Today is the publication date for a superb new book by a wonderful designer Alistair Hall, who's
work has appeared on this blog many times before.
Over the past few years Alistair has researched, visited and photographed sites all over the capital city, documenting and creating an archive of street name plates. London has an amazingly rich collection of these wayfinding signs which stretch back through the centuries. The beauty is that because the signs were never erected by a single authority or been updated at a particular time, they
comprise a rich treasury of graphic form and typography, which Alistair has carefully and considerately mined.
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‘London Street Signs is the stunning new book from Alistair Hall. An absolute must for type fans – one of the design books of the year.’
Daniel Benneworth-Gray
‘Mr Hall writes in an informative way about an unexpectedly fascinating topic. He has a good eye for serifs and unusual embellishments, such as the “delicately rendered manicule” on a sign on Addison Road, W14.’
The Times Literary Supplement
‘Everything I hoped it would be, nerdy and engrossing in all the right ways.’
Professor Phil Baines, Typography Professor at Central Saint Martins
Alistair Hall runs his own studio
We Made This, he lectures at
The Cass and
CSM and is also art director of children’s literacy charity
Ministry of Stories and its fantastical shop, Hoxton Street Monster Supplies.
London Street Signs is published by
Batsford, which is an imprint of
Pavilion Books and I'm sure they have a sure hit with this book. Congratulations to Alistair on the publication of his first title, I'm sure there will be more to come!
This 192pp hardback book is available from all good bookshops (Foyles, Waterstones, WH Smith etc.) at very reasonable prices or you can buy direct
HERE.
https://www.pavilionbooks.com/book/london-street-signs/
http://www.wemadethis.co.uk/
Posted by Justin Hobson 03.09.2020
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