 acres (over 60,000 football pitches) of land? Would he farm the vast majority for profit, or would he use some of it to restore forests, wetlands and meadows...
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The Symbol Group is an international discussion group for symbol-related matters. They are holding a Virtual Conference on 19—20 September 2024. @Symbolgroup22.
symbol-group.org
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Fascinating account of growing up in a Jamaican household in Luton, and insightful views on Bob Marley and the omission of Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston from the film Bob Marley: One Love. @nyrbooks @colincraiggrant.
nybooks.com
“There’s a kind of earnestness, a kind of humor that is very particular to the Caribbean and its tradition of picong—bold, verbal jousting.”
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“This is a misogyny emergency. A huge outpouring is coming in the runup to the US election”. @carolecadwalla at her incisive best.
theguardian.com
This time Kamala Harris will be the target for the social media platforms that promote prejudice
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RT @thewiremagazine: Listen back to last night's Wire broadcast on @ResonanceFM & @ResonanceEXTRA . @bibakopf plays @neubautenorg, @sunik__….
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The 25 April edition of The Wire ’s weekly show on Resonance 104.4FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Einstürzende Neubauten, Senyawa, Sunik Kim, bela, Jeff Mills & Jun Togawa, Diamanda Galás,...
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My Phil Baines obituary is in today’s @guardian - the ink and paper version. You can find online version here: Thanks to @ThinkingType for her help.
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RT @robinrimbaud: A fascinating and inspiring documentary on British composer Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981), exploring his music and collabo….
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An exploration of the life and work of the controversial British composer.
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Anita Klinz: Pioneer of Modern Book Design. One of Italy’s most formidable (and least recognised) graphic designers. Now crowdfunding on .Written by @lucapitoni.Foreword by @alicerawsthorn .Cover design by @AstridStavro.
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A publishing platform for books on visual culture
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Free online talk about survival and the enduring appeal of printed matter in independent publishing with #weareplanb and @FuelPublishing Register here:
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Last few days in which to get this Nearly 70% funded. Get it now or wait till it turns up on eBay in few years time for hundreds of dollars.
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The first comprehensive survey of the work of a pioneering designer who brought Swiss modernism to America in the 1960s, via influential projects for clients including IBM, American Airlines and...
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“Minimal, geometric, abstract, colourful, playful; these are among the key design characteristics of the midcentury modern era." Steven Heller, Print. — Choose your book (standard or special edition).— Pledge to get this important document published.
vol.co
The first comprehensive survey of the work of a pioneering designer who brought Swiss modernism to America in the 1960s, via influential projects for clients including IBM, American Airlines and...
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My Phil Baines obituary.
theguardian.com
Graphic designer whose distinctive typographic work graced Penguin book covers, museum signage and London monuments
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