It’s been a while since writing any posts. However, despite this, I have been busy studying, drawing, making collages, lettering and, as ever, teaching. The blog will likely take on a more visual form from now on; populated with work and work-in-progress. The site has had something of an overhaul. Nothing particularly slick, just […]
Type Hunting
“Look!!! Typography!” #typeintheenvironment #typography #typeallaround #gravestone #graphics A photo posted by Sancha de Burca (@sanchagdp) on Sep 25, 2015 at 9:52am PDT esterday we took our HND Graphic Design students out on a little typographic tour of their college town of Tonbridge. We wanted to stress the point that we spend our lives bombarded […]
Typography e-book
In the summer of 2014 I wrote series of blog posts for the Interactive Design Institute (IDI) on the theme of typography and typeface design. The posts are very much aimed at those wanting to gain an insight into the fundamentals of type and some of the approaches to its design. IDI have now collated […]
Lettering Workshop with Sean de Burca
ean de Burca is a former design student of West Kent College (University of Kent) who completed his graphic design degree with us several years ago. Since then Sean has established himself as a designer with a niche angle. As well as being an accomplished musician, producing the artwork for his own albums, Sean is […]
K College Summer Shows 2014
s ever the HND and BA (Hons) Graphic Design students of K College pulled off yet another another successful end of year show. The show was well attended and the feedback was great, with some students getting interviews for jobs and internships. Some of the work can be seen on our Pinterest page. One of our […]
Lettering: Objects Examples Practice at The Letherby Gallery
For those interested in type and lettering, a visit to the Letherby Gallery at Central St. Martin’s should be on the ‘to do’ list. Along with some relatively recent work the “exhibition explores the rich history of lettering through a selection of key historic books and manuscripts from the college’s Museum & Study Collection and Central Lettering […]
Experiments with dry embossing
‘Aut tace aut loquere meliora silentio.’ Meaning: Unless what you have to say is better than silence, be silent. I’ve been trying out embossing tools with varying degrees of success. I’ll be returning to this as it’s a technique with potential.
Jack in the Green, Hastings
or a number of years now I have attended the Jack-in-the-Green event at Hastings. The May Day celebration which had largely died out in Hastings in the late 1880s was revived in 1983. Since then, the parading of Jack continues to attract huge crowds. Recently, the organising committee put out a request for a design […]
The Lost Lettering of Robert Tressell?
ould this be the sign writing of Robert Tressell, author of the great socialist novel, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists? According the media it could be. The lettering was revealed during the building’s restoration, and as you can see, it is in near perfect condition. Tressell lived in and around the seaside town of Hastings in East Sussex and […]