It’s come around again for all the music and type lovers out there!

LYRICS AND TYPE: VERSE 2 – an international typographic screenprint exhibition. Held from the 8-21 April in London.

“Following on from the success of the LYRICS AND TYPE: VERSE 1 zine project at Gorker Gallery (Oct 2009), comes the exciting second instalment in the series of LYRICS AND TYPE projects at Londons East Gallery. Combined with an all new formula and a ‘bass dropping’ array of artists, LYRICS AND TYPE: VERSE 2 aims to feature interpretations of both famous, past and present song lyrics by 14 leading international typographers, designers, artists and illustrators.

Each of the 14 selected artists have been carefully invited by Wooden Toy and VNA Magazine to respond to a project brief and discuss with the public through it’s exhibition on the importance of music ‘versus’ influence and personal inspiration.”

What do you think?

FEATURING ARTWORKS:

ALLAN SANDERS – UK www.loopland.net

DREW MILLWARD – UK www.drewmillward.com

I LOVE DUST – UK www.ilovedust.com

KEATON HENSON – UK www.keatonhenson.com

MORNING BREATH – USA www.morningbreathinc.com

MR GAUKY – UK www.mrgauky.com

NATE HOLMES TRAPNELL – AUS www.thesouthpaw.com.au

NICK DEAKIN – UK www.nickdeakin.com

NICOLAS TUAL – FRA www.dekoreone.com

NUMSKULL – AUS www.funskull.com

STEPH SAYS HELLO – UK www.stepsayshello.co.uk

STEPHANE TARTELIN – FRA www.tartelin.com

TIMBA SMITS – AUS www.timbasmits.com

WASTE – UK www.wasteyourself.com

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On my usual tuesday morning trawl through some of my favourite blogs, I discovered this little beauty. A Thing For… is full to the brim of some of the most beautiful inspiration boards I’ve seen in the blogosphere. Check it out here!

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I came across this blog ‘The Do’s and Dont’s of colour’ at Inspiration Bit http://www.inspirationbit.com/dos-and-donts-colour/

Its got great tips on colour psychology and the old colour wheel on display. Its handy when your stuck for colour choice and has some great tips and inspiration!

Check out these colour psychology summaries.

PINK: Depending on its saturation or value, pink evokes varied mood swings. Magenta and fuchsia are perceived as sensual and theatrical. But water-down the red in lighter pinks and the raw sensuality of red is replaced with gentle romanticism.

ORANGE: Inheriting some of the drama of red, orange is tempered by the friendly humour of yellow. It’s the colour that stimulates the appetite and radiates with warmth and vitality.

YELLOW: Yellow and black is the most unignorable colour combination in nature – tigers, stinging bees – it’s the colour that says: you’d better pay attention to me.

PURPLE: It’s perhaps the most enigmatic and complex colour, with the range of meanings – from royal to elegant to spiritual to mysterious. Purple is often favoured by very creative and eccentric people who are not afraid of appearing daring.

WHITE: Not surprisingly white communicates purity, sense of clarity and simplicity. White is also perceived by the human eye as a bright colour, that’s why it works so well in contrast with all other colours.

BLACK: People see black as the most dramatic, heavy, powerful, classic colour with an up-scale look. Because of its extreme contrast to white, black and white is the quintessential combination of depth and clarity, power and innocence.

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