A day out at Ditchling museum to see Elizabeth freilander exhibition before end of April ... @museumartcraft and it was just what I needed and a beautiful day full of spring @besidetheseasidebesidethesea thought of you seeing this! #ditchlingmuseum
Ditchling museum is such a lovely place to wile away an afternoon. Itâs has some great art activities for children too. We went to see the fascinating Elizabeth Friedlander exhibition She had such a fascinating life. Looking at the telegrams and letters on display you really feel the marching of time and how far communications have moved on since then. I particularly loved the artists sketchbooks on display practicing different type. Who new the number 42 held such significance?....the answer to life, the universe and everything. #friedlander#museumvisit#ditchling#typographydesign#hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy#sketchbooks#designinspiration#localmuseum#ditchlingmuseum#penguinbooks#typographer
SLLA Aprilâs social evening on 24th April
Katharine Meynell will be speaking about the artist, designer, typographer and calligrapher Elizabeth Friedlander (1903-1984), currently the subject of an exhibition at Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft. She designed the Bauer Type Foundry typeface âElizabethâ, wallpapers for Sanderson but her most recognisable works are probably the book covers for Penguin.
Katharine Meynell is the granddaughter of Francis Meynell and the curator of the exhibition. #penguinbooks#bookcoverdesign#eveningtalks#socialevenings#slla#elizabethfriedlander#ditchlingmuseum#stbridefoundation
Today was the first session of the 12 month natural dyeing course that is taking place at @museumartcraft with Jenny Dean - It was great to meet the rest of the team who Iâll be working alongside over the next year and amazing to hear everyoneâs backgrounds/ skills. A great introductory session to natural dyeing from the very passionate & knowledgeable Jenny Dean âš
If you can be in the neighbourhood of the Ditchling Museum this Thursday, Kate Meynell will give a tour of the Friedlander exhibition she has curated before Pauline Packer, author of New Borders, the working life of Elizabeth Friedlander, gives her talk. And there will be a keepsake! Love those st ligatures! Tickets essential to get in. #ditchlingmuseum
Continuing my bookish few days, visited Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft where they had exhibitions on the Penguin Essentials collection and the work of Elizabeth Friedlander, a designer and typographer who, among other things, did some work for penguin. She had a crazy life, left Germany because she couldnât work as a Jew under the nazis, left Italy for the same reason a few years later and ended up in London where she forged German papers and stamps for the British government during the war. I particularly liked the little greetings cards and ex libris cards she made. .
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Hot off the press!
We are super excited to announce our event âMuseums as Heritageâ on March 20th at 6pm. We have some fantastic guests: Loyd Grossman will be speaking, with responses from Steph Fuller from Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft, and Nathaniel Hepburn from The Charleston Trust. This is definitely not one to be missed!
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Went to the @museumartcraft today and took advantage of the warmest outdoor sun I've felt on my skin all year!
Ditchling, the Sussex village where it is situated is famed for an historical community of arts & craft people. Eric Gill, (who in recent years has been exposed as being well-dodgy), worked here for some years in a guild of makers. You can see some of his rather exquisite drawings, typography, and sculptures alongside other artists, textile weavers, typographers and silversmiths in this beautifully designed museum.
I also learnt that his elegant 'Gill Sans' font which is still used everywhere, was a redrawing of Edward Johnston's original underground font shown here as an enamel sign and these fab wooden carvings.
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