Diana Dăgădiţă’s Printer’s ABC is a playful ABC book with a difference. Each letter of the alphabet is illustrated by printers terms and objects (A for Adana, Ampersand, Ascenders) and with a glossary at the rear for all those mysterious printers’ terms, their meanings and derivations.
The book is lithographed, on uncoated paper, 210 × 210mm, and quarter bound with Winter’s cloth, and 36pp, all in full colour.
Diana’s artwork was created with a collage of letterpress, linocuts and screenprinting.
A large format gatefold card house (25 x 21cms, opening to 25 x 42cms) illustrated by Alice Pattullo, and beautifully lithographed in England using spot lithography on 300gm matt card. Issued to celebrate the lives of Eric Ravilious & Edward Bawden and their time at Brick House.
Look inside the house and see the rooms, the studio, the press, the kitchen with the hen perched on the range, Bawden’s wallpapers and much more. A sheet of humorous cut-outs is enclosed too, of Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden alongside their gardening tools, cricket bats, alphabet mugs, and of course cats! Enjoy the ‘inward laugh’.
Near The Bear, North is an alphabet book of the animals, fish, birds and fauna of the North. It has been illustrated by Mick Manning, using the craft process of pochoir, illustrating by means of building up layers through stencils. This is a large format book, with stunning illustrations, for adults and children.
Welcome to the Motel California is a celebration of the art of the matchbooks, handed out at the 'Mom and Pop' motels of the 1950s and 60s. These iconic motels thrived in the postwar heyday of the automobile as 'tin can tourists' headed out on highways such as Route 66 to discover the vastness of America. Signage was everything and these wonderful designs were replicated on matchbooks, freely available at the bar, rooms and reception desks. As new Interstate Highways bypassed the older routes, and the ubiquitous Holiday Inns replaced the quirkier motels, their decline was inevitable. Today, most of these iconic motels have vanished, but we are still able to glimpse this bygone era through their matchbooks which have survived, and now avidly collected. The book is 200mm x 255mm. quarter cloth bound, and printed on 170gsm Munken Lynx Rough paper in an edition of 1250 copies, of which there are 100 Specials and 8 Deluxe editions.
The new edition of Up My Street is available now!
This new edition of Up My Street has brand new covers, and was the first book we published, and long out of print.. It’s a concertina book for all ages, illustrated by Louise Lockhart, and a celebration of those wonderful High Street shops that are about to disappear. Laundrettes, Children's outfitters, The Hardware Store, all slowly vanishing.
The book is 139cms long, and 23.5cms in height and features a High Street of 10 different panels of shops, ice-cream van and even a telephone Box. It is printed using 'old-fashioned' spot lithography on quality card. On the reverse of the High Street you can see inside each shop, where each owner proudly displays their wares.
White Horses is the recreation of the ‘lost’ Puffin Picture Book that Ravilious was working on during the Autumn of 1939 and although reached dummy stages was ultimately abandoned. His original watercolours of the chalk figures on the Downs are now considered amongst his finest work. These are now included in this reimagining, based on the dummy, and with the black and white illustrations sensitively and imaginatively drawn by Alice Pattullo.
The book is in Puffin Picture Book format, but with an accompanying wrap around dustwrapper inside which is told the story of White Horses and the journey towards this book.
CHUFF CHUFF is a train book for all ages. Inside the hardback covers an eight page concertina train chuffs chuffs out from the covers. The train is full of passengers; commuters, school children, tourists, and daytrippers, off on a day out. As the trains steams out you’ll enjoy the rhyming commentary. On the reverse of the concertina you can view the landscape whizzing past; bridges, green fields, white horse, forests, farms, bridges and rivers.
A very special book, illustrated and conceived by Emma Lewis, an award winning illustrator.
Published in partnership with Calverts Print to celebrate their 40th Anniversary, this is a stunning concertina of 14 double sided panels (95mm by 145mm) that illustrate the passage of a book from design to the finished product.
Every panel shows off a different printing technique, with some panels die-cut, others embossed or blocked, with tipped in examples of risograph printing, Pantone colour chips. This is not only a beautiful concertina is it a highly practical introduction to the world of printing and what is available at Calverts Print Works in Bethnal Green.
Broadway Market, illustrated by Natsko Seki, is an 8 panel folding book, that unfolds to for a market square, shops on the outside, market stalls inside. It comes with a series of die-cut figures and shoppers, as well as four cards of the objects that can be found in the shops.
Aside from an interactive game, and glorious artwork, it is also a celebration of the diversity, energy and individuality that can be found in Markets everywhere, but in this case the markets of London.
Printed and published in England, using sustainable paper, vegetable based inks, and love.
Up My Street, a concertina book for all ages, is illustrated by Louise Lockhart. It is a celebration of those wonderful High Street shops that are about to disappear. Laundrettes, Children's outfitters, The Hardware Store, all slowly vanishing. The concertina book is a remarkable 139cms long, and 23.5cms in height and features a High Street of 10 different panels of shops, ice-cream van and Telephone Box. It is printed using 'old-fashioned' spot lithography on quality card. On the reverse of the High Street you can see inside each shop, where each owner proudly displays their wares. Influenced by the French Children's books of the 1930s this is a brilliant contemporary twist on Eric Ravilious' 1938 High Street.
The Hand Book (of hopes and dreams) is a fortune teller with a twist. Unfold this 10 panel concertina and identify with a variety of unusual characters, including an astronaut, a pantomime horse (the front half), a conjuror and a fossil hunter. Follow the clues inside and invent their (or your?) surprising adventures.
A miniature chapbook, complete with envelope and cellobag. First published for the Xmas of 1942, and now republished 75 years on. It was first published for parents and relatives to send to children evacuated from cities as a little stocking filler, there are 8 pages, each contains an image and line from a Nursery Rhyme which the child has to guess.
size 65 x 88mm in envelope.
A limited edition book, lithographed in pure pantones, quarter cloth bound, on quality uncoated paper. In the back is a pocket containing an additional book, Southward Ho!
inspired by a 1930s catalogue for The Little Gallery, this is an A% notebook to draw and scribble on. Over 200 blank pages of uncoated Munken paper.
The special edition of Near the Bear, North comes with a choice of two giclee prints. When you order please email separately via the website with your choice of either Badger or Wolf. There are a limited number of each and when each one is sold out, they will be removed from here. The giclee prints will all be singed and numbered and fit a standard A3 frame.
Near the Bear, North is an alphabet book of the animals, fish, birds and fauna of the North. It has been illustrated by Mick manning, using the craft process of pochoir, illustrating by means of building up layers through stencils. This is a large format book, with stunning illustrations, for adults and children.
A Little Book of Things to Be is a fun mini-concertina, 695mm x 100mm, printed on both sides and featuring 24 figures to delight and amuse. Alice Pattullo is inspired by the folklore of Britain and the heritage of East London, where she works from. This little concertina is sold in packs a three copies, just the perfect little extra to slip inside a card or a little thank you present.
It has been printed using spot lithography at Calverts in East London.
published January 25th 2016
£14.95
A complex screen printed folding book inspired by the Russian Constructivist designs of the 1930. It is a witty social commentary on the perils of shopping, and the evils of the credit card. Published in a limited edition of 500 copies.
Animal Parade is an adventure in collage, created by Clare using hand patterned paper, scissors, glue and imagination. It is printed on Munken Polar paper, quarter bound in cloth, and is 22 x 22cms with 64 pages of glorious collaged animals.
Published 0n 23 September 2018.
Our first RISO book! Screen Printing at home is a little A5 20 page guide to screen printing without having to use complicated and expensive equipment. Have fun with Yuk Fun and go for it! This is not intended to be a technical manual, more a fun guide and tips on what you’ll need to set yourself up to print at home. Yuk Fun are an exciting design partnership, who specialise in the most stunningly creative stuff to wear and enjoy. This little guide is also printed using a RISO printer, all the way from London’s Bethnal Green. So, keep it local and D.I.Y.!
Help us print sustainably, locally, and responsibly.
The Squeeze Book is a celebration of the Squeeze Box, and an illustrated guide to the music played on the accordion and concertina, from Zydeco, Cajun and Sea Shanty to Cumbia, JuJu and Tex-Mex.
It is a long 12 panel double-sided concertina, stretching to just short of two metres! It is printed using 5 spot pantones. It is accompanied by the 20 page booklet, Squeezeology, a guide to the world of accordion music.
The Special Edition of 100 signed and numbered copies of Animal Parade by Clare Youngs has two limited edition giclee prints, on Somerset paper, (23x23cms) of Swallows and Parrots. Animal Parade is an adventure in collage, created by Clare using hand patterned paper, scissors, glue and imagination.
Published 0n 23 September 2018.
My Toy Cupboard was autolithographed by Claudia Freedman in 1944, and No 33 of the Bantam Picture Book series. It has become one of the most sought after in the series, in part as this was a collaboration between herself and Barnett Freedman. Barnett Freedman is considered one of the finest artist/lithographers of his generation and this collaboration is evident in the texture work of the little book.
It is just 16 pages, 100 x 130mm, and comes in an accompanying folder. 500 copies have been printed of which only 350 are for sale. All will be numbered and in the Bantam folder.
The book is published to coincide with the Pallant House exhibition of Barnett Freedman’s work.
As Time Passes is the first English Language edition of Madalena Matoso's picture book for children. It is a beautifully illustrated book reflecting on the passing of time and the changes that are inevitable. Books fade and yellow, paths can become roads, trousers can become shorts, but some things never age. This is a timeless book, and one for all ages.
3 Storeys, by Esther Cox was published on September 19th, to co-incide with the London Open House weekend. All copies ordered directly from Design For Today have been signed by Esther Cox.
Click HERE for the illustrated guide to the buildings in Esther's 3 Storeys.
Garden with Mr Bawden by Kate Farley is a folding book that will delight fans of gardening and Edward Bawden alike, It has been created from linocuts that have been layered and then transferred to litho plates and printed at Calverts Print Co-op in London’s Bethnal Green.
Kate has combined her own passion for gardening and allotments with her admiration of Edward Bawden to create a new contemporary piece of crafted paper engineering to delight and enjoy.
The Wall of Stuff is a book for our times. A lonely man who collects 'Stuff' finds himself isolated, physically and emotionally, by baggage. Fortunately he has a dog. The Wall of Stuff is a cautionary tale for hoarders, those who collect things that might just come in handy one day. It is also about the redemptive power of man's best friend, his dog, who rescues the lonely man from isolation, and baggage.
The multi-media artwork was created using drawing, photography, collage, even vintage Letraset and then screen printed. The resulting screen prints were transferred to litho plates and have been printed using three colour spot lithography. The book has been printed on superb quality uncoated paper and sewn into quarter bound boards. There are two editions, a Special Edition of 150 signed and numbered copies with an additional signed and numbered screenprint of the dog on Fabriccioni paper, and a standard edition of 800 copies.
Alice Pattullo's Heads, Legs & Bodies is inspired by the centuries old parlour-game of consequences, renamed 'exquisite corpses' by The Surrealists. Alice has created 26 figures, that combine a midcentury sensibility with her love of Folk Art and East London.
Each figure can be cut into three and then each part interchanged to create a fun and active book. The book is printed using four colour spot lithography, and appropriately is printed in East London. It comes uncut to allow the reader, or collector, to either enjoy the figures as they are, or to have fun with a pair of scissors.
Hilary Stebbing's two Bantam Picture Books were first published in 1943 by Noel Carrington's Transatlantic Arts, of offshoot of the Puffin Picture Book series. These two lithographed gems are beautifully crafted and, in their original form, are astonishingly scarce. They are now reissued as a pair in an attractive folder.
Meet The Intaglio Printer, written and illustrated by Gaby Bazin, is an introduction to the world, history and craft of Intaglio printing.
So, if you ever wondered what Intaglio printing is, then all is explained. The illustrations are just fabulous!
This book is the follow-up to her much-enjoyed 'Meet the Typographer', selected by the Times as one of the outstanding ten art books of 2024.
The book is printed on uncoated, quality paper, 36pp 196mm by 248mm.