City of London Typosurvey — Route 2
Last weekend (or was it the weekend before) the revised edition of linefeed’s Typographic Survey of the City of London was kick-started [linefeed/1425]. On this second expedition to uncover a few of the typographic goodies tucked away within the City of London, I hit the wards of Castle Baynard, Farringdon Within and Farringdon Without [cityoflondon.gov.uk]. [...]
Discussion: Derelict London
You’ve probably heard me banging on about Patrick’s Keiller‘s 1994 film entitled ‘London’ before [screenonline.org.uk]. In the film London is described as a city with a hollow centre, the first modern metropolis to disappear. This idea has fascinated me for some time now. I can see, within the City of London itself, Keiller did (and [...]
Antimix Modern Disease Mixtape 9
009 Double Plus Good “Here’s comes a candle to light you to bed and here comes a chopper to chop off your head.” This podcast features yet more athletic eclecticism from Linefeed’s resi musicologist, Sportspanda (that opening quote will make sense once you’ve listened to it, honest). In this edition you’ll find a special tribute [...]
City of London Typosurvey — Route 1
This weekend the revised edition of linefeed’s most popular video so far (over 3,000 proper views before I put the trailer up) was kick started. With boundary map in hand I hit the streets of the City of London to unearth a few of the typographic goodies I was hoping were tucked away in it’s [...]