Articles of interest

Occasionally, when we're browsing our inventory or adding new items to our site, we find ourselves wanting to learn more about certain items, and the organisations and the people behind them. And every now and then we write what we've discovered...

Collection of vintage Monotype posters and advertisements.

Characters of the Monotype Corporation

An influential organisation on both sides of the Atlantic, in this article we showcase some of the people who guided its typographic direction.

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Marlborough art gallery building

Marlborough: the rise and fall of a mega-gallery

In 2024, almost 80 years after its founding, the Marlborough Gallery began winding down its operation. Here's the story of how it all started, and what went wrong.

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Collection of Stedelijk Museum vintage catalogues

Twin visions: printed ephemera at the Stedelijk

How the works of Willem Sandberg and Wim Crouwel influenced the creative direction of the pioneering Stedelijk Museum.

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