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Design You Trust The Hendrick's Lecture Series Editor's Choice Some of the strangest things in space are cosmologically right on our doorstep, whilst others are many millions of light years away. This is by no means a comprehensive list - so feel free to add your own in the comments! Click through the slideshow to see view some of the strangest things in space.
Cemetery Explorers: The Magnificent Seven Top: Kensal Green. Middle: Nunhead. Bottom: Highgate. By the middle of the 19th century London was running out of burial space. Abney Park Cemetery, this cemetery extends over 32 acres on a slope running down from an ancient ridgeway track, now Stoke Newington Church Street, to the course of Hackney Brook. Nunhead Cemetery 52-acre cemetery, the first burial was Charles Abbott, a 101-year-old Ipswich grocer and the last, a volunteer soldier who became a Canon of Lahore Cathedral. West Norwood Cemetery has 64 Grade II and Grade II* listed monuments. Kensal Green Cemetery is London's oldest public burial ground. Highgate Cemetery is probably most famous for its bust of Karl Marx. Tower Hamlets Cemetery originally called The City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery, was opened by a company of the same name, comprising 11 wealthy directors whose occupations reflect the industries of the day.
The Cool Hunter - Welcome Alternative London Tours | Workshops - Create your own a piece of artwork...Fancy yoursef as the next Banksy? Fancy yourself as the next Banksy? Or just want to learn how to create a piece of spray can art in a safe, relaxed and fun environment? Then join us for a street art tour and graffiti workshops! One of our expert street artist guides will take you on a graffiti and street art walking tour of East London where you'll see some of the World's finest street art by Banksy, ROA, Shepard Fairey, Jimmy C, Invader, Stik and many many more. Then, after a refreshment break it's back to the Alternative London workshop to try it for yourself! All welcome regardless of artistic ability as the Alternative London team will teach you spray can techniques and all you need to know to draw, cut and create your own single or multi layered stencil and build your own unique piece of street art. Tour Information Days and Times: Weekends and selected Weekdays - check Bookings Page for available times Group Size: Small (up to 18 people) Age: minimum of 10 years old.
Blog | Pattern People | Surface Design + Inspiration Interiors | Pillow Talk It seems like these days the throw pillow craze has reached new heights. No longer are we looking for our couch decorations just to blend in and stay still, we have begun to ask our couch art to positively pulse with creativity. – Julie Rose Color | Iridescent Melt Dominique Gaucher | Federico Kenis | Veronique Branquinho Sparkle and shine. Pattern Report | Big Cat Love Leopard prints cover every surface of these looks for summer 2014. - bekah hilleson Art | Shattered View via here. Photos of sunsets take on a new life when reflected through broken mirror in this series, Broken Mirror/Evening Sky by photographer Bing Wright. -Claudia Brown Profile | Amelia Graham Since graduating from Chelsea College of Art, London based surface designer, Amelia Graham, has had the pleasure of designing prints for clients such as Calvin Klein, H&M, Paul & Joe, Diane von Furstenberg and Topshop. Where do you look for inspiration? Architecture, art, science, and nature. Geometrics. – Julie Rose
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Print and Color Trend Guide | Winter 15 | Pattern People | Surface Design + Inspiration With so many print and color stories in fashion, it can be a full time job keeping up on what’s new. So, we’ve made it easy by doing the work for you. Our trend guides feature months of research distilled into easily digestible directions created with the print designer in mind. For Autumn/Winter 15, we focus on twelve key print trends presented with an abundance of inspirational imagery culled from fashion, art, photography, interiors, and more. Directions come alive with magazine-style layouts which bring clarity to the endless possibilities found in the current visual landscape. Likewise, our color stories provide seven essential Pantone color palettes that will help your product or print collections stay on-trend. - Features over 12 print trends for Autumn/Winter 2015 - Presents 7 color stories with TPX Pantone palettes - Over 250 inspirational on-trend images - Covers directions found across the runways and beyond - Magazine style layout Buy Now
London street art tours from Street Art London Street art tours from ‘Street Art London’ Take a street art tour with us and get an up close introduction to East London’s incredible street art scene. Here at Street Art London, we know where all the best street art is to be found in East London and on one of our street art tours you will discover the work of over 40 street artists. Street art in London is incredibly dynamic and changes everyday as older pieces are gone over by other artists or buffed away by the Council. This means that our street art tours are always fresh and we always know where the latest street art is to be found. We run walking tours on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Stik: About us We’re closely connected to and involved with the street art scene in London and do much more than just tours. Christiaan Nagel:
The 100 best free fonts In this freshly updated free fonts for designers post, we bring you the world's best free fonts. We've filtered out the diamonds from the thousands of less perfectly designed free fonts available online, for you to use in your designs and illustrations. Get Adobe Creative Cloud now This list represents the 55 best free fonts we've found in eight categories. You can use the drop-down menu at the top of the page, or the boxout, right, to jump to the section you want. Don't forget, we have many other articles covering specialist font types including handwriting fonts, kids' fonts, cursive fonts, beautiful fonts, web fonts, professional fonts and more. Most of the typeface collections listed here can be used in your projects for free, but please be sure to check the terms. Serif fonts 01. This free serif display font takes inspiration from the late 18th century European Enlightenment and the work type designer John Baskerville. 02. Lora is a free font that has its roots in calligraphy. 03.
Top Music-related places to visit in London. Parts of London dedicated or associated with music - from gigs and famous bands - to points of historical interest. 11. Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine @ Queens Ride, Barnes, London12. John and Yoko's Nude Scene @ 38 Montagu Square, London13. Tommy Steele's House @ Nickleby House, Dockhead, Bermondsey, London14. Rod Stewart was born here @ 507 Archway Road, Highgate15.