Carlton Hibberts Design Blog

Local design school proposal

2008-04-23T23:45:00.001+01:00

James Dyson unveils his design school to be based in Bath, just a few minutes walk from where I live. Its an interesting plan. At the moment the whole face of Bath is being redeveloped, some good like this project, others bad like the Riverside development. The design schools aim is to give 14 to 19 year olds a foothold into the product design and engineering industry. It does seem a shame that its not going to cover other creative disciplines, but I guess there is only so much space on the site. The architectural plans of the building have been revised, quite rightly, to retain more of the original features of the warehouse that is to be converted into the school. More info about the project can be found on the Dyson site.

Absolutely Smashing

2008-04-23T23:34:00.002+01:00

New to my blogroll is Smashing Magazine, a great resource for design inspiration. One of their posts is all about Beautiful Handwriting, Lettering and Calligraphy. Great eyecandy!

WPT Poker magazine issue 28

2008-04-15T21:24:00.000+01:00

I've been so snowed under recently that I've been unable to update you on our latest issues. Well let me fix it by pointing out our latest corker of an issue. Cover star Liv Boeree kindly gave up some of her hectic schedule to do an exclusive photoshoot for us. The results were great as you can see. We recently went to a recording session of a Pokerstars televised event. We had a bundle of these copies with us and they barely saw the light of day before many interested parties whisked them away for closer inspection. So get one while you can. Inside we profile her career as well as get her to interview Andy Black.

In this issue you'll find articles on:

Barry Carter tells us of his experiences playing a televised event.

How to play Omaha if you're a main game is Texas Hold'em

Carl Sampson relays a tale of his past on the backstreet poker circuit

Tips to keep that ego in check when chasing a pot

Is it a good idea to sit at a cash table for only half the max buy-in

Dash down to WHSmith right now.

Our Favourite Typefaces of 2007

2008-03-31T23:06:00.001+01:00

Crikey, I very nearly forgot to bring your attention to the typographic oscars at Typographica. I have to say that a good proportion of them leave me cold. For instance J.N.Scripts? Kinescope? Fab? I guess they can't all be FF Meta Serif in stature.

Modbook Tablet

2008-03-31T22:55:00.001+01:00

Should I suddenly find myself to be rather rich I may be tempted to fork out for a Modbook Tablet. It makes any creative drool with the idea of being so in touch with a device. Yes, I know there's plenty of PC tablets out there but none of them have OSX in them!
However, if I really was that rich, I'd be more likely to be down the golf course than grappling with a Mac, no matter how creative it would make me. Oh well!

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface

2008-03-31T22:45:00.001+01:00

I just found this article about typefaces by Michael Bierut at Design Observer. A good read about the thought processes behind typeface selection. Its not a step by step - it just underlines how designers can approach a project with their eyes, emotions and knowledge.

Deserted streets

2008-03-06T10:31:00.002Z

Creative Review has posted up a series of images showing prominent streets of London by Austrian artist Gregor Graf. He basically photoshops out all of the usual street clutter - people, cars, shop signs and branding - leaving you to guess where the street actually is. I'm more amazed that he's captured London with blue skies and fluffy white clouds, or is that just more photoshoppotrickery?

Badly Kerned

2008-02-27T21:57:00.000Z

David Friedman has coined this new word to describe a common typographical mistake. Setting characters too tightly to one another can now be described as "keming". The idea seems to have caught on, even Boing Boing is running it! Kem is what you see when the r and n in kern are too close to each other.

Sleeping in Instanbul

2008-02-23T16:29:00.001Z

A slightly off topic post, but it does fall into the architecture eye-candy category. This new Turkish hotel is right in the centre of Istanbul. The rest of the place might be utterly awful but when you have a room like this you can't complain. For that holiday when you really must feel like Captain Nemo. I hate to think how much a night there would cost.

Via NOTCOT.

Quicklink: Free Dingbats

2008-02-22T12:01:00.001Z

Bittbox posts: 16 Incredibly Detailed, Useful (and free) Dingbat Fonts. The splatter and texture fonts are probably the most usable ones here.

Architecture Cards

2008-02-09T16:50:00.000Z

These cards are a great way to liven up your poker game if you're of a creative leaning. Going all-in with a full house of Gehry, Corbusier, Wright, Foster and Rogers is definitely going to raise your game.

And whilst I'm at the Design Museum shop best to pick up some cool nerdy post-it notes!

FWIS - Readymech

2008-02-07T22:46:00.000Z

Whilst riding around blogcatalog I came across a blog that I didn't understand but really liked the look of. It was dezacrobat. And whilst rooting around there I thought it only fitting that I should lift a link from it. I'm loving the cubic creations on Readymech - very inspiring! The image on this post is of one of the many paper models you can print out, cut up, fold and stick together. Smashing.

TypeNeu™

2008-01-23T14:53:00.000Z

Here's a neat little portal all about the wonders of Typography. TypeNeu™ is chocfull of lovely ligature rumination.

Design Police

2008-01-23T14:31:00.000Z

Bringing bad design to justice. Arf! All good designers should carry these stickers around with them - especially when travelling on the tube.

WPT Poker magazine issue 24

2008-01-06T22:01:00.000Z

Happy New Year to all you Poker and Design fans. Here's the latest issue that you can pick up from WHSmiths or from the Future Mag store. This issue has Roland De Wolfe brooding moodily on the cover - the shot was taken during last years WSOPE in London. He gets good coverage in the mag as well with mentions in a number of features, the best of which is the Pro on Pro interview he takes part in with Barny Boatman. Arguably two of the best players on the UK scene. Other articles of note...

Show Profit: How to choose a table that will help build your bankroll.

Chinese poker is the latest craze. What's it all about?

Gus Hansen makes the final table of the WPT Spanish Championship.

How to spot dealer mistakes and what to do about them.

Playing without being recognised can pay dividends. We show you how.

Pick up your issue here...

The Photographers' Gallery

2007-12-04T17:03:00.000Z

The Photographers' Gallery is about to get a new home which will cost £15.5 Million. It should be open in 2010. Not many details so far - but its a place in need of some attention - can't wait to see the outcome.

WPT Poker magazine issue 23

2007-11-30T15:36:00.000Z

Belated plug of the latest issue - I've been mad busy recently on about seven different tangents, so keeping everything up to date has been difficult. Never mind you've still got chance to get hold of a copy and read about the following...

Big Time: Start playing in the worlds biggest poker games. We show you how to prepare.

Keep your own fishfinder database so that you can keep the 'roll afloat

Coverage of WPT in the Turks and Caicos tournament

Daniel Negreanu talks about how the game is changing

How to get paid to play poker

Pick up your issue here...

2007 design round-ups

2007-11-19T22:28:00.000Z

Here are two US lists of "the best of" 2007 for magazines and books. Granted, Mr. Magazines list is solely of new launches but its good to see collections like these just to keep in touch with what is out there. I've done a few nano seconds of googling for UK examples but to no avail. If you find any, let me know in the comments.

Mr. Magazines' site also has an interesting article for those that want to set up their own publication. Not exactly about design as such, but its a good concise article that shows some of the thought process involved in getting a mag off the ground.

The thumbnail image at the start is of "Small Crimes In An Age of Abundance" designed by David Drummond. I really like the theft of the "l".

Photoshopping history

2007-11-16T10:27:00.000Z

Before the advent of the computer and digital retouching, photographs were manipulated by hand. Here's a great round-up of some of the most infamous manipulations old and new. There are a fair few magazine examples in there too.

The new frontier

2007-11-14T13:51:00.000Z

US mag Print magazine has an interesting article about the use of online video by publishing houses in its latest issue. Many print media houses are producing online clips to capture the "Youtube" audience. Great news for readers, especially if the media company actually puts some effort into it. Roll on the shaky handheld footage of mag staff giggling nervously in a broom cupboard that you could only previously hear in podcasts.

Ford design process of 1949

2007-11-02T14:00:00.000Z

I love these old information films. The car itself is fairly mediocre but I love the set up shots of the designers at work on sci-fi style concept cars of the future. The over-inflated voiceover is a joy too!

magCulture

2007-11-01T11:01:00.000Z

As featured in my Christmas list, magCulture is a book all mag art bods should have in their library. The author Jeremy Leslie also runs a magazine design blog also called magCulture (funnily enough). Its a regular destination for this blog.

Jeremy's knowledge of the industry is vast and its always worth catching his articles in publications like Creative Review. I once worked for Jeremy at John Brown Publishing when I was art editor on Classic FM mag. It was a great company to work for, its a shame I left, but I was set on getting out of London. Ten years of dealing with the mad hordes on the underground can do that to you.

Leopard: Should you upgrade?

2007-10-30T13:50:00.000Z

The Unofficial Apple Weblog asks the crucial question... Leopard: Should you upgrade?

I would love nothing better than to get a new mac with leopard firing on all cylinders but I know its not really a practical choice at the moment. I'll wait for stability and Adobe to catch up with the cat.

WPT Poker magazine issue 22

2007-10-23T23:08:00.000+01:00

Vegas came to London recently for the WSOPE and we took the opportunity to bag an interview with Phil Hellmuth (whilst hobnobbing at the Savoy). We asked him about how he felt winning his eleventh bracelet. Also in town was Annette15, demon online player - she went on to win the London event right after we set our photographer loose on her! Apart from all of this we have the following in the latest issue...

WPT Legends coverage

Brian Townsend talks with Doyle Brunson in Pro on Pro

Why you're often the biggest danger to yourself

How to beat sit-and-gos

Why you should consider folding the nuts!

Pick up your issue here...

Original design gangsta

2007-10-14T19:51:00.000+01:00

Keep those guides locked