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‘These magnificent metal beasts’

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Patrick Miles

Sam2 gave me this book last Christmas and it’s been a source of endless delight ever since. At 8.5 x 12.0 inches and beautifully produced, it may seem like a coffee table book, but it is much more. I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal commentary | Tagged aesthetics, balance, cigarettes, cold drinks, comments, design, hot drinks, Japan, Japanese art, Japanese poetry, Japanese technology, machines, photographs, Sam2, semiotics, souvenirs, T-shirts, Tim Easley, Tokyo, vending machines | 3 Comments

Guest Post: James Miles, ‘TLS Adverts A and B’

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Jim D G Miles

Last December we put an advert for George Calderon: Edwardian Genius in the Times Literary Supplement and, naturally, as the resident typesetter and “designer-ey” type on the Sam&Sam team, I was the one who made it. It was a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal commentary | Tagged advertising, design, drop shadow, George Calderon: Edwardian Genius, GNU Image Manipulation Program, Photoshop, Sam&Sam, Sam2, Times Literary Supplement, TLS | 3 Comments

A tale of two front covers

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Patrick Miles

By the time you read this, Sam&Sam’s new book should be available through Amazon. I say ‘should’ because publishing a book through Amazon has been yet another fresh learning curve for us and sometimes we just had to wait to … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal commentary | Tagged Amazon, book covers, Clays Ltd, Dante, design, eschatology, Gabo Trust, James Miles, John Polkinghorne, Kettle's Yard, Kindle Direct Publishing, Naum Gabo, publishing, Sam&Sam, Sam1, Sam2, Tate Gallery, typesetting, typography, What Can We Hope For? | 2 Comments

Guest post: Alison Miles, ‘Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship’ by Andy Friend

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Patrick Miles

This superbly illustrated book was published in 2017 by Thames & Hudson in association with the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, where Andy Friend is a curator. It starts with an introduction by Alan Powers (another Ravilious expert) entitled ‘A Star in … Continue reading →

Posted in Heroism and Adventure, Personal commentary | Tagged Alan Powers, Alison Miles, Andy Friend, Bank House, Barnett Freedman, biographies, biography, Castle Hedingham, Chatham, Chicago, comments, Council for Art and Industry, design, Diana Low, Douglas Percy Bliss, Eastbourne, Edward Bawden, Enid Marx, Eric Ravilious, Furlongs, George Calderon, Glynde, Great Bardfield, Helen Binyon, Iceland, landscape, Laurence Binyon, London Passenger Transport Board, modernism, Newhaven, Norway, Paul Nash, Penny Angus, Percy Horton, RAF Kaldadarnes, Royal College of Art, Second World War, Slade School of Fine Art, South Downs, The Great War, Tirzah Ravilious, Towner Gallery, William Rothenstein, World War I | 1 Comment

Word and image

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Patrick Miles

One of the many, many benefits to me of this blog has been what I would go so far as to call the ‘democracy’ of it: the fact that it stands open to feedback and Comment from you, its subscribers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Heroism and Adventure, Modern parallels, Personal commentary | Tagged A Group Photograph, Andrew Tatham, Austerlitz, biographies, biography, Bloodswept Lands and Seas of Red, book illustrations, cartoons, commemoration, comments, design, George Calderon, Kittie Calderon, Lev Tolstoi, Louis Arthur Klementaski, photographs, printers, self-publishing, The Rings of Saturn, W.G. Sebald, World War I | 1 Comment

Progress

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Patrick Miles

It is now a month since I fired the starting-pistol for publishing George Calderon: Edwardian Genius myself on 4 June 2018. Every writer I know assured me we could bring the book out in six months…but what they didn’t tell me … Continue reading →