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Great British Type Map

20th February 2015/0/0/

DESCRIPTION An intricately crafted type map of the British Isles. From Penzance to Thurso, Dublin up to Belfast, Cardiff and Swansea, Glasgow and Edinburgh. And of course, our beloved London. DETAILS Each print is in a limited edition of 100, printed on luxurious fine art archival 315gsm paper. All prints are signed and numbered by [...]

Apocalypse Cow

20th February 2015/0/0/

PROJECT PREVIEW DESCRIPTION 'We must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig. Cow after cow. Village after village.' Colonel Walter E. Kurtz The insanity of war, as expressed by flying bovine. A light-hearted take on Frances Ford Coppola’s 1979 Viet war epic. Scroll down to view more. DETAILS A tongue-in-cheek limited edition of [...]

Hitched

17th February 2015/0/0/

DESCRIPTION Alfred Hitchcock hails from Leytonstone, East London. Sneak along the underpass next to the tube and there are wall murals celebrating their local boy done good. We lost him to Hollywood along the way, where he became one of the most lauded directors of all time. This piece, created in a mix of typography [...]

Ireland Type Map

17th February 2015/0/0/

DESCRIPTION A intricate type map of Ireland. Scroll down to see more. DETAILS A limited edition of 100, with each giclée print signed and numbered by the artist, Dex. Available in black and in white. Printed on fine art archival 315gsm paper. Part of The Great British Type Map. Find out more: www.greatbritishtypemap.co.uk BUY A PRINT RELATED PROJECTSCMYK CityBritannicaPubs [...]

London Film Map

17th February 2015/0/0/

DESCRIPTION An intricate hand-crafted typographic map of London swarming with film titles, actors and directors, plotted on the map where they most made their mark. Also featuring some of London’s most iconic picture houses, film studios and red carpet locations. Combining hand-drawn typography and illustration, the London Film Map is a limited edition print by [...]

Storylines

13th February 2015/0/0/

DESCRIPTION A brand new 2016 Limited Edition of Dex’s underground map. London’s criss cross of tube lines, transformed into a pit-stop journey through styles of storytelling, with the individual metro lines turned into Storylines and genres of literature. The depths of the Northern Line have been made into the aptly named Horror Line. The Bakerloo [...]

Samuel Says

12th February 2015/0/0/

DESCRIPTION Dr Johnson. Six-foot tall, poor, somewhat disfigured and potentially suffering from Tourettes.... Samuel Johnson overcame some crazy obstacles to become a sensation as a man of wit and wisdom. His master opus was creating the great English Dictionary, but this man of letters was notorious for firing the kind of pithy one-liners most satirists [...]

Artisan coffee photoshoot

12th February 2015/0/0/

The power of bespoke photography We recently completed an editorial photo shoot in London for our artisan coffee client Traveler’s Coffee. Flying over their chefs and Baristas from Russia, we shot them doing their thing in La Marzocco’s lovely space in Shepherdess Walk near Old Street. Capturing their award winning Baristas at work, the shoot [...]

St James Quarter

12th February 2015/0/0/

MORE DESCRIPTION The St James Quarter is an enormous development being built in the centre of Edinburgh. An £850 million complex encompassing hundreds of retail outlets, restaurants and 2 luxury six star hotels. Working with Zebra Worldwide and property agency Halogen, we were tasked with creating the brand identity for SJQ. Initially a logo and brand [...]

A Study In Sherlock

10th February 2015/0/0/

DESCRIPTION Sherlock's classic silhouette including deer-stalker hat, made out of typography celebrating the wit and crime-busting wizardry of super sleuth Sherlock Holmes. A central piece from the Literary London Art print collection, A Study in Sherlock was also selected by Threadless + GAP, and turned into a t-shirt, available to buy in GAP stores across the US. [...]