Just a quick note to say The Poundshop #5 is open for 3 days starting today! Amazing stuff this year, shop online for last minute Secret Santa presents or to treat yourself (I know I will, been a good girl). I’m also mega happy they asked me to make more pocket books, the new collection features some of my favourite authors of all times: Virginia Woolf, Saki and F. Scott Fitzgerald. All HERE.
Launch party Downstairs at Mother tonight cannot wait!
☞ Read MoreThe Poundshop is here! The pop-up shop in Brick Lane closed last monday but you still have mmm 11 more days to shop online here. Shipping worldwide and all.
I haven’t missed one in the last few years and I’m very happy to be part of it this time round. I strongly believe that good design should have a purpose and be beautiful and affordable. When it comes to books, I read an article by great swiss typographer Emil Ruder on my first year at uni and, however controversial, it stuck: ‘the limited edition of a merely beautiful book is absurd; a book must be beautiful and cheap’.
The space was much bigger this year and very nicely presented:
Loved the Food poster by Claire McManus and Alice Bosc‘s umbrella mugs (both now gracing my kitchen):
Marc Cowan’s pencil therapy:
Gail Catchpole‘s Float teas were also a favourite:
The Geometric stickers are so much fun, I’m still trying to master the fox. By Flat-6 studio:
Such a surprise to find Cleo Ferin-Mercury‘s icon handkerchiefs! I illustrated her Wanda Jackson one for an article on Amelia’s Magazine a while ago and been coveting one since:
I also loved Hannah Waldron‘s Furoshiki, Hotcakes‘ Picnic Napkins, Hato Press (the nice chaps who printed How to Wow a Woman) Sketchbooks and many many others.
And finally my books. It was quite a challenge, had some stressful days and long sleepless nights, learnt a thing or two about printers and I’m just very glad it all worked out well in the end!
So well in fact that much to my surprise, Michelle Alger, Buying Manager at Liberty selected the books as one of her favourite Poundshop Products and included them in the Liberty Picks!
A couple pictures from the private view, it was so packed!
Thanks to George, Sara and everyone at the Poundshop for organising this, having me and generally being so nice and lovely.
☞ Read MoreOh, it’s been a while. I moved house a couple of weeks ago and still have all my belongings in boxes, bags and piles. Still haven’t found my curling tongs but sugar finally emerged the other day (been drinking coffee without, oh the taste of bitter love!) and I found not one but TWO kettles. Mystery.
We still don’t have the Internet at the new place which I really haven’t had the time to miss much if I’m honest, never a dull day in Brixton. The night I moved in, we had a helicopter with searchlights over our house all night and the following day I managed to get caught up in the riots in Hackney and Bethnal Green when I went to drop off the samples of my entry to this years PoundShop at London Design Week.
I’m very excited they selected my little books, I’d never worked on such a tight budget, £1 a book! Sourcing materials and printers on budget with high quality standards has defnitely been a challenge. I’m very happy with the result, can’t show any pictures yet as in the midst of the drama I stupidly gave them all my samples so will have to wait for the printers to deliver the whole batch, oh well!
Keep an eye on the PoundShop’s website, this year all products will also be available online!
