hmm... I dont think this is how the library was promoted a century ago... a roadside sign tweeted via instagram... UPPERCASE will be at the Louise Riley branch of the Calgary Public Library tomorrow ...
"Deluxe Model 5" Oil on canvas 20" X 30""Rotary Phone, Off The Hook I" Oil on canvas 16" X 24""Clear Thinking" Oil on canvas 42" X 32""Back To Back...
These little ticks might not look like much, but to me they represent the past many days of diligently working away on the design of issue #14. Ive got 109 pages done of 116, Erins busy proofing and ...
Alanna Cavanagh met some new talent earlier this month at Surtex. PRNT (which stands for PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF NICE THINGS) is a brand-spanking-new studio founded by young desi...
When Chryssi Tsoupanarias emailed me this week I received a lovely surprise. "Ive been an UPPERCASE subscriber since the very first issue, I love it! Its a really beautiful publication," she ...
In case you missed this on Friday... It is always an exciting day when I get to share the preview of the our next cover! Issue #14 is about creative play: wordplay, concrete poetry, the typography of...
The Magnet Reps booth at Surtex During the hustle and bustle of Surtex, Shelley Brown did a quick-fire Q and A with Chrystal Falcioni, the Founder/Director at Los Angeles-based Ma...
It is always an exciting day when I get to share the preview of the our next cover! Issue #14 is about creative play: wordplay, concrete poetry, the typography of sport, plus a BIG feature about crea...
Now that was a crafty extravaganza! We had four tables of things to make: notebooks, necklaces, buttons/mirrors and decorative orbs. Heres a quick gathering of our tweets and instagrams; Im off to ge...
In issue #13 we profiled Lilla Rogers and her line of craft supplies, Ruby Violet. Lilla also heads Lilla Rogers Studio which represents nearly 40 illustrators. One of our intrepid Surtex reporters, ...
UPPERCASE correspondent Alanna Cavanagh sat down with illustrator Helen Dardik at Surtex. Helen in the Lilla Rogers booth.Alanna: Helen you seem to be an incredibly prolific illustrator and surface d...
Images from Mitsy Sleurs Flickr stream We featured Mitsy Sleurs in issue #5s Work-in-Progress Society article. It is nice to see her heartfelt work recognized on Etsy with a beautiful video. We wish ...
Alanna Cavanagh in Hells Kitchentaxi photo by Alanna Helen Dardik snapping some photos for inspiration. Attending the National Stationery Show and Surtex are good reasons to get to NYC, but of course...
Image by Mark Hoffmann, represented by i2i Art Inc. Shelley Brown reports from NYC: Theres lots to learn about surface design and the more you learn, the more you discover its just the tip of th...
The Heads of StateAlanna Cavanagh reports from NYC: Another booth that really stood out was for Frank Sturges Reps. Frank has been in the illustration representation business for over 15 years and re...
Alanna Cavanagh reports from NYC:First off it must said that being at the Javitts Centre can be an overwhelming experience. Your pass allows you admission not only into Surtex but into the National S...
Lucienne Day, circa 1952The work of Lucienne Day inspires a lot of contemporary interpretations, but it always worthwhile to know more than the surface of a designers work. Days work is part of ...
photo by Shelley Brown
Work by Tracy Walker, represented by i2i Art Inc. Tracy is also one of the artists in Work/Life 2: the UPPERCASE directory of illustration. Shelley Brown reports from NYC: After 25 fantastic years re...
When Alanna Cavanagh offered to be the UPPERCASE correspondent at Surtex of course we said yes! And even better, Alannas rep from i2i Art Inc, Shelley Brown, will be sharing her experiences as well. ...
An instagram of the Blackbird Letterpress booth at NSS. Id like to thank Kathryn Hunter from Blackbird Letterpress for all her support of UPPERCASE magazine — shes an avid reader, takes lovely ...
The National Stationery Show is the ultimate destination for a lot of small papergoods companies. At the show, theyll be exposed to buyers, media and potential partners from across North America&mdas...
Some of UPPERCASEs favourite stationery companies will be at the National Stationery Show (May 20-23). The following are all represented by Crow & Canary, a fine art card and gift...
The Kapitza office, photos from issue #9 of UPPERCASE. The sisterly dynamic duo named Kapitza, will be giving a talk in London. Weve mentioned them a few times on the blog and have an article in...
Hemlock 82, 2008The word woodcut typically refers creating images by chiseling our gouging a relief into a wood surface and then printing the results. Bryan Nash Gills work takes the word in a differ...
Gloria GoldfinchBritish bird and LEGO enthusiast Thomas Poulsom created a series of gorgeous local birds in LEGO blocks. Pictured here is Gloria Goldfinch, but hes also done a puffin, a woodpecker, a...
The last post in this weeks series written by Christina Crook. One can conclude that the best way to treat the Internet is like an exacto knife. Take it out of the toolbox, get the job done, t...
This post is fourth in a series of posts by Christina Crook. Karen Ruane: Contemporary Embroidery For Karen embroidery is both a vocation and obsession. She sets her hands to work every single ...
You are no longer following . Undo?