This is one of my favourite things that I have purchased at my regular car boot sale, it's an image that I would love to know more about. It took me a while to figure out what the workmen were doing in the photo, but they are laying out the bricks on to wooden letter templates, so that when they build the wall up, they will have signage bricked into the facade of the building.
The example above is a much smaller scale, but I am struggling to find any images similar - most of the photographs I can find have the lettering painted on to the building, rather than bricked into the wall.
If anyone can help identify this building, I would be really grateful, I have been searching the internet for images to verify where this - but with no luck so far. I am guessing that the sign says 'Crown' or 'Brown' and that it is from somewhere in the Manchester area, as this is where I bought the slide, but it could be from anywhere in the North of England, or even ANYWHERE.
I have searched for "Crown signage", "Crown mill" "Crown factory" "Brick lettering", "Brick signage" and all other combinations of those terms with "Brown", "Manchester", "UK" etc... but with few positive results. One of the most promising ones was discovering that Affleck's Palace in Manchester was originally home to Affleck & Brown Ltd - Drapers and Home Furnishers, but there is no photographic evidence that this sign was there.
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A friend of mine has answered the question straight away, Marisol you are amazing! It's the Rowntree's Cocoa Factory in York - the image I have is identical to the one shown on the Hello Yorkshire site. I am going to have to pay it a visit and see if I can match up the photograph somehow!
For the last few months, I have been working with my best friend Neil McLean, on the branding of his Freelance Digital Development and Photography company, Ayelike Ltd.
"Freelance digital developer and photographer based in Manchester, UK. I specialise in front-end web development with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript as well as back-end development with ASP.NET C# and SQL Server. I also offer services as a photographer on a wide range of assignments."
It's been a great project to work on, and I thought I would show some of the logo development process, from the original painted sketch - through to the final vector logo.
We will be working on the full website very soon, but until then visit the holding site at www.ayelike.co.uk.
I'm working on a new creative inspiration project for jetpac magazine, tentatively named 'jetpackage'.
Poster that I designed for a friends Christmas present, with the lyrics to the Joy Division song, "Transmission". We also used to live on Barton Street where Ian Curtis lived and died in Macclesfield. If anyone wants a vector version of the poster, give me a shout and I can send you a .pdf.
Found this hidden away on my hard drive - will start posting more of my random work.
jetpac magazine is a free pdf culture magazine, featuring photography, illustration, design, comedy, poetry, interviews, reviews... basically all that is good with the world.
THE FIRST ISSUE:
A Slice of Life
Jake & Amir
Rachel Jones
Melbourne Graffiti
Overheard Project
Joe Murtagh
With contributions from:
Jon Burgerman, Ayelike, Caleb Condit, emohoc,
chicagojulieelizabeth, Reka Nyari, danimal, Martin The Hat, EwaJ,
Kalun, Jana Cruder, zoe @, ftwentytwo, And many more...
www.jetpacmagazine.com
BOOM! I won the poster competition!
I am really happy that my work has had so much exposure - in the last few days I have had more hits on one piece of work, than all my other work in 2 years on flickr!
Check out the links to see the full story:
jakeandamir.com
my poster on flickr
jetpac magazine is changing, after many years of pretending to be a magazine, it has decided to become one, albeit a pdf magazine.
Issue one is in development, but if you would like to contribute to the next issue, please email me at: hello@jetpacmagazine.com or look me up on flickr, then I can see what sort of work you are in to.
www.jetpacmagazine.com
I've submitted some photographs to the Letterpool project:
"Letterpool is a community art project showcasing examples of glorious typography in and around Liverpool from modern day, dating back to the eighteenth century and beyond.
We are calling for entries from the people of Liverpool to send in photographs of your favourite examples of type, ranging from funky and artistic to commercial and industrial.
Many of the photos will be shown on the Letterpool web site and 100 of the best will make it into a hardback book to be published at the end of this year. "
www.letterpool.com
my flickr set
