The Holodeck

02/06/2022

I did some design work for the upcoming show, the age of dreamers is over, at - a super fun show featuring work by .beer , , . Exhibition booklet designed with risograph print in mind - with a bonus risograph postcard. The show opens tomorrow (3rd June) digbeth first Friday. See you there!

03/05/2022

19/10/2021

Cute poster alert! This Friday, the 22nd October, sees the return of "A Field in Stirchley" at Artefact in stirchley 7.30 - 11pm. The UK's only and best regular immersive night of field recordings and found sounds. Put together by Mark Dennis and Michael Lightborne. This edition is called "Rattling Around The House" and features sounds from domestic, public and industrial interiors - this complements the current exhibition, our own "back to the future" book exhibition, up until 6th November. This poster was designed collaboratively by Mark from and myself 💕 risograph printed.

06/10/2021

Back to the future! Launching tomorrow night at in stirchley, with an accompanying exhibition up until November 6th. Collaborative journal featuring lots of great writing, art, and photography. Come on down! Copies available to purchase from artefact, and will be available to buy online after the exhibition has finished. £15 a copy, £5 of which goes to 💕

01/12/2020

🚨👀👀 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 👀👀🚨

We're working on a journal about civic architecture in Birmingham - looking back and forward, we'd love you to take part! Deadline 17th January.

Details on the holodeck website (link in bio):

BACK TO THE FUTURE

A forward looking journal about past-futures, modernism, architecture, and town-planning in Birmingham.

WHAT IS THE JOURNAL ABOUT?

Did modernist architecture and post-war town planning embody a hopefulness for a better and more just future, or is it culpable for the creeping dominance of the private car over the pedestrian/cyclist, and the replacement of communities with monolithic housing estates in the sky?

Where did modernist ideas get us? which of them remain valid? why have we turned our backs on so many of them? What does futurism look like today? How can radical architecture and planning help to solve today's problems?

Back to the Future is a journal exploring the future of the built environment, and how we may rekindle the collective imagination that ignited the modernist movement, to envision how Birmingham might take shape over the coming century, longer.

This is an invitation and a provocation to dream bigger, about the places we're creating, with a particular focus on Birmingham. 

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are seeking contributions of various kinds - essays, poetry, photographs, plans, illustrations and more, on the topic of, or topics related to: Birmingham modernism, planning (or lack of), architecture, civic identity, and the future of the City in respect of these ideas. 

Please email us your submissions, thoughts, and ideas to [email protected] by January 17th 2021. 

PRINTED MATTER 

We will design and produce a printed journal in Spring/Summer 2021. This will be a limited edition production. All contributors will receive a copy, and further copies will be made available for local libraries and collections, for public access. An online digital version will also be made available.

By contributing to the journal, you are consenting for your work to be reproduced in print and online. 

A collaborative project funded by

26/11/2020

We printed these lovely limited edition risograph prints for - for an online gig by the really truly wonderful taking place on the 20th December. I love this band so was thrilled to print this. Make sure you get a ticket and support live music in this sh*tbag of a time. The artwork I *believe* is by the band, but correct me if that's wrong.

You can purchase a print with your ticket over on the supersonic website.

Link: https://supersonicfestival.com/event/hen-ogledd-from-the-star-shadow/

06/10/2020

Here's a letterpress poster we designed and printed for festival in . It's made using antique wooden poster type, a really unusual and phat typeface. The central motif represents sound wave harmonics using overprinted simple shapes. These are 22"x14" and printed in a limited edition of 20. They are £40 (unframed). Please send me a DM if you would like one, or pop into and order one (they are stored in my workshop, but I can deliver locally or deep off at artefact for collection).

07/09/2020

Our friends at in stirchley have announced the new dates for the "ten acres of sound" programme. Taking place in stirchley and online between September 25th and October 7th. Keep your eyes peeled for the full programme to follow soon. These posters should be going up around the neighborhood soon and they feature lovely artwork by stirchley resident Katharine Wade 😍👏

09/03/2020

Starting to plan a limited edition letterpress poster as a reward for the Kickstarter. The poster is being designed around this phat antique wooden poster type. I've been aching to use this type since I found it at a flea market. It will also include geometric shapes and colours, but you'll have to take my word at how beautious it will be! 😂😉🖖Ten acres of sound is a sound art festival taking place in April in Stirchley, by the wonderful people at cooperative. I've been hoping for a festival like this for years, it's going to be super interesting so make sure to check it out, and if you can support the Kickstarter please do, only 6 days left.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tenacresofsound2020/ten-acres-of-sound







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14/02/2020

We've just produced these lovely zines for a project organised by with . printed in 4 colours, with some lovely illustrations by workshop participants. There's an event on at tomorrow at 1.30pm where you can pick up your copy!

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06/12/2019

sketch books made for the winter art market at tonight 6-8pm, and next Thursday evening at winter art market. These are spiral bound so really practical, and the covers are Matt laminated so they should be tough too. 132pp of 120gsm paper, spiral bound, only £8 at these markets.