‘Fun with words’ workshop at the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
By Hackney Wow Cub member Kitty Cox, 9 years old
Photographs by Qian Yuan
“I took part in a ‘Type Tasting’ workshop run by Sarah Hyndman at Dalston Eastern Curve
Garden. The project was fun and nice to do because you could do what ever font you wanted and Sarah helped you if you were stuck.”
Announcing the final list of creative words selected for #TypeTasting with #LDF13 at the V&A: Click here to see the full list.
Come along to see the full collection of words for Type Tasting with the London Design Festival 2013 at the V&A from 14-19 September in the Design Studio of the Sackler Centre at the V&A.
You can still take part and create a word at the drop in Type Tasting workshops in the Design Studio at the Sackler Centre of the V&A between 10am-5pm on 14 & 15 September. No prior booking needed just come along and join in.
‘Beanfeast’ by Sam Roberts
Roberts’ work photographing and researching the fading remains of advertising painted on walls (a.k.a. ghostsigns) often leads to interesting questions, such as ‘what is a beanfeast?’. The full text of this Highgate sign is ‘Catering for beanfeasts, parties & clubs’. Roberts goes on to explain that “However, beans in this case aren’t the baked variety, but the accounting type. A beanfeast is a party thrown by an employer if the end-of-year ‘bean counting’ has revealed a positive set of accounts. The modern equivalent would be the Christmas party and the deployment of ‘beans’ to pay for it.”
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